Words not defined herein shall be given the meaning ordinarily applied to such words as used herein.
ACCESSORY USE OR BUILDING: A subordinate use or building customarily incidental to and located upon the same lot occupied by the main building or utilized for the main purpose.
ALLEY: A street or way shown on the official plat of the City or its additions and designated thereon as an alley.
APARTMENT HOUSE: A building or portion thereof used or intended to be used as the home of three (3) or more families or households living independently of each other.
COMMISSION: Whenever the words "commission", "Planning Commission", and "Planning and Zoning Commission" are used in this Code, they shall be deemed to refer to the City Council, as applicable, unless otherwise provided by Idaho Code.
DUPLEX: A building arranged or designed to be occupied by two (2) families.
ESTABLISHED GRADE: The sidewalk line grade at the front lot line as established by the City Council or as given and established by the engineer or Public Works Supervisor under the direction of the Council.
FAMILY: Any number of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit.
FRONT PROPERTY LINE: The front property line shall be the front lot line as shown upon the official plat of the property in question.
FRONT YARD: Any open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building between the front line of the building (exclusive of steps) and the front property line.
HEIGHT OF BUILDING: The height of a building is the vertical distance of the center of a building's principal front measured from the established grade to the highest point of the roof, beams or in case of a flat roof, to the deck line or mansard, or to the center height between eaves and ridges for gables, hip or gambrel roof line. The height may be measured from the average elevation of the finished sidewalk grade along the front of the building.
LOTS: Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory buildings, including such open spaces as are required under this title and having a street or alley where not appearing on any dedicated plat by a number. But where appearing on a dedicated official plat by a number, a lot shall mean the area and surface as shown on said plat and given a prescribed number, excepting whereby any lot is subdivided and occupied by separate buildings or units, then the term "lot" shall include each subdivision of the dedicated lot.
PUBLIC GARAGES: Any premises used for the storage or use of more than three (3) motor vehicles, or where such vehicles are repaired or kept for hire, use or sale.
REAR YARD: An open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building between the rear line of the building and rear line of the lot.
SIDE YARD: An open unoccupied space on the same lot with the building between the side wall line of the buildings and side lines of the same lot.
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING: A building arranged or designed to be occupied by not more than one family.
STORY: That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there be no floor above it, then the surface between such floor and the ceiling next above. (Ord. 19, 12-5-1973)