(1) LAND USE PLAN - See definition of Comprehensive Plan
(2) LANDSCAPING - Changing, rearranging, or adding to the original vegetation or scenery of a piece of land to produce, an aesthetic effect appropriate for the use. It may include reshaping the land by moving the earth, as well as preserving the original vegetation or adding vegetation.
(3) LIVESTOCK - Includes, but is not limited to, horses, bovine animals, sheep, goats, swine, reindeer, donkeys, mules, and any other hoofed animals.
(4) LOADING SPACE - An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building or contiguous to a group of buildings, for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials; and which abuts upon a street, alley or other appropriate means of access.
(5) LODGING HOUSE - A dwelling where lodging, but not meals, is provided for compensation for no more than 12 persons who are not transients or members of the owner's family, and do not live as a single housekeeping unit in a family-like environment on a relatively permanent basis, and in which no cooking or dining facilities are provided in individual rooms.
(6) LOT - A designated parcel, tract, or area of land established by plat, subdivision, or as otherwise permitted by law, to be separately owned, used, developed, or built upon.
(7) LOT AREA - The total horizontal area within the lot lines of the lot except any portion in the right-of-way of any public thoroughfare.
(8) LOT CONSOLIDATION - The joining together of two or more lots, sites, tracts, or parcels into one or more lots.
(9) LOT, CORNER - A lot abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection or upon which two parts of the same street form an interior angle of les than 135 degrees. The point of intersection of the lines is the corner.
(10) LOT, COVERAGE - The ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the sum of the enclosed ground floor area of all buildings and all decks, porches, driveways, and parking areas, to the total area of the lot.
(11) LOT, DEPTH - The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines, measured along the median between the two side lot lines.
(12) LOT, INTERIOR - A lot other than a corner lot.
(13) LOT, IRREGULAR - A lot whose opposing property lines are generally not parallel, such as a wedge shaped lot on a cul-de-sac, or where the side property lines are not parallel to each other.
(14) LOT LINE - The legal demarcation between properties either public or private.
(15) LOT LINE
A. FRONT - The lot line separating an interior or through lot from the street or streets upon which it abuts. For a corner lot, both lot lines abutting the streets are considered front lot line.
B. REAR - A lot line parallel to, or within 45 degrees of being parallel to, the front lot line, which does not abut upon a street. The rear lot line may abut upon an alley.
C. SIDE - Any other lot line other than a front or rear lot line.
(16) LOT OF RECORD - Real estate recorded in the deed records in the office of the Butler County Recorder as a distinct lot or parcel, the description of which is complete and sufficient, in and of itself, for conveyance purposes without combination with other lots or parcels; or real estate recorded in the subdivision of lots records of the Butler County Recorder's office as a distinct lot or parcel capable of being conveyed without a combination with other lots or parcels.
(17) LOT SPLIT - Any division of land into less than three lots, sites, tracts or parcels.
(18) LOT, THROUGH - An interior lot having frontage on two or more streets.
(19) LOT WIDTH - That distance from the point of intersection of one side lot line and the required front setback line, measured in a straight line to the point of intersection of the opposite side lot line and the required front setback line.
(Ord. 3447. Passed 11-21-17.)