For the purpose of this ordinance, certain terms and words are hereby defined. Words in the present tense shall include the future, the singular number shall include the plural and the plural the singular; the word "structure" shall include the word "building" and the word "shall" is mandatory and not directory.

1.

Accessory building. A subordinate building, attached to or detached from the main building, the use of which is incidental to that of the main building on the same lot.

2.

Alley. Any public way set aside for public travel, which provides a secondary means of access to property abutting thereon.

3.

Boardinghouse. Any dwelling in which more than three persons and less than 15 persons are provided with sleeping facilities and where meals, or lodging and meals, are provided for compensation by previous arrangement.

4.

Buildable area. The area of that part of the lot not included within the yards or open spaces herein required.

5.

Building. Any structure designed or built or used for the support, enclosure, shelter, or protection of persons, animals, chattels, or property of any kind.

6.

Building, height of. The vertical distance from the established average sidewalk grade or street grade, or finished grade at the building line, whichever is the highest, to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, or to the deck line of the mansard, or to the mean height level between the eaves and ridge for gable, hip, and gambrel roofs.

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Dwelling. Any building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively as the residence or sleeping place of one or more families.

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Dwelling, single-family. A single building designed for, constructed, or any construction or alterations for, or occupied exclusively by not more than one family; provided, however, that such building is attached permanently to the ground and is not equipped with axles or wheels.

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Dwelling, duplex. A single building designed for, constructed, or any construction or alterations for, or occupied by not more than two families; provided, however, that such a building is attached permanently to the ground and is not equipped with axles or wheels.

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Dwelling, multiple-family. One or more buildings designed for, constructed, or any construction or alterations for, or occupied by three or more families; provided, however, that such building is attached permanently to the ground and is not equipped with axles or wheels.

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Family. One individual or more persons related by blood or marriage occupying a premises and living as a single housekeeping unit, or a group of not more than four persons living together by joint agreement and occupying a single housekeeping unit with a single culinary facility on a nonprofit cost-sharing basis.

12.

Garage, public. A building or portion thereof other than a private garage, designed or used for equipping, servicing, repairing, hiring, selling, or storing motor-driven vehicles.

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Lot. A parcel of land occupied or to be occupied by one principal building and its accessory buildings, including the open spaces required under this ordinance, and having its principal frontage on an officially approved street or place.

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Lot of record. A lot which is a part of a subdivision, the map of which has been recorded in the office of the clerk and recorder and/or the assessor's office; or a parcel of land which became legally established and defined by deed or act of sale on or before the date of adoption of this ordinance.

15.

Mobile home - trailer. A vehicle equipped for use as a dwelling and designed to be hauled along a highway. The removal of wheels and placing on a solid foundation does not change the classification of a mobile home.

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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.

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Parking lot. An open space which is used for temporary parking of automobiles and other vehicles.

18.

Parking space. An all-weather surfaced area enclosed in the main building or in an accessory building, or unenclosed, having an area of not less than 160 square feet exclusive of driveways, permanently reserved for the temporary storage of one automobile and connected with a street, place, or alley by an all-weather surfaced driveway at least eight feet in width which affords unobstructed ingress and egress for automobiles.

19.

Street. A public way set aside for public travel which affords the principal means of access to abutting property. The word "street" shall include the words avenue, road, highway, and thoroughfares, or any other similar terms.

20.

Structure. A combination of materials forming a construction which requires more or less permanent location on the ground and includes, among other things, buildings, stadiums, platforms, radio towers, sheds, storage bins, fences, and display signs.

21.

Structural alteration. Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, or partitions, columns, beams, or girders or any substantial change in the roof or in the exterior walls, excepting such repair as may be required for the safety of the building.

22.

Tourist court. A group of buildings designed for guest rooms or dwelling units intended primarily for automobile transients, each unit having a separate entrance opening out-of-doors or into a foyer, with parking space provided on the lot for use by guests of the court, operation of such courts to be supervised by a person in charge at all hours. Tourist courts include auto courts, motels, motor courts, motor hotels and motor inns.

23.

Trailer park. Any area where two or more trailer coaches are parked for living and sleeping purposes with flush toilet and bathing facilities provided on the site and which includes any structures, vehicles or enclosures used or intended for use as part of the equipment of such trailer court.

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Yard. An open space on the same lot with a principal building, open, unoccupied, and unobstructed by a portion of a structure from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided herein.

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Yard, front. An open space extending across the front of the lot between the side lot lines, and being the required minimum horizontal distance between the street and the nearest part of the principal building, including covered porches. On corner lots the front yard shall be provided facing the street upon which the lot has its lesser dimension.

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Yard, rear. An open space extending across the rear of a lot between the side lot lines, and being the required minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the nearest part of the principal building, including covered porches. On both corner lots and interior lots, the rear yard shall in all cases be at the opposite end of the lot from the front yard.

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Yard, side. An open space between the building and the side lot lines and being the required minimum horizontal distance between a side lot line and the nearest part of the principal building including covered porches.