For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
A subordinate building which is incidental to the principal building or use and which is located on the same lot with the principal building or use.
A use incidental to the principal use of a building located on the same lot with the principal building or use.
A public or private thoroughfare which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property.
A story having an average of at least one-half of its height below grade. A basement is counted as a story for the purpose of height regulations if subdivided and used for business.
A building other than a hotel, where for compensation and by arrangement for definite periods, meals or lodging and meals are provided for five or more persons, but not exceeding 20 persons.
The width of the lot left to be built upon after the side yards are provided.
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls built for the support, or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind, but not including any vehicle, trailer (with or without wheels) nor any movable device, such as furniture, machinery or equipment. When any portion of a building is completely separated from any other portion thereof by a vertical division wall without openings or by a firewall, then each portion shall be deemed to be a separate building.
The vertical distance from the grade to the highest point of a flat roof, line of a mansard roof, or to the mean height level between eaves and the ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.
A story having an average of more than 90% of its height below grade.
Generally, any business of a commercial nature that has as its primary function the direct sale of goods or services to the general public.
An official document adopted by the city setting forth a plan for the physical development of the community including studies of land use, traffic volume and flow, schools, parks and other public buildings.
An open unoccupied space other than a yard, on the same lot with a building and which is bounded on two or more sides by the building.
Any occupation or profession engaged in by the occupants of a dwelling, which dwelling does not involve the conduct of a retail business. Generally, these include personal services such as those offered by physicians, attorneys, musicians, artists and seamstresses. Home occupations do not include those which are partnerships or corporations nor do they include businesses which employ more than one employee.
A place maintained or operated during any or all hours of the day, under public or private auspices, which cares for more than four children who are not members of the family or persons operating the facility.
A section or sections of the city for which the regulations governing the use of buildings and premises, the height of buildings, the size of yards and the intensity of the use are uniform.
Any building or portion thereof which is designed and used exclusively for residential purposes.
A building designed for or occupied exclusively by more than two families.
A building either:
One or more rooms in a dwelling occupied or intended to be occupied as separate living quarters by a single family, as defined herein.
One or more persons, whether or not related by blood, marriage or adoption, occupying a dwelling unit and maintaining a single housekeeping unit.
Any building or premises used for the sale at retail of motor vehicle fuels, oil or accessories, or for servicing or lubricating motor vehicles or installing or repairing parts and accessories, but not including the repairing or replacement of motors, bodies or fenders of motor vehicles or painting motor vehicles, and excluding commercial garages.
The total number of square feet of floor space within the exterior walls of a building, not including space in cellars or basements. If the cellar or basement is used for business or commercial purposes, it shall be counted as floor area in computing off-street parking requirements.
All the property on one side of a street between two side lot lines measured along the line of the street.
Any building or premises except those used as a private or storage garage, used for equipping, repairing, hiring, selling or storing motor-driven vehicles. The term “repairing” shall not include a body repair shop nor the rebuilding, dismantling or storage of wrecked or junk vehicles.
A detached accessory building, or portion of the main building, housing the automobiles of the occupants of the premises.
The average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of the building, except when any wall approximately parallels and is not more than five feet from a street line, then the elevation of the street at the center of the wall adjoining the street shall be grade.
A temporary housing accommodation, being a secondary building, or part of the main building on a lot, that is not occupied for more than 30 continuous days at a time by the same person or persons and is intended to provide housing for transient guests. It is not to be rented, nor any charge made for occupation. Any rental or change, either of money, services or things of value, shall disqualify the structure for treatment as a guest house during the rental period and for 12 months thereafter.
See division 2 of this article.
Any occupation or profession carried on by a member of the immediate family, residing on the premises, in connection with which there is used no sign other than as allowed in section 14.02.111 or 14.02.161, that will indicate from the exterior that the building is being utilized for any purpose other than that of a dwelling. No person shall be employed other than a member of the immediate family residing on the premises. No mechanical equipment shall be used except such as is permissible for domestic use. The area for the subordinate use shall not exceed 35% of the total dwelling floor space and/or attached buildings. There shall be no exterior storage of equipment and/or supplies used in the home occupation.
A building occupied as the more or less temporary abiding place of individuals who are lodged with or without meals and there is no direct access to rooms from outside the building.
As used in this article, “industry” is restricted to establishments primarily involved in product manufacturing and processing, heavy equipment uses and warehousing. It does not include retail and wholesale trades, institutional uses, agricultural uses and other businesses that are primarily commercial in nature.
A building occupied by a nonprofit corporation or nonprofit establishment for public use.
An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building, or contiguous to a group of buildings, for 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.
A parcel of land occupied or intended for occupancy by a use permitted in this article, including one main building together with its accessory buildings, open spaces and parking spaces required by this article, and having its principal frontage upon a street.
Corner lot.
A lot abutting upon two or more streets, at their intersection.
Depth of lot.
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.
Double frontage lot.
A lot having frontage on two streets, but not a corner lot.
Interior lot.
A lot other than a corner lot.
A lot which is part of a subdivision, the map or plat of which has been recorded in the office of the county clerk; or a lot or parcel of land, the deed of which has been recorded in the office of the county clerk prior to the adoption of this article.
An establishment whose primary function is the mechanical or chemical transformation or processing of materials or substances into new products, including the assembly of component parts and blending of materials.
A factory-built structure or structures, equipped with the necessary service connections and made so as to be readily movable as a unit or units on its or their own running gear and designed to be used as a dwelling unit or units without a permanent foundation. The phrase “without a permanent foundation” indicates that the support system is constructed with the intent that the mobile home placed thereon may be moved, from time to time, at the convenience of the owner.
A factory-fabricated transportable building unit designed to be used by itself or to be incorporated with similar units at a building site into a modular structure to be fixed on a permanent foundation.
Any building or group of buildings containing guest rooms or dwelling units, some or all of which have a separate entrance leading directly from the outside of the building with garage or parking space conveniently located nearby, and designed, used or intended wholly or in part for the accommodation of automobile transients.
Any building or land lawfully occupied by a use at the time of passage of this article or amendment hereto which does not conform after the passage of this article or amendment hereto with the use regulations of the district in which it is situated.
A home for the aged or infirm, in which three or more persons not of the immediate family are received, kept or provided with food and shelter or care, for compensation, but not including hospitals, clinics or similar institutions.
A space, enclosed or unenclosed, sufficient in size to park one automobile, together with a driveway connecting the parking space with a street, road or alley and permitting ingress and egress of an automobile.
A map, plan or layout of a city, township, section or subdivision or portion thereof indicating the location and boundaries of individual properties.
The use of a building or property that existed prior to the adoption of this article. It may or may not be a nonconforming use.
A lot, together with all buildings, structures and improvements thereon.
An identification, description, illustration or device which is affixed to or represented directly or upon a building, structure or land, and which directs attention to a product, place, activity, person, institution or business.
A tract of land zoned less restrictive than the area completely surrounding it. Spot zoning, as determined by the commission, shall not be allowed, except to effectuate the purpose of historical preservation and urban design districts.
The portion of a building, other than a cellar, included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there be no floor above it, then the space between the floor and inclusive of the ceiling next above it.
A story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof. Two of the vertical outside walls of a half story shall not be more than one-half of the height of the story directly below.
A public way which affords the principal means of access to abutting property.
A dividing line between a lot, tract or parcel of land and a street right-of-way.
A long, narrow corridor zone, usually commercial and generally following a major arterial street being just those lots facing the arterial on either or both sides. Strip zoning, as determined by the commission, shall be discouraged.
Any change except those required by law or ordinance, that would prolong the life or alter the character of the supporting members of a building or structure, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders, not including openings in bearing walls, as permitted by other ordinances.
This shall include the moving, replacement or addition of supporting members.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent location on the ground or attached to something having permanent location on the ground and including, but not limiting the generality of the foregoing, advertising signs, billboards, backstops for tennis courts and plant arbors.
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 exception to strict terms of this article.
An open area other than a street or alley, used for the display and sale of previously owned vehicles, inclusive of areas where minor repair work is done for sale purposes only.
An open area other than a street or alley used for dismantling and disposal of previously owned vehicles and subsequent storage and resale of the vehicles as a whole or their parts.
An open space on a lot adjoining a building, unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of the structure, from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided in this article.
Front yard.
A yard across the full width of the lot extending from the front line of the main building to the front line of the lot.
Rear yard.
A yard extending the full width of the lot between a main building and rear lot line.
Side yard.
A yard between the main building and the side line of the lot, and extending from the front yard line to the year yard line, even if interrupted by fencing.
(2002 Code, sec. 152.001; Ordinance 659, sec. 1, adopted 2/14/16)