[Ord. No. 985, 7-5-2018]
A.
For the purpose of this Chapter, certain words and terms used herein
shall be defined as set forth in this Section. If not specifically
defined herein, words and terms shall be defined as in Webster's
Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, (1994).
Unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary:
1.
Words used in the present tense include the future tense;
2.
Words in the singular number include the plural and, words in
the plural number include the singular;
3.
The word "shall" or the word "must" is mandatory and not directory;
4.
The word "herein" means the UDO;
5.
Gender specific words, such as his or hers, shall include the
opposite gender;
6.
The word "person" includes an individual, corporation, partnership
or an incorporated association of persons, such as a club;
7.
The word "building" includes the word "structure";
8.
A "building" includes any part thereof;
9.
The words "used" or "occupied" as applied to any land or building
shall be construed to include the words "intended, arranged or designed
to be used or occupied."
[Ord. No. 985, 7-5-2018]
The following words and terms as used herein are defined to
mean the following:
A subordinate building having a use customarily incident
to and located on the lot occupied by the main building or a use customarily
incident to the main use of the property. A building housing an accessory
use is considered an integral part of the main building when it has
any part of a wall in common with the main building, or is under an
extension of the main roof and designed as an integral part of the
main building.
Stormwater, water, wastewater, street, electric and telecommunications
facilities at minimum acceptable levels of service.
Board of Aldermen of the City of Lake Tapawingo.
A structure which is permanently affixed to the ground, as
provided by the Building Code, has a roof supported by columns or
walls, and is used for housing or enclosure of people, animals or
personal property. When a portion thereof is completely separated
from every other portion by a dividing wall (or firewall when applicable)
without openings or an enclosed breezeway, then each such portion
shall be deemed to be a separate building.
A line specifically established which generally is parallel
to and set back from a property line and which identifies an area
into which no part of a building shall project.
A building in which is conducted the principal use of the
lot on which it is situated. In a residential district, the largest
dwelling shall be deemed to be a principal building.
The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Lake Tapawingo.
A building or portion thereof, designed exclusively for residential
occupancy, including one-family, two-family, and multiple dwellings,
boarding and lodging houses, apartment houses and apartment hotels,
but not hotels, house trailers or mobile homes.
A detached building arranged, intended or designed for occupancy
by one-family in one (1) dwelling unit. Also called Single-Family
Residential.
One (1) or more persons who are related by blood or marriage,
including not more than two (2) lodgers or boarders, living together
and occupying a single housekeeping unit with single kitchen facilities,
or a group of not more than four (4) (excluding servants) living together
by joint agreement and occupying a single housekeeping unit with single
kitchen facilities.
The vertical distance measured from the highest of the following
three (3) levels:
From the street curb level.
From the established or mean street grade in case the curb has
not been constructed.
From the average finished ground level adjoining the building
where it sits back from the street line.
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To:
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A. The level of the highest point of the roof beams of flat
roofs or roofs inclining not more than one (1) inch to the foot.
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B. The mean height level of the top of the highest ridge for
other roofs.
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An accessory use of a dwelling unit or its accessory structure
for gainful employment.
A parcel of land that is defined on a subdivision plat of
record, which is intended to be occupied by a principal building(s)
or building(s) and open space. Streets are not included in this definition.
An interior lot having frontage on two (2) streets.
The area of the lot shall be the next horizontal area of
the lot and shall not include portions of streets, alleys and water
bodies.
A lot abutting upon two (2) or more intersecting streets.
Measures the percentage of the lot that is covered by the
building. The area of a site covered by buildings or roofed areas,
excluding allowed projecting eaves, balconies, and similar features.
The horizontal distance from the front property line to the
rear property line. If front and rear property lines are not parallel,
the lot depth is the shortest distance between the front and rear
property lines.
The distance for which a lot abuts on a street.
A lot whose side lines do not abut on any street.
A line of record bounding a lot which divides one (1) lot
from another lot or from a public or private street or any other public
space.
The mean horizontal distance between side lines measured
at right angles to the depth of the lot. The mean lot width need only
be calculated on that portion of the lot required to meet the minimum
lot area.
A use, building or yard which does not, by reason of design,
use or dimensions, conform to the regulations of the district in which
it is situated. It is a legal, nonconforming use if established prior
to the effective date of this Chapter and an illegal, nonconforming
use if established after the effective date of this Chapter and not
otherwise approved as provided herein.
Those wastes which are comparable to wastes which originate
in residential units and contain only human excrement and wastes from
kitchen, laundry, bathing and other household facilities.
The entire width between the boundary lines of every thoroughfare
or right-of-way that is used by the public for vehicular travel, including
public or private streets.
A property line marking the boundary between a street and
a lot.
Anything constructed or erected, which requires location
on the ground, or attached to something having a location on the ground;
including, but not limited to buildings, advertising signs, billboards,
and poster panels, but exclusive of customary fences or boundary or
retaining walls.
A modification or variation of the provisions of this Chapter,
as applied to a specific piece of property, as distinct from rezoning.
An open space at grade between a building and the adjoining
lot lines, unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a structure
from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided. In measuring
a yard for the purpose of determining the width of a side yard, the
depth of a front yard or the depth of a rear yard, the least horizontal
distance between the lot line and the main building shall be used.
An open space, unoccupied (except as hereafter provided)
between the rear lot line and rear line of the principal building
and the side property lines.
An open space unoccupied by buildings or structures (except
as hereafter provided) across the full width of the lot extending
from the front line of the building to the front property line of
the lot or parcel.
An open unoccupied space on the same lot with the building
between the main building and the adjacent side line of the lot, and
extending from the front yard to the rear yard.
