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S <br /> SUBDIVISION, MINOR: A subdivision of five (5) lots or fewer. <br /> SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT: Any repair or alteration of a structure,the cost of which <br /> equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure either (a)before the <br /> commencement or repair is started; or(b) if the structure has been damaged, and is being <br /> restored,before the damage occurred. This term does not include either: (1) any project for <br /> improvement of a structure to comply with existing state or local health, sanitary, or safety <br /> code specifications which are solely necessary to assure safe living conditions; or(2) any <br /> alteration of a structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places or the Illinois <br /> Register of Historical Places. <br /> SUPERMARKET: A retail store with a floor area of 30,000 square feet or greater,primarily <br /> engaged in selling edible products for home preparation and consumption. <br /> SUPERSTORE: A retail store with a floor area of 50,000 square feet or greater that is primarily <br /> engaged in selling general products at retail in combination with groceries and similar <br /> supermarket items. <br /> SWIM CLUB: A club, in private or cooperative ownership, which offers swimming,wading, or <br /> diving pools and other aquatic recreational activities for members and their guests in <br /> exchange for a membership fee. Ancillary uses include snack bars and locker rentals. <br /> Occasionally such facilities may be leased to non-members for private parties. <br /> SYSTEM: The communications transmission facilities and network operated by a service <br /> provider in the city. <br /> TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE (TRC): A body composed of City staff appointed by the <br /> City Manager, and staff members of other agencies appointed by the City Manager, for the <br /> purpose of conducting a formal review of site plans, subdivision plats, planned unit <br /> developments (PUDs), and other land development instruments. <br /> TELECOMMUNICATIONS: The transmission,between or among points specified by the user, <br /> of information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the <br /> information as sent and received. <br /> TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER: A mast,pole,monopole, guyed tower, lattice tower, <br /> freestanding tower, or other structure designed and primarily used to support antennas. A <br /> ground- or building-mounted mast greater than ten(10) feet tall and six (6) inches in <br /> diameter supporting one or more antennae, dishes, arrays, etc. shall be considered a <br /> telecommunications tower for the purposes of this ordinance. <br /> TEMPORARY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY: Any tower,pole, antenna, etc., <br /> designed for use while a permanent wireless facility is under construction, or for a special <br /> event or conference where a majority of people attending are wireless users. <br /> TERMINAL, FREIGHT: Distribution facilities with the capability of handling a large variety of <br /> goods involving various forms of transportation. Although these facilities may have <br /> accessory warehousing uses, their primary function is the multi-modal transportation of <br /> goods. <br /> THALWEG: The line of fastest descent from any point on land, especially one connecting the <br /> deepest points along a river channel, or the lowest points along a valley floor. <br /> 26 <br />