§ 156.004 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   ACCESSORY USE OR STRUCTURE. A use or structure subordinate to the principal use of a building or to the principal use of the land and which is located on the same lot serving a purpose customarily incidental to the use of the principal building or land use.

   ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL. Any department, employee, or advisory, elected, or appointed body which is authorized to administer any provision of any regulation, subdivision regulation, and if delegated, any provision of any housing or building regulation or any other land use control regulation. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL shall include the term "Codes and Zoning Enforcement Officer." The Administrative Official for the city may also serve as the Building Inspector.

   ADVERTISING STRUCTURE. A free-standing permanent sign not attached to a building or other permanent structure.

   AGRICULTURE or AGRICULTURAL USE. The preservation of land in its natural state; or the use of a tract of five (5) contiguous acres for the production of agricultural or horticultural crops, including but not limited to, livestock, livestock products, poultry, poultry products, grain, hay, pastures, soybeans, tobacco, timber, orchard fruits, vegetables, flowers, ornamental plants, including provision for persons and their families who are engaged in the above agricultural use on the tract, but not including residential building developments for sale or lease to the public, and commercial stockyards or feeding areas.

   ALLEY or LANE. A public way not more than thirty (30) feet wide affording only secondary means of access to abutting property.

   ALTERATION, STRUCTURAL. As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement in the structural parts or in the means of egress; or an enlargement, whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height; or the moving from one location or position to another.

   APARTMENT. A room or suite of rooms in a multi-family building, together with kitchen or kitchenette and sanitary facilities, which is arranged, designed, or intended to be used as a housekeeping unit for a single family.

   APARTMENT HOUSE. See DWELLING.

   AUTOMOBILE OR TRAILER SALES AREA. An open area, other than a street, used for display, sale, or rental of new or used motor vehicles or trailers in operable condition and where no repair work is done. No vehicles shall be placed or displayed forward of the building line required for the district.

   AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION or FILLING STATION. A place where gasoline, kerosene, or any other motor fuel or lubricating oil or grease for operating motor vehicles is offered for sale to the public and deliveries are made directly into motor vehicles, including greasing and oiling on the premises, or when an auto repair business is carried on for profit.

   AUTOMOBILE WRECKING. The dismantling or disassembling of used motor vehicles, or the storage, sale, or dumping of dismantled, partially dismantled, obsolete or wrecked vehicles or their parts.

   AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, MAJOR. Repair of motor vehicles or trailers, including rebuilding or reconditioning of engines or transmissions, collision services including body, frame, or fender straightening or repair; overall painting or paint shop; vehicle street cleaning.

   AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, MINOR. Incidental minor repairs, upholstering, replacing of parts, and motor service to passenger cars and trucks not exceeding one and one-half (1-1/2) ton capacity, but not including any operation named under AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, MAJOR or any operation similar thereto. Cars and trucks being repaired or under repair shall not be stored outside a building more than forty eight (48) hours.

   BASEMENT. A story whose floor line is below grade and any entrance or exit or whose ceiling is not more than five (5) feet above grade at any such entrance or exit.

   BLOCK. In describing the boundaries of a district, refers to the legal description. In all other cases, the word BLOCK refers to the property abutting one side of a street between intersecting streets or a street and a railroad right-of-way or waterway.

   BOARD. The Board of Zoning Adjustment unless the context otherwise indicates.

   BOARDING or LODGING HOUSE. See DWELLING .

   BUILDING LOT AREA. That part of the lot not included within the open areas required by this chapter.

   BUILDING. Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, used or intended to be used for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, or property. When such a structure is divided into separate parts by one (1) or more pierced walls extending from the ground up, each part is deemed a separate BUILDING except as regards minimum side yard requirements as hereinafter provided.

   BUILDING, HEIGHT OF. The vertical distance measured from the established mean grade at the front of the building to the highest point of the building.

   BUILDING LINE.  The line beyond which no building or part thereof shall project, except as otherwise provided by this zoning code.

   BUILDING PERMIT.  A document issued by the Codes and Zoning Enforcement Officer authorizing the use of lots and structures.

   CAMPER.  A mobile living unit designed to be mounted upon and conveyed by another vehicle. No camper unit shall be occupied within the city limits except as provided in this zoning code.

   CELLAR.  That portion of a building between floor and ceiling partly underground, but having half or more than half of its clear height below the adjoining finished grade.

   CEMETERY. Land used or intended to be used for the burial of human dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes including columbariums, crematories, and mausoleums, if operated in connection with or within the boundaries of such cemetery.

   CITIZEN MEMBER. Any member of the Planning Commission or Board of Zoning Adjustment who is not elected or appointed official or employee of the city or county.

   CLUB. A nonprofit association of persons who are bona fide members, paying regular dues, and are organized for some common purpose, but not including a group organized solely or primarily to render a service customarily carried on as a commercial enterprise.

   CODES AND ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. See ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL .

   COMMISSION. The Planning Commission.

   CONDITIONAL USE. A use which is essential to or would promote the public health, safety, or welfare in one or more zones, but which would impair the integrity and character of the zone in which it is located, or in adjoining zones, unless restrictions on locations, size, and extent and character of performance are imposed in addition to those imposed in these zoning regulations.

   CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. Legal authorization to undertake a conditional use, issued by the Administrative Official pursuant to authorization by the Board of Zoning Adjustment consisting of two (2) parts:

      (1)   A statement of the factual determination by the Board of Zoning Adjustment which justifies the issuance of the permit; and

      (2)   A statement of the specific conditions which must be met in order for the use to be permitted.

   CONDOMINIUM. System of separate ownership of individual units in a multiple-unit building.

   CONVALESCENT or NURSING HOME. An establishment which provides full-time convalescent or chronic care or both for three (3) or more individuals who are unrelated by blood or marriage to the operator and who, by reason of chronic illness or infirmity, are unable to care for themselves. No care for the acutely ill or surgical or obstetrical services shall be provided in such a home; a hospital or sanitarium shall not be construed to be included in this definition.

   COURT. An open unoccupied and unobstructed space, other than yard, on the same lot with a building or group of buildings.

   DAY NURSERY. A facility for the care of young children.

   DENSITY. A unit of measurement; the number of dwelling units per acre of land.

      (1)   GROSS DENSITY. The number of dwelling units per acre of land to be developed.

      (2)    NET DENSITY. The number of dwelling units per acre of land devoted to residential uses.

   DEVELOPMENT PLAN. A plat or plan of a development which includes all items required for a major subdivision plat under the existing subdivision regulations.

   DIMENSIONAL VARIANCE. A departure from the terms of the zoning regulations pertaining to height or width of structures and size of yards and open spaces, where such departure will not be contrary to the public interest, and where, owing to conditions peculiar to the property because of its size, shape, or topography, and not as a result of the actions of the applicant, the literal enforcement of the zoning regulations would result in unnecessary and undue hardship.

   DISPLAY SIGN. A structure that is arranged, intended, designed, or used as an advertisement, announcement, or direction, including a sign, billboard, or advertising device of any kind.

   DRIVEWAY. An improved surface connecting a garage or parking area with the street.

   DWELLING.   

      (1)   BOARDING HOUSE or TOURIST HOUSE. A building arranged or used for lodging, with or without meals, for compensation, by more than five (5) and not more than twenty (20) individuals.

      (2)   DORMITORY. A space in a building where group sleeping accommodations are provided for persons not members of the same family group, in one (1) room, or in a series of closely associated rooms.

      (3)   HOTEL or MOTEL. Any building containing six (6) or more guest rooms intended or designed to be used, or which is used, rented, or hired out to be occupied or which are occupied for sleeping purposes by guests.

      (4)   LODGING HOUSE. Any building or portion thereof containing not more than five (5) guest rooms which are used by not more than five (5) guests where rent is paid in money, goods, labor, or otherwise. A LODGING HOUSE shall comply with all the requirements for dwellings.

      (5)   MULTIPLE-FAMILY APARTMENT HOUSE. A building or portion thereof containing more than two (2) dwelling units and not classified as a one- or two-family dwelling.

      (6)   SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING. A detached building containing one (1) dwelling unit.

      (7)   TWO-FAMILY DWELLING. A building containing two (2) dwelling units.

   DWELLING UNIT. A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one (1) or more persons including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.

   EASEMENT. A right for a person, or the public generally, as the case may be, to use the land of another for access, provision of utilities, or similar uses.

   ESSENTIAL SERVICES. The erection, construction alteration, or maintenance, by public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam, or water transmission or distribution systems, collections, communications, supply or disposal systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith; and the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies or for the public health or safety or general welfare, but not including buildings.

   FAMILY. A person living alone, or two (2) or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption, or not more than five (5) unrelated persons together as a single housekeeping unit, in a dwelling unit, as distinguished from a group occupying a boarding house, lodging house, motel, hotel, or fraternity or sorority house.

   FRONTAGE. That boundary of a lot which is along an existing or dedicated public street, or where no public street exists, is along a public way. FRONTAGE shall be no less than required lot width if side lot lines are parallel; FRONTAGE shall be determined by Chart A if side lot lines are not parallel. Where a lot abuts more than one (1) street, the Board of Zoning Adjustment shall determine the frontage.

   GARAGE, PRIVATE. A detached accessory building or a portion of the principal building used by the occupants of the premises for the shelter or storage of vehicles owned or operated by the occupants of the principal building without provision for repairing or servicing such vehicles for profit.

   HOME OCCUPATION. Professional offices, studios, and personal services maintained or conducted within a dwelling, including only those which meet the following performance standards:

      (1)   Home occupations shall not result in exterior evidence except a permitted sign that the dwelling is used for a nonresidential use;

      (2)   Home occupations shall not generate any atmospheric pollution, light flashes, glare, odors, noise, vibration, or truck or other heavy traffic;

      (3)   No more than one (1) person not a member of the occupant family may be employed in a home occupation.

   HOSPITAL or SANITARIUM. An establishment which provides accommodations, facilities, and services over a continuous period of twenty four (24) hours or more for observation, diagnosis, and care of two (2) or more individuals suffering from illness, injury, deformity, or abnormality, or from any condition requiring obstetrical, medical, or surgical services.

   HOUSING OR BUILDING REGULATION. The Kentucky Building Code, and any regulation incorporating any housing, building, or safety code, including but not limited to, such codes as plumbing, electrical, elevator, boiler, fire safety and minimum housing, or other regulation.

   HOTEL or MOTEL. See DWELLING.

   JUNKYARD. A place where junk, waste, discarded or salvaged materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, packed, disassembled, or handled, including auto wrecking yards, house wrecking yards, used lumber yards, and places or yards for storage of salvaged house wrecking and structural steel materials and equipment; but not including such uses when conducted entirely within a completely enclosed building, and not including pawn shops and establishments for the sale, purchase, or storage of used furniture and household equipment, used cars in operable condition, used or salvaged machinery in operable condition or the processing or used, discarded, or salvaged materials as a minor part of manufacturing operations.

   KENNEL. Any structure or premises on which five (5) or more dogs over four (4) months of age are kept.

   LEGISLATIVE BODY. The chief body of the city with legislative power whether it is the board of aldermen, the general council, the common council, the city council, the board of commissioners or otherwise; at times it also implies the county’s fiscal court.

   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.

   LOT. A lot is a parcel of land of sufficient size to meet minimum zoning requirements for use, coverage, and area, and to provide such yards and other open spaces as are herein required. Such lot shall have frontage on an improved public street.

      (1)   LOT, AREA. The computed area contained within the lot lines.

      (2)   LOT, CORNER. A lot situated at the intersection of two (2) streets, of which the interior angle of such intersection does not exceed one hundred thirty five (135) degrees.

      (3)   LOT, DEPTH. The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.

      (4)   LOT, LINE. The property lines bounding a lot.

      (5)   LOT, WIDTH. The length of a line tangent to and no closer than the building setback line. See Chart A.

   LOT OF RECORD. A lot which is duly recorded in the office of the County Clerk.

   MANUFACTURING. Manufacturing, processing, assembling, storage, testing, and similar industrial uses which are generally major operations and extensive in character; which require large sites, open storage, and service areas, extensive services and facilities, and ready access to regional transportation; however, which operations are generally controlled operations, relatively clean, quiet, and free of objectionable or hazardous elements such as smoke, noise, odor, or dust.

   MANUFACTURING, CRAFTS. Any use permitted in an I Zone which does not employ more than three (3) persons.

   MINE. Any open pit or any underground workings from which coal is produced for sale, exchange, or commercial use, and all shafts, slopes, drifts or inclines leading thereto, and includes all buildings and equipment, above or below the surface of the ground, used in connection with such workings. Workings that are adjacent to each other and under the same management and which are administered as distinct units shall be considered a separate mine. This term shall refer only to commercial mining and shall in no instance be construed to include a mine where coal is produced for an individual’s or household’s own use.

   MINING. The operation of a mine pursuant to KRS Chapters 350 and 352. MINING shall include surface coal mining operations, strip mining, and deep mining.

   MOBILE HOME. A dwelling unit, factory-built and factory-assembled, designed for conveyance after fabrication, on streets and highways on its own wheels, and arriving at the site where it is to be occupied as a dwelling unit complete and ready for occupancy, except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations such as locating on jacks or other foundation, or connection to utilities. A prefabricated home or structure, not defined above, which complies with the currently enforceable building code, shall not be included in this definition.

   MOBILE HOME PARK. Any site, or tract of land under single ownership, upon which two (2) or more mobile homes used for habitation are parked, either free of charge or for revenue purposes; including any roadway, building, structure, vehicle, or enclosure used or intended for use as a part of the facilities of such park.

   MOBILE SIGN. See SIGN.

   NONCONFORMING USE OR STRUCTURE. An activity, building, sign, structure (or portion), or use of land existing at the time of enactment of this chapter, but which does not conform to the regulations of the district or zone in which it is situated.

   NOXIOUS OR TOXIC MATTER. Any matter such as dust, dirt, odors, vapors, gases, fumes, smoke, or radiation which is inherently harmful and likely to destroy life and impair health, or is capable of causing injury to the well-being of persons, or damage to property.

   NURSERY or NURSING HOME. A home or facility for the care and treatment of babies, children, pensioners, or elderly people.

   OPEN SPACE. An area open to the sky which may be on the same lot with a building. The area may include, along with the natural environmental features, swimming pools, tennis courts, and other recreational facilities that the Planning Commission deems permissive. Streets, structures for habitation, and the like shall not be included.

   PARKING AREA. An open surface, other than a street or other public way, used for the parking of automobiles and available to the public whether for a fee, free, or as an accommodation for the parking of a motor vehicle.

   PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. An area of land, in which a variety of housing types or related commercial facilities are accommodated in a preplanned environment under more flexible standards, such as lot sizes and setbacks, than those restrictions that normally apply under those regulations. The procedures for approval of such development contains requirements in addition to those of the standard subdivision, such as building design principles and landscaping plans.

   PLANNING UNIT. Any city or county, or any combination of cities, counties, or parts of counties engaged in planning operations.

   PLAT. The map of a subdivision.

   PRINCIPAL BUILDING. The building in which the primary activity on a certain lot is carried out.

   PRINCIPAL USE. A use which is permitted outright in a district for which a building permit may be issued by the Building Official in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

   PROFESSIONAL CENTER. A building, either connected or under one (1) roof, in which professionals, each practicing the different branch of his profession, having joined together in some form of association, unification, or central control for the use of the building, facilities of the building, and the site.

   PUBLIC USE. Any use of land whether publicly or privately owned, for transportation, utilities, or communication, or for the benefit of the general public, including but not limited to, libraries, schools, streets, fire or police stations, county buildings, municipal buildings, and recreational centers, including parks and cemeteries.

   RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. Any vehicle or similar portable structure used or constructed as to permit its being used as a conveyance upon streets, as a dwelling for one (1) or more persons, with or without wheels; or any vehicle or similar portable structure used off the premises for recreational purposes, excluding any structure or vehicle included in the definition of MOBILE HOME.

   REGULATION. Any enactment by the legislative body of the city or the county whether it is an ordinance, resolution, or an order and shall include regulations for the subdivision of land adopted by the Planning Commission.

   RIGHT-OF-WAY. The portion of land which the general public, either by declaration or by prescription, has the right to travel upon; also denominated herein as WAY or PUBLIC WAY .

   ROADWAY. That portion of a street between the regularly established curb lines, or that part of a street or alley devoted to vehicular traffic.

   SIDEWALK. That portion of a street not included in the roadway and devoted in whole or in part to pedestrian traffic.

   SIGN. Any device designated to inform or attract the attention of persons not on the premises on which the sign is located.

      (1)   MOBILE SIGN. A sign affixed to a frame having wheels or capable of being carried, or otherwise portable, and designed to stand free from a building or other structure. The mere removal of wheels or temporary securing of a sign to the surface of real estate shall not prevent its being a MOBILE SIGN within this definition.

      (2)   OFF-PREMISES or NONACCESSORY SIGN. A sign not directly relating to the use of the premises on which the sign is located.

      (3)   PERMANENT SIGN. A sign of permanent nature, either free-standing or attached.

      (4)   TEMPORARY SIGN. A sign or banner of nonpermanent nature, designed to give notice of:

         (a)   Architectural, engineering, or construction firm engaged in work on a construction site;

         (b)   Political campaigns;

         (c)   Campaign, drive, or event of a civic, philanthropic, educational, or religious organization.

   SIGN, GROSS SURFACE AREA OF. The entire area within a single continuous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of such sign and in no cases passing through or between any adjacent elements of the same. Such perimeter, however, shall not include any structural elements lying outside the limits of such sign and not forming an integral part of the display.

   STANDARD, PERFORMANCE. A criterion established in the interest of protecting the public health and safety for the control of noise, odor, smoke, toxic or noxious matter, vibrations, fire and explosive hazards, and other objectionable or dangerous elements generated by or inherent in uses of land or buildings.

   STORY. That part of the building between a floor and the floor or roof next above which is not a basement or an attic.

   STORY, HALF. A partial story under a gable, hip, or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two (2) opposite exterior walls are not more than four (4) feet above the floor of such story; provided, however, that any partial story used for residence purposes shall be deemed a full story.

   STREETS. A right-of-way for vehicular traffic, excluding, however, private easements. STREETS are classified as follows:

      (1)   EXPRESSWAYS. Expressways rank first in the classification of streets and are used only for vehicular movement without access to abutting properties. Interchange of traffic between expressways and other streets (only arterial streets when possible) is accomplished by grade separated interchange with merging deceleration and acceleration lanes.

      (2)   ARTERIALS. Arterial streets rank second in the classification of streets, with possible access to abutting properties and are used primarily for vehicular movement. Access to abutting properties, if permitted, should be provided by means of a marginal access street in order to serve several abutting properties rather than provide each abutting property its own individual access thereto. Arterial streets are the link between expressways and collector streets, and generally rank next to expressways in traffic volume, speed limit control, and right-of-way limits.

      (3)   COLLECTOR STREETS. Collector streets rank third in the classification of streets, and they are principally used for vehicular movement; however, access to abutting properties is planned and controlled so that minimum disturbance is made to the traffic flow on the collector street. Collectors are the link between arterial and minor streets and generally rank next to minor streets in right-of-way widths and speed control.

      (4)   MINOR STREETS. Minor streets rank fourth in the classification of streets and are used primarily for providing access to abutting properties. Vehicular movement on minor streets should have an origin or destination in the immediate vicinity, whereas all types of through traffic should be eliminated. Minor streets are primarily links between generator points (homes, offices, stores, and the like) and collector streets.  MINOR STREETS may be further classified into five (5) categories as follows:

         (a)   ALLEYS. Streets generally having two (2) open ends with each end connecting to different streets. Such streets generally provide service and access to the rear of abutting properties on both sides.

         (b)   CONTINUING STREETS. Minor streets having two (2) open ends; each end generally connects with a different street. One (1) or more streets may intersect such a street between its two (2) open ends, and property abuts both sides of such a street.

         (c)   CUL-DE-SACS. Minor streets having only one (1) open end and providing access to another street, and a closed end providing a turnaround circle for vehicular movement. No street of this type shall dead end at the closed end, unless future plans provide for continuation of the street, or unless topography prohibits continuation. Turnaround circles of a radius of not less than fifty (50) feet shall be required where deemed necessary by the Planning Commission.

         (d)   LOOP STREETS. Minor streets having two (2) open ends, each generally connecting with the same street. No other streets intersect between the two (2) ends, and property abuts both sides thereof.

         (e)   MARGINAL ACCESS STREETS. Minor streets generally having two (2) or more access points to the major street system by connecting to a street of higher classification. Property abuts only one (1) side of such a street, whereas the other side thereof should generally be parallel and adjacent to a street of higher classification. MARGINAL ACCESS STREETS are sometimes called access or frontage roads.

   STRIP MINING. The breaking of the surface soil in order to facilitate or accomplish the extraction or removal of minerals, ores, or other solid matter; any activity or process constituting all or part of a process of the extraction or removal of minerals, ores, and other solid matter from its original location; and the preparation, washing, cleaning, or other treatment of minerals, ores, or other solid matter so as to make them suitable for commercial, industrial, or construction use; but shall not include the extraction of coal by a landowner for his own noncommercial use from land owned or leased by him; the extraction of coal as an incidental part of federal, state, or local government financed highway or other construction under regulations established by the cabinet; the extraction of, or intent to extract, two hundred fifty (250) tons or less of coal by any person by surface coal mining operations within twelve (12) successive calendar months; nor shall it include the surface effects or surface impacts of underground coal mining.

   STRUCTURE. Anything constructed or made, the use of which requires permanent location in or on the ground or attachment of something having a permanent location in or on the ground, including buildings and signs.

   SUBDIVISIONS. The division of a parcel of land into two (2) or more lots or parcels for the purpose, whether immediately or future, of sale, lease, or building development, or if a new street is involved, any division of a parcel of land; providing that a division of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of five (5) acres or more and not involving a new street shall not be deemed a SUBDIVISION . The term includes resubdivision and, when appropriate to the context, shall relate to the process of subdivision or the land subdivided. Any division or redivision of land into parcels of less than one (1) acre occurring within twelve (12) months following a division of the same land shall be deemed a SUBDIVISION .

   SURFACE COAL MINING OPERATIONS. Activities conducted on the surface of lands in connection with a surface coal mine and surface impacts incident to an underground coal mine. Such activities include excavation for the purpose of obtaining coal including such common methods as contour, strip, auger, extended depth secondary recovery systems, mountaintop removal, box cut, open pit, and area mining, the use of explosives and blasting, and in situ distillation or retorting, leaching or other chemical or physical processing, and cleaning, concentrating, or other processing or preparation, and the loading of coal at or near the mine site. Such activities shall not include the extraction of coal by a landowner for his own noncommercial use from land owned or leased by him; the extraction of coal as an incidental part of federal, state, or local government financed highway or other construction under regulations established by the Cabinet; or the extraction of, or intent to extract, two hundred fifty (250) tons or less of coal by any person by surface coal mining operations within twelve (12) successive calendar months. SURFACE COAL MINING OPERATIONS shall also include the areas which such activities occur or where such activities disturb the natural land surface. Such areas shall also include any adjacent land the use of which is incidental to any such activities, all lands affected by the construction of new roads or the improvement or use of existing roads to gain access to the site of such activities and for haulage, and excavations, workings, impoundments, dams, ventilation shafts, entryways, refuse banks, dumps, stockpiles, overburden piles, spoil banks, culm banks, tailings, holes or depressions, repair areas, storage areas, processing areas, shipping areas, and other areas upon which are site structures, facilities, or other property or materials on the surface resulting from or incident to such activities. This definition includes the terms “strip mining” of coal and the “surface effects of underground mining” of coal.

   TEMPORARY SIGN. See SIGN.

   TOWNHOUSE. A single-family dwelling unit containing one (1) or more stories, attached on one (1) or both sides to another single-family dwelling and usually arranged in rows of three (3) or more units.

   TRAILER. Includes automobile trailer or house trailer. Any vehicle or structure constructed in such a manner as to permit occupancy thereof as sleeping or living quarters or the conduct of business, trade, or occupation or use for storage or conveyance of tools, equipment, or machinery, and so designed that it is or may be mounted on wheels and used as a conveyance on highways and streets propelled or drawn by its own or other motor power.

   UNIT. See PLANNING UNIT.

   YARD. The open space surrounding the principal building on any lot, measured from the edge of the lot line to the foundation line allowing a two (2) inch overhang.

   YARD, FRONT DEPTH – HOW MEASURED. Such depth shall be measured from the right-of-way line (front lot line) of the existing street on which the lot fronts to the building line; however, if the proposed location of such street as established on the official map of the city differs from that of the existing street, then the required front yard depth shall be measured from the right-of-way of such street as designated on the official map. See Chart B.

   YARD, SIDE, LEAST WIDTH – HOW MEASURED. Such width shall be measured from the nearest side lot line and, in case the nearest side lot line is a side street lot line, from the right-of-way line of the existing street; however, if the proposed location of the right-of-way line of such street as established or on the official map of the city differs from that of the existing street, then the required side yard least width shall be measured from the right-of-way of such street as designated on the official map.

   VARIANCE. A departure from the strict conformance with the dimension and area regulations which must first receive the approval of the Board of Zoning Adjustment.

   VETERINARY ANIMAL HOSPITAL OR CLINIC. A place used for the care, grooming, diagnosis, and treatment of sick, ailing, infirm, or injured animals, and those who are in need of medical or surgical attention, and may include overnight accommodations on the premises for the treatment, observation or recuperation.

(Ord. passed 1-27-87)