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SECTION 10.01 (19) Family: Any number of individuals related by blood or marriage, or not to exceed five (5) persons not so related, living:. together on the premises as a single house- keeping unit, including any domestic servants. (20) Garage, Private: An accessory building Or accessory. portion Of the main building, used, or designed or intended to be used for the storage of private motor vehicles be- longing to the family or families resident .on the premises, and in which no business, service or industry connected directly or indirectly with motor vehicles is carried on, and provided that not more than one-half of the space may be rented for private vehicles of persons not resident on the premises, except that all of the space in a garage having a capacity of not more than two cars may be so rented. Not more than one commercial. vehicle may be stored in such garage and such commercial vehicle shall not exceed two and one-half (230. tons capacity and must belong to a family or member of a family resident on the premises. (21) Garage, Public: Any building, structure or premises used for the -repair, servicing or storage of motor vehicles for the general public. ' No building or premises used for the sale, display for sale, of motor vehicles or trailers, where no repairs or mechani- cal work is done, shall be considered a public garage for the purposes of this ordinance. (22) Home; Occupation: Any occupation for gain or profit conducted only by members of the family resident upon the premises,provided that no articles may be sold. or offered for. sale except those produced on the premises, and no article may be displayed so as to be visible from the street or highway. Home occupations may include. doctors and dentists, music teachers, weaving, knitting and similar activities, and when approved by the state board •of health, may include barber shops and beauty parlors. The buying and selling of any article will not be deemed a proper home occupation.. (23) Hotel: A building in which board and lodging are provided to the transient public for compensation. (2+) 'Junk or. Salvage: Any item, material or product Which is no longer,usable as was originally intended. An automobile, truck or other motor vehicle may be considered for purposes of this ordinance as junk if it is not currently licensed and has had any of its parts removed or is not in operating condition. (25) Lodging House: A. building in which lodging. accomodations are provided by previous arrangement for definite periods of time to four (1+)` or more but-not to exceed twelve (12) individuals not members of the family. (26) Lot: "A parcel of land occupied or intended to be occupied by one building and its accessory buildings and uses, except as otherwise provided herein. A lot. may be a parcel designated in a plat or described in a conveyance recorded in the office of the register of deeds, or any part of a larger parcel when such part complies with the re= quirements of this ordinance as to width and area for the district in which it is located. No lands included in any street, highway or railroad right-of-way shall be included when computing area. (27) lot, Corner A lot located at the intersection of two" streets, .any two corners of which form an angle of one hundred twenty (120) .degrees or less, or is bounded by a curved street any two chords of which on the inside of the curve form an angle ,of one hundred twenty (120) degrees or less. (28) Lot, Interior: A lot which is not a corner lot. (29) Lot, Lines:` The lines bounding a lot as described herein. (30) Lot Width: For purposes of this ordinance the 'width of a lot shall be the shortest distance between the ,side lines at the setback line. On triangular or irregular shaped lots the width shalL be -the shortest distance between the side lines of the lot at the building line. Such ':building line may be the setback line of a line designated on a plat, or in. a conveyance of an un'platted parcel. On farm lands, where the distance between side lines may vary, the distance between the side lines at the point where - 3 -