For the purpose of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply, unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AGRICULTURE. The art or science of cultivating the soil and activities incidental thereto; the growing of soil crops in the customary manner on open tracts of land; the accessory raising of livestock and poultry; farming. The term shall include incidental retail selling by the producer of products raised on the premises, provided that space necessary for parking of vehicles of customers shall be furnished outside the public right-of-way.
ALLEY. A public or private right-of-way less than 30 feet in width, which affords secondary means of access to abutting property.
ALTERATION. As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement in the structural parts or in the exit facilities, 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 designed for, intended for, or used as a residence for one family or individual and equipped with cooking facilities.
APARTMENT BUILDING. Three or more apartments grouped in one building.
AUTOMOBILE OR TRAILER SALES AREA. An open area, other than a street, used for the display, sale or rental of new or used motor vehicles or trailers in operable condition and where no repair work is done.
AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, MAJOR. General repair, rebuilding or recondition of engines, motor vehicles, or trailers; collision services including body, frame, or fender straightening or repair; overall painting or paint shop and vehicle steam cleaning.
AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, MINOR. Incidental body or fender work, or other minor repairs, painting and upholstering, replacement of parts and motor service to passenger cars and trucks not exceeding 1½ tons capacity, but not including any operation named under Automobile Repair, Major, or any other similar use, thereto.
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 and delivered directly into motor vehicles, including greasing and oiling but excluding Automobile Repair, Major and Automobile or Trailer Sales Area.
BASEMENT. A story having part but not more than one-half its height below the average level of the adjoining finished grade. A basement is counted as a story for the purpose of height regulations, if subdivided and used for business or dwelling purposes. See also CELLAR, as defined in this section.
BILLBOARD. See SIGNS, ADVERTISING, as defined in this section.
BLOCK. A tract of land bounded by streets, or a combination of streets and public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, shorelines, waterways, or boundary lines of the corporate limits of the city.
BOARD. The Zoning Board of Adjustment.
BOARDING HOUSE. A building other than a hotel or motel, where for compensation and by prearrangement for definite periods, meals, or lodging and meals, are provided for three or more persons, but not exceeding ten persons.
BUFFER. Open spaces, landscaped areas, fences, walls, berms or any combination thereof, used to physically separate or screen one use or property from another so as to visually shield or block noise, lights, or other nuisances.
BUFFER FENCE. Any partition, structure, wall or gate erected as a divider, barrier or enclosure to serve as a buffer.
BUILDABLE AREA. The area of a lot remaining after the minimum yard or setback requirements of this chapter have been met.
BUILDING. Any structure for the shelter, support or enclosure of persons, animals, chattel, or property of any kind; and when separated by party walls without openings, each portion of the building so separated shall be deemed a separate building.
(1) BUILDING, ACCESSORY. A subordinate building or structure on the same lot, or part of the main building, exclusively occupied by or devoted to a use incidental to the main use.
(2) BUILDING, DETACHED. A building surrounded by open space, the open space being on the same zoning lot as the building.
(3) BUILDING, PRINCIPAL. A building which is conducted, or which is intended to be conducted, as the main or principal use of the lot on which it is located.
BUILDING CERTIFICATE. A document issued by the Zoning Administrator authorizing buildings, structures, or uses consistent with the terms of this chapter and for the purpose of carrying out and enforcement its provisions.
BUILDING HEIGHT. The vertical distance from the average contact ground level at the front wall 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 eaves and ridge for gable, hip or gambrel roofs.
BUILDING LINE. An imaginary line separating Buildable Lot Area and required Yards.
BUILDING LINE SETBACK. The distance between the building line and the street line in a district, lot, tract or parcel of land.
BUS STATION. Any premises for the storage or parking of motor-driven buses and the loading and unloading of passengers.
CELLAR. A story having more than one-half of its height below the curb level or below the highest level of the adjoining ground. A cellar shall not be counted as a story for the purpose of height measurement nor shall it be used for dwelling unit purposes. Also see BASEMENT as defined in this section.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. A certificate, issued to the intended occupant of a structure, prior to occupancy, which indicates that the structure complies with all federal, state and local codes for such structures.
CLINIC. A place used for the care, diagnosis and treatment of sick, ailing, infirm and injured persons, and those who are in need of medical or surgical attention, but who are not provided with board or room, nor kept overnight on the premises.
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.
COMMISSION. The Planning Commission of the City of Preston, Minnesota.
CONVALESCENT OR REST HOME. A home designed and licensed to provide care for aged or infirm persons requiring or receiving personal care or custodial care complying with the standards established by the State Board of Health.
CORNER LOT. See LOT, CORNER, as defined in this section.
COUNCIL. The City Council of the City of Preston, Minnesota.
COURT. An unoccupied open space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a building, which is bounded on two or more sides by the walls of the building.
(1) COURT, INNER. A court enclosed on not less than three sides by exterior walls and lot lines on which walls are allowable.
(2) COURT, OUTER. A court enclosed on not more than three sides by exterior walls and lot lines on which walls are allowable, with one side or end open to a street, driveway, alley or yard.
CURB LEVEL. The level of the established curb in front of the building measured at the center of the front. Where a building faces on more than one street, the curb levels shall be the average of the levels of the curbs at the center of the front of each street.
DWELLING. A building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively for residential occupancy with a continuous frost-free footing, including one-family, two-family, and multiple-family units, but not including hotels, motels, boarding or lodging houses. An attached garage shall occupy no more than 45% of the dwelling structure footprint.
(1) DWELLING, ATTACHED (GROUP, ROW, TOWNHOUSE OR ZERO LOT LINE DEVELOPMENT). A dwelling joined to other dwellings by a party wall or walls.
(2) DWELLING, DETACHED. A dwelling entirely surrounded by open space, the open space being on the same zoning lot as the dwelling.
(3) DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY. A dwelling containing three or more dwelling units, designed with more than one dwelling unit connecting to a common corridor or entranceway, originally constructed for that purpose; and not including converted dwellings or attached row dwellings (party- wall-type) as defined in this section.
(4) DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY. A detached dwelling containing accommodations for and occupied by one family only.
(5) DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY. A dwelling designed exclusively for occupancy by two families living independently of each other.
DWELLING UNIT. A DWELLING UNIT consists of one or more rooms which are arranged, designed, or used as living quarters for one family only. Individual bathrooms and complete kitchen facilities, permanently installed, shall always be included for each dwelling unit.
EASEMENT. A grant of one or more of the property rights by the property owner to and for the use by the public, or corporation, or another individual entity.
EASEMENT, DRAINAGE. An easement required for the installation of storm water sewers or surface drainage channels, or the preservation or maintenance of a natural stream or watercourse.
EASEMENT, UTILITY. An easement required for the installation of overhead or underground utilities, including sanitary sewer, water, electric, gas and audio or visual communication lines.
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, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipe, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith; reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or governmental agencies or for the public health or safety or general welfare, but not including buildings.
FAMILY. Any number of individuals related by blood, marriage, adoption or foster care or a group of not more than five persons not so related living together on the premises as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit.
FARM, CROP. An area of more than one acre which is used for the growing of the usual farm crop such as vegetables, fruit trees, and grain, and for the packing or storage of the products produced on the premises, but not including the raising of farm animals or laboratory animals such as mice, rats, rabbits, and the like.
FLOOR AREA. The floor area of a building, is the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of the building, measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls.
FLOOR AREA, LIVABLE. Shall be the same as Floor Area defined above, excluding all areas occupied by cellars, garages, porches, attics, stairways and storage, utility and heating rooms.
FLOOR AREA RATIO or F.A.R. The FLOOR AREA RATIO of the building or buildings on any zoning lot is the floor area of the building or buildings on that zoning lot divided by the area of the zoning lot, or, in the case of planned developments, by the net site area. The FLOOR AREA RATIO
requirements, as set forth under each zoning district, shall determine the maximum floor area allowable for the building or buildings (total floor area of both principal and accessory buildings) in direct ratio to the gross area of the zoning lot.
FRONTAGE. All the property fronting on one side of a street between the nearest intersecting streets, or between a street and a right-of-way, waterway, or other similar barrier.
GARAGE, PRIVATE. An accessory building designed or used for the storage of automobiles owned and used by the occupants of the building to which it is accessory.
GARAGE, PUBLIC. Any premises used for the storage or care of motor-driven vehicles except private garages, or premises where any vehicles are equipped for operation, are repaired, or are kept for remuneration, for hire or for sale.
GARAGE, TRUCK. A building which is used or intended to be used for the storage of motor trucks, truck trailers, tractors, and commercial vehicles exceeding 1½ tons capacity.
HIGH-RISE BUILDING. Any structure designed for a specific use that exceeds the fourth floor of elevation.
HIGH WATER MARK. A mark delineating the highest water level which has been maintained for a sufficient period of time to leave evidence upon the landscape. The normal HIGH WATER MARK is commonly that point where the natural vegetation changes from predominantly aquatic to predominantly terrestrial.
HOME OCCUPATION. As defined in § 155.197.
HOTEL. A building occupied as a temporary abiding place of individuals who are lodged with or without meals, in which there are more than five sleeping rooms, and wherein no provisions are made for cooking in any individual room or apartment.
JUNK YARD. Land or buildings where waste, discarded or salvaged materials are bought, sold, stored, exchanged, cleaned, packed, disassembled or handled, including, but not limited to scrap metal, rags, paper, hides, rubber products, glass products, lumber products and products resulting from the wrecking of automobiles or other machinery.
KENNEL. Any structure or premises on which five or more domestic animals over four months of age are kept.
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.
LODGING HOUSE. A building where lodging is provided for compensation, to three or more persons in contradistinction to hotels open to transients.
LOT. Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory buildings, together with such open spaces as are required under this chapter, and having its principal frontage upon a street or officially approved place.
(1) LOT, CORNER. A lot abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection, or upon two parts of the same street, the streets or parts of the same street forming an interior angle of less than 135°. The point of intersection of the street lines is the corner.
(2) LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE. A lot having frontage on two non-intersecting streets, as distinguished from a corner lot.
(3) LOT, FRONTAGE. See LOT LINE, FRONT, as defined in this section.
(4) LOT, INTERIOR. A lot other than a corner or reversed corner lot.
LOT AREA. The land area within the lot lines.
LOT AREA PER FAMILY. The lot area required by this chapter to be provided for each family in a dwelling.
LOT COVERAGE. The total allowable amount of lot area, expressed as a percentage, which may be covered by a principal use and its accessory structures.
LOT DEPTH. The mean horizontal distance between the mean front road and the mean rear lot line. The greater frontage of a corner lot is its depth, and its lesser frontage is its width.
LOT LINE, FRONT. The boundary of a lot abutting a street. On a corner lot, the shortest street lot.
LOT LINE, REAR. The lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line.
LOT LINE, SIDE. Any lot line other than a front or rear lot line. A SIDE LOT LINE separating a lot from a street is called a side street lot line. A SIDE LOT LINE separating a lot from another lot or lots is called an INTERIOR SIDE LOT LINE.
LOT OF RECORD. A lot which is a part of a subdivision, the map of which has been recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, or a lot described by metes and bounds, the deed to which has been recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds at the time this chapter was passed.
LOT WIDTH. The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured at right angles to the depth at the established front building line.
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK. Any park, manufactured park, manufactured court, manufactured camp, court, campsite, lot, parcel or tract of land designed, maintained, or intended for the purpose of supplying a long-term location or accommodations for any manufactured home, and upon which any manufactured home, coach, or manufactured home coaches are parked, and shall include all buildings used or intended for use as a part of the equipment thereof, whether or not a change is made for the use of the manufactured home park and its facilities. MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS shall not include automobile or manufactured home sales lots on which unoccupied manufactured homes are parked for the purpose of inspection, display, and sale.
MANUFACTURED HOME LOT. A parcel of land rented or sold for the exclusive use of the occupants of a single manufactured home.
MANUFACTURED HOME STAND. That part of an individual lot which has been reserved for the placement of the manufactured home appurtenant structures, or additions.
METES AND BOUNDS. A method of property description by means of their direction and distance from an easily identifiable point.
MODULAR HOME. A non-manufactured housing unit that is basically fabricated at a central factory and transported to a building site where final installations are made, permanently affixing the module to the site.
NONCONFORMING BUILDING. A building or portion thereof lawfully existing at the time of adoption of this chapter, which was designed, erected, or structurally altered for a use that does not conform to the use regulations of the district in which it is now located.
NONCONFORMING LOT. A lot which does not comply with the minimum lot area or frontage requirements of the district in which it is located.
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE. A structure which does not comply with the bulk, yard, setback or height regulations of the district in which it is located.
NONCONFORMING USE. A use lawfully in existence on the effective date of this chapter and not conforming to the regulations for the district in which it is situated, except that such a use is not nonconforming if it would be authorized under a conditional use permit where located.
NONCONFORMING USE OF LAND. Any use of a lot which does not conform to the applicable use regulations of the district in which it is located.
NONCONFORMING USE OF STRUCTURES. A use of a structure which does not conform to the applicable use regulations of the district in which it is located.
OBSTRUCTION. Any dam, wall, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment, projection, excavation, channel rectification, bridge conduit, culvert, building, wire, fence, rock gravel, refuse, till, structure or matter in, along, across, or projecting into any channel, watercourse, or regulatory flood hazard area, which may impede, retard or change the direction of the flow of water, either in itself or by catching or collecting debris carried by water, or that is placed where the flow of water might carry the same downstream to the damage of life or property.
PARKING SPACE. A land area of not less than 200 square feet, exclusive of driveways and aisles, of shape and dimensions and so prepared as to be usable for the parking of a motor vehicle, and so located as to be readily accessible to a public street or alley. Truck loading and unloading space shall not be in this area.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association or body politic; includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. A tract of land developed as a unit rather than as individual development, wherein two or more buildings may be located in relationship to each other rather than to lot lines or zoning district boundaries.
PLANNING COMMISSION. The Planning Commission of the City of Preston, Minnesota.
PLANTING BUFFER SCREEN. Landscapes areas, hedges, bushes, shrubs and other vegetation or combination thereof which serves as a buffer, screening one use or property from another so as to visually shield or block noise, lights or other nuisances.
PREMISES. A lot or plot with the required front, side and rear yards for a dwelling or other uses as allowed under this chapter.
PRIVATE OPEN SPACE. Any land owned by private persons or homes association, wherein the land is dedicated for a use similar to a public open space, but for use by the private persons or association.
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE. Any publicly-owned open area, including but not limited to parks, playgrounds, school sites, parkways, and streets.
PUBLIC UTILITY. Any person, firm, corporation, municipal department, or board fully authorized to furnish and furnishing under municipal regulation to the public electricity, gas, steam, communication services, telegraph services, transportation, or water.
PUBLIC WATERS. A body of water capable of substantial beneficial public use. This shall be construed to mean, for the purposes of these regulations, any body of water which has the potential to support any type of recreational, pursuit or water supply purpose. A body of water created by a private user where there was no previous shoreline for a designated private use authorized by the Commissioner of Natural Resources shall be exempt.
RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY. A strip of land with tracks and auxiliary facilities for track operation, but not including depots, loading platforms, station, train sheds, warehouses, car shops, car yards, locomotive shops, or water towers.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE CAMP. Any area used on a daily, nightly or weekly basis for the accommodation of three or more occupied tents, expandable camp trailers, travel trailers and converted buses or trucks; whether privately or publicly-owned; and whether use of the accommodations is granted free of charge or for compensation.
REST HOME or NURSING HOME. A private home for the care of children or the aged or infirm, or a place of rest for those suffering bodily disorders. Such a home does not contain equipment for surgical care or for treatment of disease or injury.
ROAD. A public right-of way affording primary access by pedestrian and vehicles to abutting properties, whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane place or however otherwise designated.
ROOMING HOUSE. See LODGING HOUSE, as defined in this section.
SETBACK LINE. The allowable building line as defined by the yard regulations of this chapter.
SIGN. A name, identification, description, display, illustration or device which is affixed to or represented directly or indirectly upon a building, structure or land in view of the general public, and which directs attention to a product, place, activity, person, institution or business. Warning signs or public identification signs such as street signs shall be exempt from these regulations when under two square feet in size.
(1) SIGN, ADVERTISING. A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service, activity or entertainment not necessarily conducted, sold or offered upon the premises where the sign is located.
(2) SIGN, AREA. See SIGN, SURFACE AREA, as defined in this section.
(3) SIGN, BUSINESS. A sign which directs attention to a business or profession or a commodity, service, or entertainment sold or offered upon the premises where such a sign is located.
(4) SIGN, DISPLAY. An advertising device.
(5) SIGN, FLASHING. Any illuminated sign on which the illumination is not kept stationary or constant in intensity and color at all times where the sign is in use.
(6) SIGN, ILLUMINATED. Any sign which has characters, letters, figures, designs or outlines illuminated by electric lights or luminous tubes as a part of the sign.
(7) SIGN, MARQUEE. Any sign affixed to any hood, marquee or canopy over the entrance to a building.
(8) SIGN, NAMEPLATE. Any sign which states the name or address or both of the business or occupant of the lot where the sign is placed.
(9) SIGN, ROTATING. A sign which revolves or rotates on its axis by mechanical means.
(10) SIGN, SURFACE AREA. The entire area within a single continuous perimeter, enclosing the extreme limits of the actual sign surface, not including any structural elements outside the limits of the sign and not forming an integral part of the display. Only one side of a double-face or V-type structure shall be used in computing total surface area.
STANDARD, PERFORMANCE. A criterion established in the interest of protecting the public health and safety for the control of noise, odor, smoke, noxious gases and other objectionable or dangerous elements generated by an inherent in or incidental to land use.
STORY. That portion of the building included between the surface of the next floor above it, or, if there is no floor above it, the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it.
STORY, HALF. A space under a sloping roof which has the line of intersection of roof decking and wall face not more than three feet above the top floor level, and in which space not more than two-thirds of the floor area is finished off for use. A half-story containing independent apartment or living quarters shall be counted as a full story.
STREET. A public or private right-of-way 40 feet or more in width, approved or accepted by the public authority or user, which provides a primary means of public access to abutting property. The term STREET shall include avenue, drive, circle, road, parkway, boulevard, highway, thoroughfare or any other similar term.
STREET LINE. The right-of-way line of a street.
STRUCTURE. Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent location on the ground or attachment to something having a permanent location on the ground. When a structure is divided into separate parts by an unpierced wall, each part shall be deemed a separate structure.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION. Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders, or any substantial changes in the roof and exterior walls.
SUBDIVISION. A described tract of land which is to be or has been divided into two or more lots or parcels, any of which resultant parcels is less than five acres in area and 300 feet in width, for the purpose of transfer of ownership or building development, or if a new street is involved, any division of a parcel land. The term includes resubdivision, and, where it is appropriate to the context, relates either to the process of subdivision or to the land subdivided.
TRAILER. A vehicle with or without motor power used or adaptable for temporary living, sleeping, business, or storage purposes, having no foundation other than wheels, blocks, skids, jacks, horses, or skirting, which does not meet building code requirements and has been or reasonably may be equipped with wheels or other devices for transporting from place to place. The term TRAILER shall include “camp car,” “travel trailer,” “camping trailer” and “house car.” A permanent foundation shall not change its character unless the entire structure is erected in accordance with the Building Code.
TOWNHOUSE. A multiple-family dwelling which maintains private ingress and egress, attached to its own foundation, contains independent dwellings by a common wall.
UNIT, LODGING, ROOMING, DORMITORY. A room rented as sleeping and living quarters, but without cooking facilities, and with or without an individual bathroom. In a suite of rooms without cooking facilities, each room which provides sleeping accommodations shall be counted as one lodging room or rooming unit for the purposes of this chapter.
USE. The purpose for which land or premises or a building thereon is designated, arranged or intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
(1) USE, ACCESSORY. A use subordinate to the main use on the same lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the main use.
(2) USE, CONDITIONAL. A use which, because of unique characteristics, cannot be classified as a permitted use in any particular district. After due consideration, in each case, of the impact of the use upon neighboring land, and of the public desirability for the particular use at the particular location, a conditional use permit may or may not be granted. If granted, the Zoning Board of Adjustment may attach conditions and guarantees upon the zoning permit deemed necessary is for the protection of the public interest.
(3) USE, PERMITTED. A use which conforms with the purposes, requirements, regulations and performance standards of a particular district.
(4) USE, PRINCIPAL PERMITTED. A use which is permitted outright in a district for which a building permit may be issued by the Zoning Administrator in accordance with the provisions of this chapter
VARIANCE. A modification or variation of the provisions of this code, as applied to a specific piece of property. A VARIANCE from the literal provisions of this code may be granted only in instances where the strict enforcement of these provisions would cause undue hardship because of circumstances unique to the individual property under consideration. VARIANCES shall be granted only when it is demonstrated that the granting of the variance will be in keeping with the spirit and intent of this code. UNDUE HARDSHIP as used in connection with the granting of a variance means the property in question cannot be put to a reasonable use if used under conditions allowed by the official controls, the plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to the property not created by the landowner, and the variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality. Economic considerations alone shall not constitute an undue hardship if reasonable use for the property exists under the terms of the ordinance. Undue hardship also includes, but is not limited to, inadequate access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems. VARIANCES shall be granted for earth sheltered construction as defined in M.S. § 216C.06, Subdivision 2, as it may be amended from time to time, when in harmony with the ordinance. A use that is not permitted under the code for property in the zone where the affected person’s land is located shall not be permitted by the granting of a variance. The temporary use of a one-family dwelling as a two-family dwelling may be permitted by a variance. Conditions may be imposed in the granting of variances to insure compliance and to protect adjacent properties.
(1) YARD, FRONT. A yard extending across the front of the lot between the side yard lines and lying between the front street line of the lot and the nearest line of the building.
(2) YARD, REAR. An open space occupied except for accessory buildings on the same lot with a building between the rear lines of the building and the rear line of the lot, for the full width of the lot.
(3) YARD, SIDE. An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building, between the building and the side line of the lot, and extending from the front lot line to the rear yard.
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. The designated Zoning Administrator of the city or his or her authorized representative.
ZONING DISTRICT. An area or areas within the limits of the community for which the regulations and requirements governing use are uniform.
ZONING LOT. A plot of ground, made up of one or more parcels of land, which is or may be occupied by a use, building, or buildings, including the open spaces required by this chapter.
ZONING MAP. The map or maps incorporated into this chapter as a part hereof, designating the zoning districts.
(Ord. 221, passed 11-6-1995; Am. Ord. 246, passed 11-1-2004; Am. Ord. 251, passed 12-19-2005; Am. Ord. 282, passed 6-17-2019; Am. Ord. 291, passed 5-17-2021)