(a) For purposes of this Zoning Ordinance certain words, terms or phrases shall be as follows:
(1) All words used in the present tense include the future; the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.
(2) “Person” includes a firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, company or corporation as well as an individual.
(3) “Shall” is mandatory; “may” is permissive.
(4) “Lot” includes “plot”, “premises” or “parcel”.
(5) “Building” includes “structure”.
(6) “Used or occupied” includes “intended, designed or arranged to be used or occupied”.
(7) All words not specifically defined shall have the meaning as commonly used.
(b) For purposes of this Zoning Ordinance the following words, terms or phrases shall be defined as follows:
(1) “Accessory building” means a building or structure that is secondary to or incidental to and detached from the main building on the property.
(2) “Accessory use” means a use that is customarily incidental to or secondary to the main or permitted use of the property.
(3) “Arboretum” means a place where trees are cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.
(4) “Architectural Board of Review” means the Village of Kirtland Hills Architectural Board of Review as established under the Charter.
(5) “Board of Zoning Appeals” or “Board” means the Village of Kirtland Hills Board of Zoning Appeals as established under the Charter.
(6) “Building” means any structure enclosed within exterior walls used or intended for supporting any use or occupancy.
(7) “Family” means one or more persons occupying a single dwelling unit, provided that unless all the members are related by blood, marriage or adoption, no such family shall contain over five persons.
(8) “First floor” means the main floor level at grade or above devoted to dwelling purposes. No portion of the first floor of a dwelling shall have a greater difference in elevation than four and one-half feet from the remainder of the first floor area, and no part of said first floor shall be above any floor area included in the minimum are required by this Ordinance.
(9) “Floor area” means the sum of the areas of the floors of a building, measured from outside wall to outside wall. Only floor areas which have a minimum of six feet perpendicular clearance between the floor and the ceiling joists shall be included in the calculation of required minimum floor area.
(10) “Junk vehicle” means any vehicle which is without a currently valid license plate or plates or is in a wrecked, dismantled, partly dismantled, inoperative, or abandoned condition. (Ord. 3-89-05. Passed 3-1-89.)
(11) “Building height” means the vertical distance from the average finished grade, measured out a distance of ten (10) feet perpendicular to the building front, to the top of the highest point of a flat roof or to the mean level of the highest gable or slope roof, exclusive of cupolas, chimneys, belfries, antennas or other appurtenance not intended for human occupancy. When a building faces on more than one street, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall determine the building front.
(Ord. 07-04-09. Passed 7-19-04.)
(12) “Lot” means a parcel of land duly recorded among the land records by the Lake County Recorder.
(13) “Lot line” means boundary of a lot separating it from an adjoining property.
(14) “Lot width” means the horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured at the setback line.
(15) “Nonconforming use” means an existing use that does not comply with the requirements of this Zoning Ordinance.
(16) “Planning and Zoning Commission” or “Commission” means the Village of Kirtland Hills Planning and Zoning Commission as established under the Charter.
(17) “Political sign” means a sign concerning any candidate, political party, issue, levy, referendum, or other matter whatsoever eligible to be voted upon in any general, primary or special election; or any sign advocating any type of political action.
(18) “Public facility” means a building or structure that is operated or maintained by a governmental organization.
(19) “Real estate sign” means a sign advertising only the sale, rental, or lease of the building or premises on which it is located. No such sign shall exceed twelve square feet in area or six feet in height, nor shall any such sign be illuminated.
(20) “Right of way” means the strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, walkway or other public improvement relating to public access or travel.
(21) “Setback line” or “building setback line” means a line a minimum distance from and parallel to the centerline of any right of way between which no building or portion thereof may be erected.
(22) “Sign” means any device, symbol, or instrument intended to advertise a product or service, or attract attention.
(23) “Single family dwelling” means one or more rooms intended to be occupied by and providing facilities for one family which include facilities for cooking, bathing and toilet facilities. It shall not include trailers, tents, cabins, mobile homes, or basement dwellings.
(24) “Structure” means anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on or in the ground or attached to something having a fixed location on or in the ground.
(25) “Structure, main” means a structure which houses the principal or primary use of the property.
(26) “Yard” means the area adjacent to or surrounding a building or structure which is required open space established by the regulations of the ordinance.
(27) “Zoning Inspector” means the official charged with the enforcement of this Ordinance or his duly authorized representative or the Chief of Police.
(Ord. 3-89-05. Passed 3-1-89.)
(28) “Zoning Ordinance” or “this Ordinance” means Ordinance 3-89-05, passed March 1, 1989 which is codified as Title Five of Part Eleven - Planning and Zoning Code.