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Editor's Note: The title of this article was changed from
"Word Usage and Definitions" to "Word Usage; Construction and Application;
Definitions" 2-25-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-03.
For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms
and words are herein defined as follows:
A.
Words used in the present tense include the future;
words used in the singular number include the plural number and vice
versa; the word "used" shall include "arranged, designed, constructed,
altered, converted, rented, leased or intended to be used"; the word
"lot" includes the words "plot or parcel"; the word "building" includes
the words "structure or dwelling or residence"; and the word "shall"
is mandatory and not discretionary.
B.
Any word or term not defined herein shall be used
with a meaning or standard usage or as defined in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1
et seq., or any amendments or supplements thereto.
[Added 2-25-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-03]
A.
All provisions in Chapter 108, regardless of designation or location within Chapter 108, that are authorized by the Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL) to be included in a zoning ordinance, including but not limited to the regulation of uses (including accessory uses and structures), bulk area and yard requirements, buffers, density, distance between buildings, off-street parking, floor area ratio, height, the number, placement and dimensions of signs, and other dimensional requirements governing the intensity of land use, shall be deemed to be zoning regulations. A deviation from a zoning regulation will require a variance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70.
B.
All provisions in Chapter 108 that are authorized by the MLUL for inclusion in site plan and/or subdivision ordinances, including but not limited to engineering and construction design standards relating to the construction of such items of infrastructure as drainage, lighting, streets, utilities, on-site traffic circulation and the like, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in Chapter 85, Site Plan Review, and Chapter 91, Subdivision of Land, except to the extent any such provision is a zoning regulation pursuant to § 108-6.1A. Exceptions to provisions within Chapter 108 that are design standards and not zoning regulations may be granted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-51.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A building, structure or use which is customarily associated
with and is subordinate and incidental to the principal building,
structure or use and which is located on the same lot therewith. An
accessory building attached to the principal building shall comply
in all respects with the requirements applicable to the principal
building.
The use of the land for the growing and harvesting of crops
and the raising and breeding of animals, including truck farms, livestock,
dairies, poultry husbandry, fruit farms, nurseries and greenhouses,
buildings for housing seasonal workers for the farmer's own use, barns,
packing but not processing of produce raised on premises, storage
buildings and buildings for the keeping of poultry and livestock and
garages for the keeping of equipment and trucks used in farm operations,
which land shall contain no less than five acres, exclusive of the
land upon which the farmhouse is located and such additional land
as may actually be used in connection with the farmhouse as provided
in N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.3, 54:4-23.4, 54:4-23.5 and 54:4-23.11. "Crops"
excludes cannabis.
[Amended 2-24-1981; 8-29-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-15]
Any change in or additions to the supporting members of a
building, such as walls, columns, beams, girders, posts or piers.
Any sign that moves or has an optical illusion of moving,
such as the movement of any illumination or the flashing or varying
of light intensity or color to depict or create an impression of action
or create a special effect or scene or a sign that has changing messages.
Animated signs include signs containing elements that blink, crawl,
dissolve, emit smoke, fade, flash, oscillate, rotate, scroll, travel,
twinkle, twirl, vibrate, or in any manner imitate motion. Signs that
emit intermittent light, or contain audio, pyrotechnic, or bluecasting
(Bluetooth/wireless advertising) components are considered to be animated
signs.
[Added 4-25-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-07]
An open area, other than a street, used for the display,
sale or rental of new or used motor vehicles in operable condition
and where no repair work is done.
Any building, premises and land in which or upon which a
business, service or industry involving the maintenance, servicing,
or repair of automobiles is conducted or rendered. The use includes
the repair of automobiles, trucks, and buses and the sale of accessories
or equipment for automobiles, trucks, and buses.
[Added 12-30-1997 by Ord. No. 97-15; amended 12-12-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-14]
A story having more than 25% of its clear height below average
finished grade.
Any structure or portion thereof on which lettered or pictorial
matter is displayed or is intended to be displayed for advertising
purposes, other than that on a building or its grounds giving the
name and occupation of the user of the premises, the nature of the
business conducted therein or the products primarily sold or manufactured
therein.
Any sign affixed to a facade of a building which is not parallel
to the facade or that hangs from a roof overhang/canopy.
[Added 4-25-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-07]
A combination of materials forming a construction adapted
to permanent, temporary or continuous occupancy and having a roof.
The square footage or other area measurement by which all
buildings occupy a lot, as measured at the grade line around the foundation.
The vertical distance measured to the top of the roof surface
from the mean elevation of the finished grade five feet away from
the foundation along the side(s) of the building facing a street.
A self-propelled vehicular structure built as
one unit on a chassis and designed for temporary living for travel,
recreation, vacation or other short-term use, which may contain cooking,
sleeping and sanitary facilities.
An immobile structure containing cooking and
sleeping facilities for travel, recreation, vacation or other short-term
use and designed to be attached to the body of another vehicle for
transporting from one location to another.
A portable-vehicular structure built on a chassis,
designed for camping, the body of which is basically rectangular with
a flat top not more than four feet above the surface of the ground.
The camper is designed to have a temporary tent erected above the
four-foot level for camping activities.
A sign or portion thereof with characters, letters, or illustrations
that can be changed or rearranged without altering the structural
integrity of the sign. A sign on which the message changes more frequently
than once every 30 seconds shall be considered an animated sign and
not a changeable copy sign for purposes of this chapter.
[Added 4-25-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-07]
A sign or portion thereof that displays electronic information
in which each alphanumeric character, graphic, or symbol is defined
by a small number of matrix elements using different combinations
of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), fiber optics, light bulbs or other
illumination devices within the display area. Electronic changeable
copy signs include computer-programmable, microprocessor-controlled
electronic displays. A sign on which the messages change more frequently
than once every 30 seconds shall be considered an animated sign and
not an electronic changeable copy sign for the purposes of this chapter.
[Added 4-25-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-07]
A place where patients are studied or treated by physicians
specializing in various ailments and practicing as a group and where
no overnight accommodations are provided.
An open space area within or related to a site designated
as a development and designed and intended for the use or enjoyment
of residents and owners of the development. "Common open space" may
contain such complementary structures and improvements as are necessary
and appropriate for the use or enjoyment of residents and owners of
the development.
Any community residential facility licensed pursuant to N.J.S.A.
30:11B-1 et seq. providing food, shelter and personal guidance, under
such supervision as required, to not more than 15 developmentally
disabled or mentally ill persons who require assistance, temporarily
or permanently, in order to live in the community, and shall include
but not be limited to: group homes, halfway houses, intermediate-care
facilities, supervised apartment living arrangements and hostels.
Such a residence shall not be considered a health-care facility within
the meaning of the "Health Care Facilities Planning Act," N.J.S.A.
26:2H-1 et seq. In the case of a community residence housing mentally
ill persons, such residents shall have been approved for a purchase
of service contract or an affiliation agreement pursuant to such procedures
as are established by regulation of the Division of Mental Health
and Hospitals of the Department of Human Services. As used in this
chapter, "developmentally disabled person" means a person who is developmentally
disabled as defined in N.J.S.A. 30:11B-2, and "mentally ill person"
means a person who is afflicted with a mental illness as defined in
N.J.S.A. 30:4-23, but shall not include a person who has been committed
after having been found not guilty of a criminal offense by reason
of insanity or having been found unfit to be tried on a criminal charge.
[Added 5-28-1991]
Any shelter approved for a purchase of service contract and
certified pursuant to standards and procedures established by regulation
of the Department of Human Services pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:14-1 et
seq. providing food, shelter, medical care, legal assistance, personal
guidance and other services to not more than 15 persons who have been
victims of domestic violence, including any children of such victims
who temporarily require shelter and assistance in order to protect
their physical or psychological welfare.
[Added 5-28-1991]
A use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon
a showing that such use in a specified location will comply with the
conditions and standards for the location or operation of such use
as contained in the Zoning Ordinance and upon the issuance of an authorization
therefor by the Planning Board.
A room or series of connected rooms containing living, cooking,
sleeping and sanitary facilities for one housekeeping unit. The dwelling
unit shall be self-contained and shall not require the use of outside
stairs, common hallways passing through another dwelling unit or other
indirect route(s) to get to any portion of the dwelling unit, nor
shall there be shared facilities with another dwelling unit.
A building containing three or more dwelling units and occupied
or designed for occupancy by three or more families living independently
of each other with their own cooking, sanitary and sleeping facilities.
A building containing one dwelling unit only and occupied
or intended to be occupied for residence purposes by one family or
one housekeeping unit.
A building containing only two dwelling units and intended
for residential occupancy by two families living independently of
each other, each with its own separate sleeping, cooking and sanitary
facilities.
Services, including structures, needed for the health, safety
and general welfare of the community. As used herein, essential services
include municipally owned buildings or grounds; municipal government
uses; firehouses; first aid and rescue squad buildings; and electrical,
gas, telephone and water utilities with appurtenances.
[Added 8-24-1999 by Ord. No. 99-12]
A sign which is attached to a building or structure and parallel
to the surface of an exterior wall of the building or structure.
[Added 4-25-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-07]
One or more persons customarily living together as a single
housekeeping unit.
A lot of at least five acres used for agricultural purposes.
Incorporates by reference the definition of the term “farm
market” as set forth in N.J.S.A. 4:1C-3. That definition is
as follows: "A facility used for the wholesale or retail marketing
of the agricultural output of a commercial farm, and products that
contribute to farm income, except that if a farm market is used for
retail marketing, at least 51% of the annual gross sales of the retail
farm market shall be generated from sales of agricultural output of
the commercial farm or at least 51% of the sales area shall be devoted
to the sale of agricultural output of the commercial farm and, except
that if a retail farm market is located on land less than five acres
in area, the land on which the farm market is located shall produce
annually agricultural or horticultural products worth at least $2,500."
[Amended 6-24-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-05]
The relatively flat land following a watercourse which could
be subject to periodic flooding based on information available from
the United States Army Corps of Engineers and any other official sources.
A sign mounted on a freestanding pole or poles.
[Added 4-25-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-07]
An accessory building or portion of a main building for only
the parking of vehicles of the occupants or users of the principal
use.
A multiple-family dwelling unit contained in a structure
housing at least eight such dwelling units. For the purpose of this
chapter a garden apartment unit is a one-story living unit located
in a two-story structure containing such units.
Shall be measured by using the outside dimensions of the
building, excluding the area of an attached garage, open porch or
patio, and further excluding the area used as a cellar. Only those
floor areas which have a ceiling height of seven feet or more shall
be eligible for inclusion in the gross floor area.
A sign in which 25% or more of the entire bottom is or the
base supporting the sign is in contact with the ground.
[Added 4-25-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-07]
Home occupations are defined as set forth in §§ 108-12C(10), 108-12.1C(10) and 108-12.2C(7).
[Amended 3-25-1997]
An incorporated, nonprofit organization operating in a cluster
or planned unit development under recorded land agreements through
which each lot owner is automatically a member; each occupied dwelling
unit is automatically subject to a charge for a proportionate share
of the expenses for the organization's activities and maintenance,
including any maintenance costs levied against the association by
the Township; and each owner and tenant has the right to use the common
property.
A nonprofit, religious or public use, including schools,
churches, libraries, hospitals, fire departments, first aid squads
and government offices.
[Added 4-25-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-07]
Any area of land with or without buildings, regardless of
size, devoted to the storage, keeping or abandonment of junk or debris,
whether or not it is in connection with the dismantling, processing,
salvage, sale or other use or disposition thereof, including, by way
of illustration but not of limitation, three or more inoperative unlicensed
vehicles, abandoned vehicles, tires, vehicle parts, paper, rags, metal,
glass or plastic, old household appliances, wood lumber, brush and
any stumps or any other debris or any material whatsoever.
An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building
or group of buildings for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle
while loading or unloading material, measuring at least 12 feet by
45 feet with 15 feet of vertical clearance.
Establishments primarily engaged in providing assistance,
as opposed to products, to individuals, business, industry, government
and other enterprises, including, for example, such activities as
barbershops, beauty shops, nail salons, tanning salons, tailors, dry-cleaning
and laundering operations, appliance repair shops, shoe repair shops,
upholsterers, diaper service, health clubs, reducing salons, clothing
rental, locker rental, porter service, domestic services, business
services such as typing, secretarial services, messenger services,
phone answering services, advertising, building maintenance, employment
services, management and consulting services, protective services,
equipment rental and leasing, commercial research, photofinishing
and educational services.
[Added 5-11-1999 by Ord. No. 99-10]
A tract or parcel of land having frontage on a public street.
For purposes of this chapter, contiguous undersized lots under one
ownership are considered one lot.
The area contained within the lot lines of a lot but shall
not include any portion of a street.
A lot on the junction of and abutting two or more intersecting
streets where the interior angle of intersection does not exceed 135º.
The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines,
measured from the midpoint of the front lot line to the midpoint of
the rear lot line.
The horizontal distance between the lot side lines measured
at the street right-of-way line. However, for lots fronting on the
curved alignment at the end of a cul-de-sac street, the lot width
shall be measured at the building setback line. In the case of a corner
lot, either street frontage which meets the minimum frontage required
for that zone district may be considered the lot frontage.
[Amended 5-9-1995]
Any line forming a portion of the exterior boundary of a
lot and the same line as the street line for that portion of a lot
abutting streets.
The straight and horizontal distance between side lot lines
measured at the setback line.
A dwelling unit manufactured in one or more sections, designed for long-term occupancy; containing sleeping accommodations, a flush toilet, a tub or shower bath and kitchen facilities with plumbing and electrical connections provided for attachment to outside systems; designed to be transported on its own wheels after fabrication; arriving at the site where it is to be occupied as a dwelling complete, usually including major appliances and furniture, and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations. For purposes of this chapter, travel trailers and camper trailers are not considered as mobile homes. All mobile homes and mobile home parks shall be regulated by Chapter 72, Mobile Homes.
A building or group of buildings which provides for transient
guest rooms, has a public lobby and may contain one or more dining
rooms.
A motorized two-wheel vehicle that is registered by the State
of New Jersey and requires an operator's license to operate.
[Added 12-30-1997 by Ord. No. 97-15]
A sign that is affixed to wheels or a similar mechanism,
including placement on a vehicle, that can be moved from one location
to another.
[Added 4-25-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-07]
The use of any building, land area or other premises for
the display and sale of new automobiles, generally, but may include
light trucks or vans, trailers or recreation vehicles and including
any vehicle preparation or repair work conducted as an accessory use.
Used automobile sales is considered an accessory use to new car sales.
[Added 12-30-1997 by Ord. No. 97-15]
The use of any building, land area or other premises for
the display and sale of new motorcycles and including any vehicle
preparation or repair work conducted as an accessory use. Used motorcycle
sales is considered an accessory use to new motorcycle sales.
[Added 12-30-1997 by Ord. No. 97-15]
The use of any building, land area or other premises for
the display and sale of new trucks, generally, and may include any
vehicle preparation or repair work conducted as an accessory use.
The sale of used trucks is deemed to be an accessory use to the use
of new truck sales.
[Added 12-30-1997 by Ord. No. 97-15]
A lot whose area, dimension or location was lawful prior
to the adoption, revision or amendment of a zoning ordinance but fails
to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it
is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
A structure whose size, dimensions or location was lawful
prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of a zoning ordinance
but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district
in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
A use or activity which was lawful prior to the adoption,
revision or amendment of a zoning ordinance but which fails to conform
to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located
by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
A structure designed and used for the housing and care of
persons afflicted by illness or infirmity, before or following hospitalization,
especially the care of elderly, infirm or handicapped persons, in
which surgical facilities are not provided but where examination and
treatment rooms, including X-ray facilities, may be provided.
The sale, display or storage of merchandise, products, equipment
or similar material or objects outside the confines of a building.
The term "outdoor sales" includes, without limitation, grand opening
sales, tent sales, sidewalk sales, truckload sales, special event
sales, sales promotions, going-out-of-business sales, fire sales,
damaged goods sales or any other sales held outdoors.
[Added 1-28-1992]
A permanently surfaced area of not less than 200 square feet,
either within a structure or in the open, for the parking of motor
vehicles, exclusive of driveways, access drives, fire lanes and public
rights-of-way, except that nothing shall prohibit private driveways
for one-family dwellings from being considered off-street parking
areas, provided that no portion of such private driveway within the
right-of-way line of the street intersected by such driveway shall
be considered an off-street parking space.
Any use of land or buildings as permitted by this chapter.
An area of a minimum contiguous size as specified by ordinance,
to be developed according to a plan as a single entity containing
one or more structures with appurtenant common areas to accommodate
industrial uses and any other uses incidental to the predominant use
as may be permitted by ordinance.
A development technique based on a gross dwelling unit density
for the entire tract in the zoning district in which it is located
and allowing the lot sizes for detached dwellings to be reduced or
individual segments to have higher densities so long as the gross
density is not exceeded.
The main purpose for which a lot or building, or portion
of a lot or building, is used.
The office of a physician, surgeon, dentist, architect, clergyman,
lawyer, engineer, real estate broker and insurance broker or other
persons engaged in a similar profession. Where such offices are part
of a residential structure, the restrictions as outlined under the
definition of "home occupation" shall apply.
A vehicular-type portable structure without permanent foundation
that can be towed, hauled or driven and designed as a temporary living
accommodation for recreational, camping and travel use and including
but not limited to travel trailers, truck campers, camping trailers,
self-propelled motor homes and motorized two-wheel vehicles that are
registered by the State of New Jersey and require an operator's license
to operate. A recreational vehicle is not intended for use as a permanent
residence.
[Added 12-30-1997 by Ord. No. 97-15]
An eating establishment catering to indoor customers, excluding
any stand-up indoor eating places, drive-in or drive-through and other
such eating places. A restaurant may also include, as an accessory
use, facilities for the sale of alcoholic or other beverages for on-the-premises
consumption, but go-go bars, table dancing, the display of a specified
anatomical area or any specified sexual activity, as defined in this
ordinance, shall not be considered as accessory uses, and such uses
are expressly prohibited.
[Amended 7-26-1994]
A restaurant at which any food or refreshments are customarily
served to or consumed by any patrons seated in automobiles or otherwise
off the premises, whether or not in addition thereto seats or other
accommodations are provided for patrons.
A structure within which elderly, infirm or ill persons may
receive care, in addition to meals and lodging, for hire.
An establishment engaged in selling goods or merchandise
to the general public for consumption and rendering services incidental
to the sale of such goods.
[Added 12-30-1997 by Ord. No. 97-15]
The land and space required on the surface, subsurface and
overhead for the construction and installation of materials, necessary
to provide a passageway for vehicular traffic, pedestrians, utility
lines, poles, conduits and air established by local authorities.
Lands and buildings providing for the sale of fuel, lubricants
for vehicles and automotive accessories and for providing maintenance
and minor repairs for motor vehicles, but not including body repairs
or painting or the storage of inoperable or wrecked vehicles.
A line drawn parallel with a street line or lot line and
drawn through the point of a building nearest to the street line or
lot line. The term "required setback" means a line that is established
as a minimum horizontal distance from the street line or the lot line
and beyond which a building or part of a building is not permitted
to extend toward the street line or lot line.
A restaurant or other commercial establishment which regularly
feature waiters, waitresses, dancers or other live performances characterized
by the exposure of a specified anatomical area or by a specified sexual
activity or which regularly shows films, motion pictures, videocassettes,
slides or other photographic representations which depict or describe
a specified sexual activity or specified anatomical area.
[Added 7-26-1994]
One or more buildings or parts thereof to be occupied and
used by more than one enterprise for the conduct of business as an
integrated and comprehensively planned area.
Includes any announcement, declaration, demonstration, display,
illustration or insignia used to advertise or promote the interest
of any person or product. Any such lighted device within a building
designed to be seen outside a building is a "sign."
A development plan of one or more lots on which is shown
the existing and proposed conditions of the lot, including but not
necessarily limited to topography, vegetation, drainage, floodplains,
marshes and waterways; the location of all existing and proposed buildings,
drives, parking spaces, walkways, means of ingress and egress, drainage
facilities, utility services, landscaping, structures and signs, lighting
and screening devices; and any other information that may be reasonably
required in order to make an informed determination pursuant to an
ordinance requiring review and approval of site plans by the Planning
Board adopted pursuant to the ordinances of the Township of Hampton.
[Added 7-26-1994]
[Added 7-26-1994]
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive
or other way which is an existing state, county or municipal roadway
or which is shown upon a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law
or which is approved by official action as provided by this chapter
or which is shown on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office
of the county recording officer prior to the appointment of a Planning
Board and the grant to such Board of the power to review plats, and
includes the land between the street lines, whether improved or unimproved,
and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, curbs, sidewalks, parking
areas and other areas within the street lines.
The edge of the existing or future street right-of-way, whichever
is greater, as shown on an adopted master plan or official map, forming
the dividing line between the street and a lot.
A combination of materials to form a construction for occupancy,
use or ornamentation, whether installed on, above or below the surface
of a parcel of land.
Portable pools shall not be subject to the requirements of § 108-33 and are those pools which are not otherwise permanently installed; do not require water filtration, circulation and purification; do not exceed 18 inches in depth; do not exceed a water surface area of 40 square feet; and do not require braces or supports.
Include artificially constructed pools, whether located above
or below the ground, having a depth of more than 18 inches and/or
a water surface of more than 40 square feet, designed and maintained
for swimming and bathing purposes by an individual for use by members
of his household and guests, and which is located on a lot as an accessory
use and shall include all accessory buildings, structures and equipment.
Include either outdoor or indoor pools which are artificially
constructed to provide recreational facilities for swimming, bathing
or wading.
A sign displayed for the purpose of short-term advertisement.
[Added 4-25-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-07]
One dwelling unit in a line of four or more dwelling units,
where each dwelling is compatibly designed in relation to all of the
units but is distinct in such features as width, setback, roof design,
color, exterior materials and other features, singularly or in combination.
Each dwelling unit may be a maximum of 2 1/2 stories in height,
but nothing in this definition shall be construed to allow one dwelling
unit over another.
A vehicular portable structure built on a chassis, designed
as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation, vacation and other
short-term uses and having an outside body width not exceeding eight
feet and a length not exceeding 30 feet and which may contain cooking,
sleeping and sanitary facilities.
See definition of "auto repair shop" which includes the repair
of trucks.
[Added 12-30-1997 by Ord. No. 97-15]
The specific purpose for which a parcel of land or a building
or portion of either is used.
The use of any building and land area for the display and
sale of used automobiles, generally, but may include light trucks
or vans, trailers or recreation vehicles and including any vehicle
preparation or repair work conducted as an accessory use.
[Added 12-30-1997 by Ord. No. 97-15]
The use of any building, land area or other premises for
the display and sale of used motorcycles and including any vehicle
preparation or repair work conducted as an accessory use.
[Added 12-30-1997 by Ord. No. 97-15]
The sale of used trucks, generally, but may include trailers
or recreation vehicles and including any vehicle preparation or repair
work conducted as an accessory use.
[Added 12-30-1997 by Ord. No. 97-15]
Permission to depart from the literal requirements of the
Zoning Ordinance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-40b and 40:55D-60, and
any amendments or supplements thereto.
A building primarily used for indoor storage of goods, materials
or merchandise for later or subsequent distribution or delivery elsewhere
for purposes of processing or sale.
[Added 9-12-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-18]
A building or part of a building where finished products
are stored or kept in bulk for sale to retail establishments which
shall not include a retail store but may include a sales outlet.
[Added 9-12-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-18]
An open space extending across the full width of the lot
and lying between the street line and the closest point of the building.
The depth of the front yard shall be measured horizontally and at
right angles to either a straight street line or the point of tangent
of curved street lines. The minimum required front yard shall be the
same as the required setback.
Front yards shall be measured from the street line as defined
in this chapter. On a lot which extends through a block in a manner
resulting in frontage on two or more streets, including corner lots,
the building setback from each street, whether considered the front,
side or rear yard, shall not be less than the required depth of a
front yard in the district in which said lot, or applicable portion
of the lot, is located. No open space provided around any principal
building for the purposes of complying with the front, side, rear
or other yard provisions of this chapter shall be considered as providing
the yard provisions for another principal building.
An open space extending across the full width of the lot
and lying between the rear lot line and the closest point of the building.
The depth of the rear yard shall be measured horizontally and at right
angles to either a straight rear lot line or the point of tangent
of curved rear lot lines. The minimum required rear yard shall be
the same as the required setback.
An open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard
and lying between each side lot line and the closest point of the
building. The width of the required side yard shall be measured horizontally
and at right angles to either a straight side lot line or the point
of tangent of curved side lot lines.
