A. 
For the purpose of this ordinance, certain terms or words used herein shall be interpreted as follows: Words used in the present tense include the future; "lot" includes "plot"; "occupied" includes "designed," "arranged," or "intended to be occupied"; "used" includes "designed," "arranged," or "intended to be used"; the term "shall" is always mandatory; the use of the masculine herein shall also include the feminine.
B. 
Diagrams are for reference and do not constitute part of the adopted ordinance.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and terms shall, for the purpose of this ordinance, have the meanings herein given:
ACCESS DRIVE
That portion of a street from the paved or traveled portion to a lot line that provides access to a driveway and/or parking lot serving a lot.
ACCESSORY USE
The subordinate use of a building or premises for a purpose customarily incidental to a main or principal use permitted in the district in which it is located.
ADULT BOOKSTORE
An establishment having as a substantial or significant portion (greater than 20%) of its stock-in-trade, books, magazines, visual material and other matter which is distinguished or characterized by its emphasis depicting, describing, or relating to nudity, sexual conduct or sexual excitement, all as defined in MGL c. 272, § 31.
ADULT CLUB
An establishment which, as a form of entertainment, allows a person or persons to perform in a state of nudity as defined in MGL c. 272, § 31.
ADULT THEATER
A building used for presenting material distinguished by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to nudity, sexual conduct or sexual excitement, all as defined in MGL c. 272, § 31.
AGE-RESTRICTED HOUSING
A planned development of land consisting of multiple structures constructed expressly for use and residency by persons who have achieved the minimum age requirement for residency of 55 years or older, as permitted by MGL c. 151B, § 4, Subsection 6 (as amended).
AGRICULTURE
The production, keeping or maintenance, for sale or lease, of plants and animals useful to man, including, but not limited to: forages and sod crops; grains and seed crops; dairy animals and dairy products, poultry and poultry products; livestock, including beef cattle, swine, horses, mules, ponies, or goats or any mutations or hybrids thereof, including the breeding and grazing of any or all such animals, bees, and apiary products, for animals, trees and forest products; fruits of all kinds, including grapes, nuts and berries, vegetables, floral, nursery, ornamental and greenhouse products, or lands devoted to a soil conservation or forestry management program. Agriculture shall exclude the growing, cultivation, processing, distribution or dispensation of marijuana or cannabis.
[Amended 7-18-2022]
ALTERATION
Any construction, reconstruction or other action resulting in a change in the structural parts, height, number of stories, entrances, exits, size, use or location of a building or other structure.
ANIMAL CLINIC
An establishment where animals (pets) are admitted principally for examination, treatment, or care by a doctor of veterinary medicine, and which does not include outside runs and kennels. Boarding is provided only for medical purposes or treatment.
BANK
An institution in the commercial world, empowered to receive deposits of money, to make loans, and to issue its promissory notes (designed to circulate as money and commonly called "bank notes" or "bank bills") or to perform any one or more of these functions.
BED-AND-BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENT
An owner-occupied single-family dwelling which may rent rooming units for transient occupancy and where a breakfast is included in the rent and all accommodations are reserved in advance.
BOARD OF APPEALS
The Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of West Springfield, Massachusetts.
BOARDINGHOUSE
Any dwelling unit in which more than three persons, whether individually or as families, are housed or lodged for hire, with or without meals. A motel, rooming house or a furnished rooming house shall be deemed a boardinghouse.
BREWERY, DISTILLERY, WINERY
An establishment primarily engaged in the on-site manufacture, blending, fermentation, processing, and packaging of alcoholic beverages, for wholesale or retail distribution, as allowed by state law. The establishment may include accessory uses such as: tasting room for on-site consumption of the product produced on-site, retail sales of the product produced on-site and related goods, and/or tours of the production facility, provided that all production, processing, distribution, and storage activities are to be conducted within an enclosed building.
[Added 4-23-2018]
BUFFER AREA
A landscaped area intended to separate and partially obstruct the view of two adjacent land uses or properties from one another. See Diagram 2-1.
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BUILDING
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or by walls and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals, or chattel. The word "building" shall be construed, where the context allows, as though followed by the words "or part or parts thereof."
BUILDING COVERAGE
That percentage of a lot covered by buildings or structures.
BUILDING HEIGHT
The vertical distance from the mean finished grade of the ground adjoining the building to the highest point of the roof for flat or shed roofs, to the deck line for mansard roofs, and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip, and gambrel roofs. Not included are spires, cupolas, TV antennas, or other parts of structures which do not enclose potentially habitable floor space.
BUILDING LINE
The line established by law, beyond which a building shall not extend, except as specifically provided by law.
BUILDING LOT
See "lot, building."
BUILDING, ACCESSORY
A detached building:
A. 
Which is subordinate in area to the principal building;
B. 
The use of which is customarily incidental and subordinate to that of the principal building; and
C. 
Which is located on the same lot as that occupied by the principal building.
BUILDING, ATTACHED
A building having any portion of one or more walls in common with adjoining buildings.
BUILDING, NONCONFORMING
See "nonconforming building.'
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL
See "principal building."
BUSINESS
The transaction or carrying on of a trade or commercial enterprise, not manufacturing, with a view to profit or for a livelihood.
BUSINESS SERVICES
Establishment primarily engaged in rendering services to business establishments on a fee or contract basis, including but not limited to the following: advertising and mailing; building maintenance; employment services; management and consulting services; protective services; equipment rental and leasing; commercial research, etc.
CAR WASH
An area of land and/or a structure with machine- or hand-operated facilities used principally for the cleaning, washing, polishing, or waxing of motor vehicles.
CEMETERY
A place or area of land, set apart for the burial of the dead, operated, managed and controlled under the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 114, or a burial place under the care and supervision of the Town or other public authority.
CERTIFICATE OF USE AND OCCUPANCY
A written form signed by the Building Inspector certifying that the stated and described use, structure and/or lot conforms with this ordinance or, in the case of an appeal, variance or special permit, with written conditions of the Board of Appeals, Planning Board or Town Council as appropriate.
CHILD-CARE FACILITY
Any facility operated on a regular basis whether known as a "day nursery," "nursery school," "kindergarten," "child play school," "progressive school," "child development center," or "preschool," or known under any other name, which receives children not of common parentage under seven years of age, or under 16 years of age if such children have special needs, for nonresidential custody and care during part or all of the day separate from their parents. A day-care center shall not include: any part of a public school system; any part of a private, organized educational system, unless the services of such system are primarily limited to kindergarten, nursery or related preschool services; a Sunday school conducted by a religious institution; a facility operated by a religious organization where children are cared for during short periods of time while persons responsible for such children are attending religious services; a family day-care home; an informal cooperative arrangement among neighbors or relatives; or the occasional care of children with or without compensation therefor.
CLUB OR LODGE
Premises or building of a membership organization exclusively servicing members and their guests but not including any vending standards, merchandising, or commercial activities except as required generally for the membership and purpose of such club; does not include sports clubs, or clubs or organizations whose chief activity is a service customarily carried on as a business.
CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT, CLUSTER PLANNING or CLUSTER PLAN
An alternative division of a tract of land into lots for use as single-family sites in which reduced area and setback requirements may be authorized by special permit in exchange for the reservation of open space. The development may be developed in accordance with specific cluster requirements of Table 6-1A of this ordinance.[1]
COMMERCIAL SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTALLATION
Any combination of structures, devices and elements which rely upon solar photovoltaic cells and arrays to generate electricity primarily for use off-site.
CONSUMER SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment/repair shop where the repair of household items, except motor vehicles, occurs. Consumer service establishments include, but are not limited to: furniture upholstery and the repair of lawn mowers, snowblowers, or electrical appliances.
CONTRACTOR'S YARD
A premises used by a contractor or subcontractor for storage of equipment and supplies, fabrication of subassemblies, or parking of wheeled equipment.
CONVENIENCE STORE
Any retail establishment offering for sale prepackaged food products, household items, and other goods commonly associated with the same and having a gross floor area of less than 5,000 square feet.
CONVENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CONVENTIONAL SUBDIVISION or CONVENTIONAL PLAN
A division of a tract of land into lots for use as single-family building sites in accordance with the general lot area, width and yard requirements of Tables 6-1 and 6-2 in Article VI of this ordinance.[2]
CORNER LOT
A lot or a parcel of land abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection, or upon two parts of the same street forming an interior angle of less than 135°. See Diagram 2-2.
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CREDIT UNION
A member-owned, nonprofit, cooperative thrift institution operated under state and federal law and regulation.
DETACHED
Separated from.
DETACHED DWELLING
A dwelling which is not attached to any other dwelling by any means.
DEVELOPMENT
The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels; the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation or enlargement of any structure; any mining, excavation, landfill or land disturbance, and any use or extension of the use of land.
DISTRICT
A zoning district as established by Article III of this ordinance.
DRIVE-IN
A business establishment so designed that a portion of its retail or service character is dependent on providing a driveway approach for motor vehicles to serve patrons while in the motor vehicle, rather than from within the building.
DRIVEWAY
A space, located on a lot, built for access to a garage or off-street parking or loading space.
DRIVING LANE
An aisle within a parking lot or structure intended to provide access to one or more parking spaces located therein.
DWELLING
A privately or publicly owned permanent structure, containing a dwelling unit or dwelling units. Hotels, lodging houses, hospitals, membership clubs, motels or rooming houses shall not be considered dwellings.
DWELLING UNIT
A building or portion thereof providing complete housekeeping facilities for living, sleeping, cooking and eating for one family.
DWELLING, DETACHED
See "detached dwelling."
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY
See "multifamily dwelling."
DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY
See "one-family dwelling."
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
See "two-family dwelling."
ELECTRONIC GAMING ESTABLISHMENT; CYBERCAFE; GAMBLING INTERNET CAFE
A business operation, whether a principal use or accessory use, where persons utilize electronic machines or devices, including, but not limited to, computers and gaming terminals, to conduct games of chance, and where cash, prizes, merchandise or other items of value are redeemed or otherwise distributed, whether or not the value of such redeemed or distributed items is determined by the electronic games played or by predetermined odds. This definition shall not apply to electronic games authorized by the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission.
[Added 7-20-2020]
ERECT
To build, construct, reconstruct, move upon, or conduct any physical development of the premises required for a building. To excavate, fill, drain and like preparation for building construction shall also be considered to erect.
FAMILY
One or more persons who live together in one dwelling unit and maintain a common household. May consist of a single person or of two or more persons, whether or not related by blood, marriage or adoption. May also include domestic servants and gratuitous guests.
FAMILY HOME DAY CARE
Any private residence which, on a regular basis, receives for temporary custody and care during part or all of the day, children under seven years of age or children under 16 years of age if such children have special needs; provided that the total number of children shall not exceed six, including participating children living in the residence. "Family home day care" shall not mean a private residence used for an informal cooperative arrangement among the neighbors or relatives, or the occasional care of children with or without compensation.
FENCE
An artificially constructed barrier of any material or combination of materials erected to enclose or screen areas of land.
FILLING
Any deposit, placement, storage, redistribution of soil, earth, sand, gravel, rock, loam, or other similar material on any land, wetland, or in watercourses, and including the conditions resulting therefrom.
FINISHED GRADE
The prepared level of land and all paved surfaces at the time construction is complete and a site is ready for its intended use.
FIRE DISTRICTS
Those districts in the Town in which fireproofing requirements of the Massachusetts State Building Code for commercial and industrial structures apply. Depending upon the degree of fireproofing required, such districts shall fall into one of the two categories: Fire District Number 1 or Fire District Number 2.
FLOODPLAIN or FLOOD-PRONE AREA
Any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source.
FLOODPROOFED
Structures which meet the requirements of FIA Regulations 1910.3(c)3, 4, including for the purposes of this section all requirements for certification contained therein.
[Amended 7-16-2013]
FLOODWAY
The channel of a stream plus any portion of the adjacent bank and land designated to be kept free of encroachment so that the discharge of the base flood may be carried without increase in flood elevation as designated within the Town of West Springfield on the Hampden County Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the administration of the NFIP dated July 16, 2013, and further defined by the Flood Insurance Study booklet dated July 16, 2013.
[Amended 7-16-2013]
FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR)
The ratio of the gross floor area of all buildings on a site to the total area of the site itself. The floor area ratio permitted within a zoning district multiplied by the total area of a site will indicate the total gross floor area permitted on the site.
FLOOR AREA, GROSS
See "gross floor area."
FLORICULTURE
The cultivation of ornamental flowering plants.
FRONTAGE
The linear distance of a lot adjacent to a single street measured continuously along one street line between its side lot lines and their intersection with the street line. (See Diagram 2-3.) That portion of a lot adjacent to a road which has been discontinued or which, in the opinion of the Planning Board, is not sufficient to provide safe and unimpeded access to the parcel for ordinary two-wheel drive cars and/or emergency vehicles, does not constitute frontage.
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FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT
A building or part thereof used for human funeral services. Such building may contain space and facilities for:
A. 
Embalming and the performance of other services necessary for the preparation of the dead for burial;
B. 
The performance of autopsies and other surgical procedures;
C. 
The storage of caskets, funeral urns, and other related funeral supplies;
D. 
The storage of funeral vehicles;
E. 
Facilities for cremation; and
F. 
The living quarters of an individual whose bona fide occupation is in the funeral establishment.
FURNITURE STORE
A full-service retail facility containing 20,000 square feet or more of gross floor area that specializes in the sale of furniture. Furniture stores having less than 20,000 square feet of gross floor area shall be considered a retail store as defined by this ordinance.
GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENT
The use of a building, structure and/or land which has for its principal purpose the conduct of games, sports or other activities the outcome of which is the subject of wagers for money or other stakes.
GARAGE, PRIVATE
An accessory building used only for the storage of motor vehicles.
GARAGE, PUBLIC
A building, or portion thereof, other than a private customer and employee garage or private residential garage, used primarily for the parking and storage of vehicles and available to the general public.
GARAGE, REPAIR
Any building, premises, or land in which or upon which a business, service, or industry involving the maintenance, servicing, repair, cleaning, preparation, or painting of motor vehicles is conducted or rendered.
GARDEN CENTER
An establishment where the primary business includes a yard of plantings and landscape stock and where tools, applications, and other necessities used in the practice of gardening are sold.
GASOLINE FILLING STATION
A building, or part thereof, for the retail sale of gasoline, oil, and auto accessories. Specifically excluded from this definition are so-called "self-serve" gasoline filling stations.
GASOLINE FILLING STATION, SELF-SERVE
See "self-serve gasoline filling station."[3]
GREENHOUSE OR NURSERY
Premises used for the gainful purpose of propagation of trees, shrubs, vines, flowers, or other plants for transplanting, stock for grafting, or for cut flowers.
GROSS FLOOR AREA
The sum of the gross horizontal area of the several floors of a principal building and its faces of the walls. It does not include cellars; unenclosed porches or attics not used for human occupancy; open-air malls within a shopping center utilized purely for pedestrian circulation and/or decorative purposes between individual shops of the center; any floor space in an accessory or principal building intended and designed for the parking of motor vehicles in order to meet the parking requirements of this ordinance.
GROUND-MOUNTED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTALLATION
A solar photovoltaic system which includes appurtenant or accessory buildings and structures that are mounted on the ground and are not mounted on the roof of a structure. All such appurtenant structures include but are not limited to equipment shelters, storage facilities, transformers, and substations.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Any substance or mixture of such chemical, physical or infectious characteristics as to pose a significant, actual or potential hazard to water supplies, or other hazard to human health, if such substance or mixture were discharged on land or into air or waters. Hazardous materials are those designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the regulations of the Massachusetts Waste Management Act (MGL c. 21C) and include, without limitation, organic chemicals, petroleum products, heavy metals, radioactive or infectious wastes, acids and alkalis, and include such products as pesticides, herbicides, solvents and thinners.
HELIPORT
A. 
An area, either at ground level or elevated on a structure, that is used for the landing and take-off of helicopters. According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) guidelines contained in FAA publication Heliport Design Guide, November 5, 1969, heliports may be divided into three classes:
(1) 
Class I: Private.
(2) 
Class II: Public (Small).
(3) 
Class III: Public (Large).
B. 
In addition, heliports may be divided into three subclasses:
(1) 
Subclass A: Minimum support facilities; i.e., no buildings or maintenance.
(2) 
Subclass B: Limited support facilities; i.e., limited support facilities with no maintenance or fueling.
(3) 
Subclass C: Complete support facilities, including maintenance and fueling.
HELIPORT, APPROACH-DEPARTURE PATH
Any clear path selected for flight extending upward and outward from the edge of a landing and take-off area. No such path shall be selected unless it has received any necessary approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and/or Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission (MAC).
HELIPORT, LANDING AND TAKE-OFF AREA
That specific area in which the helicopter actually lands and takes off, including the touchdown area.
HELIPORT, TEMPORARY
That take-off and landing area intended for temporary or occasional helicopter use but not formally designated as a heliport.
HEN
A female chicken.
[Added 12-3-2018]
HENHOUSE (or COOP)
A structure designed to house hens.
[Added 12-3-2018]
HOME OCCUPATION
Any use customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling and carried on by the inhabitants thereof, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and does not change the character thereof. The conducting of a clinic, hospital, barber shop, beauty parlor, tea room, tourist home, animal hospital or any similar use shall not be deemed to be a home occupation.
HORTICULTURE
The cultivation of a garden or orchard.
HOSPITAL
A building providing, among others, twenty-four-hour in-patient services for persons admitted thereto for the diagnosis, medical, surgical or restorative treatment or other care of human ailments, including a sanitarium; not to be interpreted to include a doctor's office, a medical clinic, a life-care facility, rest home, nursing home or convalescent home.
HOSPITAL, VETERINARY
A building providing for the diagnosis and treatment of ailments of animals other than human, including facilities for overnight care, but not including crematory facilities.
HOTEL
A building containing rooms intended or designed to be used or which are used, rented or hired out to be occupied or which are occupied for sleeping purposes by guests and where only a general kitchen and dining room which may be provided within the building or in an accessory building. Access to the individual sleeping rooms is usually through a lobby and interior corridors; not to be interpreted to include a bed-and-breakfast establishment, motel, boardinghouse or lodging house.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
Any material that substantially reduces or prevents the infiltration of water into the underlying soil. It includes streets, roofs, driveways, parking lots, and other similar surfaces.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE COVERAGE
That percentage of a lot covered by any material that substantially reduces or prevents the infiltration of water into the underlying soil. This shall include but is not limited to patios, roofs, driveways, streets, parking lots, and other similar surfaces. Porous paving, paver blocks, gravel, crushed stone, elevated structures (including decks), and other similar structures, surfaces or improvements are considered impervious cover.
[Added 5-16-2022]
INVERTER
The electrical component(s) of a solar photovoltaic installation that convert(s) DC current to AC current.
JUNKYARD
A lot, land or structure, or part thereof, used primarily for the collecting, storage and sale of wastepaper, rags, scrap metal or discarded material; or for the collecting, dismantling, storage and salvaging of machinery or vehicles not in running condition and for the sale of parts thereof.
KENNEL, COMMERCIAL
An establishment licensed to operate a facility housing dogs, cats, or other household pets and where grooming, breeding, boarding, training or selling of animals is conducted as a business.
KENNEL, PRIVATE
Any building or land designed or arranged for the care of dogs, cats or other household pets belonging to the owner of the residential, principal use, kept for purposes of show, hunting, or as pets.
LANDSCAPING
An area of a lot which includes an expanse of natural vegetation or the addition of lawns, trees, plants and other natural and decorative features to the lot. In all cases where landscaping or planting is required by the provisions of this ordinance, such trees, shrubs and other plant materials must be live specimens as opposed to artificial plant materials.
LAUNDRY, SELF-SERVICE
A business that provides home-type washing, drying, and/or ironing machines for hire to be used by customers on the premises.
LIVING SPACE
The net floor area within a dwelling unit, exclusive of utility rooms, closets, attics, and cellars.
LOADING SPACE
An off-street space or berth used for the loading and unloading of commercial vehicles.
LODGE
A place where members of a local chapter of an association hold their meetings; and the local chapter itself.
LODGING HOUSE
A building in which lodgings are let to five or more persons and in which no meals are furnished. It shall not be interpreted to include dormitories of charitable, educational or philanthropic institutions, hotels, motels, life-care facilities, or nursing homes.
LOT
A parcel of land. In order to be used for building purposes, it must meet the criteria for a building lot.
A. 
LOT, CORNERSee "corner lot."
B. 
LOT, INTERIORAny lot other than a corner lot or a through lot. See Diagram 2-2.
C. 
LOT, THROUGHA lot which fronts upon two parallel streets, or which fronts upon two streets which do not intersect at the boundaries of a lot. The owner shall designate one street line as the front lot line. See Diagram 2-2.
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LOT AREA
The total area within the lot lines of a lot, excluding any street rights-of-way.
LOT COVERAGE
That portion of the lot that is covered by buildings and structures.
LOT DEPTH
The distance measured from the front lot line to the rear lot line. See Diagram 2-4.
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LOT LINE
The dividing line between lots.
A. 
LOT LINE, FRONTThe property line dividing a lot from a single street right-of-way. In the case of a corner lot or a through lot, at least one front lot line shall conform to the minimum lot frontage requirement. See Diagram 2-3.
B. 
LOT LINE, REARThe lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line; or in the case of triangular or otherwise irregularly shaped lots, a line 10 feet in length entirely within the lot, parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line. See Diagram 2-3.
C. 
LOT LINE, SIDEAny lot line not a front or rear lot line. See Diagram 2-3.
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LOT WIDTH
The mean width measured at right angles to its depth.
LOT, BUILDING
A parcel of land held in one ownership meeting the dimensional requirements of this Zoning Ordinance.
MAJOR APPLIANCE
A large machine that accomplishes a routine housekeeping task such as cooking, food preparation or cleaning such as refrigeration equipment, stoves, washing/dishwashing machines. Large-screen televisions are also considered major appliances. Major appliances are differentiated from other appliances, as they are large, difficult to move and generally fixed in place to some extent.
MAJOR APPLIANCE STORE
A retail establishment containing over 15,000 square feet of retail floor space displaying and selling a significant portion of its products as major appliances. "Significant portion," for this use, shall be defined as occupying at least 80% of the retail display space and generating over 80% in volume and revenue of products sold.
MANUFACTURING
A facility primarily for heavy or light industry and the manufacture or assembly of a product, including processing, blending, fabrication, assembly, treatment and package. Incidental activities such as storage, offices, wholesale sales, retail sales and employee-only recreation and eating facilities are permitted.
MARIJUANA CULTIVATOR
An entity licensed by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission as a marijuana cultivator to cultivate, process and package cannabis or marijuana, and to transfer cannabis or marijuana to other marijuana establishments, but not to consumers. A craft marijuana cooperative is a type of marijuana cultivator, pursuant to 935 CMR 500.000.
[Added 7-18-2022]
MARIJUANA ESTABLISHMENT
A marijuana cultivator, craft marijuana cooperative, marijuana product manufacturer, marijuana retailer, independent testing laboratory, marijuana research facility, marijuana transporter, or any other type of marijuana-related business licensed by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, except a medical marijuana treatment center (RMD).
[Added 7-18-2022]
MARIJUANA INDEPENDENT TESTING LABORATORY
A laboratory that is licensed by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission and is:
[Added 7-18-2022]
A. 
Accredited to the International Organization for Standardization 17025 (ISO/IEC 17025: 2017) by a third-party accrediting body that is a signatory to the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation mutual recognition arrangement or that is otherwise approved by the Cannabis Control Commission;
B. 
Independent financially from any medical marijuana treatment center (RMD), marijuana establishment or licensee for which it conducts a test; and
C. 
Qualified to test cannabis or marijuana in compliance with 935 CMR 500.160 and MGL c. 94C, § 34.
MARIJUANA MICROBUSINESS
A co-located marijuana establishment that can be either a Tier 1 marijuana cultivator or product manufacturer, or both, pursuant to 935 CMR 500.00, in compliance with the operating procedures for each license. A microbusiness that is a marijuana product manufacturer may purchase no more than 2,000 pounds of cannabis or marijuana per year from other marijuana establishments, pursuant to 935 CMR 500.000.
[Added 7-18-2022]
MARIJUANA PRODUCT MANUFACTURER
An entity licensed by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission as a marijuana product manufacturer to obtain, manufacture, process and package cannabis or marijuana products and to transfer these products to other marijuana establishments, but not to consumers.
[Added 7-18-2022]
MARIJUANA PRODUCTION FACILITY
An establishment authorized to cultivate, manufacture, process, or package cannabis or marijuana products, in accordance with applicable state laws and regulations. A marijuana production facility may be licensed to operate as a marijuana cultivator or marijuana product manufacturer or registered as a medical marijuana treatment center (also known as a "registered marijuana dispensary" or "RMD"), or both, in accordance with applicable state laws and regulations.
[Added 7-18-2022]
MARIJUANA PRODUCTS
Cannabis or marijuana and its products unless otherwise indicated. These include products that have been manufactured and contain cannabis or marijuana or an extract from cannabis or marijuana, including concentrated forms of cannabis or marijuana and products composed of cannabis or marijuana and other ingredients that are intended for use or consumption, including edible products, beverages, topical products, ointments, oils and tinctures.
[Added 7-18-2022]
MARIJUANA RESEARCH FACILITY
An entity licensed to engage in research projects by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission.
[Added 7-18-2022]
MARIJUANA RETAIL STORE
An establishment authorized to sell or otherwise transfer cannabis or marijuana products to consumers for use off the premises, but not to cultivate, manufacture, process, or package cannabis or marijuana products, in accordance with applicable state laws and regulations. A marijuana retail store may be licensed to operate as marijuana retailer or registered as a medical marijuana treatment center (also known as a "registered marijuana dispensary" or "RMD"), or both, in accordance with applicable state laws and regulations.
[Added 7-18-2022]
MARIJUANA RETAILER
An entity licensed by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission as a marijuana retailer to purchase and transport cannabis or marijuana products from marijuana establishments and to sell or otherwise transfer these products to marijuana establishments and to consumers. Retailers are prohibited from delivering cannabis or marijuana products to consumers; and from offering cannabis or marijuana products for the purposes of on-site social consumption on the premises of a marijuana establishment.
[Added 7-18-2022]
MARIJUANA USE
A marijuana production facility or marijuana retail store, as defined in this Zoning Ordinance.
[Added 7-18-2022]
MEDICAL/DENTAL CENTER OR CLINIC
A building or group of buildings used for the offices and facilities accessory to the practice of licensed medical practitioners (including physicians, dentists, optometrists, ophthalmologists, and persons engaged in all fields related generally to medicine, but not including veterinarians), and including such common facilities as an outpatient clinic or emergency treatment rooms, but not including inpatient facilities.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA TREATMENT CENTER
Also known as a "registered marijuana dispensary" or "RMD"; an entity registered under 935 CMR 501.101: Registration of Registered Marijuana Dispensaries that acquires, cultivates, possesses, processes (including development of related products such as edible cannabis or marijuana products, tinctures, aerosols, oils, or ointments), transfers, transports, sells, distributes, dispenses, or administers cannabis or marijuana products, related supplies, or educational materials to registered qualifying patients or their personal caregivers for medical use in accordance with applicable state laws and regulations. Unless otherwise specified, "medical marijuana treatment center" refers to the site(s) of dispensing, cultivation, and preparation of cannabis or marijuana for medical use.
[Added 7-18-2022]
MEMBERSHIP CLUB
A social, sports or fraternal association or organization which is used exclusively by members and their guests and which may contain bar facilities.
MOBILE HOME
A dwelling unit built on a chassis and containing complete electrical, plumbing and sanitary facilities, and designed to be installed on a temporary or permanent foundation for permanent living quarters; this shall not include the type of vehicle known as a "camper trailer" or similar trailer designed for travel, recreational, and vacation use.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any plot of ground upon which two or more mobile homes, occupied or intended to be occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located for periods of longer than 90 days.
MOBILE HOME SPACE
A plot of ground within a mobile home park designed for the accommodation of one mobile home.
MOTEL
A dwelling with attached, semidetached or detached units providing lodging for transient clientele; each unit shall have separate outside entrances and convenient parking spaces. A motel whose units qualify as dwelling units shall be governed by the appropriate multifamily regulations contained herein.
MULTIFAMILY DWELLING
A building designed for or occupied by three or more families, living independently in separate dwelling units with services for heat, lighting and other utilities.
MUNICIPAL USE
Land or structure used for any operation by the Town government, except as elsewhere more specifically defined.
NET FLOOR AREA
The total area of all floors of a dwelling unit, measured to the interior walls thereof, and excluding unenclosed porches, terraces, patios and all other external areas such as halls, stairways and the like used in common with tenants of other dwelling units.
NONCONFORMING BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
A building or structure, lawfully existing at the effective date of this ordinance, or any subsequent amendment thereto, which does not conform to one or more provisions of this ordinance. Buildings or structures subject to variances shall not be considered nonconforming.
NONCONFORMING LOT
A lot lawfully existing at the effective date of this ordinance, or any subsequent amendment thereto, which does not conform to one or more provisions of this ordinance. A lot subject to a variance shall not be considered nonconforming.
NONCONFORMING USE
A use lawfully existing at the time of adoption of this ordinance, or any subsequent amendment thereto, which does not conform to one or more provisions of this ordinance. A use subject to a variance shall not be considered nonconforming.
NURSING, REST OR CONVALESCENT HOME
An extended or intermediate-care facility licensed or approved to provide full-time convalescent or chronic care to individuals who, by reason of advanced age, chronic illness or infirmity, are unable to care for themselves.
OCCUPANCY
Use or occupancy, character of use or designated purpose of a building, structure or land.
OCCUPANCY PERMIT
A permit authorizing the occupancy and use of land and/or structures and buildings.[4]
ON-SITE SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTALLATION
A solar photovoltaic installation is a structure that is constructed at a location where other uses of the underlying property occur.
ONE-FAMILY DWELLING
A detached building containing one dwelling unit and having no party wall, or walls, in common with an adjacent dwelling. Also referred to as a "single-family dwelling."
OPEN SPACE
All portions of a lot not devoted to building, parking lots or vehicular surfaces. Such open space may include, but not be limited to, landscaping, lawns, walkways for pedestrians and active or passive recreation areas.
OPEN SPACE RATIO (OSR)
The ratio of open space to the gross floor area proposed for a site. The open space ratio required within a zoning district multiplied by the gross area proposed for a site within such district will indicate that amount of open space which must be provided on the site.
PARKING AREA OR STRUCTURE, OFF-SITE
A structure or parcel of land within the Central Business District used to provide parking in accordance with the requirements of § 300-9.0 of this ordinance for uses also located within the Central Business District. Such parcel or structure is physically removed from the uses it serves.
PARKING AREA OR STRUCTURE, OFF-STREET
A structure or parcel of land for the parking of automobiles and light commercial vehicles with a rated capacity of one ton or less, provided no repairs, servicing or sale of gasoline is carried on.
PARKING SPACE
An unobstructed space or area other than a street or driveway that is permanently reserved and maintained for the parking of one motor vehicle.
PAWN SHOP/CASH-FOR-GOLD STORE
An establishment or portion thereof that requires a junk dealer's license in accordance with Chapter 168, Junk Dealers, of the Town Code and that purchases property on the condition of selling it back at a stipulated price, offers secured loans to individuals with their property used as collateral, and/or purchases at retail items made of or substantially consisting of silver, gold, or platinum metals. This definition shall not apply to establishments that purchase secondhand items and/or accept in-trade items as part of a business substantially dedicated to the retail sale of like items in new condition, or businesses that deal solely in clothing, furniture, or books. (See "secondhand store.")
[Added 5-21-2018]
PEN (or RUN)
A completely enclosed outdoor area designed to allow hens access to the outdoors while providing protection from predators.
[Added 12-3-2018]
PERMIT GRANTING AUTHORITY
The permit granting authority for variances and administrative appeals in the Town of West Springfield, Massachusetts shall be the Board of Appeals.
PERSONAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT
An establishment primarily engaged in providing services involving the care of, repair, maintenance, or customizing of personal properties that are worn or carried about the person or are a physical component of the person, including, but not limited to: barber shops, beauty salons, tailors, garment makers, milliners or cobblers. Does not include medical and dental offices or veterinarians.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING
The main or most important building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is located. Attached structures shall be considered an integral part thereof, provided such structures are completely enclosed by continuous walls supporting a roof.
PRINCIPAL USE
The main or primary purpose for which a structure or lot is designed, arranged or intended, or for which it may be used, occupied or maintained under this ordinance.
PRIVATE GARAGE
A structure which is accessory to a building and which is used for the parking and storage of vehicles owned and operated by the occupants thereof, and which is not a separate commercial enterprise available to the general public.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Establishments primarily engaged in rendering services by professional persons on a fee or contract basis, limited to the following: the offices of accountants, architects, artists, brokers/market analysts, chiropractors, engineers, lawyers, photographers, planners/landscape architects, real estate agents and travel consultants.
RATED NAMEPLATE CAPACITY
The maximum rated output of electric power production of the photovoltaic system in direct current (DC).
RECREATION CAMP OR CAMPGROUNDS
Any area or tract of land upon which two or more campsites are commercially located, established, or maintained for the occupancy of cabins, tents, trailers, or other camping outfits as temporary living quarters for recreational, educational or vacation purposes. Occupancy of campgrounds shall be temporary, falling between April 1 and November 30 of the same year.
RECREATION COMMUNITY CENTER
A building and associated playing fields for recreational activities owned and operated by a public or nonprofit group or agency, such as the Boys and Girls Club or the YMCA.
RECREATIONAL FACILITY
A place designed and equipped for the conduct of sports, leisuretime activities and other customary and usual nonmotorized recreational activities.
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA ESTABLISHMENT
A use operated by an entity licensed by the Cannabis Control Commission, and pursuant to all other applicable state laws and regulations, that acquires, cultivates, possesses, processes (including development of related products such as food, tinctures, aerosols, oils, or ointments), packages, delivers, obtains, manufactures, purchases, transfers, transports, sells, distributes, dispenses, or administers marijuana, products containing marijuana, or related supplies for nonmedical or recreational use.[5]
[Added 2-6-2017]
RESEARCH LABORATORY
A facility primarily for scientific or product research, investigation, testing, or experimentation, along with incidental offices, incidental storage, incidental manufacture and sale of products, and incidental employee-only facilities.
RESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS LINK
Any permanently affixed fixture or equipment used for the wireless transmission and reception of radio signals, including television, personal communication devices and federally licensed amateur operations located on the same lot with, and customary and incidental to, a residential use.
RESTAURANT
A business establishment whose principal business is the preparation, selling of unpackaged food for personal consumption while seated at tables or counters located within the building.
RESTAURANT, DRIVE-IN
A place of business operated for the sale and purchase at retail of food and/or beverages, any part of which is laid out or equipped so as to deliver prepared food and/or beverages to patrons in motor vehicles or to permit patrons to purchase prepared food and/or beverages for consumption in motor vehicles.
RESTAURANT, DRIVE-THROUGH
A place of business operated for the sale and purchase at retail of food and/or beverages where the patron customarily drives a motor vehicle onto the site and to a window or mechanical drive-through by which the patron is served without exiting the vehicle. Prior to service, the engine of the motor vehicle customarily remains in operation.
RESTAURANT, FAST-FOOD
A restaurant, the principal activity of which is the sale of food for consumption on, or off, the premises which is:
A. 
Primarily intended for immediate consumption rather than for use as an ingredient or component of meals;
B. 
Available upon short waiting time; and
C. 
Packaged or presented in such a manner that it can be readily eaten outside the premises where it is sold.
RESTAURANT, TAKE-OUT
An establishment which by design of physical facilities or by service or packaging procedures permits or encourages the purchase of prepared ready-to-eat foods intended primarily to be consumed off the premises, and where the consumption of food in motor vehicles on the premises is not permitted or not encouraged.
RETAIL STORE
An establishment engaged in selling goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption and rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods.
ROOSTER
A male chicken.
[Added 12-3-2018]
SANITARIUM or SANATORIUM
An establishment for the recuperation or treatment of invalid or convalescent persons.
SECONDHAND STORE
An establishment or portion thereof that requires a junk dealer's license in accordance with Chapter 168, Junk Dealers, of the Town Code and that purchases secondhand items and accepts in-trade items as part of a business substantially dedicated to the retail sale of like items in new condition, or an establishment or portion thereof that requires a junk dealer's license in accordance with Chapter 168, Junk Dealers, of the Ordinances of the Town of West Springfield and that deals solely in clothing, furniture, or books. This definition shall not apply to establishments that purchase property on the condition of selling it back at a stipulated price, offer secured loans to individuals with their property used as collateral, and/or purchase at retail items made of or substantially consisting of silver, gold, or platinum metals. (See "pawn shop/cash-for-gold store.")
[Added 5-21-2018]
SELF-SERVICE GASOLINE FILLING STATION
A premises used for the retail sale of gasoline, oil, and automotive accessories, where the customers themselves may convey fuels from the fuel pump into the motor vehicle gas tank or into portable gasoline containers.
SELF-SERVICE UNITS
A building or group of structures consisting of individual, small self-contained units that are leased or owned for the storage of business and household goods or contractor's supplies.
SIGN
Any display of lettering, flags, logos, colors, lights, or illuminated neon tubes visible to the public from outside of a building or from a traveled way, which either conveys a message to the public or intends to advertise, direct, invite, announce, or draw attention to, directly or indirectly, a use conducted, goods, products, services or facilities available either on the lot or on any other premises, excluding window display of goods and merchandise.
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING
A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively by one family.
SITE
Any plot or parcel of land or combination of contiguous lots or parcels of land.
SITE PLAN
The plans for a given development depicting one original design under the control of one agency or developer and indicating various phases of planning and construction, including essential architectural, engineering, and landscaping features. Such plans shall show the location, shape, and height of buildings, location of roads, access and circulation drives, off-street parking areas and description of uses of buildings as they relate to the purpose of this ordinance as set forth in Article I.
SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY
An arrangement of solar photovoltaic panels.
SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTALLATION
A solar photovoltaic system of any nameplate generating capacity with any type of mounting system.
SPECIAL PERMIT
A process which allows the Town to conduct a more detailed review of certain uses and structures which may have a significant impact on their surroundings and ensures proposals are consistent with the purpose of the Zoning Ordinance as specified in Article I of this ordinance. Such special permit shall be issued in accordance with the particular section(s) of this ordinance authorizing the special permit and establishing special permit criteria where applicable.
SPECIAL PERMIT GRANTING AUTHORITY
That body or individual empowered to grant special permits. The special permit granting authority for the Town of West Springfield, Massachusetts shall be the Zoning Board of Appeals or the Planning Board as specified by Article V, Use Regulations, and Article XII, Special Permits.
STABLE, COMMERCIAL
A building where horses are kept for remuneration, hire, sale, boarding, riding or show.
STABLE, PRIVATE
A building incidental to an existing residential, principal use that shelters animals for the exclusive use of occupants of the premises.
STORY
That part of a building between any floor and the floor or roof next above. For the purpose of this ordinance, where a building is not divided into stories, a story shall be considered 15 feet in height, provided that steeples, penthouses, cupolas, stage lofts, etc. shall not be considered as additional stories. A basement or cellar, the ceiling of which extends more than 4 1/2 feet above the average finished grade, shall be a story within the meaning of this ordinance.
STREET
A way which is used, or intended to be used, for a passage or travel by motor vehicles and is one of the following:
A. 
A public way or county road; or
B. 
A way which the Town Clerk certifies is maintained and used as a public way; or
C. 
A way shown on a plan approved and endorsed in accordance with the Subdivision Control Law; or
D. 
A way physically in existence when the Subdivision Control Law became effective, May 1955, in the Town of West Springfield, which in the opinion of the Planning Board is presently suitable to provide for the needs of vehicular traffic and for the installation of municipal services to serve the land.
STREET LINE
The dividing line between a street and a lot.
STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY
A general term denoting land, property or interest therein, usually a strip acquired for or devoted to a planned roadway. A street right-of-way should be sufficient to accommodate the ultimate roadway, including, but not limited to: the street pavement, shoulder, grass strip, sidewalk, public utility facilities, street trees, and snow storage.
STREET, ARTERIAL
Those streets or ways within the Town which by design and/or use serve major centers of activity, accommodate through traffic and carry the highest traffic volume. For the purposes of this ordinance, all numbered federal and state highways shall be considered arterials.
STREET, COLLECTOR
Those streets or ways within the Town which by design and/or use serve to distribute traffic from arterials to areas of low-intensity use within the Town and to collect traffic from such areas for movement to arterials. Collectors may carry some through traffic.
STREET, LOCAL
Those streets or ways within the Town which by design and/or use provide direct access to abutting land and distribute traffic to collector and arterial streets. Through traffic movement on local streets is discouraged.
STRUCTURE
A combination of materials, assembled at a fixed location to give support or shelter, such as a building, framework, retaining wall, tent, reviewing stand, platform, bin, fence, flagpole, mast for radio and television antennas or the like. The word "structure" shall be construed, where the context allows, as though followed by the words "or part or parts thereof."
STRUCTURE, ACCESSORY
See "building, accessory."
STRUCTURE, NONCONFORMING
See "nonconforming building or structure."
STRUCTURE, TEMPORARY
A structure without any foundation or footings and which is intended to be removed when the designated use for which the temporary structure was erected has ceased.
SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT USE
A use which by reason of its normal operation would cause readily observable differences in patronage, service, appearance, noise, employment or similar characteristics from the use to which it is being compared.
SUPERMARKET
A retail establishment primarily selling food as well as other convenience and household goods.
TAVERN, PUB OR COCKTAIL LOUNGE
An establishment serving alcoholic beverages in which the principal business is the sale of such beverages at retail for consumption on the premises.
THEATER
A building or part of a building for dramatic, musical or live performances or for the screening of movies.
THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT
An establishment administering by any method of pressure on or friction against, or by stroking, kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, vibrating, or stimulating of external parts of the human body with the hands or with the aid of any mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliances, with or without supplementary aids such as rubbing alcohol, liniment, antiseptics, oils, powder, creams, lotions, ointment or other such similar preparations commonly used in the practice of massage under such circumstances that it is reasonably expected that the person to whom the service is provided, or some third person on his or her behalf, will pay money or give any other consideration or any gratuity therefor, excepting those practitioners duly licensed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
TOWNHOUSE
A dwelling containing three or more dwelling units, each sharing one or more party walls with another dwelling unit, and each having at least one floor at ground level with direct access to yards or open space on two or more sides. Dwelling units within townhouses may be owned individually or rented.
TRADESMAN
A builder, carpenter, electrician, painter, plumber, tree surgeon or similar building trade occupation.
TRAILER
Any vehicle or object on wheels and having no motive power of its own, but which is drawn by, used or capable of being used in combination with a motor vehicle.
TREE BELT
That portion of a street right-of-way located between the paved portion of the street and the outside edge of the right-of-way containing a sidewalk, if any, and commonly planted with trees, shrubs, grass or other vegetation.
TRUCKING TERMINAL
An area and building where cargo is stored and where trucks load and unload cargo on a regular basis.
TWO-FAMILY DWELLING
A detached building containing two dwellings.
UNREGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLE
Any motor vehicle required to be registered by law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for operation on public ways but not so registered.
USE
The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed, arranged, intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained. The term "permitted use" or its equivalent shall not be deemed to include any nonconforming use.
USE, ACCESSORY
See "accessory use."
USE, NONCONFORMING
See "nonconforming use."
USE, PRINCIPAL
See "principal use."
USE, SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT
See "substantially different use."
VARIANCE
Such departure from the terms of this ordinance relating to structure, front yard, side yards, rear yard, frontage requirements and/or lot size as the Board of Appeals, upon appeal in specific cases, is empowered to authorize under the terms of Article XV, Administration. A variance is granted because strict enforcement of the zoning ordinance as it applies to a specific lot would cause an undue hardship and present site-specific practical difficulties that are not relevant to other lots in the district.
VETERINARY HOSPITAL
See "hospital, veterinary."
VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR)
Those conditions of flight established by the Federal Aviation Administration which allow aircraft to operate on a "seen and be seen" basis and which do not require tracking by ground radar facilities.
VITICULTURE
The cultivation of grapes.
WAREHOUSE/RETAIL TRADE AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITY
An establishment or place of business engaged in the operation of a warehouse and the selling of a single product category (examples of single product categories are meat products, lighting fixtures, textiles) to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional, professional business users, and to the general public, or to other wholesalers. Said use does not include a wholesale membership club, retail sales (examples of retail uses not permitted are Sears, Old Navy, Target, Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Dick's Sporting Goods) other than as allowed by the previous sentence, retail outlet stores or retail showrooms primarily for the general public.
WAREHOUSING
Terminal facilities for handling freight with or without maintenance facilities.
WHOLESALE TRADE AND DISTRIBUTION
Establishment or places of business primarily engaged in selling merchandise to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional, or professional business users, or to other wholesalers, or acting as agents or brokers and buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, such individuals or companies.
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY
A communications facility consisting of fixed structures and equipment used for the wireless transmission and reception of radio signals for: 1) the reception and transmission equipment and fixtures such as antennas, communications dishes and similar devices; 2) structures that are erected and used primarily to support such reception and transmission equipment, including, without limitation, monopoles and lattice towers; 3) any accessory mechanical, electronic, or telephonic equipment, fixtures, wiring and protective covering customary and necessary to operate such wireless communications equipment; and 4) any functionally equivalent devices or equipment. A wireless communications facility is a transmission and reception substation, not a principal facility for conducting a communications business.
YARD
An open area on the same lot with a building or other structure located between the building and the lot lines, unoccupied and unobstructed by structures from the ground up except as may be allowed by specific provisions of this ordinance, including ingress and egress as required by the building code.
A. 
YARD, FRONTAn open, unoccupied space on the same lot with the principal building, extending the full width of the lot and from the street line to the front line of the building projected to the side lines of the lot. The depth of the front yard shall be measured between the front lines of the building and the street line. Covered porches, whether enclosed or unenclosed, shall be considered as part of the main building and shall not project into a required front yard. On lots containing two or more principal buildings, the front yard shall be defined by that principal building closest to the front yard street line. See Diagram 2-3.
B. 
YARD, REARAn open, unoccupied space, except for accessory buildings, on the same lot with the principal building between the rear line of the building and rear line of the lot and extending the full width of the lot. On lots containing two or more principal buildings, the rear yard shall be defined by that principal building closest to the rear lot line. See Diagram 2-3.
C. 
YARD, SIDEAn open, unoccupied space on the same lot with the principal building situated between the principal building and the side line of the lot and extending from the front yard to the rear yard. Any lot line not a rear line or a front line shall be deemed a side line. On lots containing two or more principal buildings, side yards shall be defined by the principal building closest to each side lot line. See Diagram 2-3.
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[1]
Editor's Note: Table 6-1A is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[2]
Editor's Note: Tables 6-1 and 6-2 are included as attachments to this chapter.
[3]
Editor's Note: See the definition of "self-service gasoline filling station" below.
[4]
Editor's Note: The definition of "off-site medical marijuana dispensary," which immediately followed this definition, as amended 6-17-2019 and 6-17-2020, was repealed 7-18-2022.
[5]
Editor's Note: The definition of "registered marijuana dispensary (RMD)," which immediately followed this definition, as amended 6-17-2019 and 6-17-2020, was repealed 7-18-2022.