(A) Rules applying to the text. For the purpose of this chapter, certain rules of construction apply to the text as follows.
(1) Words used in the present tense include the future tense; and the singular includes the plural, unless the context clearly indicates the contrary.
(2) The word
PERSON includes a corporation or firm as well as an individual.
(3) The word
BUILDING includes the word STRUCTURE.
(4) The word
LOT includes the words PLOT, TRACT, or PARCEL.
(5) The term
SHALL is always mandatory and not discretionary; the word MAY is permissive.
(6) The word
USED or OCCUPIED as applied to any land or building shall be construed to include the words "intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied."
(7) Any word or term not interpreted or defined by this chapter shall be used with a meaning of common or standard utilization.
(B) Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACCESSORY BUILDING. A subordinate building or structure on the same lot with a principal or main building, or the part of the main building occupied by or devoted exclusively to an accessory use.
ACCESSORY USE. A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use or building located on the same lot as the principal use or building.
ADULT BOOKSTORE. An establishment that has, as a substantial portion of its stock in trade and offers for sale, for any form of consideration, any one or more of the following:
(a) Books, magazines, periodicals, or other printed matter, or photographs, films, movies, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or other visual representations that are characterized by an emphasis on the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas; or
(b) Instruments, devices, or paraphernalia designed for use as part of, or in connection with, specified sexual activities.
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS. Adult bookstores, adult motion picture theaters, massage parlors, and live nude performances, as defined in M.C.L.A. § 117.4i(e).
ADULT MOTION PICTURE THEATER. An establishment where, for any form of consideration, films, motion pictures, videos, slides, or other photographic reproductions are shown and in which a substantial portion of the total presentation is devoted to the showing of material characterized by an emphasis on the depiction or description of specified anatomical areas or specified sexual activities.
ALLEY. Any dedicated public way other than a street which provides only a secondary means of access to abutting property and is not intended for general traffic circulation.
ALTERATIONS. Any modification, addition, or change in construction or type of occupancy; any change or rearrangement in the structural parts of a building; any enlargement of a building, whether by extending a side or by increasing in height; or the moving from one location to another.
APARTMENT. A room or suite of rooms, including bath and kitchen facilities, in a two-family or multiple dwelling intended or designed for use as a residence by a single-family.
APARTMENT, GARDEN. A group of two or more multiple dwelling buildings, not over two stories in height, located on the same lot, that offer each dwelling unit direct access to an open yard area.
APARTMENT HOUSE. See DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY.
AUTO COURT. See MOTEL.
AWNING, CANOPY OR MARQUEE. A suspended, permanent structure, attached to a building that extends from the building face toward or into the street right-of-way. Projections outside the property lines or into the street right-of-way shall only be approved in compliance with the provisions of the ordinance. The portion of the structure containing a message shall be considered as part of the allowable wall signage.
BASEMENT. A story having part, but not more than one-half, of its height below finished grade. A basement shall be counted as a story for the purposes of height measurement if the vertical distance between the ceiling and the average level of the adjoining ground is more than five feet or if used for business or dwelling purposes.
BOARDING HOUSE. A building, other than a hotel, where, for compensation and by prearrangement for definite periods, meals or lodging and meals are provided for three or more persons.
BUILDING. Any structure having a roof supported by columns or by walls and intended for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of persons, animals, or property.
BUILDING AREA. The total of areas taken on a horizontal plane at the main grade level of the principal building and all accessory buildings exclusive of uncovered porches, terraces, and steps.
BUILDING, FRONT LINE OF. The line or face of the building nearest the front line of the lot. This face includes sun parlors and enclosed porches, but does not include steps.
BUILDING, HEIGHT OF. The vertical distance measured from the mean elevation of the finished grade line of the ground about the front of the building to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs; to the deck line of mansard roofs; and to the mean height level between eaves and ridge for gable, hip, and gambrel roofs.
BUILDING LINES. A line defining the minimum front, side, and rear yard requirements, outside of which no building or structure may be located.
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL. A building in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which it is located.
CAMPGROUND. The uses and activities which take place on a lot or parcel of land for vacation, resort or recreation purposes in accordance with Public Act 368 of 1978, being the Michigan Public Health Code (M.C.L.A. § 333.1101), as administered by the county, district or state public health departments, or successor agencies, including sites offered for the purpose of camping in tents, recreation vehicles or travel trailers for which a fee may or may not be changed for use of a site. CAMPGROUND does not include a seasonal mobile home park licensed under the Mobile Home Commission Act, Public Act 96 of 1987, as amended.
CANOPY. See AWNING.
CELLAR. A story having more than one-half of its height below the average finished level of the adjoining ground. A CELLAR shall not be counted as a story for purposes of height measurement.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. A statement signed by the Zoning Administrator setting forth either that a building or structure complies with this chapter or that a building, structure, or parcel of land may lawfully be employed for specified uses, or both.
CLINIC. An establishment where human patients who are not lodged overnight are admitted for examination and treatment by a group of physicians, dentists, or similar professions.
CLUBS. An organization catering exclusively to members and their guests, or premises and buildings for recreational, artistic, political, or social purposes, which are not conducted primarily for gain and which do not provide merchandising, vending, or commercial activities, except as required incidentally for the membership and purpose of the club.
COMMON LAND. A parcel or parcels of land, together with the improvements thereon, the use, maintenance, and enjoyment of which are intended to be shared by the owners and occupants of the individual building units in a planned unit development.
CONVALESCENT OR NURSING HOME. A building wherein infirm, aged, or incapacitated persons are furnished shelter, care, food, lodging, and needed attention for a compensation.
COURT. An unoccupied open space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a building which is bounded on two or more sides by the walls of the building.
COURT, CLOSED. A court enclosed on all sides by exterior walls of a building, or enclosed on all sides by a combination of exterior building walls and freestanding walls.
COURT, OUTER. A court enclosed on not more than three sides by exterior walls of a building or by a combination of exterior walls and freestanding walls, with one side or end open to a street, alley, or yard.
COVERAGE. The percent of the plot or lot covered by the building area.
DENSITY. The number of dwelling units residing upon or to be developed upon a net acre of land.
DISTRICT. An area of land for which there are uniform regulations governing the use of buildings and premises, density of development, yard requirements, and height limitations.
DORMITORY. A building, or portion thereof, used for housing purposes under the supervision of a college, university, or other institutions.
DWELLING. A building which is occupied wholly as the home, residence or sleeping place by one or more human beings, either permanently or transiently, excluding any garage space, tents, portable buildings, complying with the following standards:
(a) It complies with the minimum square footage requirements of this chapter for the district in which it is located.
(b) It has a minimum width for at least 75% of the floor area across any section of not less than 20 feet.
(c) It is firmly attached to a permanent foundation constructed on the site in accordance with the State of Michigan Construction Code and shall have a wall of the same perimeter dimensions of the dwelling and constructed of such materials and type as required in the applicable building code.
(d) Any dwelling transported to a site is required to have any wheels, axles, towing hitches, or other appurtenances used for towing removed promptly upon placing the dwelling upon its foundation.
(e) It complies with all pertinent building and fire codes. In the case of a mobile home, all construction, plumbing and electrical apparatus and insulation within and connected to the mobile home shall be of a type and quality conforming to the Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards as promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, being 24 C.F.R. § 3280, and as from time to time such standards may be amended.
(f) The foregoing standards shall not apply to a mobile home located in a state licensed mobile home park, except to the extent required by state or federal law, or otherwise specifically required in the ordinance of the village pertaining to the parks.
DWELLING, MOBILE HOME. A dwelling unit manufactured in one or more sections, designed for year-round dwelling purposes, capable of being transported upon its own or a separate wheel chassis and not motorized or self-propelled, but which meets the minimum floor area requirements of this zoning ordinance and installed in accordance with all of the other requirements of this chapter and the construction code specified for dwellings, when located outside of a licensed mobile home park.
DWELLING, MODULAR, MANUFACTURED HOUSING UNIT or PREFABRICATED. A pre-manufactured dwelling, consisting of an assembly of materials and products intended to comprise all or part of such dwelling, and which is assembled at other than its use location, except for incorporation with similar units at the use location for the formulation of a single structure, and which complies with the related sections of the Michigan Construction Code. A modular home shall exceed 20 feet in width.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY. A building, or portion thereof, used or designed to contain separate living units for three or more families, but which may have joint services or facilities or both.
DWELLING, ROW HOUSE OR TOWNHOUSE. Three or more one-family dwelling units, each having access on the first floor to the ground and with common walls separating the dwelling units.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY. A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively by one family.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY. A detached or semi-detached building designed for or occupied exclusively by two families living independently of each other.
DWELLING UNIT. A building, or portion thereof, designed exclusively for residential occupancy by one family and having cooking facilities.
ERECTING. The building, construction, alteration, reconstruction, moving upon, or any physical activity upon a premises or lot.
ESSENTIAL SERVICES. The erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance by public utilities or municipal departments or commissions, of underground or overhead gas, electrical, or telephone transmission or distribution system, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, towers, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith, but not including buildings reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by the public utilities, departments, or commissions.
FAMILY. An individual, or two or more persons occupying a premises and living as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit with single culinary facilities as distinguished from a group occupying a boarding house, lodging house, hotel, club, fraternity, or similar dwelling for group use. Any domestic employees residing on the premises shall be considered as part of the FAMILY.
FARM. A use of land meeting the definition of FARM in the Michigan Right to Farm Act.
FLOODPLAIN. The area defined as the flood plain by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
FLOOR AREA. Sum of the gross horizontal areas of the floors of a building or dwelling unit, measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls, or from the center line of walls separating dwelling units.
GARAGE, PARKING. A structure or series of structures for the temporary storage or parking of motor vehicles, having no public shop or service connected therewith.
GARAGE, PRIVATE. An accessory building or an accessory portion of a principal building designed or used solely for the storage of noncommercial motor vehicles, boats, house trailers, and similar vehicles owned and used by the occupants of the building to which it is accessory.
GASOLINE SERVICE STATION. Any area of land, including any structure or structures thereon, that is used or designed for the supply of gasoline, oil, or other fuel for the propulsion of vehicles. For the purpose of this chapter, this term shall also mean any area or structure used or designed for polishing, greasing, washing, dry cleaning, spraying (but not including painting), or otherwise cleaning or servicing the motor vehicles.
GRADE, FINISHED. The completed surfaces of lawns, walks, and roads brought to grades, as shown on official plans or designs related thereto.
GROUP HOUSING. A residential development involving the ultimate construction of a group of dwelling units, including a combination of one-family, two-family, or multiple-family dwellings on a lot, parcel, or tract of land, or on a combination of lots under one ownership, and containing common services or facilities.
GUEST UNIT. A room or group of rooms occupied, arranged, or designed for occupancy by one or more guests for compensation.
HOME OCCUPATION. An accessory use of a service or professional character conducted within a dwelling by the family residents thereof, which is clearly secondary and incidental to the use of the dwelling for living purposes and does not change the character thereof.
HOTEL. A building in which the rooms are occupied or designed as temporary abiding places for individuals who are lodged with or without meals and in which there are more than ten sleeping rooms served only by a general kitchen and dining facility located within the building.
JUNK YARD. Any land or building over 200 square feet in area used for abandonment, storage, keeping, collecting, or baling of paper, rags, scrap metals, other scrap or discarded materials, or for abandonment, demolition, dismantling, storage, or salvaging of automobiles or other vehicles or machinery, or parts thereof.
KENNEL. Any lot or premises used for the sale, boarding, or breeding of dogs, cats, or other household pets. KENNEL shall also mean the keeping of five dogs, cats, and/or other household pets over the age of six months.
LINE, STREET. The dividing line between a street right-of-way and a lot.
LODGING HOUSE. A building in which three or more rooms are rented and in which no table board is furnished, but not exceeding five persons.
LOT. Land occupied or to be occupied by a building, structure, land use, or group of buildings, together with the open spaces or yards as are required under this chapter and having its principal frontage upon a street.
LOT, CORNER. A lot which has at least two contiguous sides abutting upon a street for their full length.
LOT, DEPTH OF. The mean distance from the street line of the lot to its opposite rear line measured in the general direction of the side lines of the lot.
LOT, INTERIOR. A lot other than a corner lot.
LOT LINE. The lines bounding a lot as herein described.
LOT OF RECORD. A lot which is part of a subdivision, the map of which has been recorded in the office of the County Register of Deeds or a lot described by metes and bounds, the deed to which has been recorded in the office of the County Register of Deeds.
LOT, WIDTH OF. The width measured along the front lot line or street line.
MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. A public street, the principal use or function of which is to provide an arterial route for through traffic, with its secondary use or function the provision of access to abutting property. Major thoroughfares in the village are M-52, Grand River Avenue, Elm Road, Main Street, Pardee Road, Webberville Road, and Gramer Road.
MARQUEE. See AWNING.
MARIJUANA GROW OPERATION. A commercial facility licensed under Public Act 281 of 2016 and Initiated Law 1 of 2018 that cultivates, dries, trims, or cures marijuana for sale to a processor or provisioning center.
MARIJUANA PROCESSING FACILITY. A commercial facility licensed under Public Act 281 of 2016 and Initiated Law 1 of 2018 that purchases marijuana from a licensed grow operation and extracts resin from the marijuana or creates a marijuana-infused product for sale and transfer in packaged form to a provisioning center.
MARIJUANA SAFETY COMPLIANCE FACILITY. A commercial facility licensed under Public Act 281 of 2016 and Initiated Law 1 of 2018 that receives marijuana from a licensed grow operation, licensed processing facility, or licensed caregiver, tests it for contaminants and for tetrahydrocannabinol and other cannabinoids, returns the test results, and may return the marijuana to the marijuana facility.
MARIJUANA SECURE TRANSPORTER. A commercial facility licensed under Public Act 281 of 2016 and Initiated Law 1 of 2018 that stores marijuana and transports marijuana between marijuana facilities for a fee.
MARIJUANA PROVISIONING CENTER. A commercial facility licensed under Public Act 281 of 2016 and Initiated Law 1 of 2018 that purchases marijuana from a licensed grower or processor and sells, supplies, or provides marijuana to consumers. The term "provisioning center" shall include any commercial property where marijuana is sold at retail. A noncommercial location used by a primary caregiver to assist a qualifying patient connected to the caregiver through the department's marijuana registration process in accordance with the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act is not a provisioning center for purposes of this chapter.
MASSAGE PARLOR. An establishment or place primarily in the business of providing massage services and is not a myotherapy establishment regulated by this chapter.
MINOR STREET. A public way, the principal use or function of which is to give access to abutting properties. All public roadways in the village not listed as “major thoroughfares” shall be designated as “minor streets.”
MOBILE HOME. A dwelling unit manufactured in one or more sections, designed for year-round, temporary or transient dwelling purposes, capable of being transported upon its own or a separate wheeled chassis, not motorized or self-propelled, built for the purpose of being located in a licensed mobile home park, meets the requirements of the FHA Standards of the Unite States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and installed in accordance with the zoning ordinance and construction code.
MOBILE HOME PARK. For the purpose of this chapter a specifically designated parcel of land constructed and designed to accommodate three or more mobile homes for residential dwelling use, and complies with the requirements of, the Mobile Home Commission Act, Public Act 96 of 1987 as amended, M.C.L.A. § 125.2301 and the provisions of this chapter.
MOBILE HOME, SITE, SPACE or PAD. Specified area of ground within a mobile home park intended for the location of one mobile home.
MOTEL. A building or group of buildings, whether detached or in connecting units, used as individual sleeping or dwelling units designed primarily for transient automobile travelers and providing for accessory off-street parking facilities. The term MOTEL shall include buildings designated as AUTO COURTS, TOURIST COURTS, MOTOR COURTS, MOTOR HOTEL, and similar appellations which are designed as integrated units of individual rooms under common ownership.
NONCONFORMING USE. A building, structure, or use of land existing at the time of enactment of this chapter and which does not conform to the regulations of the district or zone in which it is situated.
OPEN SPACE. Any unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with a building.
PLAN, GENERAL DEVELOPMENT. An adopted statement of policy by the Planning Commission relative to the agreed-upon desirable physical pattern of future community development, consisting of a series of maps, charts, and written material that represents a sound conception of how the community should grow in order to bring about the very best community living conditions.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. A land area which has both individual building sites and common property, such as a park, and which is designed and developed under one owner or organized group as a separate neighborhood or community unit.
PLANNING COMMISSION. The Village Planning Commission.
PRINCIPAL USE. The main use to which the premises are devoted and the principal purpose for which the premises exists.
PUBLIC UTILITY. Any person, firm, corporation, municipal department, or board fully authorized to furnish to the public electricity, gas, steam, telephone, telegraph, transportation, or water.
RECREATION, PRIVATE. A recreational space or structure, or combination thereof, belonging to and/or operated by private interests for use by private individuals and/or organizations and/or the public, consisting primarily of human-made structures and/or other artificial apparatus which are necessary to or form the basis for the use.
RECREATION, PUBLIC. Any recreational space or structure owned by the public or any space and structure or combination thereof privately owned, and publicly used consisting primarily of the utilization of natural physical features as the basis for the use. (Structures and artificial apparatus being secondary to the primary outdoor use.)
RIGHT-OF-WAY. A street, alley, or other thoroughfare or easement permanently established for passage of persons, vehicles, or the location of utilities.
SECONDARY THOROUGHFARE. A public street, the principal use or function of which is to provide an arterial route for through traffic, with its secondary use or function the provision of access to abutting property, and which has been classified as such upon the General Development Plan of the village.
SIGN. Any structure or part thereof or device attached thereto or painted or represented thereon, or any material or thing, illuminated or otherwise, which displays or includes any numeral, letter, word, model, banner, emblem, insignia, device, code mark or other representation used in such manner as to attract attention from outside the premises. Except signs not exceeding one square foot in area bearing only property numbers, post box numbers or names of occupants of the premises.
SIGN, AREA. The surface of the structure used to convey the message exclusive of the necessary supports or any appurtenances required by the Building Code. The area of open sign structures, consisting of letters or symbols without a solid surface in-between, shall be calculated on the basis of the total area within the perimeter of the group of letters and/or symbols. The area of a double face sign, which is constructed back to back as a single unit, shall be calculated according to the surface area of one side only.
SIGN, AWNING, CANOPY OR MARQUEE. A sign attached to a rigid and permanent awning, canopy or marquee projecting from the front face of the building.
SIGN, BILLBOARD. A sign, including advertising structures, on which the written or pictorial information is intended to advertise a use, product, service, goods, event or facility located on other premises, and which is intended primarily for advertising purposes, as defined and regulated by 1972 P.A. 106, as amended.
SIGN, FREE STANDING. A sign supported by a structure independent of any other structure.
SIGN, HEIGHT OF. The vertical distance to the top edge of the copy area or structure, whichever is higher, as measured from the adjacent ground grade upon which it is located.
SIGN, ILLUMINATED. A sign lighted by the use of any man-made illumination.
SIGN, MESSAGE CENTER. An illuminated sign with characters, numbers, letters or illustrations that can be changed or rearranged without altering the face or the surface of the sign. The display lighting is generally LED-type, and the message is programmable.
SIGN, MOBILE. Any sign not permanently attached to the ground or a building.
SIGN, NON-ILLUMINATED. A sign only visible under natural light conditions.
SIGN, PROJECTING. A sign affixed to any building or structure other than an awning, canopy or marquee, that projects in such a way that the message is not parallel to the wall to which it is attached.
SIGN, SANDWICH BOARD. An advertising sign constructed in a manner as to form an “A” or tent-like shape, which is moveable and not secured to the ground or surface upon which it is located.
SIGN, SEQUENTIAL ILLUMINATION. A sign with characters, numbers, letters or illustrations that are illuminated individually in a progressive sequence.
SIGN, TEMPORARY. A sign that is intended to be displayed for a limited period of time, for up to one year. Any temporary sign that is placed for a longer time period than one year shall be treated and regulated as a freestanding sign.
SIGN, TOURIST-ORIENTED DIRECTIONAL. A sign used to provide motorists with advanced notice of a tourist-oriented activity, as defined and regulated by 1996 P.A. 299, as amended.
SIGN, WALL. A sign attached to or erected against the wall of a building with the face in a plane parallel to the plane of the building wall.
SIGN, WINDOW. A sign installed on or in a window for purposes of viewing from outside the premises. This term does not include merchandise located in a window.
SITE, NET AREA. The total area within the property lines of a project or development, excluding streets.
SPECIFIED ANATOMICAL AREAS. Any one or more of the following:
(a) Less than completely covered human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, or female breasts below a point immediately above the top of the aureola; or
(b) Human male genitals in a discernible turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered.
SPECIFIED SEXUAL ACTIVITIES. Any one or more of the following:
(a) The fondling or erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, or female breasts;
(b) Human sex acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including, but not limited to, intercourse, oral copulation, or sodomy;
(c) Human masturbation, actual or simulated;
(d) Human excretory functions as part of, or as related to, any of the activities described above; and
(e) Physical violence, bondage, mutilation, or rape, actual or simulated, as part of or as related to any of the activities described above.
STABLE, PRIVATE. An accessory building in which horses are kept for private use and not for hire, remuneration, or sale.
STORY. The portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it.
STORY, HALF. A space under a sloping roof which has the line of intersection of roof decking and wall face not more than three feet above the top floor level and in which space not more than two-thirds of the floor area is finished off for use. A HALF STORY containing independent apartments or living quarters shall be counted as a full story.
STORY, HEIGHT OF. The vertical distance from the top surface of one floor to the top surface of the next above. The height of the top-most story is the distance from the top surface of the floor to the top surface of the ceiling joints.
STREET. A public thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property.
STREET LINE. The legal line of demarcation between a street and abutting land.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS. Any change in the supporting members of a building such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders, or any substantial changes in the roof and exterior walls.
STRUCTURE. Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on the ground or attachment to something having location on the ground.
SUBSTANTIAL PORTION. A use or activity accounting for more than 5% of any one or more of the following: stock in trade, display space, floor space, or viewing time, movie display time, or entertainment time measured per month.
TENT SITE. See CAMPGROUND.
TRAILER CAMP. See CAMPGROUND.
TRAILER COACH. See MOBILE HOME.
TRAILER PARK. See MOBILE HOME PARK.
TRAVEL TRAILER. A portable non-motorized vehicular unit primarily designed for travel and/or recreational usage, which may also contain facilities for periodic overnight lodging. This term also includes folding campers and truck-mounted campers but does not include mobile homes.
USE. The purpose for which land or a building is arranged, designed, or intended, or for which land or a building may be occupied.
VARIANCE. A variance is a relaxation of the terms of this chapter where the variance will not be contrary to the public interest and where, owing to conditions peculiar to the property and not the result of the actions of the applicant, a literal enforcement of this chapter would result in unnecessary and undue hardship.
YARD. An open space on the same lot with a building, unoccupied, and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided herein. The measurement of a yard shall be construed as the minimum horizontal distance between the lot line and the building line.
YARD, FRONT. A yard extending across the front of a lot between the side lot lines and measured between the front line of the lot and the nearest point of the main building or land use.
YARD, REAR. An open space on the same lot with a main building unoccupied except as herein permitted, extending the full width of the lot and situated between the rear line of the lot and the rear line of the building projected to the side lines of the lot. The depth of the rear yard shall be measured between the rear line of the lot or the center line of the alley, if there be an alley, and the rear line of the building.
YARD, SIDE. An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with the building, situated between the building and the side line of the lot and extending from the front yard to the rear yard. Any lot line not a front line or a rear line shall be deemed a side line.
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. Appointed officer of the Village Council to effect proper administration of this chapter.
ZONING PERMIT. Permit required for any change in use of land or structure in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 146, passed 3-2-1998; Ord. 153, passed 5-3-1999; Ord. 206, passed 8-24-2009; Ord. 230, passed 12-9-2014; Res., passed 6-11-2019; Ord., passed 8-10-2021)