[CC 1994 §41.430; Ord. No. 02.06, 4-1-2002]
For the purpose of this Article, certain terms and words are
hereby defined as follows:
The words "used for" includes "designed
for" and vice versa; words used in the present tense include
the future; words in the singular number include the plural number
and vice versa; the word "building" includes the
word "structure"; the word "dwelling" includes the word "residence" and the word "lot" includes the word "plot".
A building customarily incidental and subordinate to the
main building and located on the same lot with the main building.
A use incidental to the principal use of a building. In buildings
restricted for residential use, an office used for family occupations
and workshops not conducted for compensation shall be deemed accessory
uses.
The growing of crops in the open and the raising of such
stock and poultry as are incidental to the acreage farmed, provided
however, that such land shall consist of at least ten (10) acres in
one (1) parcel or in contiguous parcels under common ownership or
operation. The feeding or disposal of community or collected garbage
shall not be deemed an agricultural use, nor shall the raising of
fur-bearing animals, riding academies, livery or boarding stables,
dog kennels, or the commercial breeding or raising of more than ten
(10) hogs, chickens, or donkeys in any structure be so considered.
As applied to a building or structure, means a change or
rearrangement in the structural parts or in the exit facilities, or
an enlargement whether by extending on a side or by increasing in
height, or the moving from one location or position to another.
A building arranged, intended or designed to be occupied
by three (3) or more families living independently of each other.
The total of areas taken on a horizontal plane at the main
grade level of the principal building and all accessory buildings
exclusive of uncovered porches, terraces and steps.
The total area within the property lines excluding external
streets and utility easements.
A story partly or wholly underground. For purposes of height
measurement, a basement shall be counted as a story where more than
one-half (½) of its height is above the average level of the
adjoining ground.
A home or institution where three (3) or more non-family
persons are provided lodging on a temporary basis or boarding and
lodging on either a temporary or longer periods of time.
The line of that face of the building nearest the front line
of the lot. This face includes sun parlors and covered porches whether
enclosed or unenclosed, but does not include steps.
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation
of the proposed finished grade at the front of the building to the
highest point of the roof for flat roofs to the deck line of mansard
roofs, and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip
and gambrel roofs.
A building in which is conducted the main or principal use
of the lot on which said building is situated.
A long-range master plan for area development including studies
of land use, traffic volume and flow, schools, parks, and other public
buildings.
That percentage of the plot or lot area covered by the building
area.
A care facility for children not used for a permanent residence,
located in areas not "R-S".
The keeping of more than three (3) dogs that are more than
six (6) months old.
A lot or land or part thereof used primarily for the disposal
by abandonment, dumping, burial, burning, or any other means and for
whatever purpose of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, junk, discarded
machinery, vehicles or parts thereof, or waste material of any kind.
A building with single or joint ownership designed exclusively
for occupancy by two (2) families living independently of each other,
as tenants, and cannot be split in ownership.
[Ord. No. 23-15, 5-8-2023]
A building or portion thereof designed exclusively for occupancy
by one (1) family.
A building or portion of a building designed for or occupied
by more than two (2) families living independently of each other.
A detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by
one (1) family.
A building designed exclusively for occupancy by two (2)
families living independently of each other, including a duplex (one
(1) dwelling unit above the other) or a semi-detached dwelling (one
(1) dwelling unit beside the other).
One (1) or more persons related by blood or marriage, including
adopted children, or a group of not to exceed five (5) persons (excluding
servants) not all related by blood or marriage, occupying premises
and living as a single non-profit housekeeping unit, as a distinguished
from a group occupying a boarding or lodging house, hotel, club, or
similar dwelling for group use. A family shall be deemed to include
domestic servants employed by said family.
A home which receives not more than six (6) children under
the age of sixteen (16) years, and not of common parentage, for care
apart from their natural parents, legal guardians or custodians, when
received for regular periods of time for compensation; provided however,
this definition shall not include public and private schools organized,
operated or approved under the laws of this State, custody of children
fixed by a court of competent jurisdiction, children related by blood
or marriage within the third degree of the custodial person, or to
churches or other religious or public institutions caring for children
within the institutional building while their parents or legal guardians
are attending services or meetings or classes or engaged in church
activities.
Any area of land, including any structure or structures thereon,
that is or are used or designed to be used for the supply of gasoline
or oil or other fuel (not including liquefied petroleum gases) for
the propulsion of vehicles.
All the property fronting on one (1) side of a street between
the two (2) nearest intersecting streets, or other natural barriers.
Any garage not a private garage, and which is used for storage,
repair, rental, servicing or supplying of gasoline or oil to motor
vehicles.
Any occupation or profession carried on by the inhabitants
which is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling
for dwelling purposes, which does not change the character thereof,
and which is conducted entirely within the main or accessory buildings;
provided that no trading in merchandise is carried on and in connection
with which there is no display of merchandise or sign other than one
(1) non-illuminated nameplate, not more than two (2) square feet in
area attached to the main or accessory building, and no mechanical
equipment is used or actively is conducted which creates any noise,
dust, odor or electrical disturbance beyond the confines of the lot
on which said occupation is conducted. No more than twenty percent
(20%) of the usable floor area shall be devoted to such occupation.
A building used for the diagnosis, treatment or other care
of human ailments, unless otherwise specified.
Any building or portion thereof which contains guest rooms
which are designed or intended to be used, let or hired out for occupancy
by, or which are occupied by ten (10) or more individuals for compensation,
whether it be paid directly or indirectly.
Any portable or mobile vehicle used or designed to be used
for living purposes and with its wheels, rollers or skids in place.
A lot, land or structure, or part thereof, used primarily
for the collecting, storage and sale of wastepaper, rags, scrap metal
or discarded material, or for the collecting, dismantling, storage
and salvaging of machinery or vehicles not in running condition, and
for the sale of parts thereof.
An off-street or berth on the same lot with a building, or
contiguous to a group of buildings, for the temporary parking of a
commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials,
and which abuts upon a street or other appropriate means of access.
Land occupied or to be occupied by a building, or unit group
of buildings, and accessory buildings, together with such yards and
lot area as are required by this resolution, and having its principal
frontage upon a street, or a place approved by the Commission.
A lot, or portion thereof, not greater than one hundred fifty
(150) feet in width and situated at the intersection of two (2) or
more streets, having an angle of intersection of not more than one
hundred thirty-five degrees (135°).
The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines,
measured along the median between the two (2) side lot lines.
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured
at right angles to the lot depth at the building line.
A movable living unit designed for year-round occupancy,
sometimes termed a trailer home; all portable contrivances used or
intended to be used generally for living and sleeping quarters and
which is capable of being moved by its own power, towed or transported
by another vehicle.
Any area, tract or site or plot of land whereupon a minimum
of twenty-five (25) mobile homes as herein defined are placed, located
or maintained or intended to be placed, located or maintained for
dwelling purposes only and upon a permanent or semi-permanent basis.
A plot of ground within a mobile home community or park which
is designed for and designated as the location for only one (1) automobile
and one (1) mobile home and not used for any other purposes whatsoever
other than the customary accessory uses thereof.
A group of buildings including either separate cabins or
a row of cabins or rooms which:
A building, or portion of a building, arranged, intended
or designed to be used for making repairs to motor vehicles.
A building, structure or use of land existing at the time
of enactment of this Chapter, and which does not conform to the regulations
of the district or zone in which it is situated.
An outdoor sign, display, device, figure, painting, drawing,
message, plaque, poster, billboard, or other thing designed, intended
or used to advertise or inform, any part of the advertising or information
contents of which is visible from any point of the traveled ways of
the interstate or primary systems.
Space within or on a building or a private or public parking
area for the parking of one (1) automobile.
A map, plan or layout of a township, section or subdivision
indicating the location and boundaries of individual properties.
Any words, numerals, figures, devices, designs or trademarks
by which anything is made known, such as are used to designate an
individual, a firm, profession, business or a commodity and which
are visible from any public street or air.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or if there
be no floor above it, then the space between such floor and ceiling
next above it.
Any public or private right-of-way which affords the primary
means of access to abutting property.
All paved, unpaved, and utility easements.
The legal line between right-of-way and abutting property.
Anything constructed or erected, which requires location
on the ground or attached to something having a location on the ground.
Land used or intended to be used by campers or for trailer
tents, or movable dwellings; two (2) or more trailers, whether parked
or supported by donations, shall constitute a tourist camp.
A building with one (1) owner or more designed exclusively
for two (2) or more dwellings, with each dwelling unit having its
own front and rear access to the outside and each dwelling unit is
separated from any other dwelling unit by at least one (1) common
wall.
[Ord. No. 23-15, 5-8-2023]
A vehicle or residence on wheels, skids or rollers without
motive power designed to be used for human habitation or for carrying
persons or property, including a trailer coach or house trailer.
The purpose for which land or a building is arranged, designed
or intended, or for which either land or a building is or may be occupied
or maintained.
An open space other than a court on the same lot with a building
or group of buildings, which open space lies between the building
or group of buildings and the nearest lot line and is unoccupied and
unobstructed from the ground upward.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot, the depth
of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the front lot
line and a line parallel thereto on the lot.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot between
the nearest rear main building and the rear lot lines. The depth of
the required rear yard shall be measured horizontally from the nearest
part of a main building toward the nearest point of the rear lot lines.
A yard between a main building and the side lot line extending
from the front yard or front lot lines, where no front yard is required,
to the rear yard. The width of the required side yard shall be measured
horizontally from the nearest point of the side lot line toward the
nearest part of the main building.
