16.10.010 General.
For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms and words are defined and shall have the meanings ascribed to them unless it is apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended. [Ord. 719 § 1, 2008. Code 1999 § 16-9-1].
16.10.020 Specific definitions. Revised 4/24
“Abandoned use or structure” means any use (principal, accessory, land use, etc.), on a zone lot and/or in a structure, or structure that has not been utilized for its principal function for a period of nine consecutive months as documented by the zoning enforcement officer.
“Access” means the place, means or way to have ingress and egress to a property, use or parking space from a public or private street. All zone lots must have an approved means of access to the principal uses.
“Accessory uses and structures” means uses naturally and normally incidental to a use by right and complying with all of the following conditions:
(1) Is clearly subordinate, incidental and customary to and commonly associated with the operation of the use by right;
(2) Is operated and maintained under the same ownership as the use by right on the same zone lot;
(3) Includes only those structures or structural features consistent with the use by right;
(4) The gross floor area utilized by all accessory uses, except a private garage, shall not exceed 10 percent of the total floor area on the same property; and
(5) May include home occupations, as defined by this title and by zone district.
“Accommodation unit” means a room or lockout in a condominium, hotel, motel, boardinghouse, etc., that is rented on a short-term basis (less than 30 days) which may or may not have separate toilet facilities included and which does not have kitchen facilities included. This is distinguished from “dwelling unit.”
“Addition” means any construction which increases the size of a building such as a porch, attached garage or carport, or a new room or wing. When a structure already covers the maximum amount of land permitted by the zoning code (see lot coverage), constructing an addition violates the terms of this title, unless a variance is granted by the board of adjustment. An addition is a form of alteration.
“Administrative staff” means any person appointed to an official town position by the board of trustees or any person employed in an official capacity by the town.
“Adult arcade” means an establishment where, for any form of consideration, one or more still or motion picture projectors, slide projectors or similar machines, or other image-producing machines, for viewing for five or fewer persons each, are used to show films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides or other photographic reproductions which are characterized by the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
Adult Bookstores.
(1) A commercial establishment which (i) devotes a significant or substantial portion of its stock-in-trade or interior floor space to; (ii) receives a significant or substantial portion of its revenue from; or (iii) devotes a significant or substantial portion of its advertising expenditures to the promotion of: the sale, rental or viewing (for any form of consideration) of books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, or photo graphics, films, motion pictures, videocassettes, sliders or other visual representations which are characterized by the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas;
(2) An establishment may have other principal business purposes that do not involve the offering for sale, rental or viewing of materials depicting or describing specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, and still be categorized as an adult bookstore. Such other businesses’ purposes will not serve to exempt such establishment from being categorized as an adult bookstore so long as the provisions of subsection (1) of this definition are otherwise met.
“Adult theater” means a theater, concert hall, auditorium or similarly commercial establishment which, for any form of consideration, regularly features persons who appear in a state of nudity or live performance which are characterized by exposure of specified anatomical areas or specified sexual activities.
“Agriculture” means the use of cultivating the soil, producing crops and raising livestock for commercial purposes.
“Alley” means a public, dedicated right-of-way used primarily as a service or secondary means of access and egress to the service side of abutting property.
“Alteration” means a physical change in a building or an addition to it. An alteration includes an addition, projection into yards, or change from one type of use to another (single-family to two-family dwelling).
“Apartment house” means any single structure under single ownership containing four or more individual dwelling units that are rented on a long-term (30 days or more) basis. This is distinguished from condominium.
“Applicant” means any owner of a legal or equitable interest in real property within the town of Granby, or qualified representative thereof, including the heirs, successors and assigns of such ownership interests.
“Automobile service station” means buildings and premises where gasoline, oil, grease, batteries, tires, and automobile accessories may be supplied and dispensed at retail and where, in addition, any of the following services may be rendered or sales made:
(1) Sale and servicing of spark plugs, batteries, and distributors and distributor parts;
(2) Tire servicing and repair, but not recapping or regrooving;
(3) Replacement of mufflers and tail pipes, water hose, fan belts, brake fluid, light bulbs, fuses, floor mats, seat covers, windshield wipers and wiper blades, grease retainers, wheel bearings, mirrors and the like;
(4) Radiator cleaning and flushing;
(5) Washing and polishing, and sales of automotive washing and polishing materials;
(6) Greasing and lubrication;
(7) Providing and repairing fuel pumps, oil pumps, and lines;
(8) Servicing and repair of carburetors;
(9) Emergency wiring repairs;
(10) Minor motor adjustments not involving the removal of the head or crankcase or racing the motor. Activities permissible at an automobile service station do not include aviation sales, automobile sales, boat sales, farm implement sales, house-car trailer sales, mobile home sales, recreation vehicle sales or auto body work, straightening of auto body parts, storage of vehicles not in operating condition, from towing operations, or equipment or vehicles from other businesses or personal use or other work involving noises, glare, fumes, smoke, or other characteristics to an extent greater than normally found in automobile service.
“Base district” means the zone district designation existing at the time of application for a planned development overlay district designation. For annexations desiring planned development overlay district designation, the base district shall be determined by the board.
“Board” means the board of trustees of the town of Granby, Colorado.
“Buffer” means a horizontal distance or margin of land designed to provide an attractive space or area, obstruct undesirable views, serve as an acoustic barrier, or generally reduce the impact of adjacent development.
“Building” means any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls or any other enclosed structure, for the housing or enclosure of persons, animals or property.
“Building coverage” means the amount of land taken up by the building itself on a zone lot. This footprint or building line, viewed directly from above the structure, includes all attached eaves, cornices, decks (covered and uncovered), covered patios (ground level and uncovered not included), balconies or other building attachments such as garages, porches, porch covers, and the like; includes the ground coverage of accessory uses also. The footprint may not encroach into any setback or yard requirement unless otherwise defined in this title (see also “Projection (into yards)”). The amount of building coverage per zone lot specified in each zone district is the maximum amount of land that can be covered by all structures whether they be principal or accessory uses, attached or detached.
“BZA” is an acronym for the board of zoning adjustment whose responsibility is to hear appeals of decisions of the enforcement officer and board of trustees and to consider requests for variances and exceptions permissible under the terms of this zoning code.
“Carryout restaurant” means a restaurant that prepares and sells food or beverages, primarily for off-site consumption.
“Certificate of occupancy” means official certification by the building official of Granby that a premises conforms to provisions of the zoning code and building code and may be used or occupied. Such a certificate is granted for new construction or for alterations or additions to existing structures. Unless such a certification is issued, a structure cannot be occupied. Exceptions only include single-family, detached structures where a letter of occupancy is to be issued by the building official.
“Clinic” includes any medical facility designed to offer limited health or medical assistance by doctors or nurses, but which does not include operating room facilities other than on an emergency basis. It may include, but shall not be limited to, aid stations, nursing homes and doctors’ offices.
“Club” means any membership organization including a lodge catering exclusively to members and their guests, and whose facilities are limited to meeting, eating and recreational uses, and whose activities are not conducted principally for monetary gain.
“Code” means the municipal code of the town of Granby, Colorado.
“Commission” means the planning commission of the town of Granby, Colorado.
“Comprehensive plan (master plan)” means the master plan for the town of Granby as may be adopted, prepared or which is being prepared for the town, and which includes any part or unit of any such plan separately adopted and any amendment to such plan or parts thereof. It is a plan for the future growth, protection, and development of the town, which makes recommendations and policies to provide adequate facilities for housing, transportation, convenience, public health, safety and the general welfare of its population.
“Conditional use” means a use permitted in any given zone district by this chapter upon compliance with certain conditions. A conditional use permit shall be granted upon compliance with the stated conditions and shall be denied upon failure to comply with such conditions.
“Condominium” means a type of ownership which consists of a separate fee simple estate in an individual airspace unit of a multi-unit property together with an undivided fee simple interest in common elements, such as yards, parking areas, and recreation facilities. In common parlance, “condominium” may refer to either a single dwelling unit in a structure or the entire multifamily unit residential building.
“Corner lot” means a lot located at the intersection of two or more streets.
“Country club” means any club operated in connection with a golf course. A country club may also include other recreation facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, etc.
“Day care facility” means a structure housing a child care use where more than six children are being cared for during the day.
“Density, gross” means the average number of dwelling units or gross commercial building floor area per acre for the entire development area or site (property boundaries).
“Density, net” means the average number of accommodation and/or dwelling units or gross commercial building floor area per acre, except (less) all land areas dedicated for public or private joint use for the entire development area such as streets, parking, drives, recreation facilities (covered and/or impervious surfaces), and open space. Net density for subparcels of a development is to be calculated to the midpoint of adjacent public and private streets and/or contiguous open spaces that provide a boundary to the subparcel.
“Development plan” means the provisions for development of a planned development, as required herein, which may include, but need not be limited to, easements, covenants and restrictions relating to use, location and bulk of buildings and other structures, intensity of use or density of development, utilities, private and public streets, ways, roads, pedestrian areas and parking facilities, common open space and other public facilities.
“Domestic animals” includes such animals as may be normally considered household pets; provided, that they are not bred and raised for commercial purposes on the property.
“Dwelling” means a building designed to be used as the living place for one or more families.
(1) “Dwelling, mobile home” means any dwelling unit designed to be moved upon wheels affixed to an axle which is a part thereof, whether such axle is in place or has been removed. Such dwelling is intended for the occupancy of one family. Any such unit which is permanently or semi-permanently attached to a foundation and connected to water and sewer mains does not lose its identity as a mobile home by reason thereof. This classification includes trailers, trailer coaches and mobile homes.
(2) “Dwelling, multiple-family” means a building or portion thereof, designed for or occupied by two or more families living independently of each other.
(3) “Dwelling, single-family” means a detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by one family.
“Dwelling unit” means a building or part of a building designed, arranged or intended for use as a living place for one family, including sleeping area, toilet and kitchen facilities.
Family. A “family” includes the following:
(1) A single individual or a collective body of persons in a domestic relationship based upon blood, marriage, adoption or fostering, living as a separate, independent housekeeping unit, including domestic servants; or
(2) A group of not more than six unrelated persons, all living together as a single housekeeping unit in a residential dwelling unit. Excludes boarding or rooming houses, lodges, clubs, hotels, motels or fraternities.
(3) Notwithstanding the above, a family shall be deemed to include six or more persons (but not in excess of 12 persons) not related by blood, marriage, adoption or legal custody occupying a residential dwelling unit and living as a single housekeeping unit if the occupants are handicapped persons as defined in Title VIII, Part 3 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, or disabled persons as defined by Section 24-34-301, C.R.S. A household that includes six or more persons identified above shall not be excluded from the definition of “family” by the residence in the dwelling unit of additional necessary persons employed in the care and supervision of such handicapped or disabled persons.
“Farm animals (livestock)” includes such animals as are not normally considered household pets, that are kept wholly or partially outside of a residential structure.
“Floor area” means the amount of square feet of horizontal habitable or commercially usable floor space within the exterior walls of a building.
(1) “Gross floor area (g.f.a.)” means the total amount of horizontal habitable and usable floor area (includes enclosed public spaces) within the exterior wall faces in a building. Excludes interior parking and drive areas, crawl spaces, and attics and uninhabitable heating and cooling equipment areas.
(2) “Gross leasable area (g.l.a.)” means, in commercial buildings, the total amount of horizontal floor area that is tenant occupied, used or leased for exclusive use or individually owned exclusive of enclosed mall/pedestrian areas, parking, and uninhabitable joint service and equipment areas that are used to operate the building (within the building). Includes basements, mezzanines, upper floors, and lofts and is expressed in square feet and measured from the centerline of joint partitions and from outside wall faces.
“Floor area ratio (FAR)” means the ratio of the gross floor area to the gross lot area permitted on a zone lot or parcel (both the numerator and denominator are usually expressed in square feet).
“Frontage” means the linear width of any lot or tract adjacent to any public or private right-of-way.
“Garage, private” means an accessory building or portion of a principal building on the same lot and used for the storage only of private, passenger motor vehicles owned by the occupants of the principal building.
“Garage, public” means a building or portion of a building, except any defined in this title as a private garage or repair garage, used for the storage of motor vehicles, or where any such vehicles are kept for remuneration or hire, in which any sale of gasoline, oil and accessories is only incidental to the principal use.
“Garage, repair” means a building or space for the repair, painting, equipping, or maintenance of motor vehicles, but not including factory assembly of such vehicles, auto wrecking establishments or junkyards.
“Golf course” means a regulation nine or more hole course for the game of golf, which may or may not be accompanied by a country clubhouse, but not including miniature courses, putting courses, or golf driving ranges.
“Green belt” means an area of native vegetation left substantially intact or supplemented by additional plant materials as well as walkways, rest areas, horse trails, cross country ski trails, snowshoe trails and other similar uses.
“Habitable room” means a room in a dwelling unit, commercial and industrial structure that is normally occupied by people either living or working in the room and not principally by machines such as cooling and heating equipment. Such a room may include a storage room but excludes attics, belfries, steeples, and the like which are part of a structure but not normally lived in.
Height. The height of a building is the vertical distance above a reference datum measured to the highest point of the roof surface of a structure exclusive of chimneys, chimney caps, ventilators, pipes, antennas, spires, or similar items. The reference datum shall be selected by either of the following, whichever yields the greatest height of the building:
(1) The elevation of the highest adjoining sidewalk or ground surface within a 10-foot horizontal distance of the exterior wall of the building when such sidewalk or ground surface is not more than five feet above lowest grade.
(2) An elevation five feet higher than the lowest grade when the sidewalk or ground surface described in subsection (1) of this definition is more than five feet above lowest grade.
The height of a stepped or terraced building is the maximum height of any segment of the building.
“Home occupation” means a permitted accessory use in a dwelling which meets the following conditions:
(1) Such use shall be conducted by the inhabitants of the principal dwelling and within the principal dwelling. One employee not residing on the premises is allowed.
(2) Such use shall be clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling purposes and shall not change the character thereof.
(3) The total area for such purposes shall not exceed 25 percent of the first floor area of the user’s dwelling unit.
(4) There shall be no exterior evidence (storage of commodities or equipment, noise, glare, etc.) other than a sign as defined by the sign code.
(5) The following shall not be considered to be home occupations: barber shops, beauty parlors, photo studios, dance studios, real estate offices, insurance offices, antique sales, animal hospitals or clinics, medical or dental clinics, mortuaries, any type of store, sales display showrooms, and tourist homes. Furthermore, the teaching of music, tutoring, art or other types of instruction shall be limited to no more than six pupils at one time, and the boarding and rooming of any persons shall be limited to six or less.
“Hospital” means an institution to provide medical and surgical care to the sick or injured, including operating room facilities. It may include a cafeteria or restaurant, medically related heliports, optical facilities and shops for pharmaceutical supplies, gifts, books, magazines, toiletries, flowers, candy or similar items, provided such uses are primarily for the benefit of patients, staff and visitors and are arranged so as not normally to attract other retail customers.
“Hotel or motel” means a building or group of attached or detached buildings designed for occupancy of specified rooms by short-term or part-time residents who are lodged with or without meals being provided in a restaurant and in which no facilities are provided for cooking in the individual rooms. Both types of buildings provide covered and/or uncovered parking; however, in the case of motels, this parking is located adjacent or nearly adjacent to the rental rooms.
“Improvement” means upgrading a piece of land by constructing buildings, streets, utilities and the like upon it or under its surface. Improvements may be either public or private depending upon who is the ultimate owner after construction. Improvements may also be designated as either on-site or off-site in relation to a development parcel.
“Interior lot” means a lot in a block bounded by a street on only one side; any lot other than a corner lot.
“Junk yard” means a building, structure or parcel of land, or portion thereof, used for the collecting, storage or sale of waste paper, rags, scrap metal or discarded material; or for the collecting, dismantling, storage, salvaging, or demolition of vehicles, heavy equipment, machinery or other materials and including the sale of whole or parts thereof.
“Kennel” means any building, structure or open space devoted wholly or partly to the raising, boarding or harboring of six or more animals that are over four months old.
“Kitchen” means a room or portion thereof containing permanent facilities designed and used for food preparation, cooking, eating and dish washing. A kitchen shall include all of the following: a sink with hot and cold running water; full size appliances; stovetop/cooktop or an oven; a refrigerator; and built-in dish and utensil storage spaces. In addition to the aforementioned improvements, a kitchen may also include any of the following: microwave, convection oven, hot plate or automatic dishwasher. Neither a kitchenette nor a wet bar shall constitute a kitchen.
“Kitchenette” means a small space used or intended to be used for the preparation of food and that covers less than 80 square feet of floor space, specifically excluding full size stove and/or refrigerator, dishwasher or other full-size appliances. A kitchenette shall have a single basin sink under 20 inches, hotplate, microwave or electric two-burner cooktop, cabinets or storage shelves and a counter or table. Use examples include, but are not limited to, recreation rooms, dormitories, studios or similar spaces. A kitchenette cannot include more than one 20 ampere small appliance branch circuit or gas fueled appliances.
“Loading area” means a parking space other than a public street or alley for the parking of commercial vehicles for the purpose of loading or unloading materials or merchandise.
“Lodge” means a type of hotel designed primarily to be used and occupied on a seasonal basis.
“Lot” means a portion of real property, as shown with a separate and distinct number or letter on a plat recorded in the Grand County Courthouse, or when not so platted in a recorded subdivision, a portion of numbered real property abutting upon at least one public street, held under separate ownership or a lot or parcel under single ownership and defined by metes and bounds legal description.
“Lot area” means the total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot.
“Lot line, front” means the property line dividing a lot from a street right-of-way. On a corner lot, only one street line shall be considered as a front line and the shorter street frontage shall be considered the front line.
“Lot line, rear” means the line opposite the front lot line.
“Lot line, side” means any lot lines other than front lot lines or rear lot lines.
“Lot width” means the distance parallel to the front lot line measured between side lot lines through that part of the building or structure where the lot is narrowest, or, where no building exists, the average distance between two side lot lines.
“Master plan” means the master plan for the town of Granby, Colorado, as may be adopted, prepared or which is being prepared for the town, and which includes any part or unit of any such plan separately adopted and any amendment to such plan or parts thereof. It is a plan for the future growth, protection, and development of the town, which makes recommendations and policies to provide adequate facilities for housing, transportation, convenience, public health, safety and the general welfare of its population.
Mean Identifiable High Water Mark. The term “mean identifiable high water mark” shall mean, in the case of a creek, stream, river, or lake, the waterline at the point of bankfull discharge, or the point of high discharge with a recurrence interval of two years.
“Metes and bounds” means a system of describing and identifying land by measures (metes) and directions (bounds) from an identifiable point of reference such as a monument or other marker, the corner of intersecting streets, or, in rural areas, a tree, large rock, or other permanent feature.
“Mixed use” means the use of a lot, tract or parcel of land, building or structure with two or more different uses, including but not limited to residential, office, retail, public uses, personal service or entertainment uses, designed, planned and constructed as a unit.
“Mixed use building” means a building designed, planned and constructed as a unit, used partially for residential use and partly for commercial uses, including but not limited to office, retail, public uses, personal service or entertainment uses.
“Mixed use dwelling unit” means the dwelling unit in a mixed use building.
“Mobile home park” means a parcel of land under single ownership on which two or more mobile homes are occupied as residences. Also known as a trailer court.
“Mobile home space” means a parcel of land within a mobile home park designed for the accommodation of a mobile home.
“Mobile home subdivision” means a subdivision designed and/or intended for the sale of lots or spaces for residential occupancy of mobile homes. Where individual spaces are owned, the common land in between must be under joint ownership of the individual space owners, or some other legal entity.
“Nonconforming lot” pertains to a defined lot the area, width or other characteristic of which fails to meet requirements of the zoning district in which it is located.
“Nonconforming structure” means any legally existing structure which does not conform to the requirements of this title, considering the zone district in which it is located, relating to minimum floor area, minimum setback, minimum off-street parking standards or maximum building height; or which is designed for residential occupancy in excess of the specified density; or which exists in an area designated for PD development either in the absence of or in conflict with an approved PD plan; or which because of the design of the structure is unable to comply with applicable industrial performance standards.
“Nonconforming use” means any legally existing use, whether within a building or on a parcel of land, which is not specifically permitted as a use by right or has not received a valid conditional use permit for the zone district in which it is located; or which is a residential use in excess of the specified density; or which exists in an area designated for PD development either in the absence of or in conflict with an approved PDOD plan; or which is not in compliance with applicable industrial performance standards.
“Nuisance” means anything that interferes with the use or enjoyment of property, endangers personal health or safety, or is offensive.
“Open space” means a parcel of land, an area of water or a combination of land or water within the site designated for a planned development or subdivision designed and intended primarily for the use or enjoyment of residents, occupants, and owners of the PD and/or the general public for uses including but not limited to recreation areas and facilities, gardens, parks, walkways, paths and trails, and areas of steep slopes or native vegetation left substantially in their natural state or supplemented by additional plant material. The term shall not include space devoted to buildings, streets roads and other ways and parking and loading areas.
(1) “Common open space” means open space designed and intended primarily for the common use of the lawful owners, residents and occupants of a PDOD or subdivision but not necessarily including the general public, which is owned and maintained by an organization established for such purpose or by other adequate arrangements.
(2) “Private open space” means open space designed and intended for the exclusive use of the owners of a portion of the property included in a PDOD or subdivision and which is appurtenant to such property and maintained by the owners thereof.
(3) “Dedicated public open space” means an open area developed, designed and dedicated to a public authority for use by the occupants of the development and by the general public. Portions of areas containing steep slopes (angle of incline greater than 45 degrees) and special subareas of floodplains (such as bogs) may not be dedicated as public open space.
“Overlay district” means the planned development overlay district of this regulation. The designation of this district over a base district is made subject to requirements and conditions of the planned development district.
“Parcel” means a lot, or a contiguous group of lots, in single ownership or under single contract and usually considered a unit for purposes of development.
“Park home” means a pre-constructed complete building unit without motor power that is constructed to factory built standards of the Colorado Division of Housing Standards, or constructed to the park home standards outlined in the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) 119.2 requirements or equivalent standards adopted by the town. Park homes shall be fitted with axles and wheels suitable for towing or trailering, and be designed and used for single-family, single-unit occupancy. Such units are manufactured in a factory or at a location other than the residential site of the completed park home and which units are not licensed as motor vehicles but are towed on wheels to the location and are readily portable. Park homes shall be limited to a maximum exterior dimension of 14 feet by 38 feet. All park homes must be constructed to the standards required for residential construction established by the adopted building code.
“Parking area” means an open space or an enclosed structure or building used exclusively for the temporary storage of automobiles.
“Parking lot, off-site” means off-street parking spaces located on a separate lot not adjoining the principal use for which they are required or associated with, whether in the same ownership as the property occupied by the principal use or an easement is granted by a separate owner to the town.
“Parking, off-street” means any parking area located wholly within the limits of one or more lots.
“Parking space” means that part of a parking area, exclusive of drives, turning areas or loading spaces, devoted to parking of one vehicle or automobile.
“Planned development overlay district (PDOD)” means an area of land controlled by one or more landowners to be developed under unified control or a unified plan of development (planned development or PD) for a number of dwelling units, commercial, educational, recreational, or industrial uses, or any combination of the foregoing, the plan for which may not correspond to lot size, bulk or type of use, density, lot coverage, open space, or other restrictions of the conventional land use regulations of the Granby zoning code.
“Planned development (PD) plan” means the provisions for the general development of a planned development (PD) in a planned development overlay district (PDOD) which may include and need not be limited to easements, covenants and restrictions relating to use, location and bulk of buildings and other structures, intensity of use or density of development, utilities, private and public streets, ways, roads, pedestrian areas and parking facilities, common open space and other public and private facilities. “Provisions of the plan” means the written and graphic materials referred to in this definition.
“Planning commission” means the planning commission of the town of Granby, Colorado.
“Plat” means a final map, diagram, drawing, or replat containing all the descriptions, locations, specifications, dedications, improvements, provisions and information concerning any subdivision contained in a PDOD.
“Principal use” means the primary use located on a given lot or parcel of land, as opposed to an accessory use; also, a use which is listed as a use by right in any given zone district in this title.
“Principal use or structure” means the primary use or structure located on a given lot or parcel of land, as opposed to an accessory use or structure.
“Projection (into yards)” means parts of buildings such as architectural features which are exempted, to a specified amount, from the yard requirements of the zoning code. This includes bay windows, vestibules, eaves, uncovered porches, and the like, which are permitted to project up to 25 percent of the way into required yards.
Protest. In general, this refers to the right of residents or property owners to appear at a hearing on a zoning change and state their objections.
“Public building or use” means any building open to the general use, participation or enjoyment of the public and owned privately or by the municipality, county, state or federal government, or by a governmental subdivision thereof, or by a public utility corporation.
“Recreation vehicle” means a form of mobile home, camper, trailer, boat and trailer combination, van, etc., used for recreation that is very mobile and not normally used as habitable space for extended periods of time.
“Reversed corner lot” means a corner lot, the rear of which abuts the side of another lot.
“Reversion clause” means a requirement that may accompany a conditional use or special use permit approval or rezoning that returns the property to its prior zoning classification if a specified action does not begin in a specified period of time.
“Right-of-way” means the width between the property lines or boundary of a street, special transportation way, alley or easement.
“Screening” means a structure erected or vegetation planted to conceal from viewers the area behind it.
“Setback” means a distance from a lot line that a building can be constructed or distances from right-of-way lines or other boundaries which prohibit structures, parking, etc., particularly in planned developments. Setbacks are to be distinguished from yards, which include all of the land area between lot lines and setback lines.
“Sign code” means sign regulations of the town of Granby adopted as a supplement to these zoning regulations.
“Site” means a parcel of land occupied or capable of being occupied by at least one building and the accessory building of uses customarily incidental to it.
“Site plan” means a plan, to scale, showing uses and structures proposed for a parcel of land as required by the regulations involved. It includes lot lines, streets, parking, building sites, reserved open space, buildings, major landscape features, both natural and manmade, and the locations of proposed utility lines.
“Snow storage area” means an area designed and set aside for the storage of snow, which area shall be unencumbered by structures or landscaping which would interfere with snow storage.
“Specified anatomical areas” means any of the following:
(1) Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus or female breasts below a point above the top of the areola; or
(2) Human male genitals, in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely or opaquely covered.
“Specified sexual activities” means any of the following:
(1) The fondling or other intentional touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus or female breasts;
(2) Sex acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including intercourse, oral copulation or sodomy;
(3) Masturbation, actual or simulated;
(4) Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation, arousal or tumescence;
(5) Excretory functions as part of or in connection with any of the activities set forth in subsections (1) through (4) of this definition.
“Stacking space” means an area for motor vehicles to line up in while waiting to go through a drive-through facility, or within a designated drop-off or pickup zone. The purpose of stacking space requirements is to promote public safety by alleviating on-site and off-site traffic congestion that might otherwise result from the operation of such a facility.
“State” means the state of Colorado.
“Street” means a public thoroughfare, which affords the principal means of access to abutting property.
“Structures” means anything constructed or erected, which requires location on the ground or attached to something having a location on the ground, but not including fences or walls.
“Structurally altered” or “alteration” means any addition or elimination of load-bearing parts of a building, including columns, beams, walls, or girders.
“Subdivision” means the process (and the result) of dividing a parcel of raw land into smaller buildable sites, blocks, lots, streets, open space and public areas and the designation of the location of utilities and other improvements.
“Town” means the town of Granby, Colorado.
“Use” means the purpose for which land or structures thereon or the purpose of land in association with a structure is designed, arranged or intended to be occupied or used, or for which it is occupied, maintained, rented or leased.
“Use-by-right” means any use listed as a permitted use in this chapter in any given zone district.
“Variance” means a decision of the board of adjustment which grants a property owner relief from certain provisions of this zoning code when, because of the particular physical surroundings, shape, or topographical condition of the property, compliance would result in a particular hardship upon the owner, as distinguished from a mere inconvenience.
“Wet bar” means an area equipped with running water, a sink of not more than 250 square inches and a bar or serving counter, and may also include an under counter or countertop refrigerator. A wet bar shall not include facilities for cooking.
“Yard” means an open space on the same lot with a building or building group lying between the front, rear, or side wall of a building and the nearest lot line, unoccupied except for projections and the specific minor uses or structures allowed in such open space under the provisions of this zoning code.
“Yard, front” means a yard extending the full width of the lot on which a building is located and situated between the front lot line and a line parallel thereto and passing through the nearest point of the building.
“Yard, rear” means a yard extending the full width of the lot on which a building is located and situated between the rear lot line and a line parallel thereto and passing through the nearest point of the building.
“Yard, side” means a yard on the same lot as a building situated between the side lot line and a line parallel thereto and passing through the nearest point of a building, and extending from the front yard to the rear.
“Zone lot” means any lot or parcel in the town which is part of a zone district. [Ord. 989 § 3, 2023; Ord. 970 § 1, 2022; Ord. 781 § 3, 2012; amended during 2011 recodification; Ord. 719 § 1, 2008. Code 1999 § 16-9-2].