For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABUTS. Having a common lot line or district line (excluding streets, alleys or public rights-of-way).
ACCESS WAY. A curb cut, ramp, driveway or other means for providing vehicular access to an off-street parking or loading area.
ACCESSORY USE. Any structure or use that is:
(1) Subordinate in size or purpose to the principal structure or use which it serves;
(2) Necessary or contributing to the comfort and convenience of the occupants or the principal structure or use served; and
(3) Located on the same lot as the principal structure or use served.
ADMINISTRATOR. The official appointed by the Mayor of the city with the advice and consent of Council to administer this chapter or his or her representative. (Synonymous with ZONING ADMINISTRATOR.)
AGRICULTURE. Any one or any combination of the following: the growing of farm or truck garden crops, dairying, pasturage, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture or animal/poultry husbandry. The term AGRICULTURE encompasses the farmhouse and accessory uses and structures customarily incidental to agricultural activities.
AISLE. A vehicular traffic way within an off-street parking area, used as a means of access/egress from parking spaces.
ALLEY. A public right-of-way which affords a secondary means of vehicular access to abutting premises that front on a nearby street.
ALTER. To change the size, shape or use of a structure.
AMENDMENT. A change in the provisions of this chapter (including those portions incorporated by reference), properly effected in accordance with state law and the procedures set forth herein.
ATTACHED. As applied to buildings, having a common wall and/or a common roof.
BAR/TAVERN. A premises used primarily for the sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages by the drink for on-site consumption and where food may be available for consumption on the premises as accessory to the principal use.
BASEMENT. A story having one-half or more of its height below average level of the adjoining ground.
BLOCK. An area of land entirely bounded by streets, highways, barriers or ways (except alleys, pedestrian ways or exterior boundaries of a subdivision unless exterior boundary is a street, highway or way) or bounded by a combination of streets, public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, waterways or corporate boundary lines.
BOARD OF APPEALS. The Board of Zoning Appeals of the city.
BUFFER STRIP. An area of land, undeveloped except for landscaping, fences and the like, used to protect a use situated on one lot from the deleterious effects of the use on the adjacent lot.
BUILDING. Any covered structure permanently affixed to land and designed or used to shelter persons or chattels.
BUILDING HEIGHT. The vertical distance measured from the average grade at the front wall of a building to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof or to the deck line of mansard roof, or to the mean height level between eaves and ridge for gable, hip or gambrel roofs. Chimneys, towers, cooling towers and similar projections shall not be included in calculating BUILDING HEIGHT.
BUILDING LINE. The line nearest the front of and across a lot, delineating the minimum open space required between the front of a structure and the street right-of-way.
BULK. Any one or any combination of the following structural or site design characteristics:
(1) Size or height of structure;
(2) Location of exterior walls at all levels in relation to lot lines, streets or other structures;
(3) Lot area; and/or
(4) Yards or setbacks.
CERTIFICATE OF ZONING COMPLIANCE, INITIAL. A permit issued by the Administrator indicating that proposed construction work is in conformity with the requirements of this chapter and may, therefore, proceed.
CERTIFICATE OF ZONING COMPLIANCE, FINAL. A permit issued by the Administrator indicating that a newly completed structure complies with all pertinent requirements of this chapter and may, therefore, be occupied or used.
CHILD DAY CARE CENTER, NURSERY SCHOOL, OR DAY CARE NURSERY. See DAY CARE CENTER.
CLINIC. An establishment wherein licensed physicians or dentists practice medicine or dentistry, but where overnight lodging for sick or injured persons is not provided.
CLUB/LODGE. A building, or portion thereof, used by a group of people organized for common purposes to pursue common goals, interests or activities and typically characterized by certain membership qualifications, payment of fees and dues, regular meetings and a constitution and bylaws.
COMMERCIAL USE/ESTABLISHMENT. Any use or establishment wherein goods are purchased or sold, whether to the consuming public (retail) or to other businesses (wholesale).
COMMUNITY RESIDENCE. A group home or specialized residential care home serving unrelated persons with handicaps which is licensed, certified or accredited by appropriate local, state or national bodies. COMMUNITY RESIDENCE does not include a residence which serves persons as an alternative to incarceration for a criminal offense, or persons whose primary reason for placement is substance or alcohol abuse or for treatment of communicable disease. (See definition of LARGE COMMUNITY RESIDENCE and SMALL COMMUNITY RESIDENCE.)
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The plan or any portion thereof adopted by the city to guide and coordinate the physical and economic development of the community. The COMPREHENSIVE PLAN includes, but is not limited to, plans and programs regarding the location, character and extent of highways; bridges; public buildings or uses; utilities; schools; residential, commercial or industrial land uses; parks; drainage facilities; and the like.
CONFORMING. In compliance with the applicable provisions of this chapter.
CONVENIENCE STORE, CONVENIENCE SHOP, or CORNER SHOP. A small retail business that stocks a range of everyday items such as coffee, groceries, snack foods, confectionary, soft drinks, tobacco products, over-the-counter drugs, toiletries, newspapers, magazines, and other sundries primarily for home consumption. Some stores may include food or beverage preparation and are licensed to sell alcohol and/or the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels.
CORRECTIVE ACTION ORDER. A legally binding order issued by the Administrator in accordance with the procedures set forth herein to effect compliance with this chapter.
DAY CARE CENTER. An establishment for the part-time care and/or instruction at any time of the day of four or more unrelated pre-elementary school and school aged children.
DETACHED. As applied to buildings, surrounded by yards on the same lot as the building.
DEVELOP. To erect any structure or to install any improvements on a tract of land, or to undertake any activity (such as grading) in preparation therefor.
DIMENSIONS. Refers to both lot depth and lot width.
DISTRICT, ZONING. A portion of the territory of the city wherein certain uniform requirements or various combinations thereof apply to structures, lots and uses under the terms of this chapter.
DORMITORY. A building owned by an accredited school, college or university and devoted exclusively to living facilities in which each person residing in each living unit is a duly-registered student in the accredited school, college or university which the building owns. The living facilities for such building shall be designed with sleeping rooms for use by 16 or more students; provided that, there is at least 150 square feet of floor space for the first student-occupant thereof and at least 100 additional square feet of floor space for every additional student-occupant.
DRIVEWAY. A minor way commonly providing vehicular access to a garage or off-street parking area.
DWELLING. A building or portion thereof designed or used primarily as living quarters for one or more families, but not including hotels, motels or other accommodations for the transient public.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY. A building or portion thereof containing three or more dwelling units built to comply with the adopted building codes of the city.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY. A detached dwelling containing one dwelling unit and intended for the occupancy of one family built to comply with the adopted building codes of the city. Does not include a mobile home. (See definition of MOBILE HOME.)
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY. A dwelling containing two dwelling units built to comply with the adopted building codes of the city.
DWELLING UNIT. One or more rooms designed or used as living quarters by one family. A DWELLING UNIT always includes a bathroom and a kitchen.
EASEMENT. A right to use another person’s real property for certain limited purposes.
ENCLOSED. As applied to a building, covered by a permanent roof and separated on all sides from adjacent open space or other buildings by fixed exterior walls or by common walls, with openings only for windows and doors.
ENLARGE. To increase the size (floor area, height and the like) of an existing principal structure or accessory use, or to devote more land to an existing use.
ERECT. To build, construct.
ESTABLISHMENTS. Either of the following:
(1) An institutional, business, commercial or industrial activity that is the sole occupant of one or more buildings; or
(2) An institutional, business, commercial or industrial activity that occupies a portion of a building, such that:
(a) The activity is a logical and separate entity from the other activities within the building and not a department of the whole; and
(b) The activity has either a separate entrance from the exterior of the building, or a separate entrance from a common and clearly defined entryway that has direct access to the exterior of the building.
EVENT CENTER. A location for the hosting of weddings, conferences, galas, and other similar events. Such uses may include non-accessory conference rooms, banquet halls, or other primary structures utilized for ceremonial, business, or organizational related events.
EXISTING. Actually constructed or in operation on the effective date of this chapter.
FAMILY. Either:
(1) Two or more persons, each related to the other by blood, marriage or adoption, together with usual domestic servants and not more than one bona fide guest, all living together as a single housekeeping unit and using common kitchen facilities (that is, a related family); or
(2) Three or fewer persons, all of whom are not necessarily related to each of the others by blood, marriage or adoption, all living together as a single housekeeping unit and using common kitchen facilities (that is, an unrelated family). For purposes of this chapter, however, an
UNRELATED FAMILY shall not include persons living together in a community residence or nursing home.
FENCE. A hedge, structure or partition, erected for the purpose of enclosing a piece of land, or to divide a piece of land into distinct portions, or to separate two contiguous estates. An enclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially an enclosing structure of wood, iron or other materials, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within.
FLOOD ELEVATION, REGULATORY. The elevation of the most severe flood that, on the basis of Corps of Engineer’s data, may be expected to occur once every 100 years.
FLOODPLAIN AREA. The area adjacent to a watercourse and its tributaries having an elevation equal to or lower than the regulatory flood elevation.
FLOOD AREA, GROSS. The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building, measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from the center of the common walls of attached buildings. GROSS FLOOR AREA includes basement floors; attic floor space; halls, closets, stairwells; space devoted to mechanical equipment; and enclosed porches.
FRONTAGE. The lineal extent of the front (street-side) of a lot.
GREENHOUSE. See NURSERY.
HALFWAY HOUSE. A temporary residential living arrangement for persons who are receiving therapy and counseling from support staff who are present at all times residents are present for the following purposes:
(1) To help them recuperate from the effects of drugs or alcohol addiction;
(2) To help them re-enter society while housed under supervision while under the constraints of alternatives to imprisonment, including, but not limited to, prerelease, workrelease and probationary programs;
(3) To help persons with family or school adjustment problems that require specialized attention and care in order to achieve personal independence; or
(4) To provide temporary shelter for persons who are victims of domestic abuse.
HANDICAP. A physical, mental or intellectual impairment or a combination thereof which substantially limits one or more of such person’s major life activities, which is likely to continue for a significant amount of time or indefinitely and results in functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activities: self-care, receptive or expressive language, learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity for independent living, or economic self-sufficiency, but such term does not include past or current use of or addiction to a controlled substance, alcohol or a person with communicable diseases. Further, HANDICAP does not include a person who has committed a criminal offense.
HEREAFTER. Any time after the effective date of this chapter.
HOME FOR THE AGED. A facility, however named, which is designed, staffed and equipped for the care of elderly individuals who are not in need of hospital or nursing care, but who are in need of assistance with everyday activities of living in a protected environment.
HOME OCCUPATION. Any business, profession or occupation conducted for gain entirely within a dwelling or on residential premises in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
HOSPITAL. An institution devoted, on an around-the-clock basis, to the maintenance and operation of facilities for the diagnosis, treatment or care of members of the general public suffering from disease, injury or other abnormal physical conditions.
HOTEL or MOTEL. A building providing transient lodging accommodations to the general public for compensation and which may include ancillary facilities and services such as restaurants, meeting rooms, entertainment, personal services and recreational facilities.
INDUSTRIAL PARK. A tract of land which is planned as a whole for use by businesses, who will own or control individual lots within the development tract; and who, by virtue of such unified planning and development, may receive greater amenities and/or lower individual development costs than would normally be available through the development of individual separate lots. An INDUSTRIAL PARK may contain one type of use or a variety of uses within its zoning class.
INTENSIFY. To increase the level or degree of.
INTERSECTION. The point at which two or more public rights-of-way (generally, streets) meet.
JUNK YARD. A tract of land, including any accessory structures thereon, that is used for buying, selling, exchanging, storing, baling, packing, disassembling or handling waste or scrap materials. Such scrap materials include vehicles, machinery and equipment not in operable condition (or parts thereof), and metals, glass, paper, plastics, rags and rubber tires. A lot on which three or more inoperable vehicles are stored shall be deemed a JUNK YARD. A JUNK YARD includes an automobile wrecking yard.
KENNEL. Any premises wherein any person engages in the business of boarding, breeding, buying, letting for hire, training for a fee or selling animals, which consist of more than three dogs, cats or other domestic animals over four months of age are kept.
LARGE COMMUNITY RESIDENCE. A community residence serving six to 15 persons with handicaps. All LARGE COMMUNITY RESIDENCES shall comply with Use Group I-1 of the BOCA Code.
LOADING SPACE. An off-street space used for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials.
LOT. A tract of land intended as a unit for the purpose (whether immediate or future) of transfer of ownership or development. A LOT may or may not coincide with a “lot of record”.
LOT, CORNER. A lot having at least two adjacent sides that abut for their full length upon streets. Both such side lines shall be deemed front lot lines.
LOT, THROUGH. A lot having a pair of approximately parallel lot lines that abut two approximately parallel streets. Both such lot lines shall be deemed front lot lines.
LOT AREA. The area of a horizontal plane bounded by the front, side and rear lines of a lot.
LOT COVERAGE. The portion of a lot that is occupied by buildings or structures, including accessory buildings or structures.
LOT DEPTH. The average horizontal distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line of a lot.
LOT LINE, FRONT. The lot boundary abutting the street.
LOT LINE, REAR. An interior lot line which is most distant from and most nearly parallel to the front lot line.
LOT LINE, SIDE. Any boundary of a lot which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line.
LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS. Refers to the lot area, width and depth requirements of the applicable district.
LOT WIDTH. The mean horizontal width of a lot measured at right angles to the side lot lines.
MAINTENANCE. The routine upkeep of a structure, premises or equipment, including the replacement or modification of structural components to the extent necessary to keep said structure in sound condition.
MANUFACTURED HOME. A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width and 40 body feet or more in length, or when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis in accordance with the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards (HUD Code), and designed to be used as a dwelling unit by one family with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein.
MATERIALLY. As applied to the impact of one thing on another, significantly or substantially.
METAL BUILDING. Any building in which any exterior wall surface is clad in metal or steel (excluding roofs).
MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS/USES. A property that incorporates both residential units and commercial/office units. For the purposes of this defined use, mixed use residential developments/uses shall mean the commercial/office units are on the above grade ground floor and the residential units are located on floors two or above.
MOBILE HOME. A structure designed for habitation and so constructed as to permit its transport on wheels, temporarily or permanently attached to its frames, from the place of its construction to the location, or subsequent locations, at which it is intended to be a permanent habitation and designed to permit the occupancy thereof as a dwelling place for one or more persons; the term MOBILE HOME shall also include manufactured houses constructed after 6-30-1976, in accordance with the Federal National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974. It is further provided that for the purpose of this chapter, the definition of MOBILE HOME shall include any portable structure used as an office; except that, it shall not include a temporary portable structure at a construction site; provided further that, if a temporary construction site structure remains at a construction site for over one year, permission to remain thereafter must be obtained from the Building and Zoning Commissioner. As defined in this chapter, a MOBILE HOME differs from a modular home in that it does not meet the adopted building code for the city. (See definition of MODULAR, PRECUT OR PREFAB HOME.)
MOBILE HOME PARK. A tract of land or two or more contiguous tracts of land upon which contains sites with the necessary utilities for five or more independent mobile homes for permanent habitation either free of charge or for revenue purposes, and shall include any building, structure, vehicle or enclosure used or intended for use as a part of the equipment of such mobile home park. Separate ownership of contiguous tracts of land shall not preclude the tract of land from common licensure as a MOBILE HOME PARK if they are maintained and operated jointly. As specified in this chapter, any newly developed MOBILE HOME PARK shall contain a parcel of land not less than ten acres in area in single ownership control.
MODULAR HOME. A substantially constructed factory-fabricated home built in one or more sections transported to a building site, mounted on a permanent foundation and designed for residential use as a single-family dwelling unit. At a minimum, a MODULAR HOME must meet the requirements of the state’s Department of Public Health being distinguished by a yellow seal in the shape of the state placed on the electrical panel box of the unit. For units manufactured in Indiana under a reciprocal agreement, the Indiana seal satisfies this requirement. (See PREFABRICATED/SECTIONAL HOME.)
MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS/USES. A non-residential development, on a single lot of record and located in multiple on-site addresses/suites, that house more than one business, office, commercial or industrial operation.
NON-ACCESSORY STORAGE BUILDING. A standalone building that is not an accessory use associated with a primary use and is used for personal or business-related storage.
NON-CONFORMING. As applied to a lot, structure or use:
(1) Lawfully existing on the effective date of this chapter; but
(2) Not in compliance with the applicable provisions thereof.
NUISANCE. Any thing, condition or conduct that endangers health, or unreasonably offends the senses, or obstructs the free use and comfortable enjoyment of property, or essentially interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life.
NURSERY. A tract of land on which trees, shrubs and other plants are raised for transplanting and sale, and including any structure in which said activities are conducted.
NURSING HOME. A licensed public or private home or substitute which provides maintenance, personal care and nursing for three or more persons who by reason of physical illness or infirmity are incapable of maintaining a private, independent residence.
OFFICE. Any building or portion thereof in which the business (usually clerical and administrative affairs) of a commercial/service enterprise or professional person is transacted.
OUTDOOR RESTAURANT/DINING ESTABLISHMENT. Any portion of a food establishment or eating place located on a public sidewalk or public open-space that provides waiter or waitress service and is unenclosed and open to the general public; the facility being properly licensed as a food establishment in the county and meet the requirements as set forth in § 162.400 of this chapter.
OVERLAY DISTRICT. A zoning district superimposed over one or more standard (primary) zoning districts or portions thereof for the purpose of controlling developmental problems caused by such factors as flooding and the like.
PARKING AREA/LOT, OFF-STREET. Land that is improved in accordance with this chapter and used primarily for the storage of passenger motor vehicles, free of charge or for compensation. An OFF-STREET PARKING AREA, depending on the circumstances of its use, may be either a principal use or an accessory use.
PARKING SPACE, OFF-STREET. An area at least 19 feet long and nine feet wide within an off-street parking area or garage, used for the storage of one passenger motor vehicle.
PERMITTED USE. Any use which is or may be lawfully established in a particular district(s); provided, it conforms with all the requirements applicable to said district(s).
PERSON. Any individual, firm, association, organization or corporate body.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. A tract of land which is planned as a whole for development under single ownership or control in accordance with this chapter, and which, by virtue of such unified planning and development, provides greater amenities, convenience or other benefits (especially open space) than would normally be had through the development of diverse smaller tracts under multiple ownership. A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT may contain one type of use or a variety of uses.
PLANNING COMMISSION. The Planning Commission of the city.
PLOT. A parcel of land consisting of one or more lots or portions thereof which is described by reference to a recorded plat or by metes and bounds.
PREFABRICATED/SECTIONAL HOME. A partially constructed factory fabricated premanufactured home which will be substantially assembled on-site, utilizing premanufactured component parts and when fully assembled meets or exceeds the building codes of the city.
PREMISES. A lot and all the structures and uses thereon.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING/STRUCTURE/USE. The main structure erected on or the main use occupying a lot, as distinguished from an accessory (subordinate) structure or use.
PROPERTY LINE. See LOT LINE.
RECONSTRUCT. As applied to non-conforming structures, to rebuild after partial or total destruction.
REFUSE. Garbage (food wastes) and trash, but not sewage or industrial wastes.
RELOCATE. To move to another portion of a lot or to a different lot.
REPAIR. To restore to sound condition, but not to reconstruct.
RESTAURANT/DINING ESTABLISHMENT. A public place kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public, where meals are served and where meals actually are served and regularly served, without sleeping accommodations; such space being provided with adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining room equipment and capacity and having employed therein a sufficient number and kind of employees to prepare, cook and serve suitable foods for its guests; it is further provided that a restaurant as herein defined shall mean an establishment which derives more than 50% of its gross sales from the sale of food. Restaurants/dining establishments shall fall under the classification of “eating places of all types” when determining allowed zoning district locations in the city.
RESTRICTIVE. Tending to keep within prescribed limits.
RETAIL. Refers to the sale of goods or services directly to the consumer rather than to another business.
RIGHT-OF-WAY, PUBLIC. A strip of land which the owner/subdivider has dedicated to the city or to another unit of government for streets and alleys.
ROOMING HOUSE. A building in which sleeping quarters (but not meals or cooking facilities) are provided by pre-arrangement for compensation on a weekly or longer basis for three or more persons who are not members of the keeper’s family. For the purpose of this chapter, the term ROOMING HOUSE shall also mean boarding house and a ROOMING HOUSE shall not include a community residence or nursing home.
SANITARY LANDFILL. A tract of open land used for the permanent disposal of refuse in accordance with the requirements of the state’s Environmental Protection Agency. At a SANITARY LANDFILL, the refuse is periodically covered with topsoil.
SCREENING. Trees, shrubs, walls, solid fences and the like used as a means of visual and noise control.
SERVICE USE/ESTABLISHMENT. Any use or establishment wherein services are provided for remuneration either to individuals or to other firms.
SETBACK. The minimum horizontal distance between a lot line and the nearest portion of a building.
SETBACK LINE. See BUILDING LINE.
SMALL COMMUNITY RESIDENCE. A community residence serving five or fewer persons with handicaps in a family-like atmosphere. All SMALL COMMUNITY RESIDENCES shall comply with Use Group R-2 of the BOCA Code.
SPECIAL USE. A use that has unusual operational, physical or other characteristics which distinguish it from the permitted uses of a district, but which can be made compatible with the intended overall development within a district. SPECIAL USES commonly must meet special standards not necessarily applicable to permitted uses in the district, and are allowed only by permit.
SPECIAL USE PERMIT. A permit issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter to regulate development of a special use.
STABLE. A structure situated on the same lot as a dwelling, and designed or used for housing horses for the private use of occupants of the dwelling, but not for hire.
STOP ORDER. A type of corrective action order used by the Administrator to halt work in progress that is in violation of this chapter.
STREET. A public or private way for motor vehicle travel. The term STREET includes a highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, pike, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, drive, court and similar designations, but excludes an alley or a way for pedestrian use only.
STRINGENT. Binding, exacting.
STRUCTURE. Anything constructed, assembled or erected on the ground, or attached to something having a fixed location on the ground. All buildings are STRUCTURES, but not all STRUCTURES are buildings.
STRUCTURE, TEMPORARY. Any structure that is not attached to a permanent foundation.
STUDENT. An individual who is enrolled or has been accepted to an undergraduate or graduate degree program at an accredited university, college, community college or technical college, and is enrolled in the upcoming or current session, or was enrolled in the previous term, or is on a scheduled term break or summer break from the institution.
STUDENT DWELLING UNIT. A one-, two- or multi-family dwelling in which more than three, but less than 16, unrelated students live. The maximum number of students living in a STUDENT DWELLING UNIT shall be determined by the city’s Housing Department and shall be based on the city’s current adopted codes.
TEMPORARY USE PERMIT. A permit issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and valid for not more than one year, which allows the occupation of a temporary structure or the operation of a temporary enterprise.
TOPOGRAPHY. The relief features or surface configuration of an area.
USE. The purpose or activity for which land or a structure thereon is designed, arranged, intended, occupied or maintained.
USE-VARIANCE. A type of amendment (not variance) that allows a use in a district where said use would not be allowed under existing provisions of this chapter.
USED CAR LOT. A lot where second-hand automobiles are purchased, displayed, exchanged and sold.
VARIANCE. A relaxation of the strict application of the lot size, setbacks or other bulk requirements applicable to a particular lot or structure.
YARD. Open space that is unobstructed, except as specifically permitted in this chapter and that is located on the same lot as the principal building.
YARD, FRONT. A yard which is bounded by the side lot lines, front lot lines and the building line.
YARD, REAR. A yard which is bounded by side lot lines, rear lot lines and the rear yard line.
YARD, SIDE. A yard which is bounded by the rear yard line, front yard line, side yard line and side lot line.
YARD LINE. A line in a lot that is parallel to the lot line along which the yard in question extends and which is not nearer to such lot line at any point than the required depth or width of said yard.
ZONING MAP. The map(s) and any amendments thereto designating zoning districts and incorporated into this chapter by reference.
(1960 Code, § 60-2-2) (Ord. 4059, passed 4-16-1984; Ord. 4094, passed 9-4-1984; Ord. 4674, passed 9-18-1989; Ord. 4770, passed 9-4-1990; Ord. 5256, passed 5-2-1994; Ord. 5231, passed 3-7-1994; Ord. 5428, passed 5-15-1995; Ord. 5451, passed 10-11-1995; Ord. 5548, passed 4-1-1996; Ord. 5786, passed 8-18-1997; Ord. 7174, passed 8-18-2008; Ord. 7198, passed 12-1-2008; Ord. 7219, passed 1-20-2009; Ord. 7634, passed 10-15-2012; Ord. 7817, passed 11-3-2014; Ord. 9097-2022, passed 11-7-2022; Ord. 9175-2023, passed 7-3-2023; Ord. 9182-2023, passed 8-7-2023; Ord. 9239-2024, passed 1-2-2024; Ord. 9240-2024, passed 1-2-2024)