(1) BANK - A building, or part of a building, used principally for the deposit and withdrawal of money and other financial transactions.
(2) BASEMENT - The portion of a building which is partly underground and which has one-half or more of its ceiling height above the average finished grade of the ground adjoining the building.
(3) BED & BREAKFAST - A principal use/building, sometimes the primary residence of the owner, where sleeping accommodations are offered for compensation, with or without meals, to transients occupying a room or rooms.
(4) BLOCK - A tract of land bordered on all sides by a street, or by one or more streets and a railroad right-of-way, stream, river or un-subdivided acreage.
(5) BUILDING - Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of any individual, animal, process, equipment, goods, or materials of any kind.
(6) BUILDING, ACCESSORY
Building Height:
A. The vertical distance from the average elevation of the finished grade along the front of the building to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, or to the deck line of a mansard roof, or to the mean height level between the eaves and the ridge for gable, hip or gambrel roofs.
B. When referring to a telecommunications tower or steeple, sign, or other structure, the distance measured from the ground level or the structure's point of attachment (such as the roof for a residential TV antenna) to the highest point on the tower or other structure even if said highest point is an antenna.
(7) BUILDING HEIGHT - The vertical distance from the average elevation of the finished grade along the front of the building to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, or to the deck line of a mansard roof, or to the mean height level between the eaves and the ridge for gable, hip or gambrel roofs.
(8) BUILDING LINE - A line parallel to the street right-of-way line at any story level of a building and representing the distance which all or any part of the building is to be set back from said right-of-way property line.
(9) BUILDING, MAIN - A building in which the principal use of the site is conducted.
(10) BUILDING PERMIT - A document certifying that the plans reviewed conform to the requirements of the Building Code.
(11) BUILDING, TEMPORARY - A building used temporarily for the storage of construction materials and equipment incidental and necessary to on-site permitted construction of utilities, or other community facilities, or used temporarily in conjunction with the sale of property within a subdivision under construction.
(12) BUSINESS - Retail, wholesale, and service establishments which cater to the community needs for goods and services.
A. Retail Business: The sale of products directly to the consumer for personal, household or farm use including restaurants.
B. Wholesale Business: The sale of products to retailers or to institutional, industrial, commercial and professional users.
C. Personal Service: Any enterprise conducted for gain which primarily offers services to the general public including, but not limited to, shoe repair, barbershop, beauty parlor, or doctor's office.
D. Business Services: Any activity conducted for gain which renders services primarily to other commercial or industrial enterprises, or which services and repairs appliances and machines used in homes or businesses.
(13) BUSINESS INCUBATOR - An organization designed to accelerate the growth and success of entrepreneurial companies through an array of business support resources and services that could include physical space, capital, coaching, common services and networking connections.
(Ord. 3585. Passed 9-15-20.)