1101.401 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA.

   "Wireless Telecommunications Antenna" means the physical device through which electromagnetic, wireless telecommunications signals authorized by the Federal Communications Commission are transmitted or received. 

(Ord. 2018-94.  Passed 10-21-19.)

1101.403 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY.

   "Wireless Telecommunications Facilities" means equipment and structures involved in receiving telecommunications or radio signals from a mobile radio communications source and transmitting those signals to a central switching computer which connects the mobile unit with land-based telephone lines.  (Ord. 2018-94.  Passed 10-21-19.)

1101.41 VARIANCE.

   "Variance" means an exception to or modification of certain terms of this Code where such change will not be contrary to the public interest and where owing to special conditions or unique circumstances of a property a literal enforcement of the provisions or requirements of  the Code would result in an unnecessary hardship or practical difficulty and where the authorization of such exception or modification will not violate the spirit and intent of the Code, will result in a more harmonious and useful development, and substantial justice will be done. 

(Ord. 2018-94.  Passed 10-21-19.)

1101.42 YARD.

   "Yard" means an open space on the same lot with a building or group of buildings, lying between the building or group of buildings and the nearest lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except such encroachments of structures permitted herein.  A yard shall be measured between a lot line and a line parallel to such lot line drawn through the point of a building or the point of a group of buildings nearest to such lot line, exclusive of the features permitted to extend into the required yard under this Code.  The measurement of the yard shall be taken at right angles from the lot line to the line of the building.  Specifically:

   (a)   "Front Yard" means an open unoccupied space across the full width of a lot, bounded by the front building line, the front lot line and the side lot lines.

   (b)   "Rear Yard" means an open unoccupied space extending across the rear of a lot between side lot lines.

   (c)   "Required Yard" means the minimum yard or setback required between a lot line and a building line in order to comply with the regulations of the District in which the lot is located.

   (d)   "Side Yard" means an open unoccupied space extending from the rear line of the required front yard to the rear-most part of the building and bounded also by the side lot line and the side of the building.  In any District, the side yard on the street side of a corner lot shall be not less in width than the requirement of the setback building line established in this Code or shown on the Zone Map for that side of such corner lot. (Ord. 2018-94.  Passed 10-21-19.)

1101.43 ZONE MAP.

   "Zone Map" means the official map of the City dividing the land within the City into several Use Districts to demonstrate the overall development plans for the City.

(Ord. 2018-94.  Passed 10-21-19.)