Zoning Dictionary

Letter: W

Wildlife Park

An establishment where live animals are kept for display purposes and which meets all requirements of the appropriate statute and shall include accessory commercial uses which are directly related to the operation of the wildlife park.

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Wildlife Preserves

Land used or intended to be used for the preservation of wildlife and plant life.

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Wind Energy Conversion System

A system of components which converts the kinetic energy of the wind into electrical or mechanical power and which comprises all necessary components including energy storage, power conditioning, control systems, transmission systems and structural support systems, to provide electricity or mechanical power for residential, commercial, industrial, utility or governmental use.

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Wind Energy Facility – Building Mounted

A wind energy facility shall be considered to be building integrated if it is designed to be permanently mounted on a building or other inhabitable structure. This definition applies to wind turbines of any capacity that are designed to be operated in direct contact with a building. This definition also covers, for the purposes of […]

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Wind Farm

A wind energy system operated by a public, private, or cooperative utility company for the generation, transmission, distribution, or processing of energy.

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Wind Turbine

Means a rotary engine that is used to collect kinetic energy from the wind and convert it to electricity. A mechanism or device that converts wind energy into electrical power, including windmills and residential wind turbines, towers, and supporting structures and such directly connected facilities as generators, alternators, inverters, batteries, and associated control equipment. A […]

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Windrow Composting

The process in which compostable material is placed in elongated piles or windrows which are mechanically turned or aerated to encourage decomposition and to reduce odors.

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Winery

An agricultural processing facility used for the pressing and fermenting of grape juice into wine or the fermenting of still wine into sparkling wine.

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Wireless Telecommunication Facility – High Impact

Exterior apparatus designed for telephonic, radio, or television communication through the transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves, and which consists of one or more antennas mounted on a new freestanding tower that exceeds the lesser of 60 feet, or 15 feet above the maximum permitted building height of the applicable zoning district. This definition does […]

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Wood Products Factory

A factory used for the manufacture of barrels, baskets, boats, boxes, coffins, crates, doors, excelsior, flooring, furniture, pressed pulp products, spools, wagons or other wood products but shall not include a wood distillation plant or other use otherwise classified, or a sawmill or planing mill save one permitted as accessory to a wood-products factory.

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