1145.01 DEFINITIONS.

   Certain words in this Zoning Code are defined for the purposes hereof as follows:

   (a)    Words used in the present tense include the future; the singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular; the word "lot" includes the word "plot", the word "building" includes the word "structure".

   (b)    "Street line" means the dividing line between the street and the lot.

   (c)    "Established grade" means the elevation of the street curb as fixed by the Municipality.

   (d)    "Natural grade" means the elevation of the undisturbed natural surface of the ground adjoining the building.

      (Ord. 159. Passed 5-20-35.)

   (e)    "Height of a building" means the vertical distance measured at the center line 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 flat roofs or to the deck line of a mansard roof or to the top of the peak of a gable, hip or similar type roof.

      (Ord. 94-20. Approved by electors 11-8-94.)

   (f)   "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.

   (g)    "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.

   (h)    "Side yard" means an open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building situated between the building and the side line 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.

   (i)    "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 dimensions between them shall be deemed to be the mean distance between them.

   (j)    "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.

   (k)    "Family" means any number of individuals living and cooking together on the premises as a single housekeeping unit.

   (1)    "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.

   (m)    "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 or by three or more individuals or groups of individuals living independently but having a common heating system and a general dining room.

   (n)    "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, or individual or group of individuals.

   (o)    "Single-family dwelling" means a dwelling either detached or semidetached, arranged, intended or designed to be occupied by a single family.

   (p)    "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.

   (q)    "Double house" means two single-family dwellings with a party wall between.

   (r)    "Nonconforming use" means one that does not comply with the regulations of the use district in which it is situated.

   (s)    "Public notice" of a hearing or proceeding means ten days notice of the time and place thereof printed in a newspaper of general circulation in the Municipality.

   (t)    "Accessory use or building" means a use or building customarily incident to and located on the same lot with another use or building.

   (u)    "Zoning Code" or "Code" as used in Title Five of this Part Eleven - Planning and Zoning Code means Ordinance 159, passed May 20, 1935, as amended.

      (Ord. 159. Passed 5-20-35.)