For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUILDABLE AREA. The space remaining on a zoning lot after the minimum open space, yard and other requirements of the Official Zoning Ordinance are met.
BUILDING LINE. A line between which and any street line of a district, lot, tract or parcel of land upon which no buildings or parts of buildings may be erected, altered or maintained.
BUILDING LINE SETBACK. The distance between the building line and the street right-of-way.
CORNER LOT. A lot located at the intersection of two streets or a lot bounded on two sides by a curving street and any two chords of which form an angle of 120 degrees or less measured on the lot side.
EASEMENT. A grant by a property owner for the use of his or her land by another party for a specific purpose.
FENCE. A nonpermanent, nonliving structure which is not otherwise a part of any building or structure and is used to delineate a boundary or as a means of confinement for the purposes of privacy.
FRONTAGE. All the property fronting on one side of a street between the two nearest intersecting streets, measured along the line of the street, or if dead-ended, then all of the property abutting on one side between an intersecting street and the dead-end of the street.
HEIGHT OF FENCE. The height as measured from the existing grade level of the property on which the fence is installed to the highest most point on the fence. Provided, however, when there is a change of grade between adjoining lots, the HEIGHT OF FENCE shall be measured from the average grade within six feet on either side of the line where the fence is to be installed.
LOT. A parcel of land occupied or to be occupied by one building and accessory buildings and uses or a unit group of buildings and including the open spaces required under the zoning regulations. A LOT may be land so recorded on official records or it may include parts or a combination of the lots when adjacent to one another, provided the ground is used for only one improvement and the tract of land is designated by the owner at the time of application for a building permit as the site to be used, developed or built upon as a unit under single-ownership or control. A LOT may also be a parcel of land described by metes and bounds.
OPEN FENCE. Any fence that is designed to retain 50% of the width of the uprights as an unobstructed area.
PROPERTY LINE. A lot line at the edge or boundary of a zoning lot.
YARD. An open space on the same zoning lot with a principal building or group of buildings which is unoccupied and unobstructed from its lowest level upward, and which extends along a lot line and at right angles thereto to a depth or width specified in the yard regulations established in the Official Zoning Ordinance for the district in which the zoning lot is located.
YARD, FRONT. A yard extending across the full width of the zoning lot in accordance with the setback requirements established in the Official Zoning Ordinance.
YARD, REAR. A yard extending across the rear of the lot between the side yards. Double frontage and reverse corner lots will have no rear yard.
YARD, SIDE. A yard extending from the rear line of the front yard to the lot line most nearly parallel to that rear line.
ZONING LOT. A parcel of land of sufficient size to meet the minimum requirements of the Official Zoning Ordinance concerning use, coverage, width, area, yards and other open space and having frontage on an improved public street.
(Ord. 763, passed 9-15-2004)