For the purpose of these zoning regulations, the following rules shall apply:

   A.   Words and numbers used singularly shall include the plural and the plural, the singular. Words used in the present tense shall include the future.

   B.   The words "persons" includes a corporation, members of a partnership or other business organization, a committee, board, trustee, receiver, agent or other representative.

   C.   The word "shall" is mandatory.

   D.   The word "use", "used", "occupy" or "occupied" as applied to any land or building shall be construed to include the words "intended", "arranged" or "designed" to be used or occupied. (Ord. 130, 12-29-1975)

For the purpose of these zoning regulations, certain terms or words used herein shall be interpreted or defined as follows, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

ACCESSORY USE OR BUILDING: A subordinate building or use which customarily is incidental to that of the main building or use of the premises. Customary accessory uses include, but are not limited to, tennis courts, swimming pools, garages, air conditioners, garden houses, children's playhouses, barbecue ovens and fireplaces.

ALLEY: A dedicated public right of way, other than a street, which provides only a secondary means of access to abutting property.

ALTERATION: As applied to a building or structure, is a change or rearrangement in the structural parts of an existing building or structure. Enlargement, whether by extending a side, increasing in height, or the moving from one location or position to another, shall be considered as an alteration.

APARTMENT HOUSE: A residential building having accommodations for and occupied exclusively by more than two (2) families, independently.

BASEMENT HOUSE: A residential building having more than one-half (1/2) of its height below grade.

BUILDING: Any structure designed or intended for the enclosure, shelter or protection of persons, animals or property.

BUILDING AREA: The maximum horizontal projected area of a building and its accessories.

BUILDING LINE OR SETBACK LINE: A line on a plat, generally parallel with the street right of way, indicating the limit beyond which no building or structure or portion thereof, except as provided in this title, may be erected above the grade level. The building line is considered a vertical surface intersecting the ground on such a line.

CORNER LOT: A lot abutting two (2) or more streets at their intersection.

DEPTH OF LOT: The mean distance from the street line of the lot to its rear line measured in the general direction of the side lines of the lot.

HALF STORY: A story which is situated in a sloping roof, the floor area of which does not exceed two-thirds (2/3) of the floor area of the story immediately below it and which does not contain an independent apartment.

INTERIOR LOT: A lot other than a corner lot.

LOT: A parcel of land occupied or capable of being occupied by one building and the accessory buildings or uses customarily incidental to it, including such open spaces as are required by this title.

MOBILE HOME: Any prefabricated structure composed of one or more parts designed for a long term occupancy and containing sleeping accommodations, a flush toilet, a tub or a shower bath, and kitchen facilities with plumbing and electrical connections provided for attachment to outside systems; shipped or moved in essentially a complete condition ready for occupancy, except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations and mounted on wheels, skids or rollers, jacks, blocks, horses, skirting or a temporary or permanent foundation; or any prefabricated structure which has been or reasonably can be equipped with wheels or other devices for transporting the structure from place to place whether by motive power or other means.

NONCONFORMING USE: A building, structure or use of land existing at the time of the enactment of this title, and which does not conform to the regulations of the district in which it is situated as established by the provisions of this title or amendments thereto.

PARKING SPACE: An area surfaced for all weather use including gravel, sand, or comparable material for the purpose of storing one parked automobile. For the purpose of these regulations, one parking space shall have a minimum width of eight and one-half feet (81/2') and a minimum length of nineteen feet (19'). In computing off street parking, additional space shall be required for access drives to each parking space.

PRIVATE GARAGE: An accessory building designed or used for the storage of motor driven vehicles owned and used by the occupants of the building to which it is accessory.

PROPERTY LINE: The dividing line between the lot which is in private ownership and abutting areas which have been dedicated or deeded for public use as a street, alley or thoroughfare.

REAR YARD: An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building between the rear line of the building and the rear line of the lot, unobstructed to the sky and extending the full width of the lot.

SIDE YARD: An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building situated between the building and the side line of the lot extending through from the street to the rear yard; but, where no rear yard is required, to the rear line of the lot.

SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING: A residential building having accommodations for and occupied exclusively by one family.

STREET: A right of way dedicated to the public use which provides vehicular and pedestrian access to adjacent properties.

STREET LINE: A dividing line between a lot, tract or parcel of land and the contiguous streets.

TWO-FAMILY DWELLING: A residential building having accommodations for and occupied exclusively by two (2) families, independently.

USE: 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 and maintained.

YARD: A space on the same lot with a main building, open, unoccupied, and unobstructed by buildings or structures from the ground upward.

YARD FRONT: A yard extending across the full width of the lot, the depth of which is the least distance between the street right of way and the building setback line. (Ord. 130, 12-29-1975; amd. 2002 Code)