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Section 10.01 Definitions
<br />(33) Sign: Anything erected, hung, suspended, painted or attached to any other
<br />structure, arrying words, letters, figures, phrases, sentences, names, designs, trade
<br />names or trade marks or any :,ther device placed so as to be visible from a street or
<br />highway and calling.attention to a business, trade, profession, commodity, product,
<br />person, firm or corporation. For purposes of this ordinance a highway marker, symbol,
<br />railroad crossing marker or signal, intended for the safety of the traveling public,
<br />or any device.or symbol placed in the.highway right of way by or with the approval of
<br />the governing body of such highway,.shall not be considered a sign.
<br />(34) Sign, Directory :.A sign intended for the convenience of the traveling public,
<br />calling attention-to .a service station, garage, eating or drinking place, tourist
<br />camp, roadside stand, shop or similar business, catering to the traveling public.
<br />Such sign shall not exceed twelve (12) square.feet in gross area, be located not more
<br />than one -half mile in the approaching direction from the business advertised, and no
<br />products may be- advertised which are -not for sale at the point indicated.
<br />(35) Slaughter House: Any building or premises used commerciall for the killing
<br />or dressing of cattle, sheep, swine, goats or horses, for human consumption and the
<br />storage, freezing and curing of meat and the preparation of meat products.
<br />(36) Story: The vertical distance of a building included between the surface of any
<br />floor and the floor next above it, or if there be.no floor above it, then the space
<br />between such floor. and the ceiling; provided that a basement shall.not be considered
<br />a story.
<br />(37) Story, Half: A story under a gable, hip or mansard roof, the wall plates of
<br />which on-:at least two opposite. exterior walls are not more than two feet above the
<br />floor of such story.
<br />(38) Street: A public or private thoroughfare which affords primary means of
<br />access to abutting property is .a street to that property for the purposes of this or-
<br />dinance, except driveways to buildings. A driveway to a farm building shall not be
<br />considered a street for the purpose of determining setback, even though such driveway
<br />may have been designated a town road for the purpose of maintenance.
<br />(39) Street Line: The dividing line between the street and the lot.
<br />(40) Structure: Anything erected or constructed, the use of which requires more or
<br />less permanent location on the ground. A sign, billboard or other advertising medium
<br />detached or' projecting, and having a gross area of sixty (60) square feet or more,
<br />shall be considered a structure for the purposes of this ordinance. Telephone, tele-
<br />graph and power poles and lines shall not be considered structures fqr the purposes
<br />of this ordinance.
<br />(41) Structural.Alterations: Any change in the supporting members of a building,
<br />such as the bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams or girders, excepting such
<br />alterations as may be necessary for the safety of the-building.
<br />(42) Tavern: A building or part of a building, open to the public, where fermented
<br />malt beverages and /or'intoxicating liquors are-sold at retail for.consumption on the
<br />premises :. The following shall not be considered a tavern: a restaurant where such
<br />beverages are sold only at tables and only in conjunction with meals; a club, not open
<br />to the public, where such beverages are sold in. conjunction with the operation of the
<br />club; premises where malt bevs.,ages are sold by established organizations in conjun-
<br />ction with the operation of a picnic, fair or other amusement enterprise.
<br />(43) Tourist Camp: An area or premises on which are located permanent buildings,
<br />either single cabins or buildings comprising two or more units under one roof, to-
<br />gether with accessory buildings, for the temporary accomodation of tourists, but not
<br />for permanent occupancy except by the owner or occupant of the premises or his em-
<br />ployees.
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