Zoning Dictionary

Letter: M

Market, Open Air

A lot where goods, wares, merchandise or any substance, article or thing is offered, kept or stored for retail sale but does not include any retail outlet otherwise classified or defined in this By-law. A place where individual vendors operating from stalls, booths, or other defined areas offer the following for sale: articles for consumption […]

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Marquee

Any hood, canopy, awning or permanent construction that projects from a wall of a building, usually above an entrance.

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Mass Shelter

A building that contains one or more open sleeping areas, or is divided only by non-permanent partitions, and furnished with beds, cots, floor mats, or bunks. Individual bedrooms are not provided. The shelter may or may not have food preparation or shower facilities. The shelter is managed by a public or non-profit agency to provide […]

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Massage Establishment

Any premises or part thereof where massages are given, offered or solicited in pursuance of a trade or calling, business or occupation provided that the service is rendered by a person duly trained, licensed and registered under the appropriate statute.

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Massing

The overall bulk or size of a building or project, its physical volume or magnitude. The relationship of a building’s various parts to each other. Architectural elements such as windows, doors and roofs as well as interior floor plans can affect building mass.

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Mast

A vertical pole with a diameter not to exceed six inches which serves to support antennas and/or aerials limited to thirty-five feet in height and which may be located on a rooftop.

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Mausoleum

A building or other structure used as a place for the interment of the dead in sealed crypts or compartments.

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Meat Products Plant

A canned meat factory, sausage factory, meat processing plant and any other factory where meat, poultry or eggs are cooked, cured, smoked, or otherwise processed or packed but does not include a delicatessen shop, stock-yard, slaughter-house, tannery or hide processing plant, a poultry-killing establishment, an animal food factory or an animal by-products plant.

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Mechanical Equipment

Equipment, devices and accessories, the use of which relates to water supply, drainage, heating, ventilating, air conditioning and similar purposes.

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Media Production

Commercial arts and art-related business services including audio and film recording and editing studios and services, film and video production, titling, video and film libraries, special effects production, motion picture and photograph processing, radio and television broadcast, and similar uses.

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