Unless otherwise stated herein, the words set forth in this section shall, for the purpose of this Zoning Code, have the meaning herein indicated.
(a) ACCESSORY BUILDING - Any building subordinate to the main building on a lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to the main building.
(Ord. 404. Passed 3-25-68.)
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES - Any business function in which there is no regular contact with the general public and no materials, products, goods or prepared foods are stored except for office consumption.
(c) ALTERATION - As applied to a building, any change or rearrangement in the structural parts, or any enlargement, whether by extending on any side, or by increasing in height or moving from one location or position to another.
(d) ARTIFICIAL FENCES - Any artificial structure, regardless of composition, that is erected for the purpose of enclosing a piece of land or dividing a piece of land into distinct portions.
(e) BUILDING - Any structure, edifice or object, including, but not limited to, a cement, macadamized, concrete base or pad upon which vehicles shall stop, park or stand for the purpose of receiving gasoline or oil at an automotive service station, erected or placed upon or attached to real estate, including all integral parts thereof, and all porches, eaves, bay windows, chimneys, fire escapes, steps, cellar doors, or other projecting parts thereof.
(Adopting Ordinance)
(f) BUILDING AREA - The aggregate of the maximum horizontal cross section area of the main building on a lot, excluding cornices, eaves, gutters, or chimneys projecting not more than eighteen inches, steps, one-story open porches, bay windows not extending through more than one story and not projecting more than three feet, balconies and terraces.
(g) CORNER LOT - A lot abutting on two intersecting streets.
(h) DWELLING.
(1) MULTIPLE OR APARTMENT DWELLINGS - A building, on a lot, designed and used exclusively as a residence for three or more families.
(2) ROW DWELLING - A building designed for and occupied exclusively as a residence for only one family and having two party walls in common with adjacent buildings.
(3) SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING - Two attached dwellings when separated from the ground up by a division wall and with no communicating openings, designed and occupied exclusively as a private home or residence for not more than one family in each.
(4) SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING - A building designed for and occupied exclusively as a residence for only one family and having no party wall in common with an adjacent building.
(5) TWO-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING - A building accommodating altogether but two families, with one living over the other. Such building has no party wall or walls in common with an adjacent building or buildings.
(i) FAMILY - A family is any number of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit.
(j) FRONT STREET - The street upon which a lot abuts. If the lot abuts on more than one street, it means the street designated as the front street in an application for a building permit, at the applicant's election.
(k) HEIGHT OF A BUILDING - The height of a building measured from the mean level of the ground surrounding the building to a point midway between the highest and lowest points of the main roof, provided that chimneys, spires, towers, elevator houses, tanks and similar projections shall not be included in the height.
(l) LIVING FENCE - Hedges, shrubs or other plantings that are used for the purpose of enclosing a piece of land or dividing a piece of land into distinct portions.
(Ord. 94-3. Passed 9-19-94.)
(m) LOT - A parcel of land on which a principal building and its accessories are placed, together with the required open spaces.
(n) LOT AREA - The area of a lot computed in mathematical manner, exclusive of any portion occupied by any streets, roads, highways, lanes or alleys.
(o) PARKING SPACE - A space for parking of vehicles that is ten feet by twenty feet. In determining the number of spaces to be provided, the total parking area shall be divided by 350 square feet.
(p) PRIVATE GARAGE - A garage designed to store, house or keep not more than three motor vehicles, except for a multiple family unit where not more than four motor vehicles may be stored. The sale of fuel and accessories and the repair of vehicles are prohibited as public businesses within such garage.
(q) SPECIAL EXCEPTION - The permission or approval granted by the Zoning Hearing Board in situations where provision therefor is made by the terms of this Zoning Code or the Acts of Assembly.
(r) STREET LINE - The dividing line between a lot and a public or plotted street, road or highway, or a private street, road or highway over which two or more dominant estates have a right of way.
(s) TELEPHONE CENTRAL OFFICE - A building and its equipment erected and used for the purpose of facilitating transmission and exchange of telephone or radio telephone messages between subscribers, and other business of the telephone Company, provided that in a residential district a telephone central office shall not include public business facilities, storage of materials, trucks or repair facilities, or housing of repair crews.
(t) YARDS.
(1) FRONT YARD - The required open space between the front line of a building and the established line of a street, road, lane, highway or alley on which it fronts.
(2) REAR YARD - The required open space between a rear lot line and the main building on the lot. Such rear yard must be located on the lot appurtenant to the building and extend the full width thereof, excepting any garage thereon or any permissible accessory outbuilding.
(3) SIDE YARD - The required open space extending along the side lot line throughout the whole depth of the lot, excepting any garage thereon or any permissible accessory outbuildings.
(4) STREETS - Streets, highways, lanes, alleys, roads or open spaces on adjoining lots will not be considered as included within a yard for the purpose of determining the minimum requirements thereof.
(Ord. 404. Passed 3-25-68.)