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10.01
<br /> SECTION 10.01 DEFINITIONS: For the purposes of this ordinance certain terms used herein are
<br /> defined as follows:
<br /> (1) Accessory Building. A subordinate or supplemental building, the use of which is
<br /> incidental to that of the main building on the same lot or the use of the premises
<br /> on which it is located.
<br /> (2) Accessory Use. A use customarily incidental and accessory to the principal'use of a
<br /> lot or parcel, or building or structure on the same lot or parcel as the principal
<br /> use.
<br /> (2a) Agricultural Uses: Beekeeping, dairying, egg production, floriculture, fish or fur
<br /> farming, forest and game management, grazing, livestock raising, orchards, plant
<br /> greenhouses and nurseries, poultry raising, raising of grain, grass, mint and seed
<br /> crops, raising of fruits, nuts, berries, sod farming and vegetable raising.
<br /> (3) Animal Unit. One (1) animal unit shall be defined as being the equivalent of one
<br /> (1) cow, four (4) hogs, 10 sheep, 10 goats, 100 poultry, one (1) horse, one (1) pony
<br /> or one (1) mule.
<br /> (4) Apartment House. A building containing accommodations for more than two (2)
<br /> families living independently of each other.
<br /> (5) Apartment house complex. A group of apartment houses, located on a single parcel of
<br /> land with certain facilities, such as driveways, parking spaces and the like, common
<br /> to the buildings in the complex.
<br /> (6) Boarding house. A building or premises where meals are served by prearrangement for
<br /> definite periods of time for compensation for five (5) or more persons, but not
<br /> exceeding 20 persons, not open to transients in contradiction to hotels restaurants
<br /> open to transients.
<br /> (6a) Boathouse. A building for the storage of boats, canoes and other water craft and
<br /> their accessories.
<br /> (7) Building. Any structure having a roof supported by posts, columns or walls and its
<br /> appendages including balconies, porches and used or intended to be used for the
<br /> shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, equipment, machinery or materials. Also
<br /> included for permit and locational purpose are swimming pools both above and below
<br /> ground, towers for microwave antennas, community television antennas but not for
<br /> towers and posts for lines carrying telephone messages or electricity.
<br /> (8) Building height. The vertical distance, measured from the mean elevation of the
<br /> finished grade along the front of the building to the highest point on the roof for
<br /> flat roofs; . to the mean height level between the eaves and the ridge for gable and
<br /> hip roofs; to the deck line for mansard roofs.
<br /> (9) Building line. The building lines shall be the point at which the building wall or
<br /> any appendage of the building such as steps, chimneys, decks, porches or covered
<br /> patios meet the ground. For earth sheltered homes, the building line is a line
<br /> where the exterior walls of the building if extended vertically would be located on
<br /> the lot.
<br /> (10) Building setback line. Is a line that is parallel to the front or street lot line
<br /> and is located at a distance from either the center line of the adjacent highway or
<br /> the front lot line as provided for in Section 10.17 of this ordinance. For
<br /> triangular or gored lots that do not have the required lot width at the required
<br /> building setback line, the building setback line shall be a line that is parallel to
<br /> the front lot line or if the front lot line or if the front lot line is a curve it
<br /> shall be parallel to the chord of the arc of the curve of the front lot line and
<br /> located at the point on the lot where the length of the line meets the lot width
<br /> requirements of the zoning district in which it is located. (See Also Lot Width)
<br /> (11) Campground. A parcel or tract of land, maintained, intended or used for the purpose
<br /> of supplying temporary to overnight living accommodations to the public by providing
<br /> designated areas for the placement of trailers, tents, buses, automobiles or
<br /> sleeping bags, and may include buildings to provide service to the patrons such as
<br /> restrooms, bathing, laundry and commissary facilities. A primitive campground shall
<br /> be any area or site designatd for camping purposes which is accessible only by
<br /> hiking, boating or canoeing.
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