(A) LABORATORY, MEDICAL OR DENTAL. A place that provides opportunity for systematic observation, experimentation, or practice related to health or dental care.
(B) LAUNDRY SHOP, SELF-SERVICE. A business that provides self-service type washing, drying and ironing facilities.
(C) LODGING HOUSE. A building originally designed for and used as a single- or two-unit dwelling, all or a portion of which contains lodging rooms which accommodate persons who are not members of the keeper's family, for compensation pursuant to previous arrangement, but not open on a daily, overnight or per meal basis to transient guests.
(D) LODGING ROOM. A room or suite of rooms rented as sleeping and living quarters, but without cooking facilities and with or without an individual bathroom. In a suite of rooms, each room which provides sleeping accommodations shall be counted as one lodging room for the purpose of this chapter.
(E) LOT. A parcel or tract of land under single unit control.
(F) LOT AREA. A measure, in square feet, of the land area enclosed within the lot lines of a single lot.
(G) LOT, CORNER. A lot of which at least two adjacent sides abut for their full lengths upon streets; provided that, the interior angle at the intersection of such two sides is less than 135 degrees. A lot abutting upon a curved street or streets shall be considered a corner lot if the tangents to the curve at its points of beginning within the lot or at the points of intersection of the side lot lines with the street line intersect at an interior angle of less than 135 degrees. The point of intersection of the street lot lines is the corner. In the case of a corner lot with a curved street line, the corner is the point on the street lot line nearest to the point of intersection of the tangents above described.
(H) LOT COVERAGE. The part or percent of the lot occupied by impervious surface, not including driveways but including parking pads.
(I) LOT DEPTH. The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.
(J) LOT, INTERIOR. A lot that is not a corner lot.
(K) LOT LINE. A property boundary line of any lot held in single or separate ownership; except that, where any portion of the lot extends to the abutting street or alley, the lot line shall be deemed to be the street or alley line.
(L) LOT LINE, FRONT. That boundary of a lot which is along an existing or dedicated street. The owner of a corner lot may select either street lot line as the front lot line, provided that bulk regulations for all yards comply with applicable standards.
(M) LOT LINE, INTERIOR. A lot line which does not abut a street.
(N) LOT LINE, REAR. The boundary of a lot which is most distant from and is, or is most nearly parallel to the front lot line, and in the case of an irregular triangular or gore-shaped lot, a line ten feet in length within the lot, parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line.
(O) LOT LINE, SIDE. Any boundary of a lot which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line.
(P) LOT OF RECORD. A single lot which is part of a subdivision, the map of which has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of DuPage County, Illinois; or a single parcel of land, the deed of which has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of DuPage County, Illinois.
(Q) LOT, REVERSED CORNER. A corner lot, the rear of which abuts upon the side of another lot.
(R) LOT, THROUGH. A lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets, and which is not a corner lot.
(S) LOT WIDTH. The mean horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured within the boundaries, or the minimum distance between the side lot lines within the buildable area.
(T) LOT, ZONING.
(1) A single tract of land, located within a single block, which, at the time of filing for a building permit, is designated by its owner or developer as a tract to be used, developed or built upon as a unit, under single ownership or control, except as otherwise provided by law.
(2) A zoning lot shall satisfy this chapter with respect to area, size, dimensions and frontage as required in the district in which the zoning lot is located.
(Ord. 2021-05-15, passed 5-3-2021)