Words used in the present tense include the future; the words in the singular include the plural number, and words in the plural number include the singular; and the word “building” includes the word “structure”; and the word “lot” includes the word “plot” and the word “shall” is mandatory and not directory.

A subordinate use or building customarily incident to the location [and located] on the same lot with the main building or use.

A public thoroughfare not over twenty (20) feet in width.

A room or suite of rooms in an apartment house arranged, designed and occupied as the residence of an individual or family.

a facility that provides room and board in a single-family residential setting for the elderly and handicapped individuals where 24-hour care for them is evident, and has the appropriate license from the State of Texas. An Assisted Living Facility is NOT a hospice that provides 24-hour care for the terminally ill; but said elderly and handicapped individuals in the Assisted Living Facility shall be considered legitimate residents within the single-family residence for which the Conditional Use Permit is sought for.

A building other than a hotel where lodging and meals for five (5) or more persons are served for compensation.

A building or portion thereof arranged, designed or occupied by three (3) or more individuals or families, living independently of each other.

The mean horizontal distance between the rear line of a building other than an accessory building and the rear lot line.

The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.

A section of the City of Mercedes for which the regulations governing the area, height or uses of buildings on lots are uniform.

A family is any number of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit.

An open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building, between the building and the front line of the lot.