For the purpose of this title certain terms are herewith defined. When not inconsistent with the content, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the singular number include the plural, words in the plural number include the singular; the word "persons" may be taken for persons, association, firm, copartnership or corporation; the word "structure" includes building; the word "used" includes designed or intended to be used; the word "shall" or "must" is always mandatory and not merely directive, the word "may" is permissive and the word "should" is a preferred requirement. (Ord. 518, 6-10-2008)

ACCESSORY BUILDING: A building that is subordinate to, and incidental to the principal building on the same lot, but does not include any building containing a "dwelling unit" as hereinafter defined.

ACCESSORY USE: A use incidental and subordinate to, and incidental to the principal use of the same premises.

AFFECTED PERSON(S): One having an interest in real property which may be adversely affected by the issuance or denial of a permit authorizing a development.

AGRICULTURE OR AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES: Tilling of soil, horticulture, raising crops, livestock, dairy, including all uses customarily accessory and incidental thereto; but excluding slaughterhouses and commercial feedlots.

ANIMAL HOSPITAL: Any building or portion thereof designed or used for the care or treatment of cats, dogs, or other animals.

APARTMENT: A room or suite of rooms in a multiple-family structure which is arranged, designed or used as a single housekeeping unit and has complete kitchen and sanitary facilities permanently installed.

AUTOMOBILE SALES LOT: The premises on which new or used passenger automobiles, trailers, other licensed vehicles, farm implements, or trucks in operating condition are displayed in the open for sale or trade, and where incidental repairs and warranty work may occur.

AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION: The premises used primarily for the retail sale and delivery to the vehicle of motor vehicle fuel and of lubricating oils, tires and incidental vehicular accessories, and providing vehicular lubrication and related services, including minor motor vehicle repairs.

AUTOMOBILE WRECKING YARD: Any use of premises, excluding fully enclosed buildings, on which two (2) or more motor vehicles not in operating condition are standing or on which used motor vehicles, or parts thereof, are dismantled or stored intended for, but not exclusive/limited to, sale or profit.

AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR: The repair, rebuilding, or reconditioning of motor vehicles or parts thereof, including collision service, painting and steam cleaning of vehicles.

BAR: A building where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises not including restaurants where the principal business is serving food.

BED AND BREAKFAST: Any use of premises occupied by the owner and which has bedrooms for lodging of paying guests on a short term basis.

BOARDING HOUSE: A building other than a hotel or restaurant where meals and overnight accommodations are provided for compensation to three (3) or more persons, but not more than twelve (12) persons who are not members of the householder's family.

BUILDING: Any structure with substantial walls and roof securely affixed to the land, mobile, or demountable and entirely separated on all sides from any other structure by space or by walls in which there are no communicating doors, windows or opening, that is designed or intended for the shelter, enclosure or protection of persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind.

BUILDING, DETACHED: A building surrounded by open space on the same lot.

BUILDING HEIGHT: The vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the proposed finished grade at the front of the building to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs, to the deck line of mansard roofs, and the top of the highest point of the roof for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.

BUILDING, PRINCIPAL: A building in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which the said building is situated.

BULK PLANT: An establishment where flammable liquids are received by tank, vessel, pipelines, tank car or tank vehicle and are stored or blended in bulk for the purpose of distributing such liquids by tank vessel, pipeline, tank car, tank vehicle or container.

BUSINESS: The purchase, sale, exchange or other transaction involving the handling or disposition of any article, substance or commodity for profit or livelihood, or the ownership or management of office buildings, offices, recreation or amusement enterprise or the maintenance and use of offices or professions and trades rendering services.

CEMETERY: Land dedicated for burial purposes, including mausoleum and columbarium, when operated within the boundary of the cemetery.

CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP: The certification of a reputable title insurance company licensed under the laws of the state of Idaho as to the ownership of property and of any interest shown therein of record.

CLINIC: A building or portion of a building containing offices and facilities for providing medical, dental or psychiatric services for outpatients only.

CONDITIONAL USE: A use or occupancy of a structure, or use of land, permitted only upon issuance of a conditional use permit and subject to the limitations and conditions specified therein.

DAYCARE CENTER: A place, home, building, or location providing care, with or without instruction, for more than twelve (12) children not residing on the same premises.

DENSITY: A measurement of the number of dwelling units per acre of land.

   Gross Density: The number of dwelling units per acre of total land to be developed including right of way.

   Net Density: The number of dwelling units per acre of land when the acreage involved includes only the land devoted to residential uses, excluding public right of way.

DISTRICT OR ZONE: A section or district of the city within which the standards governing the use of buildings and premises are uniform. These districts or zones are delineated on the official zoning map of the city.

DUPLEX: A detached building designed for and occupied exclusively by two (2) families living independently of each other.

DWELLING: A building, or a portion of a building, containing one or more dwelling units. The term dwelling does not include any trailer, motel, guesthouse or "bed and breakfast" as defined by this section.

DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY: A multiple-family building (including triplex) or portion thereof.

DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY: A detached building designed for and occupied exclusively by one family. For purposes of this title the classification of "dwelling, single-family" shall include group homes, and manufactured homes as herein defined.

DWELLING UNIT: One or more rooms designed for, or used as a residence for not more than one family, including all necessary household employees of such family, and constituting a separate and independent housekeeping unit, with a single kitchen permanently installed. The term does not imply or include such types of occupancy as a lodging or boarding house, bed and breakfast, club, sorority, fraternity or hotel.

ELEVATION: An orthographic projection of the exterior faces of a building or facades which can include the front, right side, left side, and back projections or the north, south, east, and west views of the building.

FAMILY: A person living alone, or two (2) or more persons customarily living together as a single household or housekeeping unit and using common cooking facilities.

FRONTAGE: The portion of a lot, site, tract or parcel of land adjoining a public or private right of way and measured as a length along said road.

GROUP HOME: In accordance with section 67-6532 of Idaho Code, a home established for the care of eight (8) or less mentally retarded, elderly or physically handicapped persons.

HOSPITAL: An institution specializing in giving clinical, temporary, and emergency services of a medical or surgical nature to human patients and injured persons, and licensed by the state of Idaho to provide facilities and services in surgery, obstetrics, and general medical practices.

HOTEL: A building in which lodging is provided and offered to the public for compensation and which is open to transient guests.

JUNK: Old iron, chain, brass, copper, tin, lead, or other base metals, old rope, old bags, rags, wastepaper, paper clippings, scraps of cloth, rubber, glass, empty bottles, and all articles discarded and no longer used as a manufactured article composed of one or more of said materials.

JUNKYARD: An outdoor space where junk, waste, discarded or salvaged materials are stored, bought, sold or exchanged or handled.

KENNEL, COMMERCIAL: Any lot or premises or portion thereof, on which four (4) or more dogs, cats and other household domestic animals are maintained, harbored, boarded, bred or cared for in return for compensation or kept for sale.

LOADING AND UNLOADING SPACE, OFF STREET: An open off street area of land other than a street or public way, the principal use of which is for the standing, loading and unloading of motor vehicles, tractors and trailers, to avoid undue interference with public streets and alleys.

LOT: A unit of land described by metes and bounds or a part of a recorded subdivision so recorded for transfer of ownership.

   Interior Lot: A lot with only one frontage on a street.

   Lot, Corner: A lot located at the intersection of two (2) or more streets.

   Lot, Reversed Frontage: A lot on which frontage is at right angles to the general pattern in the area. A reversed frontage lot may also be a corner lot.

   Lot, Through: A lot other than a corner lot with frontage on more than one street. Through lots abutting two (2) streets may be referred to as double frontage lots.

LOT COVERAGE: The area of a lot occupied by the principal building or buildings and all accessory buildings.

LOT LINE: The boundary property line encompassing a lot. The front lot line is the boundary line, which abuts a public street. For a corner lot, the owner may select either street line as the front lot line. The rear lot line is the lot line or most nearly parallel to and most remote from the front property line. All other lot lines are side lot lines. An interior lot line is a side line in common with another lot.

MOBILE HOME PARK: A parcel of land under single ownership which is utilized for the placement of two (2) or more mobile homes or manufactured homes for dwelling or sleeping purposes.

MOTEL: A building, or group of buildings on the same premises whether detached or in connected rows, containing sleeping or dwelling units independently accessible from the outside, with garage space or parking space located on the premises and designed for, or occupied by, travelers. The term includes, but is not limited to, any buildings or building groups designated as auto courts, motor lodge, tourist courts or by any other title or sign intended to identify them as providing lodging to motorists.

NURSING HOME, CONVALESCENT HOME: A building housing any facility, however named, whether operated for profit or not, the purpose of which is to provide skilled nursing care and related medical services for two (2) or more individuals suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity, or requiring care because of old age.

OPEN SPACE: Any open area free from structures, including, but not limited to, parks, yards, playgrounds, beaches, waterways, and streets.

PARKING LOT: An open, graded and surfaced area, other than a street or public way, to be used for the storage, for limited periods of time, of operable passenger automobiles and commercial vehicles, and available to the public, whether for compensation, free, or as an accommodation to clients or customers.

PARKING SPACE: Usable space within a public or private parking area or a building.

PRINCIPAL USE: The specific purpose for which a lot is arranged, intended, designed, occupied or maintained.

PUBLIC FACILITY: A public facility involving construction of facilities including, but not limited to, pumping stations, fire stations, telephone transmission stations, sewage disposal, water tanks or storage maintenance stations, public libraries.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLE: A motor home, travel trailer, fifth-wheel trailer, park model recreational vehicle designed for recreational, camping or seasonal use. A park model recreational vehicle is a type of recreational vehicle built on a single chassis with no more than four hundred (400) square feet in area.

RESTAURANT: Any land, building or part thereof, other than a boarding house or bed and breakfast, where meals are provided for compensation, including, among others, such uses as cafe, cafeteria, coffee shop, lunchroom, tearoom and dining room.

RETAIL: The selling of goods to ultimate consumers for personal or household consumption.

RIGHT-OF-WAY, PRIVATE: Every way, lane, road, street and every way or place, not including private driveways serving only the owner of the property where situated, which is in private ownership inside the limits of the incorporated City, and is used, or subject to being used, for travel by the owner or owners or those persons having express or implied permission from the owner or owners, but not by other persons.

RIGHT-OF-WAY, PUBLIC: Every way, lane, road, street, boulevard and every way or place in the City open or subject to being open, as a matter of right to public vehicular travel inside the limits of the incorporated City.

SCHOOL: An organization specializing in the instruction of students.

SCHOOL, ACADEMIC: An accredited school specializing in the instruction of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.

SETBACK: The shortest distance between a building's or structure's exterior from the nearest point on the referenced lot line.

SIGHT OBSCURING: A screen that is at least seventy five percent (75%) opaque.

STORY: That portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above. If the finished floor elevation directly above a basement or cellar is more than six feet (6') above grade, such basement or cellar shall be considered a story.

STREET: A public right-of-way which provides vehicular and pedestrian access to adjacent properties, acceptance or grant of which has been officially approved by the Council. The term "street" includes the terms: highway, thoroughfare, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place and other such terms.

STRUCTURE: Anything constructed or erected, except fences, not exceeding six feet (6') in height, which requires permanent location on the ground or is attached to something having location on the ground.

USE: An activity or purpose for which land or premises or a building thereon is designed, arranged or intended or for which it is occupied or maintained, let or leased. Uses include, but are not limited to, residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural.

VICINITY: The area surrounding a use in which such use produces a discernible influence by aesthetic appearance, traffic, noise, glare, smoke, or similar influences.

WRECKING YARD: See definition of automobile wrecking yard.

YARD: An open space on the same lot with a principal building or group of buildings.

YARD, FRONT: The yard extending across the full width of the lot adjacent to the front street/property line.

YARD, REAR: The yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the rear line of the lot and the nearest line of the principal building.

YARD, SIDE: The yard lying between the nearest wall of the principal building, accessory building and side lot line, and extending from the front yard or the front lot line to the rear yard. (Ord. 518, 6-10-2008; amd. Ord. 589, 2-27-2019; Ord. 602, 10-16-2019)