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Accessory Apartment - A second dwelling unit, either in or added to an existing single-family detached dwelling, or in a separate accessory structure on the same lot as the main dwelling, for use as a complete, independent living facility with provision for cooking, eating, sanitation, and sleeping. Such a dwelling is an accessory use to the main dwelling. Accessory Structure - A structure which is customarily associated with, subordinate in size and incidental in use to the principal structure and located on the same site. Examples are tool sheds and garages. Accessory Use - A use which: a) Is clearly incidental to, customarily found in association with, and serves a principal use; b) Is subordinate in purpose, area, and extent to the principal use served; and c) Is located on the same lot as the principal use, or on an adjoining lot in the same ownership as that of the principal use. Accessway - A paved area intended to provide ingress and egress of vehicular traffic from a public or private right-of-way to an off- street parking area. Adjacent - A lot or parcel of land that is nearby and not necessarily abutting. The lots or parcels may be separated by streets, rights-of-way, power lines, or similar open areas. Administrative Permit Use - A use that would not be appropriate generally or without restriction throughout the zoning district but which, if controlled as to number, area, location, or relation to the neighborhood, would not be detrimental to public health, safety, or general welfare. Administrator - The Indian River County Administrator. Adopted Portion of the Indian River County Comprehensive Plan - Those portions of the Comprehensive Plan adopted by the Board of County Commissioners by Ordinance No. 90-3 as the adopted portion of the plan pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 163, Part II, Florida Statutes, and FAC 9J -5.005(c). Adult Arcade - An establishment where, for any form of consideration, one or more motion picture projectors, slide projectors or similar machines, for viewing by five (5) or fewer persons each, are used to show films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, photographic reproductions, or other visual materials having as their primary or dominant theme the depiction of or description of "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas". Such use is generally not open to the public in general, but only to one or more classes of the public, excluding minors by reason of age. 7