"Yard" is an open space on a lot that, except for otherwise provided in this title, is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward.
"Yard area" means the horizontal area between a property line and a parallel line along the nearest structure located outside of the required setback area.
"Yard area, required" means the open space between a lot line and the building area within which no structure is permitted to be located.
(Ord. 612 Exhibit A (part), 2008).