Zoning Dictionary

Category: Institutional Uses

Research Establishment/Laboratory

A building, part of a building, or place used primarily for the operation of research industries, located on publicly owned lands. A building or group of buildings in which are located facilities for scientific research, investigation, testing, or experimentation, but not facilities for the manufacture or sale of products, except as incidental to the main […]

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Residential Substance Abuse Service Facility

An establishment in a residential setting used for the treatment of persons having drug or alcohol abuse problems. The establishment may or may not dispense compounds or prescription medicines to individuals depending upon the severity of their drug or alcohol abuse problems.

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Rest Home

A community care facility licensed as such under the appropriate statute and wherein food, lodging and care are furnished, with or without charge, to more than twenty people, not related to the operator of the facility by blood, marriage or adoption who, on account of age, infirmity, physical or mental defect, or other disability, require […]

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Retirement Community Continuing Care

An age-restricted development that provides a continuum of accommodations and care, from independent living to long-term bed care and enters into contracts to provide lifelong care in exchange for the payment of monthly fees and an entrance fee in excess of one year of monthly fees.

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Sanitarium

An institution for the care and treatment of mental and nervous diseases. An establishment for the treatment of invalids.

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School

A public school, a separate school, a university, a college or a private school authorized by the authority having jurisdiction.

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Scientific Research Establishment

The use of land for the purpose of scientific research including the development of electronic technology, bio technology or other scientific disciplines for application to commerce, industry or government.

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Short Term Shelter

A building that contains one or more individual bedrooms, and where occupancy of all rooms may be arranged with no minimum length of stay. The short term shelter facility may or may not have food preparation facilities, and shower or bath facilities may or may not be shared. The facility is managed by a public […]

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Site, Historic

The traditional, documented or legendary location of an event, occurrence, action or structure significant in the life or lives of a person, persons, group or tribe, including but not limited to, cemeteries, burial grounds, campsites, settlements, estates, gardens, groves, river crossings, routes, trails, caves, quarries, mines or significant trees or other plant life.

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Snow Disposal Facility

Means a facility to which snow is transported for storage from other off-site locations.

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