1105.46 DWELLING .

   "Dwelling" means any building, or portion thereof, which is designed or used primarily for residence purposes, including one-family, two-family and multi-family, but not including hotels, motels and bed and breakfast inns. An attached garage, for purposes of determining the front, side and rear yards, shall be considered a part of the dwelling.

   (a)   ATTACHED DWELLING. "Attached dwelling" means a one family dwelling attached to one, two or more one-family dwelling units by common vertical walls such as a condominium or townhouse.

(b)   DETACHED DWELLING. "Detached dwelling" means a dwelling that is not attached to any other dwelling by any other means.

(c)   GROUP DWELLING. "Group dwelling" means a group of single-family, two-family or multi-family dwellings, or their combination located on one lot and around a common open space.

(d)   MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING. "Multi-family dwelling" means a building arranged, intended or designed to be occupied by three or more families living independently of each other.

(e)   SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING. "Single-family dwelling" means a building arranged, intended or designed to be occupied by not more than one family.

(f)   TWO-FAMILY DWELLING. "Two-family dwelling" means a building arranged, intended or designed to be occupied by two families.

      (Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14; Ord. 198-23. Passed 11-27-23.)

1105.47 DWELLING UNIT .

   "Dwelling unit" means one or more rooms providing complete living facilities for one family, including equipment for cooking or provisions for the same, and including a room or rooms for living, sleeping and eating.

(Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14; Ord. 198-23. Passed 11-27-23.)

1105.48 EASEMENT .

   "Easement" means a right of use over the property of another for purposes such as a right of way, utility installation, flowing water, and other uses.

(Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14; Ord. 198-23. Passed 11-27-23.)

1105.49 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION .

   "Educational institution" means a public or private facility that provides a curriculum of elementary, secondary, or collegiate academic instruction. An educational institution shall include a pre-school, kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, middle school, intermediate school, high school, and technical school, vocational school, college, or university. For the purposes of this Zoning Code, a home school is not considered an educational institution.

(Ord. 198-23. Passed 11-27-23.)

1105.50 ESSENTIAL SERVICES .

   "Essential services" means the erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by public utilities or municipal departments or commissions, of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduit, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith, but not including buildings reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or municipal departments or commissions or for the public health or safety or general welfare. Essential Services excludes wireless telecommunication towers and facilities.

(Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14; Ord. 198-23. Passed 11-27-23.)

1105.51 FAMILY .

   "Family" means one or more persons occupying a dwelling unit and living as a single housekeeping unit, whether or not related to each other by birth or marriage, as distinguished from a group occupying a bed and breakfast inn, hotel, motel, sorority or fraternity. A family may also include domestic servants and gratuitous guests.

(Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14; Ord. 198-23. Passed 11-27-23.)

1105.52 FENCE .

   "Fence" means a man-made barrier or divider intended to prevent escape or intrusion, to mark a boundary or to enclose an area typically consisting of posts and boards or rails as its principal components.

(Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14; Ord. 198-23. Passed 11-27-23.)

1105.53 FINANCIAL INSTITUTION .

   "Financial institution" means a building, property or activity of which the principal use or purpose of which is the provision of financial services including but not limited to banks, facilities for automated teller machines (ATM's), credit unions, savings and loan institutions and mortgage companies that are FDIC or NCUA insured. For the purposes of this Zoning Code, check cashing, payday loan businesses or similar type facilities are not considered financial institutions.

(Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14; Ord. 198-23. Passed 11-27-23.)

1105.54 FLOOR AREA .

   "Floor area" means the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building, measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls or from the center line of common walls separating two buildings. Floor area, for the purposes of this Zoning Code, shall not include basement, garage, elevator and stair bulkheads, attic space, terraces, breezeways, open porches and uncovered steps.

(Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14; Ord. 198-23. Passed 11-27-23.)

1105.55 FRONTAGE .

   "Frontage" means all the property on one side of a street between two intersecting streets (crossing or terminating) measured along the line of the street or, if the street is dead ended, all the property abutting on one side between an intersecting street and the dead end of a street.

(Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14; Ord. 198-23. Passed 11-27-23.)