1123.02 LETTERS A-B.

   For the purpose of this Zoning Code, certain terms are defined as follows:

   (a)   Alley. “Alley” means a dedicated public way less than fifty feet in width affording a secondary means of access to abutting property and not intended for general traffic circulation.

   (b)   Attic. “Attic” means the space between the ceiling beams of the top habitable floor and the roof.

   (c)   Automotive servicing and minor repair. “Automotive servicing and minor repair” includes the following activities: the changing of oil and other lubrication; tuning of motors; minor wheel and brake adjustment; similar minor servicing and repair; installation of wheels, tires, brakes and accessories; washing, waxing, polishing and interior cleaning but not a self-service auto laundry as defined and regulated herein. Activities included within the definition “automotive major repair” are not included within the meaning of “automotive servicing and minor repair”.

   (d)   Automotive major repair. “Automotive major repair” means major automotive repairs including, but not limited to: the removal or replacement of major mechanical parts such as the motor, transmission, differential, axles; replacement of body parts and glass; replacement of exhaust system parts; body and frame repair, painting, welding; upholstering work and similar activities.
(Ord. 69-2002. Passed 9-24-02.)

   (e)    Bar or Tavern. "Bar" or "Tavern" means a place of business dispensing beer, wine, spirituous liquors, or mixed beverages by the drink for on-site consumption, and in which the sale of food products for on-site consumption is incidental or secondary to dispensing of said drinks.

   (f)   Banquet Facility. "Banquet facility" means a place of business at which the principal activity is service of food and beverage to large groups of people as opposed to individual table service as in a restaurant. A banquet facility is typically rented for purposes of special events such as weddings, meetings, or other large group activities.
(Ord. 5-2007. Passed 3-13-07.)

   (g)   Basement. “Basement” means that portion of a building which is partly or wholly below grade, but so located that the vertical distance from the average grade to the ceiling is less than four feet six inches. A basement shall not be counted as a story.

   (h)   Block. “Block” means an area of land bounded by streets, public or common land or other definite limits.

   (i)   Board of Appeals. “Board of Appeals” means the Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Richmond Heights.

   (j)   Buffer Strip. “Buffer strip” means a strip of land of definite width and location reserved for planting of shrubs and trees to serve as an obscuring screen.

   (k)   Building. “Building” means any structure, either temporary or permanent, having a roof and used or built for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind.

      (1)   “Accessory building” means a building subordinate to the main or principal building on the lot and used for the purposes customarily incidental to those of the main building.

      (2)   “Height of a building” means the vertical distance from the established grade at the center of the front of the building to the highest point of the roof surface, if a flat roof, to the deck line for mansard roofs, and to the mean height level between the eaves and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.

      (3)   “Building line” means a line parallel to and measured from the front lot line and which defines the minimum required front setback line.

      (4)   “Principal building” means a building in which is conducted the primary use of the lot on which it is situated.

         (Ord. 69-2002. Passed 9-24-02.)