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Office—Showroom means a commercial land use that is comprised of offices and other indoor floor <br />area in which large or bulk goods are both on display and being warehoused in the same space. Examples <br />of such uses commonly include furniture, building materials, or other similar uses. Characteristics of such <br />uses include a lack of other on-site warehousing. Office—Showroom shall not include direct, on-site retail <br />transactions to the end consumer. <br />Office—Warehouse means a commercial land use that is comprised of offices and other indoor space <br />in which materials and equipment are being stored for shipping to other locations for eventual resale or use. <br />Office—Warehouse does not include on-site retail transactions or display. <br />Open sales lot means land devoted to the display of goods for sale, rent, lease or trade where such <br />goods are not enclosed within a building. <br />Outdoor storage means the keeping of materials or equipment on a parcel of land for the purpose of <br />transporting, using or employing such materials or equipment at a future date at another location, either on - <br />or off-site. The keeping of motorized vehicles for more than 24 hours, or other equipment that is not <br />capable of self -powered movement (such as trailers), shall be included in this definition. <br />Parking means the keeping of passenger automobiles and light trucks for a temporary period (usually <br />less than 24 hours) in a space designated and improved for such use according to the requirements of the <br />Zoning Ordinance. Parking does not include storage. <br />Pasture means open, non -treed land containing vegetation which can support grazing by horses, cattle <br />or other domestic animals. Calculations of minimum pasture acreage for the keeping of farm animals shall <br />not include any land defined as a wetland or wetland buffer under section 78-1602. <br />Performance standards means criteria established to control noise, odor, toxic or noxious matter, <br />vibration, fire and explosive hazards, or glare or heat generated by or inherent in uses of land or buildings. <br />Permeable lining (landscaping fabric) means a porous material used for weed prevention that allows <br />storm water to permeate into the ground. <br />Pervious paver means concrete, asphalt or similar blocks with holes of some kind that allow water to <br />go through the surface into a specialized aggregate base—consistent of an open -graded aggregate—and <br />into the soils below. <br />Pervious surface means naturally occurring groundcover or a variety of types of pavement, pavers and <br />other devices that provide stormwater infiltration while serving as a structural surface. <br />Place of worship means a building or space that is principally used as a place where people of the <br />same faith or religion regularly assemble for worship. Place of worship does not include community <br />education or art centers, schools, instructional centers, daycare facilities, family day shelters, <br />conservatories, convention centers, libraries, museums, residential dwellings, recreational and <br />entertainment facilities, theaters or social service distribution facilities. <br />Public service structures means underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission <br />or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems, including poles, wires, <br />mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, traffic signals, hydrants or other similar <br />equipment and accessories, but not including buildings or major structures located above ground level. <br />Personal wireless services and commercial broadcasting antennas and towers shall not be considered public <br />service structures. <br />Restaurants (class I) means a restaurant in which food is served to the customer and consumed by him <br />while seated at a counter or table, and the restaurant does not serve intoxicating liquor or provide live <br />entertainment. Food is selected by a customer while going through a serving line and taken to a table for <br />consumption. <br />Restaurants (class II) means fast food convenience, drive-in and liquor service restaurants; a <br />restaurant where a majority of customers order and are served their food at a counter in packages prepared <br />to leave the premises, or to be taken to a table, counter, automobile or off the premises to be consumed; or a <br />