17.156.046 W definitions.
Warehousing, Storage, and Distribution. Storage and distribution facilities without sales to the public on site or direct public access except for public storage in small individual spaces exclusively and directly accessible to specific tenants.
Outdoor Storage. Storage of vehicles or commercial goods or materials in open lots, outside of a structure other than fencing, either as an accessory or primary use. Building materials stored outside and associated with a building materials and services establishment is defined separately under “Building Materials and Services.” Garden and nursery products stored outside and associated with a “Nurseries and Garden Centers” use or as accessory to a “Building Materials and Services” use are defined separately by those respective classifications and not included in the classification “Outdoor Storage.”
Personal Storage. Facilities offering enclosed storage with individual access for personal effects and household goods, including mini-warehouses and mini-storage. This use excludes workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing, and commercial activity.
Warehousing and Indoor Storage. Storage within an enclosed building of commercial goods prior to their distribution to wholesale and retail outlets, and the storage of industrial equipment, products and materials including, but not limited to, automobiles, feed, and lumber. Also includes cold storage, draying or freight, moving and storage, and warehouses. This classification excludes the storage of hazardous chemical, mineral, and explosive materials.
Wholesaling and Distribution. Indoor storage and sale of goods to other firms for resale, storage of goods for transfer to retail outlets of the same firm, or storage and sale of materials and supplies used in production or operation, including janitorial and restaurant supplies. Wholesalers are primarily engaged in business-to-business sales, but may sell to individual consumers through mail or internet orders. They normally operate from a warehouse or office having little or no display of merchandise, and are not designed to solicit walk-in traffic.
Wireless Telecommunications Facilities. Wireless telecommunications facilities consist of commercial wireless communication systems, including but not limited to cellular, PCS, paging, broadband, data transfer, and any other type of technology that fosters wireless communication through the use of portable electronic devices. A facility includes all supporting structures and associated equipment. The following are definitions used in association with the regulation of wireless telecommunications facilities:
Co-location. The practice of two or more wireless telecommunications service providers sharing one support structure or building for the location of their antennas and equipment.
Satellite dish antenna. A device incorporating a reflective surface that is solid, open mesh, or bar-configured and is in the shape of a shallow dish, cone, horn, or cornucopia, that is used to transmit and/or receive radio, microwave or other electromagnetic waves between terrestrially and/or orbitally based use.
Stealthing. Improvements or treatments added to a wireless telecommunications facility which mask or blend the proposed facility into the existing structure or visual backdrop in such a manner as to render it effectively unnoticeable to the casual observer. (Ord. 1650 § 3 (Exh. B), 2018)