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(32) Service Station: Any building, structure or premises or other
<br />place used for the dispensing, sale or offering for sale of any motor fuel
<br />or oils, having pumps and storage tanks of a total capacity of not more
<br />than six thousand (6,000) gallons; also where battery, tire and similar
<br />services are rendered, but not including buildings or premises where such
<br />business is incidental to the conduct of a public garage used for the repair
<br />or storage of motor vehicles.
<br />(33) Sign: Anything erected, hung, suspended, painted or attached to
<br />any other structure, carrying words, letters, figures, phrases, sentences,
<br />names, designs, trade naives or trade marks or any other device placed so
<br />as to be visible from a street or highway and calling attention to a business,
<br />trade, profession, commodity, product, person, firm or corporation. For
<br />purposes of this ordinance a highway marker, symbol, railroad crossing
<br />marker or signal, intended for the safety of the traveling public, or any
<br />device or symbol placed in the highway right of way by or with the ap-
<br />{ proval of the governing body of such highway, shall not be considered a
<br />� sign.
<br />(34) Sign, Directory: A sign intended for the convenience of the
<br />traveling public, calling attention to a service station, garage, eating or
<br />drinking place, tourist camp, roadside stand, shop or similar business, cater-
<br />ing to the traveling public. Such sign shall not exceed twelve (12) square
<br />feet in gross area, be located not more than one -half mile in the approaching
<br />direction from the business advertised, and no product may be advertised
<br />which is not for sale at the point indicated.
<br />(35) Slaughter House: Any building or premises used commercially for
<br />the killing or dressing of cattle, sheep, swine, goats or horses, for human
<br />consumption and the storage, freezing and curing of meat and preparation
<br />of meat products.
<br />r (36) Story: The vertical distance of a building included between the
<br />surface of any floor and the floor next above it, or if there be no floor above
<br />it, then the space between such floor and ceiling; provided that a basement
<br />shall not be considered a story.
<br />(37) Story, Half: A story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall
<br />plates of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than
<br />two feet above the floor of such a story.
<br />(38) Street: A public or private thoroughfare which affords a primary
<br />means of access to abutting property is a street to that property for the
<br />purposes of this ordinance, except driveways to buildings. A driveway to a
<br />! farm building shall not be considered a street for the purpose of deter-
<br />mining setback, even though such driveway may have been designated a
<br />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
<br />requires more or less permanent location on the ground. A sign, billboard
<br />or other advertising medium detached or projecting, and having a gross
<br />area of sixty (60) square feet of more, shall be considered a structure for
<br />the purposes of this ordinance. Telephone, telegraph and power poles and
<br />lines shall not be considered structures for the purposes of this ordinance.
<br />(41) Structural Alteration: Any change in the supporting members of
<br />a building, such as the bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams or
<br />girders, excepting such alterations as may be necessary for the safety of
<br />the building.
<br />(42) Tourist Camp: An area or premises on which are located per-
<br />manent buildings, either single cabins or buildings comprising two or
<br />more units under one roof, together with accessory buildings, for the
<br />temporary accommodation of tourists, but not for permanent occupancy
<br />except by the owner or occupant of the premises or his employees.
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