Any building or structure, the use of which is incidental to the principal use of another structure on the same premises. A building housing an accessory use is considered an integral part of the main (principal) building when it has any part of a wall in common with the main building, or is under an extension of the main roof and designed as an integral part of the main building.

A subordinate use of a building or land which is incidental to the principal use of the premises and customarily associated with the principal use and located on the same lot as the principal building or use.

An establishment consisting of, including or having the characteristics of any or all of the following:

A minor public thoroughfare which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property.

A building or portion thereof containing facilities for washing, waxing, drying, polishing or vacuuming private automobiles, light trucks and vans, but not commercial fleets. For purposes of this Chapter, self-serve car-wash establishments where no employee and/or attendant is present during operating hours are not included in this definition.

An establishment or place of business that primarily provides after-sales services for automobiles, including the attendant retail sales of accessories for such automobiles, such as installation, conversion and modifications to the interior or exterior of automobiles, but excluding automotive repair shops.

Any structure or premises used for dispensing or sale, at retail, of vehicle fuels or lubricants, including alternative fuel sources, where the retail sale of convenience items are also sold, unless otherwise prohibited in this Chapter.

An establishment or place of business primarily engaged in the sale of merchandise that is associated with the use, repair or upkeep of automobiles, including service and installation, but excluding automotive repair shops.

An open area, other than a street or alley, used for the storage, cleaning and rental of passenger vehicles and where no repair work is done except minor maintenance of such vehicles rented on the premises.

An establishment or place of business primarily engaged in the repair of automobiles or other motorized vehicles, or the installation or repair of equipment or parts on motorized vehicles such as mufflers, brakes, tires, transmissions, glass, and engines or engine parts, but excluding dismantling or salvage. Automotive repair shops also include:

An establishment or place of business primarily engaged in the lubrication of vehicles and replacement or installation of minor parts and accessories. Such use shall include establishments that provide express oil changes, and sell at retail. Automotive service stations do not include uses primarily engaged in major repair work such as engine replacement, body and fender repair, or spray painting; for such uses see "automotive repair shop."

An open area, other than a street or alley, used for the display, sale or lease of new or used motor vehicles and where no repair work is done except minor incidental repair of such motor vehicles to be displayed, sold or leased on the premises.

A commercial establishment that serves its customers by cutting and dressing hair, shaving or trimming beards, and/or providing manicures, pedicures and facials. For purposes of this zoning code, establishments that provide manicures but do not cut hair will also be considered a beauty salon.

An establishment where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises, but not including restaurants where the principal business is serving food. The facility shall be duly approved and licensed as required by applicable State and local regulations. Any establishment which serves food, where the serving of food is secondary to the serving of liquor, such as a bar and grill, shall be classified as a tavern/lounge.

That portion of a building that is partly or completely underground. A basement shall be counted as a story if used or intended to be used for dwelling or business purposes.

An area of land surrounded by public highways, streets, streams, railroad rights-of-way, parks, or other similar areas or facilities.

A building, other than a hotel, where, for compensation and by prearrangement for definite periods, meals and/or lodging are provided for a minimum of three (3) but not more than fifteen (15) persons, but not for the public or transients. The classification shall include a single-family dwelling or single-family residence where eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally or physically handicapped persons reside. All uses shall comply with Section 89.020.[1]

A local body, appointed by the Mayor and approved by the Board of Aldermen, charged with hearing appeals and authorizing variance to the requirements of this Chapter.

An area within a property or site, generally adjacent to and parallel with the property line, either consisting of natural vegetation or created by the use of trees, shrubs, fences, and/or berms, designed to limit continuously the view of and/or sound from the site to adjacent sites or properties.

The width of a lot minus the combined widths of the minimum required side yards.

A structure that is permanently affixed to the land, has one (1) or more floors, one (1) or more exterior walls, and a roof, and is designed or intended for use as a shelter, but a building shall not include any vehicle, trailer (with or without wheels), nor any movable device such as furniture, machinery or equipment. The word "building" shall include the word "structure" and vice versa.

The vertical distance measured from the average finished grade to the highest point of the roof of a building or highest point of any permanent part of the building.

That line which represents the closest points that a structure can be erected to the front, side, and rear property lines.

A specialized instructional establishment that provides on-site training of business, commercial, and/or trade skills such as accounting, data processing, and repair. This classification excludes establishments providing training in an activity that is not otherwise permitted in the zoning district. Incidental instructional services in conjunction with another primary use shall not be considered a business or vocational school.

An establishment engaged in the preparation of food and beverages for consumption at another location. Catering shall not include the manufacturing of food as defined in "food/bakery product manufacturing."

Land used or intended to be used for burial or cremation of the dead, whether human or animal, including a mausoleum or columbarium.

The practice of medicine or dentistry for humans, including assistants and laboratories, but not including, inpatient care or operating rooms for major surgery.

A membership association composed of persons who are bona fide dues-paying members and to whom (and their guests) use of facilities owned or leased by the association is generally restricted. Such definition shall include buildings owned or operated by a person, for a social, educational, or recreational purpose, but not primarily for profit and not primarily to render a service that is customarily carried on as a business. This definition shall include organizations such as the American Legion, Masonic Lodge and Veterans of Foreign Wars.

The pairing of two nationally branded retail businesses in a single facility. The most common co-branded developments consist of a fast-food restaurant franchise and a major branded automotive fueling station.

That land set aside for open space or recreational use for the owners of the residential lots in a subdivision and which is conveyed by the developer in fee simple absolute title by a warranty deed to trustees whose trust indenture shall provide that said common land be used for the sole benefit, use and enjoyment of the lot owners present and future. No lot owner shall have the right to convey his/her interest in the common land except as an incident of the ownership of a regularly platted lot.

Any structure that is designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas, including self-supporting lattice towers, guyed towers, or monopole towers. The term includes radio and television transmission towers, microwave towers, common-carrier towers, cellular telephone towers, and the like.

A facility maintained by a public agency or by a not-for-profit community or neighborhood association primarily for social, recreational, or educational needs of the community or neighborhood.

The plan or any portion thereof, adopted by the Planning Commission pursuant to RSMo. Chapter 89 for the coordinated development of the City.

A short street having one (1) end open to traffic and being terminated at the other end by a circular vehicular turnaround.

An establishment used for the purpose of a day-care center, day nursery, nursery school, day school, kindergarten (not connected with a school as defined herein) or similar use which constitutes the normal care of more than five (5) physically and mentally sound children. Child-care facilities shall meet all requirements and specifications of the Division of Health and other State or local agencies having jurisdiction over child-care facilities.

A day-care establishment conducted in a private residence that provides care, protection and supervision for five (5) to ten (10) individuals at any one time, excluding those persons related to and residing in the home of the day-care provider. A use that provides care, protection and supervision for individuals on a regular basis away from their primary residence for less than twenty-four (24) hours per day. Residential day-care facilities shall meet all requirements and specifications of the Division of Health and other State or local agencies having jurisdiction over child-care facilities.

Intentional transfer by the developer to the public of ownership of, or an interest in, land for public purpose. Dedication may be affected by compliance with Statutes relating to dedication of land, by formal deed by conveyance, or by any other method recognized by the laws of the State of Missouri.

An automobile, truck or other motor vehicle which has been either damaged to such extent that it cannot operate under its own power and will require major repairs before being made usable or does not comply with State or municipal vehicle licensing laws or ordinances.

That person, firm or corporation by whom a tract will be subdivided and/or improved pursuant to the requirements of this Chapter.

The act of changing as well as the state of a lot or combination of lots after the function of the tract of land has been purposefully changed by man, including, but not limited to, structures on the land and alterations to the land.

A part or parts of the City of Woodson Terrace for which the Zoning Ordinance establishes uniform regulations governing the development and use of land therein.

An establishment or business maintained for the pickup and delivery of dry cleaning and/or laundry without the maintenance or operation of any laundry or dry-cleaning equipment or machinery on the premises.

An establishment intended to be used for cleaning fabrics, textiles, apparel, or articles of any sort by immersion and agitation in volatile solvents and the processes incidental thereto.

Any building or portion thereof used exclusively for human habitation, except hotels, motels, dormitories, house trailers, or boardinghouses. The term "single-family dwelling" as used in this Zoning Ordinance shall include any residential home, foster care home, or any similar home or residence as required by State law. The following terms associated with dwelling shall have the following meanings:

A grant by a property owner to the public, a corporation, or a person(s) of the use of a described area of land for specified purposes, where fee simple title to the land remains with the property owner.

A professional engineer registered in the State of Missouri.

One (1) or more persons who are related by blood, marriage, or adoption (including foster care), living together and occupying a single housekeeping unit with single kitchen facilities, or a group of not more than three (3) persons living together by joint agreement occupying a single housekeeping unit with single kitchen facilities, on a non-profit, cost-sharing basis, subject to any exceptions as may be required by law.

The offering for sale of fresh agricultural products directly to the consumer at an open-air market designated and approved by the City as a seasonal or temporary use.

A barrier constructed of man-made or natural materials, intended to maintain privacy and/or to prevent intrusion upon the property.

A barbed fence, a fence with spikes, other sharp points or a razor blade fence.

A fence with an opaque value of seventy percent (70%) or greater.

A fence whose principal material is wire. This includes, but is not limited to, chain link.

An office establishment or business that primarily performs central banking functions and accepts deposits and lends funds from these deposits. Such establishment may include these services to patrons and customers through an accessory drive-through, when permitted pursuant to Section 400.420. Uses include banks; savings associations; savings and loan institutions; investment banking; brokerage for securities or commodities; credit reporting services; certified financial planning; accounting; auditing; bookkeeping; credit service offices, including credit unions; holding and investment services; savings and loan association offices; and consumer and mercantile credit reporting services. Financial services does not include pawnshops, businesses primarily engaged in check cashing or issuing money orders or title loan establishments or other businesses offering short-term consumer loans secured by personal property, certificates of title to such property, estimated tax refunds or other such collateral (all of which are prohibited money-changing/money-brokering uses). (See also "payday loan establishments.")

Any person or aggregation, congregation or assembly of vendors, whether professional or non-professional, that offers for sale, trade or barter any goods permitted by law, regardless whether they are new, used, antique or handmade; and where offered for sale in open-air areas, buildings or temporary structures.

The gross floor area of the building measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from the center line of walls separating two (2) buildings.

A use engaged in the manufacture of food and food products, including non-retail bakeries, canning facilities and creameries.

A food truck is a mobile, fully self-contained unit with valid State of Missouri registration that sells only food and/or beverages (non-alcoholic) and that utilizes no outside cooking area. Mobile food vendors which stop for less than or equal to thirty (30) minutes at a single location shall not be considered food trucks.

The length of the front lot line of a lot abutting a street measured along the dividing line between the property and the street.

An establishment engaged in preparing the human deceased for burial or cremation and arranging and managing funerals.

An establishment offering furniture, appliances, televisions, stereos and/or other electronic equipment and other household items for sale.

An accessory building with capacity for not more than two (2) motor vehicles for storage only, provided, however, a private garage may exceed a two-vehicle capacity if the lot whereon such garage is located contains not less than three thousand (3,000) square feet for each vehicle stored, and provided that such garage shall not exceed twelve (12) feet in height or occupy more than thirty percent (30%) of the required rear yard and meet all other requirements of this Chapter.

A building, or portion thereof, designed or used exclusively for term storage of motor-driven or motor vehicles, as distinguished from daily storage; and at which gasoline, motor fuels, and oils are not sold and motor-driven or motor vehicles are not serviced, equipped, repaired, hired or sold.

A commercial recreation facility resembling golf but containing short holes, the majority of which are less than three hundred (300) feet in length, and primarily utilizing putting irons.

The average level of the finished surface of the ground that meets the exterior walls of a building.

An establishment where flowers, trees, and other products that are commonly used as landscaping in and around buildings are grown and sold.

An establishment or place of business conducted indoors where members and guests may exercise on equipment and within facilities provided for a fee.

An accessory use to a single-family residence where a business activity is carried on by no more than two (2) members of a family residing on the premises and providing that, except as otherwise provided by law, there are no signs or any display that will indicate from the exterior of the building that it is being utilized, in whole or in part, for any purpose other than that of a dwelling; providing, also, that there is no stock-in-trade or commodity sold upon the premises, no person is employed other than a member of the family residing on the premises, and no mechanical equipment is used except such as is customary for purely domestic or household purposes.

An institution providing medical and surgical care for both inpatients and outpatients and including medical service, training, and research facilities.

A place where sleeping accommodations are provided for pay or compensation by transient guests for periods of not more than twenty-eight (28) consecutive days; and having more than twelve (12) bedrooms which are furnished, used and maintained for the accommodation of such guests.

A commercial land use regularly providing shelter in a building or portion thereof in which access is provided through a common entrance, lobby or hallway and which contains six (6) or more guest rooms. Occupants may stay for periods of twenty-eight (28) or fewer days or longer than twenty-eight (28) days subject to payment of a transient occupancy tax ("TOT") as determined and established by the governing body at the time of development review. An extended-stay hotel is an operating business that is intended for individuals who may need to stay for twenty-eight (28) days or more, but intend their occupancy to be temporary; that is, they shall maintain a permanent place of residence elsewhere.

A use engaged in the basic processing and manufacturing of materials or products predominantly from extracted or raw materials, or a use engaged in storage of, or manufacturing processes using, flammable or explosive materials, or storage or manufacturing processes that potentially involve hazardous or commonly recognized offensive conditions. Such uses include asphalt plants; oil and gas production; manufacture of cement, lime, gypsum and plaster of paris, chemicals and allied products, fabricated metal products, rubber and plastics products, stone, clay, glass and concrete products, and transportation equipment.

A use engaged in the manufacture, predominantly from previously prepared materials, of finished products or parts, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, packaging, incidental indoor storage, sales and distribution, of such products, but excluding basic industrial processing as described in the definition of "heavy industrial use."

Construction on an existing vacant lot on an existing street in an existing neighborhood or developed area. Infill development shall also include lots where more than fifty percent (50%) of the primary structure is altered.

A building occupied by a non-profit corporation or a non-profit establishment for public use.

A parcel of land on which waste material and/or inoperative vehicles and other machinery are collected, salvaged, or sold.

The use of land or buildings for the purpose of selling, breeding, boarding, or training dogs or cats or both, or the keeping of three (3) or more dogs or cats over two (2) months of age.

A platted parcel of land intended to be separately owned, developed, leased or otherwise used.

The total horizontal area within the boundaries of a lot.

The area of a zoning lot occupied by the principal structure or structures and accessory buildings.

The average horizontal distance from the front lot line to the rear lot line.

The lines bounding a lot as defined below:

A lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of St. Louis County; or a parcel of land which was legally approved and the deed recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of St. Louis County prior to the adoption of this Chapter. A deed of trust is not to be considered a deed by the terms of this definition.

The average horizontal distance between the side lot lines.

A structure which bears a seal indicating compliance with the Federal manufactured home construction and safety standards established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5401, and constructed on or after June 15, 1976. The following illustration is intended to demonstrate a typical manufactured home.

An establishment that is not licensed by the State of Missouri as a massage therapy establishment and that provides baths and body massages or either of them. Nothing herein contained shall apply to a licensed massage therapist or an establishment where massage therapy is practiced, including an accredited college, certified to operate in Missouri by the Coordinating Board of Higher Education, from offering a massage therapy course of study in which its students and employees may give body massages as a required part of college's curriculum or State requirement, provided that the percentage of students taking the course is not more than thirty-three percent (33%) of the entire enrollment of the college. A massage parlor shall also include the term "bath house."

An establishment licensed by the State of Missouri that offers therapeutic massage as defined in Chapter 329, RSMo., as amended. The definition does not include establishments that offer illicit sexual services under the guise of therapeutic massage; see "massage parlor."

A building or group of buildings consisting of individual, self-contained units leased to individuals, organizations, or businesses for self-service storage of personal property.

A transportable, factory-built structure designed to be used as a single dwelling unit that was manufactured prior to June 15, 1976, and that does not bear a seal as provided by the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 5401).

A manufactured residential structure built to a nationally recognized and accepted construction standard published by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc. (BOCA) or the International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) and the unit is inspected and certified at the factory that it meets said standard. A modular home shall have exterior structure materials and appearance similar to the customary single-family structures and shall be permanently situated on a concrete foundation. The following illustration is intended to demonstrate a typical modular home.

A business or establishment that offers for its patrons dancing accommodations exceeding twenty percent (20%) of the total floor area of the establishment. Uses shall include nightclubs, private clubs or other uses offering dancing accommodations for patrons of any age. The facility shall be duly approved and licensed as required by applicable State and local regulations.

A land use or structure which existed lawfully on the date this Zoning Ordinance or any amendment thereto became effective and which fails to conform to one (1) or more of the applicable regulations in the Zoning Ordinance or amendment thereto.

A lot of record that existed lawfully, whether by variance or otherwise, on the effective date of the adoption of this Chapter or any amendment thereto, but because of such adoption or amendment of this Chapter fails to conform to the applicable area, width, depth or other regulations related to lot dimension of this Chapter, as amended.

An unreasonable interference with the enjoyment or use of property.

A building intended for use as a medical care facility for persons who need nursing care and medical service but do not require intensive hospital care. Includes assisted living and convalescent care facilities.

A building or portion of a building wherein services are performed involving predominantly administrative, professional, or clerical operations.

Land which may be dedicated or reserved for acquisition for general use by the public, including parks, recreational areas, school sites, community or public building sites, and other public lands.

Storage of material or goods on the ground outside of a building.

A portion of a property outside of any building where merchandise, goods or other items are placed in public view for the purpose of direct sale or lease to customers.

Overlay districts are special zones placed on top of existing zoning districts for the purpose of providing relief from the underlying zoning district requirements for a specific area to help spur revitalization.

An area open to the general public and reserved for recreational, educational, or scenic purposes.

A tract of land used for the temporary parking (one (1) day or less) of motor vehicles as an accessory use. Accessory parking lots shall be limited to storing only the vehicles associated with the principal use they serve, unless a joint (shared) parking agreement is approved by the Board pursuant to Section 400.300(A)(2). Parking lots must be paved with asphaltic concrete, Portland cement concrete or other approved material.

A tract of land used for the temporary parking (one (1) day or less) of motor vehicles as a principal use and which is available for public use whether free, for compensation, or as an accommodation for clients or customers. Unless otherwise permitted by law, parking lots shall not be permitted as a principal use in the City of Woodson Terrace.

An area surfaced with asphaltic concrete, Portland cement concrete or other approved material, properly graded for drainage, usable and accessible for vehicle storage, enclosed in a main building, in an accessory building, or unenclosed and located on the same lot as the building or use it is intended to serve. The space shall be large enough to accommodate one (1) motor vehicle (nine (9) feet wide by nineteen (19) feet deep). The overnight storage of a vehicle(s) in a non-residential district shall require a permit and fee as determined by the Board of Aldermen for any use that would not customarily require the overnight storage of a vehicle.

An establishment or individual or business entity which lends money on the deposit or pledge of physically delivered personal property, other than property the ownership of which is subject to a legal dispute, securities, printed evidence of indebtedness or printed evidence of ownership of the personal property, or who deals in the purchase of such property on the condition of selling the property back again at a stipulated price. The business of a pawnbroker does not include the lending of money on deposit or pledge of title to property.

An establishment that engages in transactions in which a short-term cash advance is made to a consumer in exchange for a customer's post-dated check in the amount of the advance plus a fee, or in exchange for a consumer's authorization to debit a transaction account in the amount of the advance plus a fee at a designated future date. Uses include check-cashing stores. The classification does not include a State or Federally chartered bank, savings association, credit union, or industrial land company. Further, this classification does not include establishments selling consumer goods where the cashing of checks or money orders is incidental to the main purpose of the business.

An easement or right-of-way dedicated to public use to facilitate pedestrian access to adjacent streets and properties.

Uses which are listed in each zoning district under the title "Permitted Land Uses and Developments."

A permissive, voluntary, and alternate zoning procedure designed to permit flexibility in building types and relationships between buildings. In any district, a tract of land may be developed for any of that district's permitted or conditional uses, provided that approval is obtained by securing a planned development permit in compliance with the procedure delineated for the Planning Overlay Districts. In the case of planned developments within the "R" Residential District, the total number of dwelling units in the planned development shall not exceed the total number permitted under the regulations of the residential district or districts within which the planned development lies; excluding, therefrom, the area used for streets. Height, lot area, lot dimensions, yard, off-street parking, off-street loading, and sign requirements shall be limited by the conditions in the ordinance authorizing the establishment of the particular planned development.

An official designated as such by the Planning and Zoning Commission of Woodson Terrace, Missouri, for matters pertaining to the subdivision of land. Unless stated otherwise, this representative will be the Director of Economic Development of Woodson Terrace, Missouri.

A subdivision of land legally approved and recorded.

The legally recorded boundary of a lot, tract, or other parcel of land.

A use owned or operated by a publicly owned or publicly licensed or franchised agency which provides essential public services such as utility, emergency, and safety services, including filtration plants, pump stations, sewage treatment plants, police and fire stations, post offices, government administration buildings or other governmental uses. Wireless communication facilities as defined herein are not included in this definition.

A public facility owned and operated by Woodson Terrace.

A vehicle used for purposes of recreation and amusement, including a portable vehicular structure without a permanent foundation that can be towed, hauled or driven and is primarily designed as a temporary living accommodation for recreational, camping and travel use. The definition includes, but is not limited to, motorcycles, mopeds, scooters, travel trailers, truck campers, camping trailers, boats, personal watercraft, snowmobiles, go-carts, tent trailers, fifth-wheel trailers, and self-propelled motor homes. Recreational vehicle does not include manufactured home or mobile home.

A commercial establishment or place of business primarily engaged in the provision of sports, entertainment, or recreation for participants or spectators. Recreation facility as defined here does not include any adult uses. It shall include golf driving ranges, miniature golf, batting cages, billiards halls, bowling alleys, arcades, skating rinks, swimming pools, indoor shooting ranges or archery ranges operated as a commercial or for-profit endeavor for recreational use of its patrons.

An establishment primarily engaged in specialized repair services such as appliance repair, jewelry repair, bicycle repair, furniture repair or reupholstering services, leather goods repair (including shoe), lawn mower and lawn equipment repair, lock and gun repair, musical instrument repair, and radio, stereo, DVD, TV, or repair of other electronic devices where the repairs primarily take place at the business establishment. This use does not include automotive repair shops. Repairs and all associated materials shall be performed inside a fully enclosed building. Storage of goods shall be inside a fully screened enclosure.

A retail establishment that may include the sale of used merchandise and may accept donations or goods on consignment. A conditional use permit shall be required for shops greater than five thousand (5,000) square feet (including storage areas). The definition does not include businesses that sell primarily antiques and/or artwork.

Any building, or portion thereof, which is designed or used exclusively for residential purposes, except hotels, motels, dormitories and boardinghouses.

Any establishment whose principal business is the sale of foods, frozen desserts, or beverages in ready-to-consume, individual servings; for consumption either within the restaurant building or for carryout, and where either foods, frozen desserts, or beverages are usually served in edible containers or in paper, plastic, or other disposable containers, and where customers are not served their food, frozen desserts or beverages by a restaurant employee at the same table or counter where the items are consumed; or the establishment includes a drive-up or drive-through service facility or offers curb service.

An establishment where the sale of foods prepared for consumption on the premises represents the major source of income for the establishment.

The sale of commodities and services directly to customers, when such commodities and services are used or consumed by the customer elsewhere than on the premises and not purchased primarily for the purpose of resale.

That portion of any street between the curbs which is designated for vehicular traffic.

Material which has gone through one (1) or more stages of processing.

The average horizontal distance between the building line and the related lot lines.

The triangular area of a corner lot bound by the property lines and a line connecting the two (2) points on the property lines thirty (30) feet from the intersection of the property lines in which nothing shall be erected, placed, planted, or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision; also known as "clear vision areas."

The area of a sign shall include the space to be used for advertising purposes, including the spaces between open-type letters and figures, including the background structure, or other decoration or addition which is an integral part of the sign. The perimeter shall not include any structural or framing elements lying outside the perimeter and not an integral part of the sign.

The vertical distance measured from either the ground elevation of the structure supporting the sign or the upper surface of the nearest curb or edge of a street, whichever is lower, to the highest point of a sign.

The area enclosed by the perimeter of the face of a sign, but not including structure supports.

That portion of a building included between the surface of a floor and the upper surface of the floor or roof above it.

A story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two (2) opposite exterior walls are not more than three (3) feet above the top floor level of such story.

A general term denoting a public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property. The term includes all facilities which normally occur within the right-of-way. It shall also include such other designations as highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, pike, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, and court, but shall not include an alley or a pedestrianway.

Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders, or any substantial change in the roof or in the exterior walls.

See "building."

A tract of land consisting of five (5) acres or less of land and proposed for subdivision or resubdivision into two (2) or less tracks.

A building or premises devoted to showing motion pictures, or for live dramatic or musical performances. Terms associated with theater shall be defined as follows:

Any person, entity or business that lends money to a borrower and in exchange retains physical possession of the State-issued certificate of title to the personal property of the borrower.

An area or parcel of land which the developers intend to subdivide and/or improve, or to cause to be subdivided and/or improved pursuant to the requirements of this Chapter.

As utilized herein, any functional, social, or economic or technological activity which is imposed or applied to land or to structures on the land.

A modification or variation of the provisions of this Chapter as applied to a specific piece of property and approved by the Board of Adjustment.

A facility for the practice of veterinary medicine.

A structure for use as a storage place for goods, material, or merchandise.

An open space at grade between a building and the adjoining lot lines, unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a structure from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided herein. In measuring a yard for the purpose of determining the width of a side yard, the depth of a front yard or the depth of a rear yard, the minimum horizontal distance between the lot line and the main building shall be used.

A yard extending across the front of a lot and being the minimum horizontal distance between the street or place line and the main building or any projections thereof other than the projections of the usual uncovered steps, uncovered balconies, or unenclosed porch. On corner lots, the front yard shall be considered as parallel to the street upon which the lot has its least dimension.

A required yard extending across the full width of the lot at the opposite end of the lot from the front yard, and measured between the rear line of the lot and the rear of the main building or any projections thereof other than the projections of uncovered steps, unenclosed balconies, unenclosed porches, patios, or terraces. On corner lots the rear yard shall be considered as parallel to the street upon which the lot has its least dimension.

A required yard between the nearest point of the building and the side lines of the lot and extending from the front lot line to the rear lot line.