The purpose of this section is to interpret and define certain terms and words for the purpose of this chapter.
(A) Terms and words defined.
(1) Words in the present tense and singular number.
(a) Words in the present tense include the future and vice versa.
(b) Words in the singular number include the plural number and vice versa.
(2) The words “building” and “shall.”
(a) The word “building” includes the word “structure” and vice versa.
(b) The word “shall” is mandatory and not directory.
(B) Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. All other terms that are not defined herein can be found in Webster’s Dictionary, latest edition.
ACCESSORY BUILDING AND USE.
(a) A building or use subordinate to another structure or use located on the same lot and which does not change or alter the character of the premises and which is not used for human occupancy.
(b) Public utilities uses: communications, electric, gas, water and sewer lines, their supports and incidental equipment (i.e., meters, boxes, service lines and the like).
ADVERTISING SIGN OR STRUCTURE.
(a) Any cloth, card, metal, glass, wooden, plastic, plaster, stone sign or other sign, device or structure or any character whatsoever including a statuary, or on any tree, wall, bush, rock, post, fence, building or structure.
(b) The term “placed” shall include erecting, construction, posting, painting, printing, tacking, nailing, gluing, sticking, carving or otherwise fastening, affixing or making visible in any manner whatsoever.
(c) The area of an ADVERTISING STRUCTURE shall be determined as the area of the largest cross-section of such structure.
(d) Neither directional warning nor other signs posted by public officials in the course of their public duties shall be construed as ADVERTISING SIGNS for the purpose of this chapter.
AGRICULTURE.
(a) The use of land for agricultural purposes, including farming, dairying, pasturage, agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, animal and poultry husbandry, the primary processing of products thereof produced on the premises and the necessary accessory uses for packing, treating or storing said products.
(b) The principal characteristic of such operations shall not include the commercial processing of agricultural products produced primarily on farms other than that on which the processing facilities are located.
ALLEY. A minor right-of-way, dedicated to public use, which affords a secondary means of vehicular access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting a street, and which may be used for public utility purposes.
ALTERATION. Any change, addition or modification in construction.
ANIMAL, DOMESTIC. A horse, mule, swine, goat, sheep, cow, rabbit, turkey, chicken, guinea, pheasant, quail or similar animals and fowl commonly kept on farms located in the town area.
ATTACHED MULTI-FAMILY. A structure of multi-family use, having common or party wall or walls.
BASEMENT. A story partly or wholly underground. For purposes of height measurement, a BASEMENT shall be counted as a story when more than one-half of its height is above the average level of the adjoining ground or when subdivided into rooms and used for commercial or tenant dwelling purposes by other than a janitor employed on the premises.
BLOCK. A tract of land bounded by streets, or by a combination of streets and public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, shorelines of waterways or boundary lines of municipalities.
BLOCK FRONTAGE. Property having frontage on one side of a street and lying between the two nearest intersecting or intercepting streets, or nearest intersecting or intercepting street and railroad right-of-way, waterway or other barrier.
BLOCK, RESIDENTIAL. A block in which business or industrial uses are not permitted.
BOARD. The Board of Zoning Appeals of Trafalgar, Indiana. Also commonly referred to by the abbreviation BZA.
BUILDING COMMISSIONER. Synonymous with BUILDING INSPECTOR.
BUILDING. Any structure intended for shelter, housing or enclosure for persons, animals or chattel. When separated by dividing walls without opening, each portion of such structure so separated shall be deemed a separate BUILDING.
BUILDING, ACCESSORY. A subordinate building, or a portion of a main building, the use of which is incidental to that of the main building.
BUILDING AREA. The total ground area within the lot or project, covered by enclosed residential building space plus garages, carports and other accessory buildings.
BUILDING COMMISSIONER. For the purposes of this chapter, the BUILDING COMMISSIONER shall be synonymous with the term BUILDING INSPECTOR, and shall refer to the person employed and delegated the primary responsibility of issuing permits and conducting inspection of same.
BUILDING, DETACHED. A building having no structural connection with another building.
BUILDING, FRONT LINE OF. The line of the face of the building nearest the front of the lot. This face includes sun parlors and covered porches but does not include steps.
BUILDING, HEIGHT OF. The vertical distance from the grade level to the highest point of a building.
BUILDING PERMIT. A certificate issued by the building permit official of a governing body permitting a person, firm or corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, improve or convert any building or structure within its jurisdiction, or cause the same to be done.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE. The line nearest the front or the side of the main building on the premises, including any overhangs.
BUSINESS OR COMMERCIAL. The engaging in the purchase, sale, barter or exchange of goods, wares, merchandise or services, the maintenance or operation of offices, or recreational and amusement enterprises for profit.
CAR AREA. Open space area (uncovered and covered) used for car traffic, maneuvering and parking. Included are all parking areas, driveways, interior access roads and right-of-way of all streets within the project, plus the area of half of any abutting alley or street right-of-way.
CEMETERY. Land used for the burial of the dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. A certificate stating that the occupancy and use of land or a building or structure referred to therein complies with the provisions of this chapter.
CHILD CARE CENTER. See Day care center.
CHURCH. A building for religious worship services.
CLINIC. An establishment where patients who are not lodged overnight are admitted for examination and treatment by a group of physicians.
CODE/ORDINANCE. In subsequent sections hereof, reference may be made to “code” or to the “ordinance.” It is intended that the terms, when used herein, are interchangeable.
COMMISSION. The Trafalgar Plan Commission.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The complete plan, or any of its parts, for the development of the areas, prepared by the Commission and adopted in accordance with I.C. 36-7-4-500 as amended and now known as I.C. 36-7-4-201 et seq., as is now or hereafter in effect.
CORNER. The point of intersection of any public roads or easements which have been dedicated and accepted by a unit of government.
COVENANT. Deed restriction; a private legal restriction on the use of land contained in the deed to the property. Normally applied to all lots in any subdivision.
COVERAGE. The lot area covered by all buildings located thereon, including the area covered by all overhanging roofs.
CUL-DE-SAC. A minor street having only one means of ingress and egress and terminating in a turnaround.
DAY CARE CENTER.
(a) Any institution operated for the purpose of providing:
1. Care;
2. Maintenance; or
3. Supervision and instruction to children who are less than 12 years old and are separated from their parent, guardian or custodian for more than four hours but less than 24 hours a day for ten or more consecutive work days.
(b) However, the term does not include public or private school programs for children age three and older, or day care ministries.
DAY CARE HOME.
(a) A residential structure where an individual provides childcare:
1. For compensation;
2. For more than four hours but less than 24 hours in each of ten consecutive days per year, excluding intervening Saturdays, Sundays and holidays; and
3. To more than five children at a time (not to exceed county welfare limitations) who are less than 11 years of age and are not attended by a parent, step-parent, guardian, custodian or a relative who is at least 18 years of age.
(b) The term does not include a day care center.
DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY CLUSTER DWELLING. A structure for single-family use, having no common or party walls; and utilizing common open space with other DETACHED SINGLE- FAMILY CLUSTER DWELLINGS, arranged in close proximity to one another.
DISTRICT. A section of the jurisdictional area for which uniform regulations governing the use, height, area, size and intensity of a use of buildings and land, and open spaces about buildings, are herein established.
DRIVEWAY. A public or private access which affords ingress or egress to a property.
DWELLING. A building or portion thereof, used primarily as a place of abode for one or more human beings, but not including hotels, lodging or boarding houses or tourist homes.
DWELLING, MOBILE HOME. See Mobile home.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY. A residential building designed for or occupied by three or more families, with the number of families in residence not exceeding the number of dwelling units provided.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY UNIT. A single-family dwelling in R-1, R-2 and R-3 and is a unit with a 1,000-square foot minimum main floor area exclusive of garages, carports and open porches, and has a minimum width of 14 feet.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY. A detached residential building containing two dwelling units, designed for occupancy by not more than two families.
DWELLING UNIT. One room, or rooms connected together, constituting a separate, independent housekeeping establishment for owner occupancy, or rental or lease on a weekly, monthly, or longer basis, and physically separated from any other rooms or dwelling units which may be in the same structure, and containing independent cooking and sleeping facilities.
FAMILY. A group of one or more persons occupying a building and living as a single housekeeping unit. Unless all members of the FAMILY are related by blood, marriage or adoption, no such FAMILY shall contain over five unrelated persons. Domestic servants employed on the premises may be housed on the premises without being counted as a separate FAMILY or FAMILIES.
FENCE. A structure, including entrance and exit gates, designed and constructed for enclosure or screening.
FLOOD. The temporary inundation of land adjacent to and inundated by overflow from a river, stream, lake or other body of water. I.C. 14-8-2-93 as amended by Public Law 123, Acts of 1973, defines FLOOD as “the water of any river or stream in the State of Indiana or upon or adjoining any boundary line of the State of Indiana which is above the bank and/or outside the channel and banks of such river or stream; and also means the water of any lake which is above and outside the banks thereof.” See I.C. 1971 for additional definitions.
FLOOD CONTROL. The prevention of floods; the control, regulation, diversion or confinement of floodwater or flood flow, and the protection therefrom, according to sound and accepted engineering practice, to minimize the extent of floods, and the death, damage and destruction caused thereby, and all things incidental thereto or connected therewith.
FLOOD HAZARD AREA. A floodplain, or portion thereof, which has not been adequately protected from floodwater by means of dikes, levees, reservoirs or other works approved by the State Natural Resource Commission.
FLOODPLAIN. The relatively flat or low land adjoining the channel of a river or stream which has been or may be covered by floodwater. The FLOODPLAIN includes the channel, floodway and floodway fringe.
FLOODWAY. The channel of a river or stream and those portions of the floodplain adjoining the channel, which are reasonably required to carry and discharge the floodwater or flood flow of any river or stream.
FLOODWAY FRINGE. Those portions of the flood hazard areas lying outside the floodway.
FLOOR AREA. The sum of the horizontal areas of the one or several floors and basements of all buildings or portions thereof, within the project, and devoted to permitted uses; not including, however:
(a) Floor or basement floor area devoted to off-street parking or loading facilities, including aisles, ramps and maneuvering space;
(b) Floor or basement floor area provided for recreational uses, available to occupants of two or more living units within the project; or
(c) Basement floor area provided for storage facilities allocated to serve individual living units within the project.
FOUNDATION, PERMANENT. A state-approved, subsurface weight-bearing structure, where applicable.
FRONTAGE. All the property on one side of a street between two intersecting streets (crossing or terminating), measured along the line of the street; or if the street is dead-ended, then all of the property abutting on one side between an intersecting street and the dead-end of the street.
FRONTLIKE FACADE. The exterior portion of a structure which is not the front, but gives the appearance of a frontlike facade by the materials used in construction, architectural style and detail.
GARAGE, PRIVATE. An accessory building with capacity for not more than three motor vehicles per family, not more than one of which may be a commercial vehicle of not more than three tons capacity. A garage designed to house two motor vehicles for each family housed in an apartment shall be classed as a PRIVATE GARAGE.
GARAGE, PUBLIC. Any building, or premises, except those defined herein as a private garage, used for the storage, or care of motor vehicles, or where such vehicles are equipped for operation, repairs or kept for remuneration, hire or sale.
GREENBELT. The portion of the front yard of a lot that is immediately adjacent and parallel to the right-of-way of State Road 135 and State Road 252 having a minimum depth of 20 feet from the street right-of-way.
GROUP HOME.
(a) Supervised group living programs, which serve at least four individuals and not more than 15 individuals, if the program serves mentally ill individuals; or eight individuals, if the program serves developmentally disabled individuals.
(b) However, the Commissioner of the Mental Health Department [of the State of Indiana] may waive the limitation of division (a) of this definition. The program and individuals served by the program shall be closely supervised by trained individuals.
IMPROVEMENT LOCATION PERMIT. A certificate issued by the Building Commissioner permitting a person, firm or corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, improve or convert any building or structure within the locality, or cause the same to be done.
INSTITUTION. Building(s) and/or land designed to aid individuals in need of mental, therapeutic, rehabilitative counseling or other correctional services.
JOHNSON COUNTY CORRIDOR GUIDE. Refers to Johnson County Ordinance 89-20 establishing standards for the design of sites, buildings, structures, plantings, signs, street hardware and other such improvements.
JURISDICTIONAL AREA. The town and the contiguous unincorporated territory shown on a map filed with the County Recorder of Johnson County, Indiana.
KARTS. A motorized two or more wheeled vehicle which is motor driven and not more than 76 inches in overall length and not more than 26 inches in height, and includes the terms, “carts,” “go-kart,” “go-cart,” “all-terrain” and motorized vehicles coming within the above specifications.
KART TRACK. A graded or surfaced roadway on public or privately owned property, designed and maintained for the purpose of the operation of karts, either free of charge or for revenue purposes.
KENNEL. Any premises (including one or more lots in any contiguous unit) on which eight or more small animals, including but not limited to dogs and cats, at least four months of age, are kept and maintained.
LAND AREA. The total area within the project boundaries, plus the area of half of any abutting alley or street right-of-way plus half the area of any abutting open space, such as a river, lake, public park, playground or golf course, with reasonable expectance of perpetuity; provided, however, that no portion of such open space located more than 80 feet from the project boundaries shall be included in computing such open space area.
LANDSCAPE SCREEN. Any combination of fences, walls, hedges, shrubs, which effectively provide a solid, dense and opaque mass, to prohibit view, absorb sound and provide site delineation. Such screen shall provide total capacity throughout the year.
LIVABILITY SPACE. The open space minus the car area within the open space.
LOT. A parcel, tract or area of land that fronts on a street or place. It may be a single parcel separately described in a deed or plat which is recorded in the office of the County Recorder, or it may include parts of or a combination of such parcels when adjacent to one another and used as one. In determining LOT area and boundary lines, no part thereof within the limits of a street shall be included.
LOT LINE. The property line between two established parcels of land or one parcel and a public right-of-way or place.
LOT TYPES.
(a) CORNER LOT. A lot located at the intersection of two or more streets. A lot abutting on a curved street shall be considered a CORNER LOT if straight lines drawn from the foremost points of the lot meet at an interior angle of less than 135 degrees.
(b) INTERIOR LOT. A lot other than a corner lot with only one frontage on a street.
(c) REVERSED FRONTAGE LOT. A lot on which the frontage is at right angles or approximate right angles (interior angle less than 135 degrees) to the general pattern in the area. A REVERSED FRONTAGE LOT may also be a corner lot, an interior rear lot or a through lot.
(d) THROUGH LOT. A lot other than a corner lot with frontage on more than one street. THROUGH LOTS abutting two streets may be referred to as double frontage lots.
LOT WIDTH. The dimension of a lot, measured between side lot lines on the building line.
MAJOR LIVABILITY SPACE. The total area provided for outdoor recreation, relaxation, amusement, pleasure and for similar use within the project, which area may or may not be improved. However, all livability space countable for the purposes of the MAJOR LIVABILITY SPACE ratio shall be at least 20 feet away from any residential wall containing one or more windows on the ground floor and shall have a minimum dimension averaging 80 feet, except that an area of lesser dimension is countable if:
(a) The total required MAJOR LIVABILITY SPACE is less than 6,400 square feet; or
(b) The shape or topography of the site prevents compliance with the minimum dimension.
MANUFACTURED HOUSING. All manufactured housing allowed in R-1, R-2 and R-3 shall bear a seal certifying that it is built in compliance with the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Code or Indiana Public Law 360, Acts of 1971 being I.C. 18-7-4, as promulgated by the Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission, and shall have been constructed after January 1, 1981.
MANUFACTURING, HEAVY. Manufacturing, processing, assembling, storing, testing and similar industrial uses which are generally major operations and extensive in character; require large sites, open storage and service areas, extensive services and facilities, ready access to regional transportation; and normally generate some nuisances such as smoke, noise, vibration, dust, glare, air pollution and water pollution, but not beyond the district boundary.
MANUFACTURING, LIGHT. Manufacturing or other industrial uses which are usually controlled operations; relatively clean, quiet and free of objectionable or hazardous elements such as smoke, noise, odor or dust; operating and storing within enclosed structures; and generating little industrial traffic and no nuisances.
MOBILE HOME. A portable structure 14 feet or more wide and more than 30 feet long and designed or used for year-long living and having a manufacturer’s and state seal of 1980 or later.
MOBILE HOME PARK. An area of land used for the parking of two or more mobile homes.
MOTEL. A building, or a detached building, in which lodging is provided and offered to the public for compensation.
NONCONFORMING USE. Any building or land lawfully occupied by a use at the time of passage of this chapter which does not conform after the passage of this chapter with the use regulations of the district in which it is situated. Existing improvements which do not meet required lot size, setback lines, height, intensity, off-street parking and loading, signs and other regulations for the district in which they are situated are NONCONFORMING USES as defined herein.
OPEN SPACE. The total horizontal area of all uncovered OPEN SPACE plus one-half of the total horizontal area of all covered OPEN SPACE.
ORDINANCE. Any legislative action, however denominated, by a local government which has the force of law, including the amendment or repeal of any ordinance.
PARKING.
(a) Interior parking. Those parking spaces located in the interior of a parking lot which create definable parking aisles away from the periphery or edge of the lot.
(b) Peripheral parking. Those parking spaces located at the edge or periphery of a parking lot.
PARKING AREA, PUBLIC. An open area, other than a street or alley designed for use or used for the temporary parking of motor vehicles when available for public use, whether free or for compensation, or as an accommodation for clients or customers.
PARKING SPACE. A portion of the car area at least nine feet in width and 20 feet in length, which shall be used only for off-street parking of a vehicle.
PERSON. A corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization or any other group acting as a unit, as well as a natural person.
PLACE. An open, unoccupied, officially designated space other than a street or alley, permanently reserved for the use as the principal means of access to abutting property.
PLAT. A map or chart indicating the subdivision or resubdivision of land, either filed or intended to be filed for record.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING. The building in which the principal use of the lot is conducted.
PRINCIPAL USE. The primary use to which the premises are devoted, and the main purpose for which the premises exist.
PRIVATE SCHOOL. Private pre-primary, primary, grade, high or preparatory school or academy.
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE. An office in the dwelling of a member of a recognized profession, such as an architect, attorney, dentist, engineer, physician, surgeon or other such professional person, provided that:
(a) The professional service is performed by a member or members of the family occupying such dwelling and that not more than three additional persons not a member of the family occupying such dwelling are employed in rendering such service;
(b) Not more than 50% of the floor area is devoted to such use; and
(c) No sign, other than a nameplate attached to the building, not exceeding three square feet in area, is displayed.
PROJECT. A lot or parcel of contiguous land to be developed for use or uses permitted in the R-1, R-2 and R-3 Residential Districts, which at the time of development is under one ownership or control, and subsequently may be subdivided, developed and/or conveyed into smaller lots or parcels. For permitted multi-family dwelling, detached single-family cluster dwelling uses or mobile home dwellings, such smaller lots or parcels within the PROJECT may front upon private interior access roads, provided said PROJECT meets the minimum street frontage requirements of this chapter.
PUBLIC USES. Public parks, schools and administrative, cultural and service buildings, not including public land or buildings devoted solely to the storage and maintenance of equipment and material.
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. A general term denoting land, property or interest therein, usually in a strip, acquired for or devoted to a transportation or transmissions facility.
PUBLIC UTILITY. Any person, firm or corporation duly authorized to furnish electricity, gas, steam, telephone, telegraph, water or sewage systems to the public under public regulation.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. A temporary dwelling for travel, recreation and vacation use, including but not limited to:
(a) CAMPING TRAILER. A collapsible or folding structure, built on a chassis with wheels and designed to move on the highway;
(b) MOTOR HOME. A self-propelled vehicle with a dwelling constructed as an integral part of the vehicle;
(c) PICKUP COACH. A structure designed to be mounted on a truck chassis or cut-down car; and
(d) TRAVEL TRAILER. A vehicle identified by the manufacturer as a TRAVEL TRAILER, built on a chassis eight feet or less wide and 30 feet or less long and designed to move on the highway.
SIGN. Any outdoor announcement, declaration, device, demonstration or insignia used for direction, information, identification or to advertise or promote any business, product, activity, services or interests.
(a) ADVERTISING SIGN. Any temporary sign which directs attention to any business, product, activity or service; provided, however, that such sign shall not be related or make reference to the primary use, business, activity or service if conducted on the premises.
(b) BUSINESS SIGN. Any permanent sign which identifies a building or directs attention to a business, product, activity or service manufactured, sold or offered upon the premises as the primary use(s) where such sign is located.
(c) FACING. The surface of the sign upon, against or through which the message of the sign is exhibited.
(d) INCIDENTAL SIGN. A nameplate or sign relating to the lot or use thereof and designating accessory uses, direction, identification, information or real estate for sale, rent or lease.
(e) PORTABLE SIGN. A sign which is designed to be transportable.
(f) PROJECTING SIGN. A sign suspended from or supported by a building structure or column and projecting out more than 18 inches.
(g) SIGN STRUCTURE. The supports, uprights, bracing and framework for the sign. In the case of a SIGN STRUCTURE consisting of two or more sides, where the angle formed between
and of the sides (or projection thereof) exceeds 15 degrees, each side shall be considered a separate SIGN STRUCTURE.
SIGN SURFACE. The entire area within a single, continuous perimeter enclosing all elements of the sign which form an integral part of the display.
SPECIAL EXCEPTION PERMIT. A special permit issued on application by the Board of Zoning Appeals for certain uses in industrial and business districts.
STORAGE WAREHOUSE. A structure or room for the storage of furniture or commodities.
STREET. A public way established or dedicated by duly recorded plat, deed, grant, governmental authority or by operation of law.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION. Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams or girders, or any substantial change in the exterior walls or the roof.
STRUCTURE. Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on the ground, or attached to some thing having a fixed location on the ground. Among other things, STRUCTURES include buildings, mobile homes, walls, fences, billboards and poster panels.
SWIMMING POOL. A pool, pond, lake or open tank containing at least 18 inches of water at any point and maintained by the owner or manager for the purpose of swimming.
TOURIST HOME. A building in which one but not more than five guest rooms are used to provide or offer overnight accommodations to transient guests for compensation.
TOWN. The Town of Trafalgar, Indiana, for which general administration and legislative authority resides in the Town Council.
TRADE OR BUSINESS SCHOOL. Secretarial or business school or college when not publicly owned or not owned or conducted by or under the sponsorship of a religious, charitable or nonprofit organization; or a school conducted as a commercial enterprise for teaching instrumental music, dancing, barbering or hair dressing, drafting or for teaching industrial or technical arts.
USABLE ROOF AREA. The total roof area, within the project, or residential building, garages and accessory buildings which have been improved for outdoor uses of occupants. ROOF AREAS used for car storage are included.
USE. The employment or occupation of a building, structure or land for a person’s service, benefit or enjoyment.
USE, OPEN. The use of land principally for purposes that do not require a building, or including a building whose use is unconnected with the use of the remaining land, or which is incidental to the use of the open land. This definition shall include but not be limited to the following: parking facilities, storage, junkyards or salvage yards, or for the accumulation or collection of chattels, personal goods or property for any purpose.
VARIANCE. A modification of the specific requirements of this chapter granted on application to the Board of Zoning Appeals.
VISION CLEARANCE ON CORNER LOTS. A triangular space at the street corner of a corner lot, free from any kind of obstruction to vision between the heights of three and 12 feet above the established street grade. The street grade is measured at the intersection of the centerlines of the intersecting street pavements, and the triangular space is determined by a diagonal line connecting two points measured 15 feet along each of the street property lines equal distance from the intersection of the property lines or the property lines extended, at the corner of the lot.
YARD. A space of the same lot with a main building, open, unoccupied and unobstructed by structures, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
YARD, FRONT. The front yard in the case of an interior lot shall be that portion of the lot immediately adjacent to the street or other public right-of-way; in the case of a corner lot (which may be adjacent to more than one street or public right-of-way), the FRONT YARD shall be the yard adjacent to the side of the dwelling or principal structure that carries the designated street address for delivery of U.S. mail and other similar services.
YARD, REAR. A yard extending across the full width of the lot between the rear of the main building and the rear lot line unoccupied other than by accessory buildings which do not occupy more than 30% of the required space, the depth of which is the least distance between the rear lot line and the rear of such main building.
YARD, SIDE. A yard between the main building and the side lot line, extending from the front yard or front lot line where no front yard is required to the rear yard. The width of the required SIDE YARD is measured horizontally at 90 degrees with the side lot line, from the nearest part of the main building.
ZONE MAP. The map entitled “Trafalgar, Indiana Zone Map,” as the current editions, with amendments, are on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Building Commissioner of the town.
ZONING. A police power measure, enacted by the governing body of local governments, in which the community is divided into districts or zones within which permitted and special uses are established, as are regulations governing lot size, building dimensions, placement and other development standards. Requirements vary from district to district, but they must be uniform within districts. The ZONING ORDINANCE consists of two parts: a text and a map.
(Ord., §§ 1-3, 1-4, passed - -1991)