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Maintenance and Repair.
1. All work on interior improvements that are not visible on a building's exterior; all repair, replacement and upgrades to mechanical equipment on a building's interior or otherwise screened from view; resurfacing of existing roofs;
2. Replacement of deteriorated exterior building surfaces, subject to the exceptions noted below;
3. Minor cosmetic improvements to structures, parking lots, and landscaping subject to the exceptions noted below;
4. Replacement of dead or dying landscaping;
5. Resurfacing of existing deteriorated asphalt surfaces;
6. Re-stripping of parking lots;
7. Addition of miscellaneous individual light fixtures, and very minor landscape improvements such as the addition of potted plants or 10 or fewer shrubs.
Manufactured Housing or Manufactured Home. This term has the same definition shown in Sec. 90-1 of the Aurora City Code.
Manufactured Housing Park. This term has the same definition shown in Sec. 90-1 of the Aurora City Code.
Marijuana-Related Definitions. As used in the context of regulating marijuana-related uses in Section 146-3.3.5.S, the following terms have the following meanings:
1. Marijuana. All parts of the plant of the genus Cannabis whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of the plant, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or its resin, including but not limited to marijuana concentrate, that is cultivated, manufactured, distributed, or sold by a licensed marijuana establishment. Marijuana does not include industrial hemp, nor does it include fiber produced from the stalks, oil, or cake made from the seeds of the plant, sterilized seed of the plant that is incapable of germination, or the weight of any other ingredient combined with marijuana to prepare topical or oral administrations, food, drink, or other product.
2. Marijuana Cultivation Facility. An entity licensed to cultivate, prepare, and package retail or medical marijuana and to sell retail marijuana to retail marijuana stores, sell marijuana to marijuana product manufacturing facilities, and to other marijuana cultivation facilities, but not to consumers.
3. Marijuana Establishment. A marijuana cultivation facility, a marijuana testing facility, a marijuana product manufacturing facility, a retail marijuana store, a marijuana transporter, or a marijuana research business.
4. Marijuana-Infused Product. A product infused with marijuana that is intended for use or consumption other than by smoking, including but not limited to edible products, ointments, and tinctures. These products, when manufactured or sold by a licensed retail medical marijuana store or a marijuana-infused product manufacturer, shall not be considered a food or drug for the purpose of the "Colorado Food and Drug Act," Part 4 of Article 5 of Title 25, C.R.S.
5. Marijuana Membership Club. Any building or structure wherein two or more people gather for the primary purpose of consuming marijuana or marijuana products, or any building or structure wherein club members meet with the ongoing practice of routinely or regularly consuming marijuana or marijuana products.
6. Marijuana Product Manufacturing Facility. An entity licensed to purchase retail marijuana, to manufacture, prepare, and package retail marijuana or retail marijuana products, and to sell retail marijuana or retail marijuana products to other marijuana product manufacturing facilities and to retail marijuana stores, but not to consumers.
7. Marijuana Research Business. A Marijuana Research and Development Facility or a Marijuana Research and Development Cultivation, as defined by the State of Colorado.
8. Marijuana Testing Facility. A public or private laboratory licensed by the City and the State of Colorado to conduct research and analysis of marijuana, marijuana-infused products, and medical marijuana concentrates for contaminants and potency.
9. Marijuana Transporter Licensed Premises. A building or structure designed or used for the storage of marijuana for a period of not more than seven consecutive days, for transportation by a licensed marijuana transporter. This use does not include an off-premises marijuana storage facility.
10. Off-Premises Marijuana Storage Facility. A building or structure designed or used for the storage of marijuana that is located off the premises of any licensed retail marijuana store, marijuana cultivation facility, marijuana product manufacturing facility, marijuana testing facility, marijuana research business, or marijuana licensed premises.
11. Pre-K-12 public or private school. For purposes of regulating marijuana, a public or private facility that provides a sequential program of instruction, including, but not limited to, communication skills of reading, writing, and speaking, mathematics, history, civics, literature, and science, in compliance with the School Attendance Law of 1963, C.R.S. § 22-33-101 et seq.., as amended, to students from preschool through twelfth grade. The term "pre-K-12 public or private school" does not include home-based education within the meaning of C.R.S. § 22-33-104.5, as amended.
12. Retail Marijuana Store. An entity licensed to purchase retail marijuana from retail marijuana cultivation facilities and retail marijuana and retail marijuana products from marijuana product manufacturing facilities and to sell retail marijuana and retail marijuana products to consumers.
13. Vapor Lounge. Any building or structure, not open to the general public, wherein two or more people gather for the primary purpose of consuming, inhaling, or ingesting marijuana in smokeless or vapor form, or any vapor consisting of a base (such as, but not exclusively, water, propylene glycol, diethylene glycol, vegetable glycol, or vegetable glycerin), and tetrahydro-cannabinol (THC) or tetrahydrocannabolic acid (THCA).
Marquee. A permanently roofed architectural projection that has vertical sides intended for the display of signs, and that is supported entirely from an exterior wall of a building.
Masonry. Brick, stone, or stucco, or any combination thereof. For purposes of the City's Residential Design Standards in Sections 146-4.8.3 (Design Standards for Single-Family Detached and Two-Family Dwellings) and 146-4.8.6 (Building Materials). This term does not include cementitious panels, pre-cast concrete panels, or Concrete Masonry Units (CMU).
Masonry Fence. As used in this UDO and under the City of Aurora Fence Replacement Program shall mean a fence constructed of the materials allowed along an arterial street (brick, stone, concrete, tile, or other similar building units or materials) laid up unit by unit to construct a fence and/or its main support structure. Siding and veneers may be permitted to be applied (i.e. stucco) as long as the internal support structure or bearing wall of the fence is constructed of the aforementioned masonry materials. Masonry fence construction fabricated in a location other than its final in-service location (known as prefabricated and panelized masonry shall be permitted as long as the fence panel is constructed entirely of masonry materials. Poured concrete construction has been classified as masonry, and therefore shall mean that pre-cast concrete panels shall be permitted for use as fences under this definition.
Masonry Wall. A wall faced with integrally colored decorative masonry block, stucco, or brick to match or blend with materials building or fence column materials on the parcel.
Master Plan. A general plan of development of a large or complex area indicating general locations and intensities of land uses and street, trail, and open space networks, that does not contain the level of detail required in a Major or Minor Site Plan and is required to comply with all City administrative regulations regarding such plans. This term includes Framework Development Plans, General Development Plans, and Station Area Plans approved by the City before the Effective Date.
Maximum Extent Practicable. The Planning Director has determined that no feasible or prudent alternative exists, that all possible efforts to comply with the standards or regulation or minimize potential harmful or adverse impacts have been undertaken by an applicant, and that the costs of complying with a UDO standard or criteria clearly outweigh the benefits to the public of complying with the standard or criteria. Economic considerations may be taken into account, but shall not be the overriding factor determining whether compliance with a standard or criteria in this UDO is impracticable.
Measured Radially. A distance, measured in a straight line between two points drawn from the closest points of the perimeters of the lots containing the use or improvement that is subject to the radial measurement.
Median. A paved or landscaped strip dividing a highway/street into lanes according to direction of travel.
Medical and Dental Clinic. A health care facility where patients are admitted for examination and treatment on an outpatient basis by one or more physicians, dentists, other medical personnel, psychologists, or social workers, and where patients are not usually lodged overnight. This use includes dialysis and other outpatient services clinics and emergency care clinics without ambulance services.
Meeting, Banquet, Event, or Conference Facility. A facility with or without food preparation equipment, used for meetings, conferences, receptions, fellowship, catered meals, and other social functions; and available on a rental basis to the general public.
Mentally Ill. A person with a substantial disorder of the cognitive, volitional, or emotional processes that grossly impairs judgment or capacity to recognize reality or control behavior.
Microbrewery. An establishment where malt liquors are manufactured and packaged on or off-premises, manufacturing more than 9,000, but less than 60,000 barrels of malt liquor on its licensed premises each calendar year. If food is served, the revenue from sales of food is smaller than the revenue from alcohol. In addition, if food is served, the revenue from sales of food is smaller than the revenue from alcohol sales for all periods during which the establishment is open after 9:00 pm during each calendar month.
Micro-cell Facility. A Telecom Facility used to provide increased capacity in high-call demand areas or to improve coverage in areas of weak coverage.
Mining. The development or extraction of mineral deposits, including but not limited to limestone, coal, sand, rock, clay, dirt, gravel, and other materials, and quarry aggregate from their natural occurrences on affected land. The term includes but is not limited to open pit mining and surface operations, strip mining, quarrying, dredging, and the disposal of refuse from those activities.
Mixed Residential Neighborhood or Development. A development with a range of housing types for a variety of incomes and lifestyles; generous and high quality open space amenities; quality construction and design; and transportation options as a result of an interconnected network of streets, trails, and other pedestrian and bicycle facilities.
Mixed-Use. A land use where both residential and non-residential land uses are permitted within a zone district are combined on a lot or within a structure or development, and where the different types of land uses are in close proximity.
Mixed-Use Building. Any building that contains both residential and non-residential uses.
Mobile Billboard. Any wheeled vehicle used primarily for the display of general advertising or general advertising for hire, by means of traversing upon any public street or parking on any public street in a manner that the advertising image(s) on the vehicle are visible from any portion of the public right-of-way. Also known as "sign truck" or "billboard truck." This definition does not apply to vehicles displaying images related to the same business or establishment of which the vehicle is an operating instrument, such as, by way of example and not limitation, an advertisement for a grocery store on a truck delivering merchandise to that store. Also, it does not apply to vehicles that are on the public road for the primary purpose of transportation, such as taxis and buses, even if such vehicles display general advertising.
Mobile Food Truck. A retail food establishment that is not intended to be permanent and is a motorized wheeled vehicle, or a trailer that is licensed for use on public roadways, designed and equipped to serve food and beverages, operating in either a static or transitory location. This definition includes but is not limited to vehicles selling or distributing frozen milk, frozen dairy or ice confection products, candy, gum or other confection products.
Mobile Home. This term has the same definition shown in Sec. 90-1 of the Aurora City Code.
Mobility Hub. A location intended to facilitate transfers among several different modes of travel that is designed to support at least two, and preferably more, of the following uses or activities: transit access, personal or shared bicycle or other mobility device storage, electric vehicle charging, car sharing, and access to ride-hailing services.
Mortuary. An establishment for the preparation of the deceased for burial and the display of the deceased and rituals connected with, and conducted before burial or cremation. This definition includes columbaria and may include a facility for the permanent storage of cremated remains of the dead. This definition shall not include freestanding crematoria facility.
Motor Court. A shared access drivelane with a single point of access to a public street and that provides access to a Motor Court Dwelling development.
Motor Freight Terminal. An establishment engaged primarily in the fueling, servicing, repair or parking of tractor trucks and similar heavy commercial vehicles, including the sale of accessories and equipment for such vehicles. A motor freight terminal may also include overnight accommodations, showers, and restaurant facilities primarily for the use of truck crews.
Motor Vehicle Body Shop and Painting. An establishment in which automobiles, light trucks, or other motor vehicles that operate on roadways are painted, or in which damage to the bodies and frames of such vehicles are repaired. Accessory uses may include motor vehicle rental.
Motor Vehicle Fuel Dispensing Station. Buildings or premises or portions of buildings or premises used for the retail sale or accessory fueling of gasoline or other motor vehicle fuels, motor oils, and other accessory products and may include vehicle washing facilities as an accessory use. When a primary use of land, accessory use may include convenience food and beverage sales.
Motor Vehicle Indoor Showroom or Broker. A business or broker selling or leasing new or used automobiles, sport utility vehicles, light trucks and vans, recreational vehicles, and motorcycles in which all vehicles are displayed and offered for sale or lease in a completely enclosed, indoor showroom. On-site vehicle repair, detailing, service, and/or body work are not permissible accessory uses.
Motor Vehicle Repair and Service. Buildings or premises or portions thereof used for the purpose of maintenance repairing, or painting of motor vehicles. Repair includes the fixing, refurbishing, or replacement of any part of a motor vehicle, including paint and body work. This use does not include motor vehicle salvage, wrecking, or dismantling or a motor vehicle body shop and painting facility.
Motor Vehicle Towing, Salvage, and Dismantling. An establishment used for the storage, collection, processing, purchase, sale, or disposal of motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts and/or a commercial establishment engaged in towing of vehicles or equipment from one location to another.
Motor Vehicle Wash. Any building or premises or portions of the building or premises used for washing motor vehicles, including the use of automatic or semiautomatic application of cleaner, brushes, rinse water, and heat for drying. This use does not include motor vehicle fueling as an accessory use.
Mulch. Non-living plant materials that are applied to plant beds and are at the base of trees and shrubs. Mulches include organic materials such as wood chips and shredded bark, and inert organic materials such as decomposed granite, cobble, and gravel. (Ord. No. 2020-37 § 39, 10-05-2020; Ord. No. 2019-49 § 1, 08-19-2019)