§ 21.40.170. Definitions.

A.

In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the singular shall include the plural, the masculine shall include the feminine, and terms not defined by KPB 21.40.070 shall be given their common uses and meaning.

B.

The following words shall be defined and construed as set forth below:

"Accessory use or structure" means a use or structure on the same lot and of a nature customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use or structure. This definition also applies to multiple lots or parcels under contiguous ownership.

"Automobile wrecking" means the dismantling of used motor vehicles or trailers, or storage or sale of parts from dismantled or partially dismantled, obsolete, or wrecked vehicles, including but not limited to automobiles, planes, and boats.

"Beauty parlor or salon/barber shop" means a commercial establishment providing services such as hair cuts and hair treatment, manicure, and facials.

"Bed and breakfast" means commercial lodging and at least one meal per day offered in a private home to no more than five guests per day.

"Campground/recreational vehicle park" means a lease or rental of the use of a lot for overnight accommodation of people outside of a dwelling unit or rental cabin.

"Commercial" means any use operated for production of income whether or not income is derived, including sales, barter, rental, or trade of goods and services, and including all activities directly subsidiary.

"Dance studio" means a commercial operation for the purpose of gathering people for dance or dance instruction.

"Day care, licensed" means an occupied home to which the licensing requirements of the state of Alaska are applicable which is used and maintained to provide care, supervision, and guidance, for less than 24 hours per day, for children or adults.

"Dwelling, single-family" means a detached building constructed on a permanent foundation, designed exclusively for occupancy by one family and having housekeeping facilities for only one family, and constituting one dwelling unit.

"Funeral parlor, funeral home, or mortuary" means a building or part of a building used for human funeral services which may include embalming and preparing the dead for burial; the performance of autopsies and other surgical procedures; the storage of caskets, funeral urns, and other related funeral supplies; the storage of funeral vehicles; the storage of dead bodies before cremation or burial; and the performance of funeral services.

"Hazardous chemical" means a chemical that is a physical hazard or a health hazard.

"Hazardous substance" means substances defined at AS 46.08.900(6) and AS 46.09.900(4) as amended.

"Hazardous waste" means all waste substances defined by AS 29.35.590(8), and 18 AAC 63.900 as amended.

"Industrial, heavy" means the manufacture of materials or products predominantly from extracted or raw materials, or a use engaged in storage of or manufacturing processes using flammable or explosive materials, or storage or manufacturing processes that involve hazardous waste, chemicals, substances, or conditions.

"Industrial, light" means a use engaged in the manufacture predominantly from previously prepared materials, of finished products or parts, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, packaging, incidental storage, sales, and distribution of such products, but excluding basic industrial processing.

"Home occupation" means an accessory commercial occupation conducted in a dwelling unit in accordance with the standards set forth in KPB 21.40.100(D).

"Home office" means a room in a dwelling place, or accessory buildings to a dwelling place, where commercial activity is conducted.

"Hotel" means a commercial operation consisting of guest rooms which offers transient lodging accommodations to the public and may provide additional services such as restaurants, meeting rooms, and recreation facilities.

"Junkyard" means a privately-owned outdoor location where junk and or salvage is gathered, stored, exchanged, bought, or sold. Junk includes but is not limited to any worn out, wrecked, scrapped partially- or fully-dismantled discarded tangible material, combination of materials or items, including motor vehicles and machinery missing major component parts, metal, rags, rubber, paper, plastics, and building materials. Junk may include any other materials which are not being altered or reconditioned to be used for their original purposes. See "salvage."

"Kennel" means a premises where a person owns or keeps four or more dogs over the age of six months in the operation of a business, which includes buying, selling, training, boarding, grooming, or breeding.

"Lodging" means overnight accommodation or sleeping quarters.

"Motel" means a group of attached or detached buildings, containing individual sleeping or living units offered as temporary lodging for compensation and providing at least one parking space for each unit located on the same premises and convenient to each unit. "Motel" includes auto courts and motor lodges. (see hotels)

"Planning Director" means the planning director of the Kenai Peninsula Borough or the planning director's designee.

"Private club" means a corporation, association, or organization of persons owning or operating a facility or building for social, educational, recreational, or other special purposes not customarily carried on as a business, whether or not for profit.

"Repair or paint station" means a place where the following services may be carried out: general repair, engine rebuilding or repair, reconditioning or rebuilding of motor vehicles; and collision service including body, frame and fender straightening and repair, painting and undercoating of motor vehicles or boats.

"Restaurant" means a commercial establishment selling unpackaged food to the customer in a ready-to-consume state in individual servings or containers.

"Salvage" means (a) used material which is saved from disposal for future use or recycling (when used as a noun); (b) the act of saving material from waste or disposed for the purpose of reuse or recycling (when used as a verb).

"Sand, gravel, or material site" means an area used for extracting, quarrying, or conditioning gravel or substances from the ground that are not subject to permits through the state location (mining claim) system (e.g. gold, silver, and other metals) nor energy minerals including but not limited to coal, oil, and gas.

"Sawmill/lumberyard" means a commercial establishment that saws logs, by hand or machine, into boards, planks, or other structural members known as lumber, and/or sells lumber.

"Service station" means any building, structure, premises, or other space used primarily for the retail sale and dispensing of motor fuels, tires, batteries, and other small accessories; the installation and servicing of such services.

"Sign" means any device, structure, fixture, or placard using graphics, symbols, and/or written copy designed primarily for the purpose of advertising or identifying any establishment, products, goods or services.

"Stable" means a premises where a person owns or keeps two or more horses over the age of six months in the operation of a business which includes buying, selling, trading, bartering, training, bordering, leasing, or breeding.

"Storage yard" means an area where vehicles or equipment are bought, sold, exchanged or stored.

"Structure" means anything that is constructed or erected and located on or under the ground. For purposes of minimum setback requirements under KPB 21.40 the following items are not considered structures: fences; retaining walls; parking areas; roads, driveways or walkways; window awnings; a temporary building when used for 30 days or less; utility poles and lines; guy wires; clothes lines; flag poles; planters; incidental yard furnishings; water wells; monitoring wells and tubes; patios, decks, or steps less than 18 inches above average grade.

"Telecommuting" means working in the home by using a computer terminal connected by a telephone line to a central office or central computer.

"Tutoring" means offering lessons or instruction to no more than four pupils in the same session on a commercial basis.

(Ord. No. 99-54, § 1, 10-12-99)