Athletic Field

Grounds used for playing sports or games generally but not exclusively outdoors. Generally, playing fields are wide expanses of grass, dirt or sand without many obstructions.

Ball Park

An athletic field or stadium in which games such as baseball or soccer are played.

Batting Cage

An area where pitching machines enable batting practice in a controlled environment for recreational purposes.

Community Garden

Land set aside for collective use for an organization or for the general public to grow produce and/or flowers. No marijuana shall be grown in such gardens.

Conservation Area

A tract of land that has protected status in order to ensure that natural features, cultural heritage or biota are safeguarded. A conservation area may be a nature reserve, a park, a land reclamation project or other area.

Golf Course

A tract of land for the playing of the game of golf, with tees, greens, fairways, hazards, etc. A golf course may be 9 or 18 holes in length.

Open Space

A common, accessible area that is shared by residents of a subdivision and/or by the public and is left in its natural or undisturbed state.

Park, Community

Regional park facility that serves an area of over 10,000 in population and is 20 to 100 acres.

Park, Neighborhood

A park of 5 to 20 acres serving an area of 2,000 to 10,000 population within a quarter to one-half mile service area.

Park, Urban

A park providing public access and recreational, educational, cultural, historical, or aesthetic amenities.

Playground

A piece of land used for and usually equipped with facilities for recreation especially by children. This definition includes small parcels developed as “tot lots” and may include playground equipment such as swings, slides and climbing structures.

Recreation Area/Facility

Any privately or publicly owned passive or active park, playground, sports field, access easement, beach, or other recreation area.

Swimming Pool

Any in-ground or above-ground structure designed for swimming, wading or other aquatic recreational purposes.

Trail

A path paved or unpaved used for walking, hiking, running, bicycling and/or horseback riding.

Electrical Equipment and Pole Storage Yard

Area used for the storage of equipment and support poles associated with permitted electrical substations.

Water, Drainage or Sewage Infrastructure

Pipes, installations and other infrastructure that are part of a system used for the purpose of water, drainage or sewage.

Temporary Uses

A use established for a fixed period of time with the intent to discontinue such use upon the expiration of such time. Such uses do not involve the construction or alteration of any permanent structure.