The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Accessory building means a separate building devoted to an accessory use.

Accessory use means a use subordinate to and incidental to the primary use of the main building or to the primary use of the premises.

Alley means land dedicated to public use and devoted to secondary access to lots.

Basement means that part of a building from one floor to the next floor above which has part of, but less than one-half of, its height below grade. If a basement is subdivided and used for dwelling purposes, it is counted as a story; a cellar is not.

Build means to erect, convert, enlarge, reconstruct, or structurally alter a building or structure.

Buildable width means the width of a lot left to be built upon after the side yards are provided.

Building means any structure built for use of persons or animals and includes the term "structure."

Cellar means that part of a building from one floor to the next floor above which has more than one-half or more below grade. If a basement is subdivided and used for dwelling purposes, it is counted as a story; a cellar is not.

Commission means the city planning and zoning commission.

District means a part of the city wherein regulations of this chapter are uniform.

Dwelling means a building used entirely for residential purposes.

(1)

Single-family dwelling means a building that contains only one living unit.

(2)

Two-family dwelling means a building that contains only two living units.

(3)

Multiple dwelling means a building that contains two or more living units.

Family means one or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption occupying a living unit as an individual housekeeping organization. A family may include not more than four persons as boarders or roomers.

Floor area means the square feet of floor space within the outside line of walls and including the total of all space on all floors of a building. It does not include porches, garages, or space in a basement or cellar not used for dwelling purposes.

Frontage means all the property on one side of a street between two intersecting streets (crossing or terminating) measured along the line of the street, or, if the street is a dead end, then all the property abutting on one side between an intersecting street and the dead end of the street.

Grade means the average level of the finished surface of the ground for buildings more than five feet from a street line. For buildings closer than five to a street, the grade is the sidewalk elevation at the center of the building. If there is more than one street, an average sidewalk elevation is to be used.

Half-story means the space under a sloping roof, all of which space must be at least three feet high, but not more than 60 percent of which floor area may be finished off for use.

Height of a building means the vertical distance from the grade to the highest point on a flat roof; the deck line of a mansard roof; or the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip, and gambrel roofs.

Home occupation means an accessory use; an activity carried on only by a resident member of a family meeting these conditions:

(1)

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

(2)

Nothing is done to make the building appear in any way as anything but a dwelling;

(3)

If some product is made as part of the activity, it and only it may be sold. Nothing else can be sold;

(4)

No one is employed from outside the resident family;

(5)

Mechanical equipment used is only that normally used in, or found in, a single-family dwelling.

Hotel means a dwelling not consisting of living units and occupied by more than ten persons. An "apartment hotel" is a multiple dwelling under resident supervision which maintains an inner lobby through which all tenants must pass to gain access to the apartments and which may furnish services ordinarily furnished by hotels, such as drugstore, barbershop, cosmetologist's shop, cigar stand, or newsstand, when such uses are located entirely within a building with no entrance from the street nor visible from any sidewalk, and having no sign or display visible from the outside of the building indicating the existence of such use.

Living unit means the rooms occupied by a family. The living unit must include a kitchen.

Lodginghouse means a dwelling consisting of not more than one living unit occupied by not more than 20 persons not related by blood, marriage, or adoption. The term "lodginghouse" includes the terms "roominghouse," "boardinghouse," "tourist home," and "nursing home."

Lot means a parcel of land adequate for occupancy by a use herein permitted, providing the yards, area, and off-street parking herein required and fronting directly upon a street.

Lot width means the width of a lot at the front yard line.

Main building means the building occupied by the primary use.

Motel means an inn or group of cabins designed for occupancy by paying guests.

Office building means a building designed for or used as the office of professional, commercial, industrial, religious, public or semi-public uses or organizations provided that no goods, wares or merchandise shall be prepared or sold on the premises.

Parking space means an area on a lot sufficient in size to store one automobile (not less than nine feet wide and 20 feet long) connected to a public street or alley by a driveway not less than ten feet wide and so arranged as to permit ingress and egress of the automobile at all times without moving any other automobile parked adjacent to the parking space. The parking space and connecting driveways shall be a hard, level surface on which vegetation cannot grow.

Premises means land together with any buildings or structures occupying it.

Private garage means an accessory building where vehicles used by persons other than occupants are housed; the building is a storage garage.

Public building means any building owned or used exclusively by the city, county, state, or federal governments.

Separate tract means a parcel of land or a group of contiguous parcels of land under one ownership on the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived.

Story means the part of a building from one floor to the next floor above or to the ceiling above if there is no floor above.

Street means property dedicated for and accepted by the city for primary access to lots.

Structural alterations means any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams, or girders, or any complete rebuilding of the roof or the exterior walls.

Structure means anything built that requires a permanent location.

Yard means an open space on the same lot as a building; except as provided herein it is unoccupied and unobstructed by a structure. Yard width or depth is the shortest horizontal distance from a lot line to the main building.

(1)

Front yard means the area from one side lot line to the other side lot line and between the main building and the street on which the lot fronts. On corner lots (lots abutting on two or more streets at their intersections), the front yard shall face the shortest street dimension of the lot except that if the lot is square or almost square, i.e., has dimensions in a ratio of from 3:2 to 3:3, then the front yard may face either street.

(2)

Rear yard means the area from one side lot line to the other side lot line and from the main building to the rear lot line. The rear yard is always on the opposite end of the lot from the front yard.

(3)

Side yard means the area from the front yard line to the rear yard line and from the main building to a side lot line.

(Ord. No. 156, §§ 1.1—1.35, 1.37—1.40, 1.42, 6-8-1981)

The zoning regulations and districts as herein established have been made in accordance with a comprehensive plan for the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals, and the general welfare of the city. They have been designed to lessen congestions in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements. They have been made with reasonable consideration, among other things, for the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for the particular uses, and with a view of conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the city.

(Ord. No. 156, § 2.1, 6-8-1981)

(a)

The city zoning map, as amended from time to time, is adopted as though fully set forth herein. A copy of the map is available in the office of the city clerk.

(b)

Unless otherwise provided on the city zoning map, the district boundaries are street, alley, and property lines unless otherwise shown on the city zoning map. If districts designated on the map are bounded approximately by a street, alley, or property line, the street, alley or property line shall be construed to be the boundary of the district.

(c)

If the district boundaries are otherwise indicated or if the property has been or may hereafter be divided into blocks and lots, the district boundaries shall be construed to be property lines, and where the districts designated on the city zoning map are bounded approximately by lot lines, the lot lines shall be construed to be the boundary of the districts, unless the boundaries are otherwise indicated on the map.

(d)

In unsubdivided property, the district boundary lines on the city zoning map shall be determined by use of the scale appearing on the map.

(e)

In the case of a district boundary line dividing a proper into two parts, the district boundary line shall be construed to be the property line nearest the less restricted district.

(Ord. No. 156, §§ 10.101—10.104, 6-8-1981)

Whenever the city council vacates a street or alley, adjacent districts shall extend to the centerline of the vacation.

(Ord. No. 156, § 2.204, 6-8-1981)

No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be used, occupied, or changed in use until a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the building official, stating that the building or proposed use of a building or premises complies with all city ordinances and the provisions of these regulations. A change in use shall be construed to mean any change in the occupancy or type of business.

(Ord. No. 156, § 11.1, 6-8-1981)