For the purposes of this title, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
ACCESSORY USE OR BUILDING: A subordinate use or building customarily incident to and located on the same lot with the main use or building.
ALLEY: Any public space or thoroughfare twenty five feet (25') or less in width, but no less than fifteen feet (15') in width which has been dedicated or deeded to the public for public travel and which affords secondary access to abutting property. Access through an alley to property will not be considered legal access for purposes of fulfilling the requirements of this title.
ALTERATION: As applied to a building or structure, is a change or rearrangement in the structural parts or in the exit, facilities, or an enlargement, whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height, or in the moving from one location to another.
DAIRY: The congregation of more than one animal unit per acre on a single parcel of ground raised for the purpose of production, sale and distribution of milk, butter or cheeses.
HOME OCCUPATION: Any gainful operation, profession or craft which is customarily incidental to or carried on in a dwelling place and wherein the use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes, and which occupation is carried on only by the immediate members of the family residing within the dwelling place. Signage for the home occupation shall be limited to two (2) square feet and traffic will be minimal. The business shall not create a nuisance to the surrounding neighborhood in the form of noise, odors, traffic generated or in any other manner.
JUNKYARD OR SECONDHAND SALES: Shall include any business in which used goods are collected and sold for reuse even as a secondary business related to the primary business on site. It shall consist of an outdoor space where junk, waste, discarded or salvaged material are stored or handled, including automobile wrecking yards and yards for used building materials and places or yards for storage of salvaged equipment, automobiles or machinery.
MANUFACTURED HOME: A structure, constructed according the HUD/FHA mobile home construction and safety standards, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or is forty (40) body feet or more in length, or when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein, except that such term shall include any structure which meets all the requirements of this definition except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the secretary of housing and urban development and complies with the standards established under 42 USC 5401 et seq.
MOBILE HOME: A structure similar to a manufactured home, but built to a state mobile home code which existed prior to the federal manufactured housing and safety standards act (HUD code).
NONCONFORMING BUILDING: A building, structure, or portion thereof which does not conform to the regulations of this title applicable to the zone or district in which such building is situated, but which existed prior to and was in compliance with the existing regulations as of the effective date hereof.
NONCONFORMING USE: A use of premises which does not conform to the regulations of this title, but which was in existence and conformance with the existing regulations on the effective date hereof. (Ord. 96-5, 10-9-1996)