A. "Facility" means a structure, or other physical site improvements, necessary to accommodate a specific activity.
B. "Family" unless otherwise specified by ordinance means any of the following:
1. One or more persons who are related by blood, marriage, or adoption; or
2. No more than four (4) persons who are unrelated by blood, marriage or adoption living together as a single housekeeping unit; or
3. No more than a total combination of five (5) persons related and unrelated living together as a single housekeeping unit; or
4. A group:
a. Placed in a foster home or childcare facility by an authorized agency;
b. Eight (8) persons or less devoting full time to a religious or ethical discipline, unrelated by blood, marriage, or adoption, any of which are living together as an independent housekeeping unit together with incidental domestic servants and temporary nonpaying guests; or
c. Eight (8) persons or less who are unrelated by blood, marriage, or adoption who are mentally or physically handicapped, or elderly with no more than two (2) residential staff members.
C. "Fence" means a structural device forming a vertical physical barrier.
D. "Finished grade" means the finished surface of the ground after grading for development.
E. "Floor area" means the sum of the areas of the several floors of the building or structure, including areas used for human occupancy or required for the conduct of the business or use, as measured from the inside face of exterior walls. It does not include space below grade, space dedicated to parking, mechanical spaces, elevator and stair shafts, lobbies and common spaces (including atriums), exterior decks, porches and arcades open to the air or space used for any bonus feature allowed by the applicable zoning or overlay district.
F. "Floor area ratio" is a method of calculating allowable floor area. The FAR allowed in the applicable zoning or overlay district multiplied by the parcel size (in square feet) equals the amount of allowable floor area that can be built. "Parcel size", for the purposes of this definition, is the total contiguous lot or lots under common ownership. FAR includes all structures on a site.
G. "Frontage" means a front lot line; also the length thereof. The frontage, or front, of a lot is usually the side nearest to and abutting the street.
H. Frontage, Building: "Building frontage" means that frontage which faces upon a public or private street. Where a building faces on two (2) or more streets, the frontage containing the principal entrance to the building shall be designated as the building frontage.
I. Frontage, Corner Lot: For "corner lot frontage" see subsection 17.02.080R2 of this chapter.
J. "Front wall" means the wall of a building or structure nearest the street which the building fronts, but excluding certain architectural features as cornices, canopies, eaves, or embellishments. (Ord. 3600, 2018)