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Eagles Mere City Zoning Code

§ 105-3

Definitions; word usage.

A. 
Word usage. As used in this chapter, the present tense includes the future; the singular includes the plural, and the plural, the singular; the word "building" includes the word "structure" and shall be construed as if followed by the words "or part thereof"; the word "occupy" includes the words "designed or intended to be occupied"; the word "use" includes the words "arranged, designed or intended to be used"; and the word "shall" is always mandatory.
B. 
Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and phrases shall be construed throughout this chapter to have the meanings indicated in this section:
ACCESS DRIVE
A means other than a street which provides vehicular access from a street or public road to a lot; e.g., driveway or private right-of-way.
[Added 9-12-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-3]
ACCESSORY BUILDING
A building subordinate to the principal building on a lot and used for a permitted accessory use.
ANTENNA
Any transmitting or receiving device mounted on a tower, building or structure and used in communications that transmits or receives electromagnetic waves, digital signals, analog signals, radio frequencies (excluding radar signals), wireless telecommunications signals or other communications signals.
[Added 5-8-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-2]
BUILDING AREA
The aggregate of the maximum horizontal cross-sectional areas of all buildings on a lot above the ground level, measured at the greatest outside dimensions.
BUILDING LINE
The line which establishes the minimum depth of the front yard for the particular district, as measured from the street line or, in the case of an interior lot served by an access driveway, from the property line closest to a street line.
COURT
An open space partly or completely enclosed by the walls of a building.
DRIVEWAY
A minor vehicular right-of-way providing access between a street and a parking area or garage within a lot or property.
[Added 9-12-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-3]
DWELLING
A building designed for and occupied exclusively for residence purposes.
(1) 
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGA building designed for and occupied exclusively as a residence for only one (1) family and having no party wall in common with an adjacent building.
(2) 
MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGA building designed for and occupied exclusively as a residence for two or more families.
FAMILY
Any number of individuals living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit, provided that not more than three of such number are unrelated to all of the others by blood, marriage or legal adoption. Domestic servants shall be considered an adjunct to the term "family."
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LOT
A parcel of land which is occupied or is to be occupied by one principal building, together with any accessory buildings customarily incidental to such principal building. The area of a lot shall be that portion of the lot or parcel of land lying within the property lines and outside of any street lines.
MINERALS
Any aggregate or mass of mineral matter whether or not coherent. The term includes, but is not limited to, limestone and dolomite, sand and gravel, rock and stone, earth, fill, slag, iron ore, zinc ore, vermiculite and clay, anthracite and bituminous coal, coal refuse, peat and crude oil and natural gas.
[Added 7-6-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-02A]
MINING, EXTRACTION AND DRILLING
Any method used to remove minerals.
[Added 7-6-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-02A]
STREET
Street includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway, lane, alley, viaduct and any other ways used by vehicular traffic including, where applicable, the area commonly referred to as the "berm."
[Amended 10-1-1998 by Ord. No. 121]
STREET LINE
A line separating a lot from an adjacent street.
[Amended 10-1-1998 by Ord. No. 121]
STRUCTURE
Any form or arrangement of building materials involving the necessity of providing proper support, bracing, tying and anchoring.
TOWER
Any structure that is designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas for telephone, radio, data and similar communication purposes, including self-supporting lattice towers, guyed towers or monopole towers. The term includes radio and television transmission towers, microwave towers, common-carrier towers, cellular telephone towers, alternative tower structures, stealth or camouflaged towers and the like. The term includes the structure and any support thereto. The term does not include the support structure for an antenna permitted under § 105-17.1E.
[Added 5-8-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-2]
YARD
The required open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building, open and unobstructed from the ground to the sky, except for projections permitted under § 105-20A.
(1) 
FRONT YARDA yard extending the full width of the lot along the street line and not less in depth, measured as described in the definition of "building line," than the minimum required in each district.
(2) 
SIDE YARDA yard extending along the side lot line from the front yard to the rear yard and not less in width, measured from the side lot line, than the minimum required in each district.
(3) 
REAR YARDA yard extending the full width of the lot along the rear lot line and not less in depth, measured from the rear lot line, than the minimum required in each district.
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Editor's Note: The former definition of "height of building," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 8-4-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-01.