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Building Materials and Hardware Sales means the retail sale, rental, or lease of durable consumer goods, or the retail sale, rental, or lease of such goods in combination with repair and maintenance services and the sale of replacement parts and accessories. Stores that include in part the sale of raw materials such as lumber and/or brick are included within this definition and land use category. This definition also includes builder's supply; electrical supply dealer; hardware store; home improvement center; paint, tile, carpet, wall covering, and floor covering store.

Building Official means the building inspection administrator of the Department of Building Safety of the City of Lubbock or his or her Designee.

Canopy Tree means a tree whose canopy is a minimum of 20 feet in width at maturity, planted for its high crown of foliage or overhead canopy .

Cargo Terminal means a facility used for the loading and unloading of materials to be distributed by either truck or train. This includes railroad roundhouse or shops; truck, bus, and train maintenance facilities; railroad yards ; and truck or railway freight terminal depot or station.

Carnival means an establishment with amusement activities; merry-go-rounds, Ferris wheels and similar types of amusement rides; booths for the conduct of games of skill; food dispensing facilities; and sideshows; that are temporarily conducted outdoors and not within a theater, auditorium, gymnasium or other permanent building .

Carport means a roofed motor vehicle shelter open on three sides that does not allow the vehicle to pass completely through.

Cemetery/Funeral Services means land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead, whether human or animal, including crematoriums and mausoleums and buildings where funeral services may be held. This definition includes funeral homes and/or mortuaries.

CFR means Code of Federal Regulations.

Child Care, Day Care Center means a child care facility that provides care at a location other than the residence of the director, owner , or operator of the child care facility for seven or more children under 14 years of age for less than 24 hours a day, but at least two hours a day, three or more days a week. This definition includes day care centers , nursery schools, and kindergartens.

Circus means an event with a variety of shows, including, but not limited to, animal acts, feats of physical skill, and performances by entertainers such as jugglers or clowns, which is temporarily conducted out-of-doors and not within a theater, auditorium, gymnasium or other permanent building .

City means the City of Lubbock, Texas.

City Engineer means the City Engineer of the City of Lubbock or his or her designee.

City Manager means the City Manager of the City of Lubbock or his or her designee.

Civic and Institutional Uses means a use category containing uses that provide services to the general public related to recreation, fellowship, worship, health, and education. Uses in this category include: Adult care center ; Cemetery/funeral services ; Correctional institution ; Child care, day care center ; Club or lodge ; Community centers, public; Educational services (excluding transportation-related instruction); Educational services (transportation-related instruction only); Hospital/rehabilitative care ; Library, museum, or gallery ; Medical and diagnostic laboratories ; Medical office/clinic ; Place of public assembly, indoor ; and Governmental service (police, fire, emergency medical services); or other uses that the Director of Planning inter...

Civic Building means a building designed specifically for a civic and institutional use .

Civic Open Space means a natural or landscaped outdoor area provided for the purpose of active or passive public recreation. It may include publicly accessible outdoor amenities such as a playground , seating area, picnic area, multi-use path and temporary or permanent small outdoor performance space or place of public assembly.

Clearance means the minimum distance from the bottom of the sign to the sidewalk or grade beneath the sign .

Club or Lodge means a building and related facilities owned and used on a regular or recurring basis for fraternal, social, educational, recreational, or cultural enrichment of its members, and whose members meet certain prescribed qualifications for membership. This definition includes health or athletic clubs .

Cluster System means a sewage collection, treatment, and disposal system designed to serve two or more sewage-generating units on separate legal tracts where the total combined flow from all units does not exceed 5,000 gallons per day that complies with Title 30, Chapter 285, of the Texas Administrative Code.

Commercial Amusement, Indoor means uses that provide commercial amusement indoors (except sexually-oriented businesses ). This definition includes game rooms (pinball machines and video games machines only); pool, billiard and/or domino parlors; skating rinks; theaters and motion picture shows (includes multiple screens and live action theaters); coin-operated machines; bowling alleys ; or other uses that the Director of Planning interprets to be functionally similar to a use in this list.