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15-2-13: "L" DEFINITIONS:
LAND USE ORDINANCE:
Any planning, zoning, development or subdivision ordinance of the city, including, but not limited to, the provisions of title 14 of this code, commonly referred to as the subdivision ordinance of Ogden City, and this title, commonly referred to as the zoning ordinances of Ogden City, Utah. It is not intended to refer to the Ogden City general plan.
LAND USE PERMIT:
A permit, approval or authorization under the provisions of this title for the erection, construction, reconstruction or alteration of any building or structure, or the use of any building, structure or land.
LANDSCAPE OR LANDSCAPING:
The installation of a combination of living plant materials (i.e., turf grasses or turf type fescues, ground cover, annual and perennial flowering plants, vegetables, vines, shrubs, and trees) planted on the property and may include:
   1.   Natural features such as rock, stone, or existing tree and shrubs;
   2.   Structural features such as patios, decks, fountains, reflecting pools, gazebos, trellises.
LAUNDROMAT OR LAUNDERETTE:
A self-service laundry establishment where clothes are cleansed in a coin operated machine. Laundromats or launderettes may include individual dry cleaning machines.
LINEAR BLOCK:
Both sides of that portion of any street that has street numbers ranging between any two (2) consecutive multiples of 100, such as 100 and 200, or between 2200 and 2300, etc.
LIQUOR STORE:
A state operated facility for the sale of packaged liquor.
LIVE-WORK SPACE, LIVE-WORK UNIT:
A dwelling unit in which a significant portion of the space includes a nonresidential work use that is operated by the occupant and that is internally connected to the living space.
LODGE:
A building used by a local chapter of a national fraternal beneficiary society or domestic fraternal society for meetings and activities associated with the organization and its programs.
LODGING HOUSE:
A residential facility that includes sleeping units and common sanitation facilities, kitchen facilities, or both, that houses up to fifteen (15) residents for compensation. "Lodging house" excludes a dwelling, a boarding house, a residential facility for persons with a disability, a residential facility for elderly persons, a protective housing facility, a shelter for the homeless, a single-room occupancy, a transitional housing facility, a rehabilitation/treatment facility, or any type of correctional institution.
LOT:
A tract of land created for ownership independent of any other tract in accordance with the laws in effect at the time of its creation, which may include a subdivision lot, a parcel created by deed using metes and bounds description, or the resulting tract after a lot line adjustment, lot combination, right-of-way dedication or vacation, or similar legal adjustment.
LOT AREA, GROSS:
The total area of a lot, measured to all areas inside the lot lines.
LOT AREA, NET:
The total area of a lot, excluding areas proposed for dedication as public rights of way, unbuildable areas due to hazards or preservation of natural features or other resources, measured to all areas inside the lot.
LOT, CORNER:
A lot abutting on two (2) or more intersecting streets or private streets where the interior angle of intersection or interception does not exceed one hundred thirty five degrees (135°). A lot that abuts a single curved street or private street that changes direction more than forty five degrees (45°) abutting the lot is a corner lot.
LOT, FOOTPRINT:
A lot that encompasses only the footprint of a building or unit within a building and immediately adjacent areas such as patios, courtyards, or decks.
LOT, INTERIOR:
A lot other than a corner lot or through lot.
LOT LINE:
An exterior boundary of a lot consisting of a line segment, curve or a continuous series of line segments and/or curves. A lot line consists of a series if the series from end to end does not result in change in direction of more than forty five degrees (45°). The line segment, curve or series ends if the boundary begins or ends being coterminous with a street, alley, or private street right-of-way line.
LOT LINE, FRONT:
Any lot line that abuts the street or private street on an interior lot. On a corner lot or through lot, any lot line that abuts the street with the main address for the lot or as designated by the planning manager.
LOT LINE, REAR:
The lot line on the opposite side of a lot and nearest to parallel to the front lot line.
LOT LINE, REAR STREET:
On a through lot, the street side lot line.
LOT LINE, SIDE:
Any lot line that is not a front, street side, or rear lot line.
LOT LINE, STREET SIDE:
On a corner lot or through lot, any lot line that abuts a street or private street other than a front lot line.
LOT, THROUGH:
A lot abutting streets or private streets on more than one side where the streets or private streets do not intersect along the lot frontage.
 
(Ord. 2015-17, 5-12-2015; amd. Ord. 2020-24, 6-23-2020; Ord. 2020-55, 11-10-2020; Ord. 2020-60, 12-1-2020; Ord. 2021-1, 1-5-2021; Ord. 2021-59, 12-14-2021; Ord. 2022-34, 7-5-2022; Ord. 2023-7, 2-7-2023; Ord. 2023-16, 4-11-2023)