E. Public and Semi-Public Utility Uses
Uses including all lines, buildings, easements, passageways, or structures used or intended to be used by any public or private utility related to the provision, distribution, collection, transmission, or disposal of power, oil, gas, water, sanitary sewage, communication signals, or other similar public services at a local level. Specific use types include:
Flood Control Facility
A facility used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters. Such uses may include channel banks, floodplains, floodways, watercourses, retention/detention basins, or similar improvements or facilities.
Public Utility, Major
A facility used to convert electric power, natural gas, telephone signals, cable/fiber optic communications, and water services from a form appropriate for transmission over long distances to a form appropriate for residential household or commercial use, or vice versa. This use includes but is not limited to: electric substations, natural gas regulator stations, telephone switching stations, water pressure control facilities, and sewage lift stations, regional storm water drainage facilities, and water and sewer treatment facilities. Major public utilities are of a size and scale found only in scattered sites throughout the City.
Public Utility, Minor
A facility used to convert electric power, natural gas, telephone signals, cable/fiber optic communications, and water services from a form appropriate for transmission over long distances to a form appropriate for residential household or commercial use, or vice versa. Minor public utilities are of a size and scale commonly found in all areas of the City.
Water Storage Tank
A tower or other facility for the storage of water for supply to a water system.