Zoning Dictionary

Letter: A

Amusement Device

Any device which upon insertion of a coin, slug, token, plate, or disc or the payment of a consideration may be used by the public as a game, entertainment, amusement, test of skill and shall include pool tables, pinball machines, electronic games, fixed kiddie rides, mechanical bulls but shall not include radios or televisions.

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Amusement Game

Any mechanical or electronic device used or designed to be operated for entertainment or as a game by the insertion of a coin or slug or payment of consideration of any type or by any means and shall include the type of mechanical or electronic devices commonly known as “baseball”, “radio”, “target gun or similar […]

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Amusement Machine

Any mechanical or electronic machine or device intended for use as a game, entertainment or amusement offered for use by the public by any person for profit or gain and shall include a pinball machine, video game, shooting gallery or other similar machine or device including an automatic machine or slot machine that dispenses as […]

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Amusement Park

A commercial-recreational establishment where permanent buildings or structures have been erected for the purposes of a circus or carnival or similar exhibition or midway show or sideshow and where one or more of the following classes of amusement of recreation are also provided: mechanically or electrically operated rides; a place of amusement; a restaurant. A […]

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Amusement Ride

A device or a combination of devices designed or intended to entertain and amuse people by physically moving them

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Anchor Tenant

The major store or stores within a shopping center.

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Ancillary Structure

An essential structural component or an ancillary feature necessary for the functioning of a building such as an elevator housing, mechanical penthouse or chimney but excluding a sign, flag pole, communication equipment or other similar structure.

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Ancillary Use

An additional use essential for the proper and/or effective functioning of another use. A use which supports the dominant use of a building located on the same lot and which does not diminish the ability of the dominant use to fulfill its mandate.

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Angle of Light Obstruction

An acute angle formed from the horizontal by a line extending from the center line of the street at a grade at right angles to the center line of the street or to a tangent to the center line of a curved street, over a lot abutting on such street and touching a building or […]

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Angle of Light Obstruction, Average

An angle which is obtained by multiplying each different angle of light obstruction by the length of the building frontage over which it occurs, and dividing the sum of these products by the total building frontage on that street; and, in such computation, where any angle of light obstruction is less than 20 degrees it […]

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