(a) Alteration. "Alteration" means a change in the size, shape, character, occupancy or use of a building or structure.
(b) Awning. "Awning" means a rooflike cover, temporary in nature, which projects from the wall of a building.
(c) Basement. "Basement" means a story all or partly underground but having at least one-half of its height below the average level of the adjoining ground.
(d) Buildable land. "Buildable land" means the area of the conservation development excluding the areas of wetland, submerge areas, slopes of 25 percent or steeper and the 100-year floodplain.
(e) Building. "Building" means any structure designed or intended for the support, enclosure, shelter or protection of persons, animals, chattels or property.
(f) Building, accessory. "Building, accessory" means a subordinate building detached from but located on the same lot as the principal building, the use of which is incidental and accessory to that of the main building or use.
(g) Building envelope. "Building envelope" means an area within a conservation development that is designated as a location within which a dwelling unit is to be placed in compliance with the building setback and spacing requirements established by the conservation zoning regulations. A building envelope may or may not be located within a sublot and may or may not have frontage on a public street.
(h) Building height. "Building height" means the vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the proposed finished grade at that side of the building which has the greatest vertical distance to the highest point of the roof for a flat roof; to the deck line of a mansard roof; and to the mean height between the eaves and the ridge for a gable, hip or gambrel roof.
(i) Building, principal. "Building, principal" means a building in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which such building is situated.
(j) Canopy. "Canopy" means a rooflike structure of a permanent nature extending beyond exterior walls. A canopy is also referred to as a "marquee".
(k) Carport. "Carport" means an open-sided roofed automobile shelter.
(l) Erect. "Erect" means to build, construct, attach, hang, place, suspend or fix and also includes the painting of wall signs.
(m) Signs. "Signs" means any visual communication display, object, device, graphic, structure or part, situated indoors or outdoors, or attached to, painted on or displayed from a building or structure, in order to direct or attract attention, or to announce or promote, an object, product, place, activity, person, institution, organization or business or the like, by means of letters, words, model, banner, flag, pennant, insignia, device, designs, colors, symbols, fixtures, images, illuminations or representation used as, or which is in the nature of an announcement, direction or advertisement. For the purpose of this Code, the word "sign" does not include flag, pennant, badge or insignia of any government or governmental agency.
(n) Structure. "Structure" means anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires a fixed location on the ground, and including, but not limited to, buildings, barriers, bridges, decks, fences, gazebos, outdoor seating facilities, platforms, poles, backstops for tennis courts, pergolas, pools, patios, paved areas, sidewalks, tanks, tents, towers, sheds, signs and walls, but not including any vehicles, buses or former commercial vehicles, trailers and/or other vehicles, whether with or without wheels or other supports.
(Ord. 11-O-1, passed 2-23-2011)