1107.03 ACCESSORY BUILDING OR USE.

   "Accessory building or use" means one which:

   (a)    Is subordinate to and serves a principal building or principal use;

   (b)    Is subordinate in area, extent or purpose to the principal building or principal use served;

   (c)    Contributes to the comfort, convenience or necessity of occupants of the principal building or principal use served; and

   (d)    Is located on the same zoning lot as the principal building or principal use served with the single exception of such accessory off-street parking facilities as are permitted to be located elsewhere than on the same zoning lot with the building or use served.

    “Accessory use” includes, but is not limited to, the following:

    (a)    A children's playhouse, garden house and private greenhouse;

   (b)    A garage, shed or building for domestic storage;

   (c)    Incinerators incidental to residential use;

   (d)    Storage of merchandise normally carried in stock on the same lot with any retail service or business use, unless such storage is excluded by the district regulations;

    (e)    Storage of goods used in or produced by manufacturing activities on the same lot or parcel of ground with such activities, unless such storage is excluded by the district regulations;

   (f)    A nonpaying guest house or rooms for guests within an accessory building, provided such facilities are used for the occasional housing of guests of the occupant of the principal building and not for permanent occupancy by others as housekeeping units;

   (g)    Servants' quarters comprising part of an accessory garage and solely for occupancy by a servant or household employee, and his or her family, of the occupants of the principal dwelling;

   (h)    A private swimming pool for use by the occupant and his guests;

   (i)    Off-street motor vehicle parking areas, and loading and unloading facilities;

   (j)    Signs other than advertising signs as permitted and regulated in each district incorporated in this Zoning Ordinance;

   (k)    Carports;

   (l)    Public utilities facilities: telephone, electric, gas, water and sewer lines, their supports and incidental equipment.

      (Ord. 10-16-67. Passed 11-20-67.)

1107.04 AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION.

    "Automobile service station" means a place where gasoline, stored only in underground tanks, and kerosene, lubricating oil, grease and minor accessories for the operation of automobiles are offered for sale directly to the public on the premises, and where automobiles are serviced and washed but no chain conveyor, blower or steam cleaning device is employed. When the dispensing, sale or offering for sale of motor fuels or oil is incidental to the conduct of a public garage, the premises shall be classified as a public garage. Automobile service stations shall not include the sale or storage of new or used automobiles or trailers or major automotive repairs.

(Ord. 10-16-67. Passed 11-20-67.)

1107.05 BASEMENT.

   "Basement" means a story partly or wholly underground. Where more than one-half of its height is above the established curb level or above the average level of the adjoining ground where the curb level has not been established, a basement shall be counted as a story for purposes of height measurement.

(Ord. 10-16-67. Passed 11-20-67.)

1107.06 BILLBOARD.

   "Billboard" means any structure or portion thereof upon which signs or advertisements are used as an outdoor display. This definition does not include bulletin boards used to announce church services, or display court or other public office notices, or signs offering the sale or lease of the premises on which the sign is located.

(Ord. 10-16-67. Passed 11-20-67.)

1107.07 BLOCK.

   "Block" means a tract of land bounded by streets or, in lieu of streets, by public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights of way, bulkhead lines or shore lines of waterways or corporate boundary lines of municipalities.

(Ord. 10-16-67. Passed 11-20-67.)

1107.08 BUILDABLE AREA.

   "Buildable area" means the space remaining on a zoning lot after the minimum open space requirements of this Zoning Ordinance have been complied with.

(Ord. 10-16-67. Passed 11-20-67.)