Zoning Dictionary

Letter: O

Outdoor Shelter

Individual shelters grouped together in an outdoor setting. Examples of individual shelters include tents, yurts, huts, cabins, vehicles or other similar accommodation that do not contain sanitary or cooking facilities, and recreational vehicles with or without cooking and sanitary facilities. The shelter is managed by a public agency or a non-profit agency, with or without […]

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Outside Storage

Any accessory storage outside of a principal or main building or structure on the lot. The storage of equipment, goods, chattels, raw or processed materials outside of any building, or structure. For the purpose of this by-law the overnight parking of vehicles shall not be deemed to be outside storage. The storage of goods in […]

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Overlay Zones

A set of zoning requirements that is described in the ordinance text, is mapped and is imposed in addition to those of the underlying district. A set of zoning requirements that is described in the ordinance text is mapped and is imposed in addition to those of the underlying zoning district. Developments within the overlay […]

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Overnight Shelter

A facility providing temporary lodging on a daily basis, with or without meals, primarily for indigent, needy, homeless, or transient persons.

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Overnight Visitors

Visitors who stay at least one night in a collective or private accommodation in the place visited. This definition includes cruise passengers who arrive in a country on a cruise ship and return to the ship each night to sleep on board even through the ship remains in port for several days. Also included in […]

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Owner

A mortgagee, lessee, tenant, occupant, or a person entitled to a limited estate or interest in land, a trustee in whom the land is vested, a committee of the estate of a mentally incompetent person, executor, an administrator or a guardian. The person who holds legal title to a piece of property.

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