(2.101) The term "commission" means the planning commission of Crowley, Louisiana, which shall act as a zoning commission at such times as this ordinance shall go into effect.

(2.102) "City governing body" shall mean the city council of Crowley, Louisiana.

(2.201) Accessory building and use: Structures and uses (such as private garages and sheds) customarily incidental to and on the same lot with a permitted use. An accessory use is one which is incidental to the main use of the premises.

(2.202) Alley: A minor right-of-way, dedicated to public use, which gives a secondary means of vehicular access to the back side of properties otherwise abutting a street, and which may be used for public utility purposes.

(2.203) Block: A tract of land bounded by dedicated streets.

(2.204) Building: Means any structure, either temporary or permanent, having a roof or other covering, and designed or used for the shelter or enclosure of any person, animal or property of any kind, including tents, awnings or vehicles situated on private property and used for purposes of a building.

(2.205) Carport: Means a shelter for one or more vehicles which is not fully enclosed by walls and one or more doors.

(2.206) Car wash: Means a lot on which motor vehicles are washed or waxed, either by the patron or by others, using machinery specifically designed for the purposes.

(2.207) Church: Means a building wherein persons regularly assemble for religious worship which is used only for such purposes and those accessory activates as are customarily associated therewith.

(2.208) Clinic: Means a place where medical or dental care is furnished to persons on an out-patient basis by four (4) or more doctors or dentists.

(2.209) Commercial vehicle: Any vehicle bearing a commercial license plate, any vehicle designed to carry more than eight (8) passengers; any motor-driven truck.

(2.210) Dance hall: A café, restaurant or other business or commercial place where dancing is done to music.

(2.211) Dwelling unit: One or more rooms in the same structure, connected together and constituting a separate, independent housekeeping unit for permanent residential occupancy and with facilities for sleeping and cooking.

(2.212) Dwelling, single-family: A detached building containing one dwelling unit and used exclusively by one family.

(2.213) Dwelling, two-family: A detached building containing two (2) dwelling units and used by two (2) families living independently of each other. The terms includes duplex.

(2.214) Dwelling, multiple family: A detached building containing three (3) or more dwelling units and used by three (3) or more families living independently of each other. The term includes apartment house.

(2.215) Family: One or more persons who are related by blood or marriage, living together and occupying a single housekeeping unit with single culinary facilities, or a group of not more than four (4) persons living together by joint agreement and occupying a single housekeeping unit with single culinary facilities on a nonprofit, cost-sharing basis. Domestic servants residing on the premises shall be considered a part of the family.

(2.216) Garage: A fully enclosed building for the storage of motor vehicles, not including buildings in which fuel is sold or repairs or other services are performed.

(2.217) Garage apartment: A living unit for not more than one family erected above a garage; however, for the purpose of this ordinance, similar construction above a garage used for any accessory use will be considered the equivalent of a garage apartment.

(2.218) Height of building: The vertical distance from the grade to:

(a)

The highest point on a flat roof;

(b)

The deck line of a mansard roof; or

(c)

The mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.

(2.219) Home occupation: A use conducted incidental to a permitted use provided that such occupations are conducted in the main building meeting the following conditions:

(a)

Only one nonilluminated sign no larger than one square foot in area be used;

(b)

Nothing shall be done to make the building appear in any way anything but a dwelling;

(c)

Not more than two (2) assistants or employees shall be employed from outside the resident family;

(d)

Mechanical equipment used shall be only that normally used in or found in a single-family dwelling; and

(e)

No more than twenty-five (25) per cent of the total living area of a home may be used for that home occupation.

(2.220) Hotel: A structure designed, used or offered for residential occupancy for any period less than one month, including tourist homes and motels but not including hospitals or nursing homes.

(2.221) Junkyard: An open area where waste, used or secondhand materials are bought and sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled, or handled, including but not limited to scrap iron, automobiles, vehicles, equipment, machinery and other metals, paper, rags, cloth, plastic, rubber tires, glass and bottles.

(2.222) Lot: A parcel of land occupied by or which may hereafter be occupied by a building and its accessory buildings, together with such open spaces and parking spaces as are required under this ordinance, and having its principal frontage on an officially approved street or place.

(2.223) Lot line: The liens bounding a lot as defined herein:

(a)

Front lot line: In the case of an interior lot, that line separating said lot from the street. In the case of a corner lot, or double frontage lot, "front lot line" shall mean that line separating said lot from that street which is designated as the front street in the plat and in the application for a zoning compliance permit.

(b)

Rear lot line: That lot line opposite the front lot line. In the case of a lot pointed at the rear, the rear lot line shall be an imaginary line parallel to the front lot line not less than ten (10) feet long farthest from the front lot line and wholly within the lot.

(c)

Side lot line: Any lot line other than the front lot line or rear lot line. A side lot line separating a lot from a street is a side street lot line. A side line separating a lot from another lot or lots in an interior side lot line.

(2.224) Lot of record: A lot which is part of a subdivision, the map of which has been recorded in the office of the clerk of court of Acadia Parish; or a parcel of land which became legally established and defined by deed on or before the date of adoption of this ordinance.

(2.225) Main building: A building in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which said building is located.

(2.225.1)

Medical treatment facilities: A building wherein medical practitioners and medical specialties or sub-specialties, including physicians, surgeons, psychiatrists, dentists, physiotherapists and practitioners in other medical specialties and sub-specialties provide outpatient treatment or services to person in the usual course of their professional occupation by not more than three (3) practitioners of the medical, dental, specialty or sub-specialty, and providing that such additional medical personnel, i.e., registered nurse, licensed practical nurse and other customarily required for the particular performance of such services, shall not exceed a total of three (3) persons.

(2.226) Manufactured home and manufactured housing: A factory-built, residential dwelling unit constructed to standards and codes, as promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq., as amended. Further, the terms "manufactured home" and "manufactured housing" may be used interchangeably and apply to structures bearing the permanent affixed seal of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

(2.227) Mobile home: A factory-built, residential dwelling unit built to voluntary standards prior to the passage of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974. This term includes and is interchangeable with the term "house trailer", but does not include the term "manufactured home" as only manufactured homes are built to federal construction standards.

(2.227.1)

Mobile home park: Two (2) or more mobile homes located on the same tract of land occupying such spaces as required by this ordinance.

(2.228) Nonconforming use: A land lawfully used, and/or structure legally existing and/or used at the time of adoption of this ordinance, or any amendment thereto, which does not conform with the height, lot area, yard requirements, or use regulations of the district in which it is located.

(2.229) Parking space: One automobile parking space shall be an area not less than nine (9) feet by twenty (20) feet and the access to the parking space from a public street or alley shall be provided in addition to the space necessary for the parking.

(2.230) Seal or label: The permanently affixed device or insignia issued by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that is displayed on the exterior of a manufactured home, certifying that the home was constructed to standards and codes, as promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

(2.231) Setback: The minimum distance away from a property line where buildings may be constructed, a building line, usually a line parallel to the front property line.

(2.232) Town house: Two (2) or more attached living units with common or party side walls between units, designated so that each unit may be sold independently as a lot with its own yards and parking spaces.

(2.233) Trailer: Any factory built or assembled unit, structure or structures equipped with the necessary connections and made so as to be readily moveable over roads and highways as a unit or units and is designed for occupancy with or without a permanent foundation. It may consist of two (2) or more units which can be telescoped when towed and expanded later for additional capacity or may consist of two (2) or more unites separately towable but designed to be joined into one integral unit.

(2.234) Variance: A modification from the provisions of this regulation by the board of aldermen in cases when enforcement of its provisions would result in unnecessary hardship.

(2.235) Yard: The area between any lot line and the setback required therefrom.

(Ord. No. 1204, § 2, 10-14-97; Ord. No. 1391, §§ 1, 2, 2-9-09; Ord. No. 1415, § 1, 11-9-10)