Buckley City Zoning Code

means to cease operation for a period of 180 or more consecutive days.

means a self-contained residential unit that is accessory to a single family or duplex. An accessory dwelling unit has its own bathroom, kitchen facilities and sleeping areas, though it can share other features with the principal structure including the yard, parking, storage or laundry facilities. The accessory dwelling unit may be either detached or attached to the principal structure.

means a use or structure which is incidental and subordinate to a principal use; provided, that such use or structure shall be located on the same lot as the principal use or structure.

is a supervised daytime provider giving core services as defined in WAC 388-106-0800. Core services are appropriate for adults with medical or disabling conditions that do not require the intervention or services of a registered nurse or licensed rehabilitative therapist acting under the supervision of the client's physician. The adult day care center must offer and provide on-site core services as required by DSHS. These core services must meet the level of care needed by the client as assessed by DSHS and do not exceed the scope of services that the adult day care center is able to provide.

means a residence in which a person or persons provide personal care, special care, room, and board to a maximum number as specified in the state code under a license issued by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services pursuant to Chapter 70.128 RCW.

means units to be sold or rented to families earning 80 percent or less of the Pierce County median income, adjusted for family size, as determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

means the manufacturing, planting, cultivating, growing, or harvesting a plant or animal; provided, that slaughtering, butchering, and rendering is not considered agricultural production. Marijuana producing is not considered agricultural production.

means commercial cultivation of land for agricultural products, vineyards, gardening, and fruit growing, and includes industrial cannabis (hemp).

means a public way which provides a secondary means of access to abutting property.

means any exterior apparatus designed for telephonic, radio, data, Internet, or television communication through the sending and/or receiving of radio frequency signals including, but not limited to, equipment attached to a tower, utility pole, building or other structure for the purpose of providing wireless services.

means the vertical distance measured from the base of the antenna support structure at grade to the highest point of the structure, even if said highest point is an antenna. Measurement of tower height shall include the antenna, base pad, and other appurtenances and shall be measured from the finished grade of the parcel. If the support structure is on a sloped grade, then the lowest point of the structure's footprint shall be used in calculating the antenna height.

means any pole, telescoping mast, tower, tripod, or other structure which supports a device used in the transmitting or receiving of radio frequency signals.

means any person, partnership, company, or other entity who files an application for permit.

means a state-licensed multi-unit establishment which provides living quarters and a variety of limited personal care and at least a minimal amount of supportive health care to individuals who are unable to live independently due to infirmity of age, physical or mental handicap, but who do not need the skilled nursing care of a convalescent center or nursing home. Supportive health care may include health care monitoring, such as assistance with medication, but is limited to health care services which may be provided by a boarding home. These facilities may consist of individual dwelling units with a full kitchen, partial kitchen or no kitchen. In addition, these facilities may have a communal dining area, recreational facilities (library, lounge, game room, open space), and/or laundry facilities. Assisted living facilities do not include adult family homes. For purposes of density calculations, for assisted living facilities with shared kitchen facilities, every three bedrooms shall be construed as one dwelling unit.

means a business which is involved in the repair, reconstruction, or replacement of parts, engines, body work or equipment upon automobiles, trucks, motorcycles or other motorized vehicles.

means a business which is involved in the dismantling, salvage or removal of parts, body work, engines, or equipment, and the subsequent sale thereof, from automobiles, trucks, motorcycles or other motorized vehicles, where such dismantling, salvage or removal is performed as a complete and continuous act, and shall not include the piece-by-piece sale of parts, body work, engines or equipment from vehicles stored upon the business premises or operated as a "junkyard" as defined in this chapter.

means that portion of a building between floor and ceiling which is partly below and partly above the grade, but so located that the vertical distance from grade to the floor below is more than the vertical distance from grade to ceiling.

means all property abutting upon one side of a street between intersecting or intercepting platted streets or between a platted street and a railroad right-of-way, waterway or city boundary line; provided, that the above definition does not apply to a given set of property; a block shall then be defined as one-sixteenth of a section length.

means any structure for the support, shelter or enclosure of animals, persons, mechanical devices or chattels, or property of any kind, and constructed under one roof.

means that definition for building height listed within the most current version of the International Building Code (IBC) as adopted by the city.

means a building or structure, or any portion thereof, which is occupied or intended to be occupied for sleeping or living purposes by human beings, but not including motels or hotels.

means the size and location of buildings and structures in relation to the lot and includes maximum height of buildings, minimum lot area, minimum front, side and rear yards and maximum lot coverage.

means personal wireless towers and/or antennas disguised as or located within manmade trees, clock towers, bell steeples, light poles and similar alternative design mounting structures that effectively camouflage or conceal the presence of the antennas or towers. Paint and/or color shall not be sufficient by itself to qualify as camouflage unless the paint and/or color provides approximately as much camouflage as an alternative design mounting structure.

means a standardized, reusable vessel that was:

means a private roofed garage which is open to the weather on at least 40 percent of the total area of its sides.

means a building used for the social, civic or recreational activities of a private nonprofit association of persons and their guests.

means a residential development with sleeping units that are independently rented and lockable and provide living and sleeping space, and residents share kitchen facilities with other sleeping units in the building. The maximum number of sleeping units can be no greater than four times the unit density of the underlying zone. For instance, if the underlying zone allows 20 dwelling units per acre, up to 80 sleeping units are allowed per acre. Co-living housing includes boarding, lodging and rooming houses.

means (1) mounting or installing an antenna facility on a preexisting structure, and/or (2) modifying a structure for the purpose of mounting or installing an antenna facility on that structure.

means a use listed among those classified in any given zone but permitted to locate in that zone only after a review by the appropriate city-designated official and the granting of a conditional use permit imposing such design and performance standards as will make the use compatible with other permitted uses in the same vicinity and assure against imposing excessive demands upon public utilities.

means a service establishment primarily engaged in general contracting or subcontracting in the construction trades, and may include workshops and the indoor or outdoor storage of tools, equipment, materials and vehicles.

means a residential development consisting of clusters in accordance to the regulations in Chapter 19.24 BMC.

means a child care provider that regularly provides early childhood education, and/or early learning services for a group of children for periods of less than 24 hours. To ascertain distances to day care centers from marijuana facilities, the definition in WAC 314-55-010(4) shall be used.

means provision of supplemental parental care and supervision:

means a child care provider who regularly provides early childhood education and early learning services for not more than 12 children in the provider's home.

shall be that person or entity designated by the BMC to have the authority to make a specified decision or action. The authority of a designated official will often be specified in BMC Title 20.

means the planning director or his/her designee.

means a dwelling unit, located inside a principal building on the lot, which is designed for and used exclusively by the property owner or by another person and his or her family, employed to provide security or custodial services for a commercial or industrial use on the same lot. Caretaker's dwelling units may be allowed by the appropriate city-designated official subject to the performance regulations for conditional use permits, and to the following additional requirements:

means up to 20 attached units arranged on two or three sides of a yard or court with yard or court contiguous with lot frontage.

means a residential building composed of four attached dwelling units.

means a detached or attached structure consisting of one dwelling unit above or behind a fire-separated flexible ground floor space occupied by a commercial use.

means a multifamily residential building, or collection of buildings, of two or three stories in which dwelling units share common walls and floors. Dwelling units are not on individual lots and may either be rented or owned as condominium units or some other form of collective ownership.

means a building of two or three stories in which dwelling units share common walls and floors above a fire-separated ground floor space occupied by a commercial use.

means a residential building composed of four or more attached dwelling units.

means a building consisting of five to 12 attached dwelling units arranged side-by-side or stacked.

means a building designed or used by one family for residential purposes.

is as defined in BMC § 16.10.005.

means a residential building composed of three attached dwelling units.

means a type of attached dwelling unit in a row of at least two, but not more than four, such units in which each unit has its own front and rear access to the outside, no unit is located over another unit, and each unit is separated from any other unit by one or more vertical common fire-resistant walls.

means a building composed of two attached dwelling units; provided, two townhome units are not considered a duplex.

means one or more rooms, designed, occupied, or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters, with cooking, sleeping, and sanitary facilities provided within the unit for the exclusive use of a single family maintaining a household.

means a measure of human demand on nature that compares the consumption of natural resources with the Earth's ecological capacity to regenerate them.

means the Electronics Industry Association.

is defined as temporary indoor accommodations for individuals or families who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless that is intended to address the basic health, food, clothing, and personal hygiene needs of individuals or families. Emergency housing may or may not require occupants to enter into a lease or an occupancy agreement.

is defined as a facility that provides a temporary shelter for individuals or families who are currently homeless. Emergency shelter may not require occupants to enter into a lease or an occupancy agreement. Emergency shelter facilities may include day and warming centers that do not provide overnight accommodations.

means a full- or part-time participant, resident or nonresident, in a business activity.

means a structure, shelter, cabinet, or vault used to house and protect the electronic equipment necessary for processing wireless communication signals. Associated equipment may include air conditioning, backup power supplies and emergency generators.

means the Federal Aviation Administration.

means the external architectural features of the front of the building as can be seen from the public right-of-way. This definition does not include building materials or color choices but strictly applies to the architectural features of a building. Furthermore, two separate building facades will be deemed to be identical if they are mirror images of each other.

means a single housekeeping unit of either related or unrelated individuals that does not exceed the number allowed by state law or occupant load per square foot.

shall be as defined in BMC § 13.35.040.

means any structure built for the purpose of separating, screening, or enclosing sections of property.

means the total gross area of all floors of all buildings on a lot or building site, as measured to the outside surface of exterior walls or the centerline of walls separating buildings on different lots, excluding crawlspaces, garages, carports, breezeways, attics used solely for storage, open porches, balconies, and terraces.

means an accessory building or an accessory portion attached to the principal building designed or used for the shelter or storage of vehicles owned or operated by the occupants of the principal building.

means the lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground between a structure and a point five feet distant from said structure, or the lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground between the structure and the property line if it is less than five feet distant from said structure. In cases where the structures are parallel to and within five feet of a public sidewalk, alley or public way, the ground shall be the mean elevation of the sidewalk, alley or public way.

shall be as defined in BMC § 9.10.020.

means a place for persons with mental and physical handicaps, or dependent or children, providing special care in a homelike environment and required to be permitted in all districts in which single-family homes are permitted by the United States Fair Housing Act and RCW 35A.63.240, Washington Housing Policy. The number of residents shall not exceed the number allowed by state law, or occupant load per square foot.

means a business operation where employees come to the site at any time.

means an accessory use of a dwelling unit for gainful employment involving the manufacture, provision, or sale of goods and/or services.

means buildings that are compatible in scale, form, and character with single-family houses and contain two or more attached, stacked, or clustered homes including duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, fiveplexes, sixplexes, townhouses, stacked flats, courtyard apartments, and cottage housing.

shall be as defined in BMC § 9.10.020.

means any room or rooms, or portion thereof, used or intended or designed to be used for cooking or the preparation of food.

means an organized collection of resources made accessible to the public for reference or borrowing supported with money derived from taxation.

means a parcel of land that is described by reference to a recorded plat, by metes and bounds, or by section, township, and range.

means the total horizontal area within the boundary lines of a lot and exclusive of street rights-of-way or street easements.

means a lot situated at the intersection of two or more streets, the street frontages of said lot forming an angle not greater than 135 degrees and not less than 45 degrees. Those lot lines on a corner lot not considered the front lot line or the street side (corner yard) lot line are to be considered side lot lines.

is that portion of a lot covered by a structure or structures. Coverage requirements shall be subject to all open space special requirements.

means:

means an approved lot which does not abut a public street other than by its driveway which affords access to the lot.

means a lot other than a corner lot with frontage on only one street.

means a lot other than a corner lot with frontage on more than one street.

means the boundary of a lot which abuts a public street right-of-way or private ingress and/or egress easement.

means a lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line and/or is parallel or within 45 degrees of being parallel to and does not intersect any street line bounding such lot.

means any lot boundary line not a front lot line or a rear lot line.

means the horizontal distance of a lot, measured at right angles to its depth along a straight line at the minimum required front setback line.

shall be as defined in BMC § 16.40.020.

means a site that is occupied or designed for occupancy by two or more manufactured homes.

means a substance as defined in RCW 69.50.101(t), and excludes hemp.

means those Cannabis sativa plant types intended for agricultural and industrial purposes. Although marijuana is also derived from the Cannabis sativa plant, industrial hemp is readily distinguishable from marijuana with respect to:

is as defined in RCW 69.50.101(s).

is as defined in RCW 69.50.101(v).

is as defined in RCW 69.50.101(w).

means manufacturing, planting, cultivating, growing or harvesting marijuana and does not include marijuana produced in marijuana cooperative as authorized by 2SSB 5052 and also does not include "marijuana, industrial, or hemp."

is as defined in RCW 69.50.101(y).

means the medical use of marijuana as defined in RCW 69.51A.010(3).

means the private medical marijuana gardens authorized by Section 26 of 2SSB 5052 for qualifying patients to grow plants in a home to use for medical conditions.

refers to a development or land use pattern that combines residential and commercial uses within a single project or area. The minimum amount of commercial space required in any individual mixed-use project shall be defined as a minimum percentage of total floor space available for commercial uses. This percentage will vary based upon the underlying zone.

shall be as defined in BMC § 16.40.020.

means the changing of any portion of a personal wireless service facility from its description in a previously approved permit.

means establishments that specialize in dismantling motor vehicles for the purpose of salvaging their parts, or specializing in the salvage and recycling of already dismantled motor vehicle parts, and/or establishments that specialize in the total or near-total rebuilding of motor vehicles, rather than just repairing, replacing or maintaining specific parts.

means establishments that specialize in repairing and/or maintaining motor vehicle parts but do not conduct total or near-total rebuilding of motor vehicles.

means establishments that specialize in selling new or used motor vehicles and may also conduct maintenance and service of motor vehicles.

means the structure or surface upon which personal wireless service facilities are mounted. There are three types of mounts:

means a use or structure lawfully existing on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title which does not conform to a provision of this title.

means the home occupation shall not involve the use, parking, or storage of any vehicle exceeding a gross vehicle weight of 11,000 pounds except deliveries by parcel post, United Parcel Service, or similar commercial in-town delivery service trucks. These deliveries or pick-ups of supplies or products associated with business activities are allowed at the home only between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and are limited to no more than two trips per day.

means material which is capable of causing injury to living organisms by chemical reaction or is capable of causing detrimental effects upon the physical or economic well-being of individuals.

means any home, place or institution which operates or maintains facilities providing convalescent or chronic care, or both, for a period in excess of 24 consecutive hours for three or more patients not related by blood or marriage to the operator, who by reason of illness or infirmity are unable properly to care for themselves (see RCW 18.51.010).

means that part of a zoning lot, or any number of lots or portions thereof, brought together under one development plan for the entire parcel, other than required yards, which:

means the owner of record, as determined by the records of the county auditor; provided, that the owner under a real estate contract is the purchaser/vendee and the owner of mortgaged property or property subject to a deed of trust is the mortgagor or grantor as the case may be.

means all parks, squares, greenways, parkways, grounds or other areas devoted to purposes of play, recreation and pleasure.

means an open area other than a street, alley or other public property limited to the parking of automobiles of occupants or employees of uses to which these facilities are appurtenant.

means an open area other than a street or alley, whether privately or publicly owned, which is used for the parking of more than four automobiles and is available to the public.

means any space, whether or not required by the provisions of this title, specifically allotted to the parking of motor vehicles as an accessory use. For the purpose of this title, said space shall not be located in a dedicated right-of-way, a travel lane, a service drive, nor any easement for public ingress or egress so as to block access.

means a designated off-street area which is available and usable for the parking of one motor vehicle and shall have a minimum size of 10 feet by 20 feet, plus suitable area for ingress and egress. All businesses and multifamily dwellings shall have each parking space clearly marked and designated.

means a parking space of sufficient size to park most recreational vehicles. The parking space shall have a minimum size of 12 feet by 30 feet, plus suitable area for ingress and egress. The recreational vehicle parking space need not be specially designated.

is defined as subsidized, leased housing with no limit on length of stay that prioritizes people who need comprehensive support services to retain tenancy and utilizes admissions practices designed to use lower barriers to entry than would be typical for other subsidized or unsubsidized rental housing, especially related to rental history, criminal history, and personal behaviors. Permanent supportive housing is paired with on-site or off-site voluntary services designed to support a person living with a complex and disabling behavioral health or physical health condition who was experiencing homelessness or was at imminent risk of homelessness prior to moving into housing to retain their housing and be a successful tenant in a housing arrangement, improve the resident's health status, and connect the resident of the housing with community-based health care, treatment, or employment services. Permanent supportive housing is subject to all of the rights and responsibilities defined in Chapter 59.18 RCW.

means every natural person, firm, partnership, association, social or fraternal organization, corporation, estate, trust, receiver, syndicate, branch of government or any other group or combination acting as a unit.

as used in this chapter, shall be defined in the same manner as in Title 47, USC, Section 332(c)(7)(C), as they may be amended now or in the future, and includes facilities for the transmission and reception of radio or microwave signals used for communication, cellular phone, personal communications services, enhanced specialized mobile radio, and any other wireless services licensed by the FCC as well as unlicensed wireless services.

means property owned or leased by a nonprofit religious organization, such as a church, for religious worship or related administrative, educational, charitable and social activities.

means a survey or scaled drawing that is part of the set of application drawings or construction documents. The type of plan shall be taken in context in the code, for example, a "site plan" would include all the items required in the site plan review chapter of this code, a "landscape plan" would include all the items required in the landscape chapter of this code, and so forth.

means an outdoor recreation area, usually equipped with swings, slides, and other playground equipment.

means an outdoor, roofed, unheated, flat surface attached to a residential structure. The porch may be enclosed by screen, latticework, broad windows, or other light frame walls extending from the main structure.

means the primary or predominant use to which the property is or may be devoted, and to which all other uses on the premises are accessory. A principal use is a use classified as such in any given zone.

means offices or a business maintained and used as a place of business conducted by professionals such as engineers, attorneys, realtors, architects, accountants and other persons providing services utilizing training in and knowledge of the mental discipline as distinguished from training and skills or manual dexterity or the handling of commodities.

means an establishment for treatment of outpatients, and providing no overnight care for patients.

means all municipal, county or state owned or operated facilities including, but not limited to, governmental administrative offices, libraries, fire stations, police stations, municipal garages and yards, refuse disposal or transfer facilities, cemeteries, water, sewer, gas, steam or electric distribution systems, pumping or regulation stations and transformer stations with service yards.

means a facility located outside of the public right-of-way that is owned and managed by a transit agency or city, county, state, or federal government for the express purpose of staging people and vehicles where several bus or other transit routes converge. They serve as efficient hubs to allow bus riders from various locations to assemble at a central point to take advantage of express trips or other route to route transfers.

means any area, building or structure held, used, or controlled exclusively for public purposes by any department or branch of any government, without reference to the ownership of the building or structure or of the land upon which it is situated.

means a private business organization such as any public service corporation, including physical plan facilities, performing some public service and subject to special governmental regulations, or a governmental agency performing similar public services, the services by either of which are paid for directly by the recipients thereof. Said services shall include, but are not limited to, water supply, electric power, telephone, gas and transportation for persons and freight.

is as defined in RCW 69.51A.010(4).

means a strip of land with tracks and/or auxiliary facilities for track operation, but not including freight depots or stations, loading platforms, train sheds, warehouses, car or locomotive shops, or car yards.

means a change in the zone boundaries upon the zoning map, when adopted in the manner prescribed by law.

means the assignment by amendment of the code of a particular use to a different use classification than that in which the use was originally permitted.

means a supervised center that provides a broad range of activities and events intended primarily for use by persons under 21 years of age, owned and/or managed by a charitable nonprofit organization, city, county, state, or federal government.

means any mobile vehicle or equipment used for recreational purposes, including, but not limited to, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, boats, campers, trailers and motor homes and other self-propelled trailers. This shall not include automobiles and pickup trucks unless the pickup truck is equipped with any of the equipment referred to in this section.

means a unified development in which the subdivision and/or zoning regulations apply to the project as a whole rather than to its individual lots, in order to gain a more advantageous use of the land.

means the federally protected practice of a recognized religious assembly, school, or institution that owns or controls real property.

means a structural covering over any portion of a building or structure, including the projections beyond the walls or supports of the building or structure.

means the sale of goods, merchandise and/or commodities for use or consumption by the immediate purchaser. Retail sales include the selling of goods and services which may include convenience goods, such as food and drugs; personal services (excluding professional services), such as tailoring, shoe repairing and barber shops; and general merchandise, such as apparel, furniture and home furnishings. Wholesale sales may be made from a retail business, provided the business's principal use is retail sales.

means the sale of goods, merchandise and/or commodities for resale by the purchaser in the regular course of business without intervening use by the purchaser.

means a person 55 years of age or more, or a person of less than 55 years who by reason of infirmity requires domiciliary care. "Senior citizen" shall also include "elderly family," which is two or more persons living together where the head or spouse is a senior citizen or a person less than 55 years of age who by reason of infirmity requires domiciliary care.

means multifamily housing for senior citizens whose income qualifies as low income pursuant to BMC § 14.16.020.

means a business which provides for the retail sale of petroleum products as its principal business use, and the servicing and repair of motor vehicles as an incidental use.

means a public or private institution of learning that offers instruction in the several branches of learning and study.

means and includes, but is not limited to, any business that sells used items of personal property to be used again for the purpose for which they were originally intended. It includes, but is not limited to, antique stores, secondhand stores, used merchandise stores, and the like.

means the area between the property lines and the curb or road edge encompassing the pedestrian sidewalk.

means an existing deciduous or coniferous tree suitable for inclusion as permanent landscaping in a project that is either six inches or more in diameter measured three feet above grade for any species; or is determined to be significant by the planning director or designee due to unusual or historic heritage or rareness.

means a single unit that provides rooms or spaces for one or more persons, includes permanent provisions for sleeping and can include provisions for living, eating and either sanitation or kitchen facilities but not both. Such rooms and spaces that are also part of a dwelling unit are not sleeping units. Sleeping units have a minimum size of 70 square feet.

means an outdoor area not used for retail display (such as a retail car or RV lot) where vehicles, equipment, merchandise, raw materials, cargo containers, railroad cars, semi-truck trailers or other items are accumulated and stored. Storage yards are often used in conjunction with a warehouse, storage buildings, sheds or other structures and may be public or private.

means that portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it. If there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it shall be considered a story. The lowest level shall be counted as a story only if more than one-half of the distance between the lowest level's floor and the ceiling above it is above the established curb level or above the finished lot grade level where curb level has not been established.

means a public or recorded private thoroughfare which affords primary means of access to abutting property.

means any combinations of materials constructed and erected on the ground or water or attached to something having a permanent location on the ground or water. Not included are residential fences equal to or less than six feet in height, retaining walls less than three feet in height, rockeries, paved areas and similar improvements of a minor character. The term "structure" shall be construed as though followed by the words "or parts thereof."

means any change in the supporting members of a building or structure.

shall be as described in BMC § 6.04.020 in the definition for "temporary business."

means any constructed pathway which has been designed for exclusive use of pedestrians, equestrians or bicyclists and specifically includes the Foothills Trail.

is defined as a project that provides housing and supportive services to homeless persons or families for up to two years and that has as its purpose facilitating the movement of homeless persons and families into independent living.

means a suitably enclosed volume of space built on a chassis and designed to be used for temporary occupancy for travel, recreational or vacation use.

means a single-family dwelling located above a garage structure constructed in accordance with Chapter 19.24 BMC.

means a unit designed for the occupancy of one commercial/office use on the main/street level and (a) residential use(s) on the second floor above.

means a detached single-family dwelling within a cottage housing development constructed in accordance with Chapter 19.24 BMC.

means the nature of the occupancy, the type of activity, or the character and form of improvements to which land is devoted or may be devoted.

means the method by which an adjustment is made in the application of the specific regulations of the zoning code to a particular piece of property, which property, because of special circumstances applicable to it, is deprived of privileges commonly enjoyed by other properties in the same vicinity and zone and which adjustment remedies disparity in privileges.

means vehicles or equipment with engines (such as autos, motorcycles, scooters, snowmobiles, outboard marine engines, lawnmowers, chainsaws, and other engines).

means any open space on the same lot with a building or building group lying between the building or building group and the nearest lot line.

means that portion of the site area extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the front lot line and a line drawn parallel thereto and at a distance therefrom equal to the required front yard depth. On a corner lot, the front yard shall be the yard providing principal access from the adjacent street.

means that portion of the site area measured from the side lot line toward the center of the lot and extending from the rear lot line to the front lot line of the required yard parallel to the side lot line at a distance therefrom equal to the required side yard depth.

means that portion of the site area extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the rear lot line and a line drawn parallel thereto, at a distance therefrom equal to the required rear yard depth.

means an area accurately defined as to boundaries and location on the official zoning map and within which area only certain types of land uses are permitted.