Attachment Easement
An easement granted to allow an adjacent property owner to erect or construct a building attached to a building on the grantor’s property line where such building has one (1) wall at the common property line.
Frontage
The front or frontage is that side of a lot abutting on a street or way and ordinarily regarded as the front of the lot, but it shall not be considered as the ordinary side line of a corner lot. (Planners Advisory Service, American Planning Association, A Survey of Zoning Definitions)
Impervious Surface
That portion of the land which is covered by buildings, pavements, or other cover through which water cannot penetrate.
Junkyard
An open area where wastes or used or secondhand materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, processed, or handled. Materials shall include but are not limited to scrap iron and other metals, paper, rags, rubber tires, and bottles. An automobile wrecking yard is also considered a junkyard.
Lot
For zoning purposes, as covered by this Code, a “lot” is a parcel of land at least sufficient size to meet minimum zoning requirements for use, coverage and area and to provide such yards and other open spaces as herein required. Such “lot” may have frontage on an improved public street and may consist of: a single lot of record; a portion of a lot of record; a combination of complete lots of record or of portions of lots of record; or a parcel of land described by metes and bounds descriptions, provided that in no case, division or combinations, shall any residential lot or parcel be created which does not meet the requirements of this Code.
Lot, Corner
A lot abutting on and at the intersection of two (2) or more streets.
Lot of Record
Land designated as a separate and distinct parcel on a legally recorded subdivision plat or in a legally recorded deed filed in the records of the Clerk of Courts in Bay County, Florida.
Lot Split
The subdividing or splitting of any platted or unplatted parcel into two (2) parcels, each of which will become independent parcels with individual Parcel Identification numbers. Each parcel is required to meet the requirements of the zoning district in which is it located.
Neighborhood
Based upon the context where used, “neighborhood” can mean a defined, platted area such as a residential subdivision or all similarly zoned property situated within one-tenth (1/10) mile from any given location in a town or city.
Nonconforming Use
A lawful use of land that does not comply with the use regulations for its zoning district but which complied with applicable regulations at the time the use was established.
Plat
A map or drawing depicting the division of land into lots, block parcels, tracts, sited, or other divisions set forth in F.S. Chapter 177.
Recreational Vehicle Park
A development designed specifically to allow temporary living accommodations for recreation, camping, or travel use.
Setback
The required minimum horizontal distance between the building line and the related front, side, or rear property line.
Storage Building
Any site-built or portable structure (manufactured off-site and transported, either whole or in pieces) utilized for storage of goods. Storage buildings cannot be larger than one hundred (100) square feet. Vehicles and manufactured housing are not permitted to be used for storage. Only one (1) storage building per parcel is allowed.
Subdivision (of Property)
The subdividing or splitting of any platted or unplatted parcel into three (3) or more parcels, each of which will become independent parcels with individual Parcel Identification numbers. The parcels created must be of sufficient size and configuration to meet the requirements of the Zoning District in which they are created and the requirements of this Code.
Yard
Any open space located on the same lot with a building, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground up, except for accessory buildings, or such projections as are expressly permitted in these regulations. The minimum depth or width of a yard shall consist of the horizontal distance between lot line and the nearest point of the foundation wall of the main building.
Yard, Front
A yard extending along the full width of a front lot line between side lot lines and from the lot line to the front building in depth.
Yard, Rear
A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the rear lot line and the nearest line of the building. Rear-yard depth shall be measured at right angles to the rear line of the lot.
Yard, Side
A yard lying between the side line of the lot and the nearest line of the building and extending from the front yard to the rear yard, or in the absence of either of such front or rear yards, to the front or rear lot lines. Side-yard width shall be measured at right angles to side lines of the lot.
(Ord. 711, passed 2-5-2019)