Zoning Dictionary

Letter: L

Light Equipment Sales and Rental Establishment

A building or structure or part of a building or structure in which light machinery and equipment such as air compressors and related tools and accessories, augers, automotive tools, cleaning equipment, light compaction equipment, concrete and masonry equipment, electric tools and accessories, fastening devices such as staplers and tackers, floor and carpet tools, gasoline generators, […]

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Light Fish and/or Food Processing

A building or part of a building which wholly encloses the processing of any food products which do not create any obnoxious odors or waste material, such as candy food processing, bakeries, dairy products, frozen food processing and other similar types of uses including packaging, warehousing and distribution and excludes any heavy fish and/or food […]

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Light Plane or Angular Plane

An imaginary inclined plane, rising over a lot, drawn at a specified angle from the vertical, the bottom side of which is coincidental with the lot line(s) or yard line(s) of the lot, or directly above them, and which together with other bulk regulations and lot size requirements, delineate the maximum bulk of any building […]

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Light Rail Line

A public rail transit line that usually operates at grade level and that provides high capacity, regional level transit service. A light rail line is designed to share a street right-of-way although it may also use a separate right-of-way or easement

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Light Trespass

The spilling of light, whether directly, indirectly, or by glare, onto a lot, parcel, or public way other than the lot or parcel on which the light fixture is located.

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Lighting, Shielded

Means a fixture that is shielded in a manner so that light rays emitted by the fixture, either directly from the lamp or indirectly from the fixture or a reflector, are projected below a horizontal plane running through the lowest point on the fixture where light is emitted.  

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Liquid Fuel Depot

The use of land for the bulk storage or wholesale distribution of petrol, oil, petroleum products or other inflammable liquids or the retail distribution of drums containing petrol, oil petroleum products or other inflammable liquids.

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Liquid Waste

Any waste oils, septic tank pumpings, industrial wastes and other similar materials.

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Liquor Licensed Premises

Any building or structure or premises licensed under the appropriate statute.

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Live Aboard Vessel (see Also Houseboat)

A vessel intended primarily for use in navigation and used incidentally as living quarters, which may or may not be dependent upon shore facilities. Liveaboard vessels could include houseboats, sail boats, fish boats or any other vessel.

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