Medford Revised Ordinances § 94-8.4 (Zoning — Short Term Rentals) § 94-12.0

Recreational use: The use of any site or indoor or outdoor facility for the purpose of play, diversion,
amusement, or physical fitness which is primarily for other than residents of the
premises, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing a park, playground,
beach, swimming pool, marina, bowling alley, theater, and concert hall, and as referred
to in this chapter also means a use in which no outdoor area designed for active use
is located within any required yard and in which all activities, both indoor and outdoor
are so arranged and sound-insulated so as to protect the neighborhood from inappropriate
light and noise in any season.

Research and testing laboratory: Those facilities used primarily for research, development and/or testing of innovative
information, concepts, methods, processes, materials, or products. This can include
the design, development, and testing of biological, chemical, electrical, magnetic,
mechanical, and/or optical components in advance of product manufacturing. The accessory
development, fabrication, and light manufacturing of prototypes, or specialized machinery
and devices integral to research or testing may be associated with these uses, but
excluding laboratories categorized as Level 3 or 4 by the National Institutes for
Health.

Retail sales: A store with more than 15,001 square feet of gross floor area, including, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, a grocer, baker, food store, package store,
dry goods, variety, clothing, hardware, paint, household goods, furniture, books,
tobacco, flowers, drugs, and general merchandise.

Retail sales, convenience: Retail sales in a building with 2,501 to 5,000 square feet of gross floor area.