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The "building line" or "front yard line" is a line on or back of the street line between which and the street line no building or portion thereof, except as provided in this Zoning Code, may be erected above the grade level. The building lines, street lines and center lines of streets mentioned herein are considered vertical planes intersecting the ground on those respective lines.
(Ord. 350. Passed 7-6-44.)
(1) A "private garage" is a building or space used as an accessory to a main building permitted in a Residence District and providing for the storage of motor vehicles and in which no occupation, business or service for profit connected in any way with motor vehicles is carried on.
(2) A "storage garage" is a building or space other than a private garage for the storage of motor vehicles within which filling station service and the sale of accessories is permitted.
(3) A "repair garage" is a garage at which repairs on any kind of motor vehicles are permitted.
(4) A "service garage" is a repair garage used as an accessory to an automobile sales room and primarily for the repair and servicing of automobiles of the make sold in the sales room.
(Ord. 350. Passed 7-6-44.)
The "grade level" of a lot is the average elevation of the curb directly in front of the main building, but where no such curb level has been established by the Municipality, the level of the ground at the middle of the traveled portion of the street shall be considered the equivalent of the curb level. When the street wall of the building is back more than ten (10) feet from the street line the average grade level of the lots adjoining on each side, if higher than the curb level, shall be considered the grade level for the building and lot.
(Ord. 350. Passed 7-6-44.)
The "height of building" is the vertical distance measured from the grade level to the highest point of the coping of the street wall for flat roofs, to the deck line for mansard roofs and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, gambrel or hip roofs.
(Ord. 350. Passed 7-6-44.)
(1) A "lot" is a parcel of land occupied or intended to be occupied by one main building and the accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to such main buildings and including such open spaces as are provided, or as are intended to be used in connection therewith, or as are required by this Zoning Code. This may or may not coincide with a lot of a recorded subdivision.
(2) The "depth of lot" is the mean distance from the street line of the lot to its rear line measured in the mean direction of the side lines of the lot.
(3) The "width of lot" is the mean width measured at right angles to its depth.
(4) Any lot line not a front line or a rear line shall be deemed a "side line".
(5) A "corner lot" is a lot at the point of intersection of and abutting on two intersecting streets, each more than twenty (20) feet wide, the angle of the intersecting street lines at their points of intersection being not more than one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees. It is the land occupied or to be occupied by the corner building and the accessory buildings and yards, if any.
(6) The "side line of a corner lot" shall be deemed to be the line lying along the narrower or less important street unless the lot is a sublot in a recorded subdivision and is clearly intended to front on the narrower street.
(Ord. 350. Passed 7-6-44.)
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