PART THREE — ZONING CODE
Title VII — Zoning Code
Chapter 325 — Definitions
Complete to December 31, 2007CROSS REFERENCES
Subdivision defined, CO 309.01
Residence and Dwelling House Districts defined, CO 335.02
Local Retail Business District defined, CO 343.01
Shopping Center District defined, CO 343.02
University and college defined, CO 343.06
General Retail Business District defined, CO 343.11
Service station definitions, CO 343.14
Residence-Industry District defined, CO 345.01
Height limit defined, CO 353.01
Housing Code definitions, CO Ch 363
325.01 Meaning of Words and Phrases
For the purposes of this Zoning Code, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivatives shall have the meaning given in the succeeding sections. Words used in the singular include the plural.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.02 Accessory Use or Building
"Accessory use" or "building" means a subordinate use or building customarily incident to and located on the same lot with the main use or building.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.03 Accessory Parking Space
"Accessory parking space" means an area open or enclosed, of not less than 180 square feet accessible from a street, exclusive of drives or access area and to be used solely for the storage or parking of motor vehicles for use by the owner, tenants, visitors, patients, clients, customers or employees of the main building, structure or land use. Off-street loading requirements shall not be considered as accessory off-street parking spaces.
(Ord. No. 1205-58. Passed 6-30-58, eff. 8-10-58)
325.04 Alley
"Alley" means any public space or thoroughfare twenty feet or less in width, but not less than ten feet in width, which has been dedicated or deeded to the public for public travel and affords access to abutting property.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.05 Apartment Hotel
"Apartment hotel" means a building or part of a building used for permanent occupancy containing living, sleeping or eating facilities, provided not more than ten percent of the dwelling units shall be designed for transient accommodations. Such eating facilities may include a dining room and private bar room accessible only from the interior of the building, and such eating facilities shall not have any exterior advertising.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.06 Apartment House
"Apartment house" means a Class A multiple dwelling containing three or more dwelling units.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.07 Automobile Laundry
"Automobile laundry" means a building or other structure or premises, or part thereof, used for the washing of motor vehicles.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.08 Auto Sales Lot
"Auto sales lot" means any land used primarily for the sale of new or used motor vehicles fit for transportation and complying with requirements of ordinances of the City and statutes of the State regarding such vehicles.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.09 Auto Wrecking Yard
"Auto wrecking yard" means any land, building or other structure used primarily for the dismantling of motor vehicles for the purpose of converting such dismantled motor vehicles into scrap metal or salvageable parts.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.092 Berm
A raised landscaped mound of earth used for screening, noise reduction, or beautification.
(Ord. No. 3077-A-89. Passed 6-17-91, eff. 7-27-91)
325.10 Building
"Building" means a structure designed, built or occupied as a shelter or roofed enclosure for persons, animals or property. "Building" shall be construed under this Zoning Code as if followed by the words "or parts thereof" and shall include tents, lunch wagons, dining cars, camp cars, trailers and other roofed structures on wheels or other supports used for residential, business, mercantile, storage, commercial, industrial, institutional assembly, educational or recreational purposes. For the purposes of this definition "roof" includes an awning or other similar covering, whether or not permanent in nature.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.11 Building Line
"Building line" means the line between which and the street line or lot line, no building or other structure or portion thereof, except as provided in this Zoning Code, may be erected above the grade level. The building line is considered a vertical surface intersecting the ground on such line.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.12 Central Business District
"Central Business District" means the area bounded as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the center lines of West 10 Street and Cleveland Memorial Shoreway; thence northeasterly along said center line of said Cleveland Memorial Shoreway to the center line of West 8 Street; thence northwesterly along said center line of West 8 Street to the Harbor line of Lake Erie; thence northeasterly along said Harbor line of Lake Erie to its intersection with the northwesterly prolongation of the center line of East 12 Street; thence southeasterly along said northwesterly prolongation and along said center line of East 12 Street to its intersection with said center line of said Cleveland Memorial Shoreway; thence northeasterly along said center line of said Cleveland Memorial Shoreway to its intersection with the center line of the Inner Belt Freeway as established by Ordinance 1845-47, effective October 22, 1947; thence southerly and southwesterly along said center line of said Inner Belt Freeway to the center line of Broadway; thence northwesterly along said center line of Broadway to the center line of Carnegie Avenue, S.E.; thence southwesterly along said center line of Carnegie Avenue S.E. to the center line of Huron Road, S.E.; thence northwesterly along said center line of Huron Road, S.E. to the center line of Superior Avenue N.W.; thence westerly along said center line of Superior Avenue, N.W.; thence westerly along said center line of Superior Avenue, N.W. to the center line of West 10 Street; thence northerly along said center line of West 10 Street to the place of beginning, and as outlined in red on the map hereto attached be and the same is now defined as the Central Business District.
(Ord. No. 1333-97. Passed 8-13-97, eff. 8-20-97)
325.121 Correctional Halfway House
"Correctional halfway house" means a premises which provides room and board and correctional oversight, pursuant to a contract to provide those services for the Federal Bureau of Prisons or the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections or the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Department of Probation or any other governmental entity with jurisdiction to provide correctional services, to adults who have been assigned to such facility by either a governmental authority or a court of law. Such premises may be one building or a grouping of buildings located on contiguous properties.
(Ord. No. 2215-96. Passed 4-7-97, eff. 4-7-97; Reprinted 7-2-97 CR)
325.13 Court
"Court" means an open, unoccupied space, other than a yard, bounded on two or more sides by the exterior walls of a building, or by exterior walls and lot lines.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58. eff. 4-15-58)
325.14 Court, Height
"Height" as applied to a court, means the vertical distance from the lowest level of the court as actually constructed, or from the grade level, whichever is higher, to the top of the walls bounding the court, or to the level under consideration. In case the tops of such walls are at different elevations, the measurement shall be taken to the average elevation of the two highest walls that are opposite.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.15 Court, Inner
"Inner court" means a court enclosed on all sides by exterior walls of a building, or by exterior walls and lot lines other than street or alley lines.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.16 Court, Length
"Length", as applied to an outer court, means the mean horizontal distance between the open and closed ends of the court.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.17 Court, Outer
"Outer court" means a court enclosed on not more than three sides by exterior walls of a building, or by exterior walls and lot lines, with one side or end open to a street or yard, or to an alley or other permanent open public space not less than twenty feet wide.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.18 Court, Width
"Width," as applied to an inner court, means its least horizontal dimension. Width, as applied to an outer court, is the shortest horizontal dimension measured in a direction substantially parallel with the principal open end of such court.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.181 Drip Line
The perimeter formed by the points furthest away from the trunk of a tree where precipitation falling from the branches of that tree lands on the ground.
(Ord. No. 3077-A-89. Passed 6-17-91, eff. 7-27-91)
325.19 Dwelling House
"Dwelling house" means a detached house designed for and occupied exclusively as the residence of not more than two families, each living as an independent housekeeping unit.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.191 Dwelling, Single-Family Attached
A single-family dwelling attached to one or more other single-family dwellings by one or more common vertical walls with each dwelling located on a separate lot.
(Ord. No. 3077-A-89. Passed 6-17-91, eff. 7-27-91)
325.20 Dwelling Unit
"Dwelling unit" means one or more rooms providing complete living facilities for one family, including equipment for cooking or provisions for the same, and including rooms for living, sleeping and eating.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.21 Exception, Special
"Special exception" means an exception to the provisions of this Zoning Code, specifically mentioned in this Zoning Code as one which may be granted by and at the discretion of the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.22 Family
"Family" means one or more persons related by blood, adoption or marriage, or a family foster home, living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit, exclusive of house-hold servants. A number of persons, but not exceeding three living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit though not related by blood, adoption or marriage shall be deemed to constitute a family. A "family foster home" means a family related by blood, adoption or marriage as defined above with no more than five foster children.
(Ord. No. 919-88. Passed 6-20-88, eff. 6-24-88)
325.221 Fence—Repealed
Note: Former section 325.221 was repealed by Ord. No. 1811-2000, passed 2-12-01, eff. 2-20-01.
325.222 Fence Height—Repealed
Note: Former section 325.222 was repealed by Ord. No. 1811-2000, passed 2-12-01, eff. 2-20-01.
325.223 Fence Open—Repealed
Note: Former section 325.223 was repealed by Ord. No. 1811-2000, passed 2-12-01, eff. 2-20-01.
325.23 Floor Area
"Floor area" means a floor space enclosed by exterior walls or fire walls or by a combination of them.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.24 Floor Area, Gross
For the purpose of determining the ratio of the floor area of a building to the area of the lot, the "gross floor area" means the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of the building excluding areas used for accessory garage purposes and such basement and cellar areas as are devoted exclusively to uses accessory to the operation of the building. All horizontal dimensions shall be taken from the exterior faces of walls, including walls or other enclosures of enclosed porches. In computing the gross floor areas of buildings in residence districts, areas of floors with story heights greater than ten feet shall be considered as H/10 times the gross area of the floor, where "H" is the height of the story in feet measured from the floor level to one foot above the ceiling level for top stories, and from floor level to floor level for other stories.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.25 Front Yard
"Front yard" means a yard across the full width of the lot, extending from the setback or specific building line or front yard line to the street line.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.26 Front Yard Line
"Front yard line" means a line on or back of the street line between which and the street line no building or other structure or portion thereof, except as provided in this Zoning Code, may be erected above grade level. The front yard line shall be the building line for the front of a building.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.27 Garage, Community
"Community garage" means a building or part thereof for the storage of automobiles of residents of the vicinity and in which ordinary maintenance service on such vehicles may be provided.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.28 Garage, Private
"Private garage" means a building or part thereof accessory to a main building and providing for the storage of automobiles and in which no occupation or business for profit is carried on.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.29 Garage, Public or Storage
"Public or storage garage" means a building or part thereof other than a private garage or a community garage for the storage of motor vehicles and in which service station activities may be carried on.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.30 Garage, Repair
"Repair garage" means a building or part thereof in which general repair of any kind is performed on motor vehicles.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.31 Garage, Service
"Service garage" means a repair garage accessory to an automobile salesroom and primarily for the repair and servicing of automobiles of the make sold in the salesroom.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.32 Grade Level
"Grade level" means the mean elevation of the curb level opposite those walls of the main building that are located on or within five feet of the street line; where all the walls of the main building are more than five feet back from the street line, the grade level is the mean elevation of the ground adjoining the building on all sides.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.33 Hand Laundry
"Hand laundry" means a laundry which occupies not more than 1,200 square feet of floor space and within which not more than five persons are engaged in laundry activities.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.34 Height, Building
"Building height" means the vertical distance measured from the grade level to the average height of the coping of the street or outside wall for flat roofs, to the deck line of mansard roofs and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, gambrel or hip roofs.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.35 Hotel
"Hotel" means a building or part thereof operated as a public inn and containing ten or more guest rooms for hire.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.36 Institutional H Occupancy Classification
"Institutional H Occupancy Classification" means a building classification based on occupancy which includes all buildings in which people suffering from physical limitation because of health or age are harbored for medical, charitable or other care or treatment, and includes, among others:
Hospitals
Sanitariums and sanitoriums
Infirmaries
Nursing homes
Convalescent homes
Old folks homes
Homes for the aged
Rest homes
Orphanages
Nurseries for children under five years of age.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.37 Interior Side Yard
"Interior side yard" means a side yard which is not a side street yard.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.38 Junk
"Junk" means any worn out, cast-off or discarded article or material which is ready for destruction or has been collected or stored for salvage or conversion to some use. Any article or material which, unaltered or unchanged and without further reconditioning, can be used for its original purpose as readily as when new shall not be considered junk.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.39 Junk Car
"Junk car" means a used car not placed in a safe operating condition for use on the highway within thirty days after it has become unsafe for use on the highway.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.40 Junk Yard
"Junk yard" means any land or building or other structure used for the storage, collection, processing or conversion of any worn out, cast-off or discarded metal, paper, glass or other material which is ready for destruction, or has been collected or stored for salvage or conversion to some use.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.401 Kennels
"Kennel" means a place where dogs are bred for hunting, or for sale, or for any gain.
(Ord. No. 1900-06. Passed 6-4-07, eff. 6-7-07)
Note: Former section 325.401 was renumbered to 325.402 by Ord. No. 1900-06, § 2, passed 6-4-07, eff. 6-7-07.
325.402 Light Assembly
The assembly of premanufactured parts into finished products by use of small power tools and/or hand tools and such jigs and fixtures as are necessary, but specifically excluding any forging, metal stamping, shearing or casting operations.
(Ord. No. 656-05. Passed 6-6-05, eff. 6-15-05)
Note: Section 325.402 is former section 325.401, renumbered by Ord. No. 1900-06, § 2, passed 6-4-07, eff. 6-7-07.
325.41 Lot
"Lot" (plot) means a portion or parcel of land considered as a unit, devoted or to be devoted to a certain use or occupied by a building or group of buildings and accessory uses that are united by a common interest or use, and the open spaces belonging to the same. A lot may or may not be a platted lot.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.42 Lot, Corner
"Corner lot" means a lot at the point of intersection of and abutting on two intersecting streets, each more than twenty feet in width, the angle of the intersection being not more than 135 degrees. It is the land occupied or to be occupied by the corner building and its accessory buildings. For the purposes of this Zoning Code, in computing the area of a corner lot or in applying the yard regulations, the width shall be considered as extending not more than fifty feet from the side street line measured at right angles thereto, or to the actual lot line, whichever distance is less, and the depth shall be considered as 150 feet, or the actual depth, whichever is less.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.43 Lot Depth
"Lot depth" means 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.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.44 Lot Line
"Lot line" means the boundary of a lot separating it from adjoining land, public or private. It may or may not be the boundary line of a lot in a recorded subdivision.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.45 Lot, Side Line
"Lot, side line" means any lot line not a front line or a rear line. The side line of a corner lot is the line 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. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.46 Lot Width
"Lot width" means the mean width measured at right angles to its depth.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.47 Main Building
"Main building" means the building or space occupied by the chief use or activity on the premises.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.471 Mental Health Center
An institution providing in-patient or out-patient care or therapy for individuals affected by mental illness, developmental disabilities, alcoholism or substance abuse and others needing psychological therapy but which does not serve as a residence for such individuals.
(Ord. No. 656-05. Passed 6-6-05, eff. 6-15-05)
325.48 Motor Freight Depot or Trucking Terminal
"Motor freight depot" or "trucking terminal" means a place, building or part thereof where merchandise, property or freight transported by motor vehicles, including trailers, to or from outside the limits of Cuyahoga County is received, stored, transferred, loaded, unloaded, delivered or dispatched, and includes any parking space, gasoline filling station, service or repair shop or other accessory service operated in conjunction therewith.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.481 Motor Vehicle
Any self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed primarily for transportation of persons or goods on public streets. Motor vehicles include automobiles, buses, trucks, self-propelled recreational vehicles except boats, self-propelled farm and construction implements, and both the tractor and trailer portions of tractor-trailers. Motor vehicles exclude train and train cars, aircraft, boats, trailers and manufactured homes.
(Ord. No. 3077-A-89. Passed 6-17-91, eff. 7-27-91)
325.49 Multiple Dwelling
"Multiple dwelling" means a building other than a dwelling house, row house or institution occupied in whole or in part as a residence. It includes apartment houses, rooming houses and other buildings classified as Class A or Class B multiple dwellings.
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.50 Multiple Dwelling, Class A
"Multiple dwelling, Class A," means a multiple dwelling occupied more or less permanently for residence purposes by more than two families and in which the rooms are occupied in apartments, suites or groups, each comprising a dwelling unit. Class A multiple dwellings include, among others:
Apartment houses
Apartment hotels
Studio apartments
Tenement houses
Bachelor apartments
Duplex apartments
Kitchenette apartments
Garden-type apartments
(0rd. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.51 Multiple Dwelling, Class B
"Multiple dwelling, Class B," means a multiple dwelling occupied, as a rule transiently, as the more or less temporary abode of individuals or families with or without meals, and in which, as a rule, the rooms are occupied singly and not as dwelling units. Class B multiple dwellings include, among others:
Lodge houses
Rooming houses
Boarding houses
Furnished room houses
Tourist homes
Club houses with sleeping accommodations
Fraternity houses
Sorority houses
Dormitories
Convents
Monasteries
School and college buildings containing sleeping accommodations
(Ord. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.52 Nonconforming Use
"Nonconforming use" means a use of a building or premises that does not conform to the regulations of the use district in which it is located.
(0rd. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.53 Nonconformity
"Nonconformity" means any feature, such as location, size, bulk, height or use of a building or premises, that does not conform to the regulations of the district in which it is located.
(0rd. No. 1105-57. Passed 4-14-58, eff. 4-15-58)
325.532 Opacity
The percentage of vision-obscuring solid materials visible when screening is viewed horizontally from grade level_or from the level of the roof at the base of the screening in the case of roof-mounted screening_to the top of the screening upon installation, or, in the case of landscape screening, starting no later than twelve (12) months after installation.
(Ord. No. 3077-A-89. Passed 6-17-91, eff. 7-27-91)
325.533 Open Sales Lot
Open land that is used or occupied for the purpose of buying, selling, or storing prior to sale passenger cars, trucks, motor scooters, motorcycles, boats, trailers, recreational vehicles, manufactured homes, cemetery monuments, nursery plants or supplies, or other merchandise.
(Ord. No. 3077-A-89. Passed 6-17-91, eff. 7-27-91)
325.54 Parkway
"Parkway" means an arterial highway with full or partial control of access located within a park or a ribbon of park-like development.
(Ord. No. 845-62. Passed 4-27-64, eff. 4-27-64)
325.55 Public Notice
Except as provided in Section 329.01(k), "public notice" of a hearing or procedure means notice of the time and place thereof published in one issue of the City Record at least seven days previous to the hearing.
(0rd. No. 2145-82. Passed 11-5-84, eff. 11-8-84)
325.56 Rear Yard
"Rear yard" means a yard immediately in the rear of the main building on the lot and across the full width of the lot. It may or may not be on the opposite side of the building from the front yard.
(0rd. No. 845-62. Passed 4-27-64, eff. 4-27-64)
325.57 Required Yard Lines
"Required yard lines" means the lines whose location with respect to lot lines provides required yard spaces.
(Ord. No. 845-62. Passed 4-27-64, eff. 4-27-64)
325.570 Research Laboratory
A facility for scientific research, testing, experimentation, or product development but not primarily for manufacture, sale or storage of products.
(Ord. No. 656-05. Passed 6-6-05, eff. 6-15-05)
325.571 Rock Crushing
“Rock Crushing” means any activity that uses mechanical processes to break down rock into gravel or other small particulate matter. Rock means any man-made or naturally formed consolidated or coherent and relatively hard mass of material including but not limited to stone, concrete, cement, asphalt, conglomerate or any similar material.
(Ord. No. 1183-03. Passed 7-16-03, eff. 7-23-03)
325.58 Rooming House
"Rooming house" or "furnished room house" means a building or part thereof not a hotel or inn in which sleeping rooms are available for hire as lodging with or without meals. Where equipment for cooking or provisions for the same are included in a sleeping room, such room shall be deemed to be a dwelling unit.
(Ord. No. 845-62. Passed 4-27-64, eff. 4-27-64)
325.59 Row House
"Row House" has the same meaning as "townhouse unit" as defined in division (b) of Section 337.031.
(Ord. No. 552-96. Passed 6-10-96, eff. 6-19-96)
325.60 Service Station
"Service station" means a use of premises primarily for the retail sale of gasoline or other motor vehicle fuels and oil for delivery into automotive vehicles, and may include the retail sale of lubricants, tires, batteries and automotive accessories; the rendering of services and the making of adjustments and replacements to motor vehicles; the washing, waxing and polishing of motor vehicles as incidental to other services rendered; the washing of motor vehicles with self-service coin operated equipment without an independent structure therefor; and the making of repairs to motor vehicles except repairs of a major type which are defined to be spray painting, body, fender, clutch, transmission, differential, axle, spring and frame repairs, major overhauling of engines requiring the removal of engine cylinder head or crankcase pan, repairs to radiators requiring the removal thereof or complete recapping or retreading of tires.
(0rd. No. 130-69. Passed 9-22-69, eff. 9-24-69)
325.61 Setback Building Line
"Setback building line" means a building line back of the street line.
(Ord. No. 845-62. Passed 4-27-64, eff. 4-27-64)
325.62 Side Yard
"Side yard" means a yard along the side line of a lot and extending from the front building line to the rear yard line or, in the case of a side street yard, to the rear lot line.
(0rd. No. 1891-68. Passed 11-4-68, eff. 11-6-68)
325.63 Side Street Yard
"Side street yard" means a side yard along the side street the width of which extends from a setback building line to a street line.
(0rd. No. 845-62. Passed 4-27-64, eff. 4-27-64)
325.64 Reserved
Note: Former Section 325.64 was repealed by Ord. No. 729-91, passed 3-28-91, eff. 4-2-91.
325.65 Specific Building Line
"Specific building line" means a setback building line indicated and located on the Building Zone Map.
(Ord. No. 845-62. Passed 4-27-64, eff. 4-27-64)
325.66 Street
"Street" means a public thoroughfare more than twenty feet wide which has been dedicated or deeded to the public for public use.
(Ord. No. 845-62. Passed 4-27-64, eff. 4-27-64)
325.67 Street or Alley Line
"Street or alley line" means the lot line dividing the lot from, respectively, a street or an alley.
(Ord. No. 845-62. Passed 4-27-64, eff. 4-27-64)
325.68 Street, Residence
"Residence street" means that portion of a street between its intersections with two other streets where the majority of the frontage is within a residence district.
(Ord. No. 845-62. Passed 4-27-64, eff. 4-27-64)
325.69 Street, Side
"Side street" means the street along the side lines of a corner lot.
(0rd. No. 845-62. Passed 4-27-64, eff. 4-27-64)
325.70 Street, Width
"Street width" means the width of a street in any block between the intersecting streets, and means the average distance between street lines on opposite sides of the street.
(0rd. No. 845-62. Passed 4-27-64, eff. 4-27-64)
325.71 Structure
"Structure" means anything built or erected including, among other things, outdoor pay telephones, buildings, stadia, reviewing stands, bandstands, bleachers, booths, swimming pools, platforms, towers, bridges, trestles, bins, fences, barriers, poles, tanks above or below ground and signs, and also means the supporting framework or supporting parts of a building. "Structure" shall be construed as if followed by "or parts thereof."
(0rd. No. 1989-01. Passed 10-22-01, eff. 11-1-01 without the signature of the Mayor)
325.72 Tourist Home
"Tourist home" means a rooming house in which transients are lodged for hire.
(Ord. No. 845-62. Passed 4-27-64, eff. 4-27-64)
325.721 Use, Accessory
A subordinate land use located on the same lot or parcel as a Principal Use (except as may be specifically permitted hereunder to be located on a separate lot) and serving a purpose customarily incidental to that of the Principal Use.
(Ord. No. 3077-A-89. Passed 6-17-91, eff. 7-27-91)
325.723 Use, Principal
The main use of a lot or parcel as distinguished from an Accessory Use.
(Ord. No. 3077-A-89. Passed 6-17-91, eff. 7-27-91)
325.73 Used Car
"Used car" means a motor vehicle which, notwithstanding age or condition, is such that it can be placed in a safe operating condition for use on the highway.
(0rd. No. 845-62. Passed 4-27-64, eff. 4-27-64)
325.731 Valet Parking Area
An off-street parking area in which attendants in the employ of the parking facility either park or direct the parking of all vehicles.
(Ord. No. 3077-A-89. Passed 6-17-91, eff. 7-27-91)
325.732 Wrecking Yard
Any place other than a motor vehicle repair establishment where there are stored in the open three (3) or more motor vehicles, as defined herein, or trailers, boats, or similar vehicles, that are not in operating condition and have not been restored to operation within thirty (30) days of their arrival, or where parts of such items are stored in the open.
(Ord. No. 3077-A-89. Passed 6-17-91, eff. 7-27-91)
325.74 Variance
"Variance" means a deviation from requirements of this Zoning Code granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals in cases of practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship under the provisions of and as limited in Sections 329.03 and 329.04.
(Ord. No. 845-62. Passed 4-27-64, eff. 4-27-64)
325.741 Xeriscape
Landscaping using native or adapted plantings characterized by low water usage.
(Ord. No. 3077-A-89. Passed 6-17-91, eff. 7-27-91)
325.75 Yard
"Yard" means an open space on the same lot with a main building or structure, extending between the lot line and the extreme front, rear or side wall of the main building or structure.
(Ord. No. 845-62. Passed 4-27-64, eff. 4-27-64)
325.76 Skate Board Facility
"Skate board facility" means any structure which is erected for private or public skate board use.
(Ord. No. 235-88. Passed 6-13-88, eff. 6-15-88)
325.77 Temporary Use
"Temporary use" means any main or accessory use in any Use District involving the erection or occupancy of temporary structures.
(Ord. No. 2228-A-88. Passed 2-27-89, eff. 3-7-89)