Sale at Wholesale. A facility for the sales and distribution of goods and parts intended either for resale at retail or as components in the manufacture or assembly of other retail goods; and where such sales are not intended for the general public. Does not include sales or storage of live animals, radioactive, infectious or hazardous waste, or commercial explosives.

School, Elementary or Secondary. An accredited school under the sponsorship of a public, private, or religious agency, having a curriculum generally equivalent to public elementary or secondary schools.

Screening. A method of visually shielding or obscuring one abutting or nearby structure or use from another by fencing, walls, berms, or densely planted vegetation.

Screening Components. Walls, fences, and other items listed in the Original Aurora Public Realm Design Standards.

Self-Storage Facility. A structure containing separate storage spaces of varying sizes leased or rented as individual spaces, or in the case of storage for recreational vehicles, boats, and similar operable vehicles, storage in a fully screened outdoor area with individual parking stalls leased or rented as individual spaces.

Sensitive Area. Areas or site features that are listed in Section 146-4.3.5.B.1, Subsections a through h.

Setback. The distance between the building and any lot line or roadway flowline if closer than the nearest lot line.

Setback Line. That line that is the required minimum distance from any lot line and that establishes the area within which principal or accessory structures shall be erected or placed.

Setback, Front (or Street). A setback extending across the full width of the front of a lot, the required depth of which is measured from the street right-of-way line.

Setback, Rear. A setback that is to extend across the full width of the rear of a lot, the required depth of which is measured from the rear lot line.

Setback, Side. A setback that extends from the front setback line to the rear setback line, the required depth of which is measured from at a right angle from the interior side lot line.

Sewage Disposal Plant. A plant for the primary, secondary, tertiary treatment of sewage.

Sexually-Oriented Business. An establishment consisting of, including, or having the characteristics of any or all of the following:

Shade Tree. A self-supporting deciduous canopy tree that has at least two and one-half inches caliper at the time of installation and is of a species that reaches a mature height of at least 45 feet.

Shrub. A self-supporting woody perennial ranging in height from six inches to 20 feet. Shrubs are characterized by multi-stemmed growth habits and can be deciduous or evergreen.

Sidewalk Design Components. Sidewalk layout, pattern, pavers, material, colors, and other aspects listed in the Original Aurora Public Realm Design Standards.

Siding. The outer covering or cladding of a building, made of wood, fiber cement, or a composite material, meant to shed water and protect the house from the effects of weather.

Siding, Lap. Siding composed of tapered boards, as clapboards, laid horizontally with the thicker lower edge of each board overlapping the thinner upper edge of the board below it.

Sign. Any medium, including its structure and the component parts, that is used or intended to be used to attract attention to the subject matter for advertising or identifying purposes. The term "sign" shall not include design features of an architectural nature that do not employ words or prices. The term includes but is not limited to the following:

1. Sign, Awning. A sign depicted or placed upon, attached to, constructed in, or supported by an awning extending over functional or faux windows.

5. Sign, Canopy. A sign on a framed architectural feature that is attached to and supported from the wall of a building.

13. Sign, Projecting. Any sign that projects perpendicular to and is supported by a building. A grand projecting sign is a projecting sign that is substantially larger and is more visible to drivers, cyclists, or pedestrians at a distance.

Site. A parcel of land included in a Site Plan or other plan submitted to the City for approval that is occupied or capable of being occupied by one or more buildings and the accessory buildings or uses customarily incident to it, including such open spaces as are required by this UDO.

Site Area. The area of the lot or parcel on which a primary structure may be erected or maintained. For residential lots containing a single-family dwelling unit (with or without accessory dwelling unit), the minimum required site area and the minimum site area per dwelling unit are the same. For residential lots that can contain more than one primary dwelling unit, the site area is the minimum lot or parcel area that can contain a primary structure with those dwelling units, but the minimum site area per dwelling unit must still be met.

Site Furnishing Components. Utility boxes, benches, trash receptacles, news corrals, bicycle racks, planters, and other similar items.

Site Improvements. Constructed utilities, roads, driveways, parking areas, landscaping, sidewalks, or structures on a site.

Site Plan. A detailed plan depicting how a site will be developed by illustrations and drawings of such site features as architectural building elevations, building locations, sidewalks, parking areas, landscaping, recreational amenities and other site features. This term includes Contextual Site Plans (CSPs) for lands located in Subarea C that were approved by the City as zoning decisions before the Effective Date, and that have not expired (a) pursuant to the terms of the CSP, or (b) if the CSP did not indicate when it would expire, then (b) pursuant to the terms of this UDO. Site Plans are categorized as “minor” or “major”, each of which is regulated differently in Title 146-5 (Zoning and Subdivision Procedures).

Site-Specific Development Plan. A Minor Site Plan, a Major Site Plan, or a Final Subdivision Plat.

Slaughterhouse, Small. A facility on a lot no greater than 20,000 square feet size for the slaughtering and processing of animals and the refining of their byproducts, subject to the use specific standards in Section 146-3.3 and the requirements of Section 35-33 et seq. Colorado Revised Statutes governing “custom processing of meat animals” for the slaughter or processing of meat or meat products of an animal not owned by the person performing the slaughter or processing and not intended for sale by the owner of the animal. This definition does not include commercial feedlots or commercial slaughterhouse operations that process animal products for bulk sales to retail outlets.

Solar Collector, Ground or Building-Mounted. A system of panels, wiring, and related equipment used to transform direct solar energy into thermal, chemical, or electrical energy that is mounted either to the ground or to a building.

Sole Source of Heat. One or more residential solid fuel fired heating devices that constitutes the only source of heat in a private residence for purposes of space heating. A residential solid fuel fired heating device shall be considered to be the sole source of heat if the private residence is equipped with a permanently installed furnace or heating system, designed to heat the residence, but is disconnected from its energy source, e.g., heating oil, natural gas, electricity, or propane.

Solid Fuel Fired Heating Device. A device designed for solid fuel combustion so that usable heat is derived for the interior of a building, and includes solid fuel fired stoves, fireplaces, pellet stoves, solid fuel fired cooking stoves, and a combination of fuel furnaces or boilers that burn solid fuel. Solid fuel fired heating devices do not include barbecue devices or natural gas fired fireplace logs.

Solid Waste Transfer Facility. A facility at which non-hazardous refuse awaiting transportation to a disposal site is transferred from one type of collection vehicle to another. Refuse may be sorted and repackaged at a transfer station.

Special Landscape Buffer. A landscape area to be provided adjacent to public open space, parks, and trails, and adjacent to I-70, I-225, and E-470.

Specialty Food Production. Small-scale production or preparation of food made on site with minimal use of automated processes, and where packaging and sales of the goods produced on site to the public may occur. This definition includes uses such as bakeries, coffee roasters, candy making, and cheese making, but does not include any use involving marijuana or otherwise meeting the definition of a marijuana cultivation, product manufacturing, and testing facility. This definition does not include any use involving hemp, hemp product or otherwise meeting the definition of hemp processing or hemp manufacturing. This use may or may not have outdoor seating or patio as an accessory use depending on the zoning district in which it is located.

Stacked or Stacked Configuration. An arrangement of dwelling units in which at least one dwelling unit is positioned vertically over all or a portion of another dwelling unit.

Stadium. A large open or enclosed place used for games and major events and partly or completely surrounded by tiers of seats for spectators.

Station Area Plan. A plan for the development of land around a transit station approved by the City before the Effective Date pursuant to the provisions of the Aurora Zoning Code applicable to transit-oriented development before the Effective Date. Approved Station Area Plans are treated as approved Master Plans in this UDO.

Stone. As used in applying the standards in Section 146-4.8 (Building Design Standards) natural stone or a cement-based product made to match the appearance of natural stone, and laid up in small, individual units with a veneer depth of at least two inches; provided that any cement-based product shall comply with one or more of the following standards:

Storage, Distribution, and Warehousing. The storage of goods, vehicles, or materials in a warehouse, structure, or hangar, and/or the use of that facility for the intake of goods and merchandise, individually or in bulk, the short-term holding or storage of those goods or merchandise, and/or the breaking up into lots or parcels and subsequent shipment off-site of such goods and merchandise. This use includes but is not limited to commercial warehouses and aircraft hangars.

Storage, Distribution, or Wholesaling. A land use category (that includes individual land uses) that includes establishments engaged in the storage or movement of goods for themselves or other firms. Goods are generally delivered to other firms or the final consumer, except for some will-call pickups. There is little on-site sales activity with the customer present. Uses may include carting, hauling or storage yards and contractor’s shops, large-scale distribution, and warehousing. Accessory uses may include offices, truck fleet parking, and maintenance areas.

Story. That portion of a building, other than a basement or cellar as defined in the building code, included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the next floor above it or, if there is no floor above it, the space between the surface of the floor and the ceiling next above it.

Street. A public or private vehicular right-of-way that provides access to more than one lot. The term "street" shall not include vehicular rights-of-way defined as driveways, drive lanes, Loop Lanes, Motor Courts, as defined in this UDO.

Street Furniture. Constructed, above ground objects, such as outdoor seating, kiosks, bus shelters, sculpture, tree grids, trash receptacles, fountains, and telephone booths, that have the potential for enlivening and giving variety to streets, sidewalks, plazas, and other outdoor spaces open to, and used by, the public.

Street Standards. All standards contained in the most recent version of the Aurora Roadway Design and Construction Specifications Manual and Chapters 126-1 and 126-36 of the Aurora City Code.

Street Tree. A self-supporting deciduous woody perennial plant that reaches a mature height of 45 feet.

Stub Street. A nonpermanent dead end street intended to be extended in conjunction with development on adjacent lots or sites.

Streetscape. A design term referring to all the elements that constitute the physical makeup of a street and that, as a group, define its character, including building frontage, street paving, street furniture, landscaping, awnings and marquees, signs, and lighting.

Structure. Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires fixed location on the ground or attachment to something having fixed location on the ground.

Stucco. A cement-based exterior coating system that complies with one or more of the following standards:

Subdivider. The individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, syndication, trust, or other legal entity that files the application and initiates proceedings for the subdivision of land in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision ordinance. A "subdivider" need not be the owner of the property.

Subdivision. The division of any lot, tract or land parcel into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other land divisions for the purpose of sale or development.

Supportive Housing. A dwelling where persons are living, together with staff, as a single housekeeping unit providing care, supervision, and treatment for the exclusive use of persons requiring medical, correctional, or other mandated supervision whose right to live together is not protected by the federal Fair Housing Act Amendments, as amended and as interpreted by the courts, and that does not meet the definition of another use in this UDO. “Supportive housing” includes, but is not limited to: