Words used in the present tense in this Zoning Code include the future; the singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular; the word "lot" includes the word "plot," and the word "building" includes the word "structure." In addition, as used in this Zoning Code, unless otherwise provided:
(a) Accessory Use or Building. "Accessory use or building" means a use or building, respectively, customarily incident to and located on the same lot with another use or building.
(b) Apartment. "Apartment" means a room or suite of rooms in an apartment house, which room or suite is arranged, intended or designed to be occupied as the residence of a single family, individual or group of individuals.
(c) Apartment Hotel. "Apartment hotel" has the same meaning provided in subsection (d) hereof, except that an apartment hotel has a common kitchen and dining room therein, in addition to or in place of the kitchens and dining rooms in the apartments themselves.
(d) Apartment House. "Apartment house" means a building arranged, intended or designed to be occupied by three or more families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking upon the premises.
(e) Double House. "Double house" means a dwelling arranged, intended and designed to be occupied by two families, with a vertical, fireproof party wall or walls separating the living quarters of each and with each of such two quarters conforming to the requirements for a single-family dwelling.
(f) Duplex House. "Duplex house" means a double house with the front or main entrance for each family, respectively, facing on intersecting streets and occupying the lot at the intersection thereof and with each two living quarters conforming to the requirements of a single-family dwelling.
(g) Dwelling. "Dwelling" means a building arranged, intended or designed to be occupied by not more than two families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking upon the premises.
(h) Established Grade. "Established grade" means the elevation of a street curb as fixed by the City.
(i) Family. "Family" means any number of individuals living and cooking together on the premises as a single housekeeping unit.
(j) Front Yard. "Front yard" means an open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building between the front line of the building and the front line of the lot.
(Ord. 1985-29. Passed 10-14-85.)
(k) Gasoline Service Station. "Gasoline service station" means any area of land, including any structure thereon, that is used or designed to be used for the supply of gasoline, oil or other fuel for the propulsion of motor vehicles.
(Ord. 1987-16. Passed 4-27-87.)
(l) Height of a Building. "Height of a building" means the vertical distance, measured at the centerline of its principal front, from the established grade or from the natural grade (if higher than the established grade) to the level of the highest point in the coping of a flat roof, to the deck line of a mansard roof, to the mean height of the highest gable of a pitched roof or to half the height of a hipped roof. Where no roof beams exist or where there are structures wholly or partly above the roof, the height shall be measured to the level of the highest point of the building.
(m) High-Rise Apartment House. "High-rise apartment house" means any apartment building that has a height of at least forty feet but not exceeding 120 feet.
(n) Least Dimension of a Yard. "Least dimension of a yard" means the least of the horizontal dimensions of such yard. If two opposite sides of a yard are not parallel, the horizontal dimension between them shall be deemed to be the mean distance between them.
(o) Lot. "Lot" means a parcel of land occupied by one building and the accessory buildings or uses customarily incident to it, including such open spaces as are required by this Zoning Code and such open spaces as are arranged and designed to be used in connection with such building.
(p) Natural Grade. "Natural grade" means the elevation of the undisturbed natural surface of the ground adjoining a building.
(q) Nonconforming Use. "Nonconforming use" means a use that does not comply with the regulations of the zoning district in which it is situated.
(r) Rear Yard. "Rear yard" means an open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building between the rear line of the building and the rear line of the lot.
(s) Side Yard. "Side yard" means an open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building, situated between the building and the side of the lot and extending through from the street or from the front yard to the rear yard or to the rear line of the lot. Any lot line not a rear line or a front line shall be deemed a side line.
(t) Single-Family Dwelling. "Single-family dwelling" means a dwelling entirely detached and independent from any other structure, which dwelling is arranged, intended or designed to be occupied by a single family.
A single-family dwelling shall consist of not less than three rooms and a bathroom, and may be built either with a basement or a utility room which basement or utility room is not less than 400 square feet.
(u) Street Line. "Street line" means the dividing line between a street and a lot.
(v) Two-Family Dwelling. "Two-family dwelling" means a detached dwelling arranged, intended or designed to be occupied by two families, one of which has its principal living rooms on the first floor and the other of which has its principal living rooms on the second floor.
Two-family dwellings shall have a basement or utility room containing not less than 700 square feet and not less than four living rooms and a bathroom for each family.
(w) Zoning Code. "Zoning Code" means Title Five of Part Eleven - the Planning and Zoning Code - of the Codified Ordinances of the City.
(Ord. 1985-29. Passed 10-14-85.)