(a) “Height of building” means the vertical surface measured from the highest point of the coping or the ridge of a roof, measured to the average finished grade across the front of the building. (Ord. 96-83. Passed 3-3-97.)
(b) "One-story dwelling" means a dwelling in which there are not habitable rooms above the first floor.
(c) "One-and-one-half story dwelling" means a dwelling in which the areas of habitable rooms are substantially less than the areas of habitable rooms on the first floor with at least two opposite exterior walls meeting the sloping roof not over three feet above that floor level.
(d) "Story" means that part of a building between any floor and the next floor above, and if there is no floor above, then the ceiling above. A basement is a story if its ceiling has one-half of its clear story height above grade level of the lot and is used as the first floor of the building on which it is included or where used as a dwelling.
(Ord. 81-78. Passed 9-21-81.)