definition
strict definition
leisure
Places used for free-time enjoyment, including cultural attractions and spaces for fun, recreation, or relaxation.
Leisure sites are places where people go to enjoy themselves in their free time. These include cultural attractions as well as places for general fun and relaxation.
Enjoyment can involve attending a cultural attraction or taking part in an activity. A show venue accommodates an audience, while a recreation area supports relaxing activities without a strict program.
The intended purpose of the place determines the usage. Enjoying an activity incidentally does not turn an ordinary workplace into a leisure site.
More specific definitions
7 sub-definitions-
amusement
Places designated for fun, passive entertainment, or curiosity, excluding performance, educational, and cultural sites. -
games
Places designated for non-athletic competitive or rule-based recreation, excluding casinos. -
museum
Space for collecting and displaying valuable artifacts and/or educational exhibits. -
recreation
Space for relaxing activities such as playing, resting, and enjoying the environment. -
rehearsal space
Spaces routinely designated for practicing performing arts before or between public performances. -
show venue
Places where an audience watches or listens to a performed or recorded program for entertainment or artistic enjoyment. -
smoking
Spaces especially designated for leisure smoking, excluding areas that merely permit smoking.
Related definitions
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agriculture
Spaces which service the harnessing of natural bounty, especially crops and livestock. -
education
Spaces for classroom teaching or designated academic study, excluding separate research, library, administrative, and dormitory uses. -
government
Governmental premises for public interaction and receipt of government services, excluding regular administrative offices. -
health
Space used for medical and recuperative care, or for maintenance of well-being. -
industry
Spaces associated with direct production of material goods, including manufacturing, mining, and assembly. -
infrastructure
Structures and spaces which serve basic civil functions as part of extensive built networks. -
library
A space housing a large book collection with areas for study, research, or reading, subject to the small institutional exclusions. -
lodging
Guest accommodation with housekeeping and a self-determined stay, including serviced apartments with flexible leasing. -
office
Places for desk-based work where people administer any kind of business activities. -
parking
Space for temporarily leaving automobiles and other roadworthy transport vehicles when they are not in use. -
religion
Spaces dedicated to worship, prayer, or other spiritual activities prescribed by an organized or defined religious tradition. -
research
Spaces for experimental research and scientific and technological development. -
residential
Building space used as a home by people living there on at least a semi-permanent basis. -
retail
Space used for the trading of goods and services between vendors and consumers. -
services
Space used by a business to deliver services outside a customer-facing retail setting. -
social
Areas intended to bring people together for friendly, communal, or charitable purposes. -
sports
Spaces intended for athletic performance, training, practice, exercise, or recreational sport, subject to the amenity exclusions. -
storage
Places where goods are kept while not in use, excluding shipping hubs used only for rapid transfer between route stages. -
symbolic
Objects and places intended to convey meaning or attract visual or auditory attention, including attention to themselves.