A.
Word usage. Words used in the singular number include the plural,
and vice versa, and the word "building" includes the word "structure."
B.
ACCESSORY BUILDING
FAMILY
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
GROSS FLOOR AREA
LOT
PERMANENT ACCESSORY BUILDING
PRIVATE GARAGE
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING
TEMPORARY ACCESSORY BUILDING
Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words
shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings herein indicated:
A building subordinate to the main building on a lot and
used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the main building.
One or more persons living together in a single dwelling
unit as a traditional family or the functional equivalent of a traditional
family. It shall be a rebuttable presumption that four or more persons
living together in a single dwelling unit, who are not related by
blood, adoption, or marriage, do not constitute the functional equivalent
of a traditional family. In determining the functional equivalent
of a traditional family, the following criteria shall be present:
[Amended 1-5-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988; at time of adoption
of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
The group shares the entire dwelling unit.
The group lives and cooks together as a single housekeeping
unit.
The group shares expenses for food, rent, utilities or other
household expenses.
The group is permanent and stable, and not transient or temporary
in nature.
Any other factor reasonably related to whether the group is
the functional equivalent of a family.
The extreme outside dimension of any building or structure.
This definition will be used in the computation of any parking ratio
set forth in this Code.
[Added 11-13-1984 by L.L. No. 5-1984; amended 1-5-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]
A parcel of land on which a building and/or its accessories
are located, and its area shall be measured to the street line only.
[Amended 1-5-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]
A building subordinate to the main building on a lot and
used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the main building.
Any building occupying more than 100 square feet of ground space and/or
permanently affixed to the ground by means of foundations or footings
so that it is not readily movable shall be considered a "permanent
accessory building."
[Added 1-5-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]
A building used for the storage of one or more automobiles
owned and used by the owner or tenant of the lot on which it is erected
for the purpose accessory to the use of the lot.
[Amended 1-5-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]
A building designed for and occupied exclusively as a home
or residence by not more than one family and containing no more than
one room in which cooking shall be conducted.
[Amended 1-5-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]
A building subordinate to the main building on a lot and
used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the main building.
Any building occupying less than 100 square feet of ground space and
not affixed to the ground by means of a foundation or footings, shall
be considered a "temporary accessory building."
[Added 1-5-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]
[Added 4-9-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
No selling or displaying of merchandise or services shall take
place in any zoning district in the Incorporated Village of the Branch
from the streets, highways or parking areas. All such activity shall
take place in permitted structures and locations unless such activities
are allowed to take place with the knowledge and consent of the Board
of Trustees on authorized sale days.
