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CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EUCLID, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF EUCLID, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE
PART THIRTEEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
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1321.05 NATURAL GRADE.
   “Natural grade” means the elevation of the undisturbed natural surface of the ground adjoining the building.
(Ord. 8230. Passed 3-18-46.)
1321.06 HEIGHT OF A BUILDING.
   “Height of a building” means the vertical distance measured at the centerline of its principal front, from the established grade or from the natural grade if higher than the established grade, to the level of the highest point in the coping of flat roofs or to the deck line of a mansard roof or to the mean height of the highest gable of a pitched roof or to half the height of a hipped roof. Where no roof beams exist or there are structures wholly or partly above the roof, the height shall be measured to the level of the highest point of the building.
(Ord. 8230. Passed 3-18-46.)
1321.07 REAR YARD.
   “Rear yard” means an open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building, between the rear line of the building and the rear line of the lot.
(Ord. 8230. Passed 3-18-46.)
1321.08 FRONT YARD.
   “Front yard” means an open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building, between the front line of the building and the front line of the lot.
(Ord. 8230. Passed 3-18-46.)
1321.09 SIDE YARD.
   “Side yard” means an open, unoccupied space, on the same lot with a building, situated between the building and the side line of the lot and extending through from the street or from the front yard to the rear yard or to the rear line of the lot. Any lot line not a rear line or a front line shall be deemed a side line.
(Ord. 8230. Passed 3-18-46.)
1321.10 LEAST DIMENSION OF A YARD.
   “Least dimension of a yard” means the least of the horizontal dimensions of such yard. If two opposite sides of a yard are not parallel, the horizontal dimensions between them shall be deemed to be the mean distance between them.
(Ord. 8230. Passed 3-18-46.)
1321.11 LOT.
   “Lot” means a single contiguous tract or parcel of land as shown by properly recorded records on file in the office of the Recorder of Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
(Ord. 178-1959. Passed 9-14-59.)
1321.12 FAMILY.
   “Family” means a single individual living upon the premises as a separate housekeeping unit, or a collective body of persons living together upon the premises as a single housekeeping unit in a domestic relationship based upon birth, marriage or other domestic bond.
(Ord. 178-1959. Passed 9-14-59.)
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