As used in the Zoning Code:
(a) Tavern or Bar. "Tavern" or "Bar" 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.
(Ord. 5-2007. Passed 3-13-07.)
(b) Trailer Court, Trailer Camp. “Trailer court” and “trailer camp” means any plot of ground upon which two or more trailer coaches are parked or where public parking space for two or more trailer coaches is provided with facilities for residential occupancy.
(c) Use. “Use” means any purpose for which buildings, other structures or land may be arranged, designed, intended, maintained or occupied or any activity, occupation, business, profession or operation conducted in a building, other structure, or on land.
(d) Use, Accessory. “Accessory use” means a use subordinate to the principal use and for purposes clearly incidental to those of the principal use.
(e) Use, Principal. “Principal use” means the primary use to which the premises are devoted and the primary purpose for which the premises are used.
(f) Yard. “Yard” means that portion of the open area on a lot extending between the building and the nearest lot line or between certain uses and the nearest lot line as required in the Zoning Code.
(1) Yard, front. “Front yard” means an open space extending the full width of a lot and of a uniform depth measured horizontally at right angles to the front lot line, unoccupied from the ground upward, except as hereinafter specified.
(2) Yard, rear. “Rear yard” means an open space extending the full width of a lot and of a uniform depth measured horizontally at right angles to the rear lot line, unoccupied from the ground upward, except as hereinafter specified.
(3) Yard, required. “Required yard” means the minimum yard required between a lot line and building line or the line of any parking area or any other use requiring a yard in order to comply with the zoning regulations of the district in which the zoning lot is located. A required yard shall be open and unobstructed from the ground upward except for projections on buildings as permitted in the Zoning Code and except for walks, landscaping and other yard or site features.
(4) Yard, side. “Side yard” means an open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard and of a uniform width measured horizontally at right angles to the side lot line and unoccupied from the ground upward, except as hereinafter specified.
(g) Zoning Variance. “Zoning variance” means a modification of the literal provisions of this Zoning Code, granted when strict enforcement of this Code would cause practical difficulty or undue hardship owing to the circumstances unique to the individual property on which the variance is granted. The crucial points of a variance are practical difficulty, undue hardship and unique circumstances applying to the specific property involved. A variance is not justified unless all elements are present in each case.
(h) "Zoning Code" or "this Code" means Ordinance 72-72, passed August 31, 1972, as amended, codified herein as Title Five of Part Eleven - Planning and Zoning Code.
(Ord. 72-72. Passed 8-31-72.)
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