[Added 11-10-2020 by Ord. No. 20-04[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. II,
Definitions, as amended.
For the purpose of these regulations, certain terms and words
shall be used and interpreted as defined hereinafter. Words used in
the present tense include the future. The singular number includes
the plural, and the plural the singular. The word "shall" is mandatory,
not merely directive; the word "may" is permissive.
Any structure or use, other than the principal structure
or use, and detached therefrom by a reasonable distance, directly
incidental to or required for the enjoyment of the permitted use of
any premises; also, as specifically designated under the zoning district
regulations of this chapter.
Any department, employee, or advisory, elected or appointed
body which is authorized to administer any provision of the zoning
regulation, subdivision regulations, and if delegated, any provision
of any housing or building regulation or any other land use control
regulation.
The use of a tract of at least 10 contiguous acres for the production
of agricultural or horticultural crops, including but not limited
to livestock, livestock products, poultry, poultry products, the raising
of mice in a confined production facility and the distribution of
such mice to zoos and others to feed to captive eagles, falcons, hawks
and other birds of prey, and to reptiles, grain, hay, pastures, soybeans,
tobacco, timber, orchard fruits, vegetables, flowers or ornamental
plants, including provision for dwellings for persons and their families
who are engaged in the agricultural use on the tract, but not including
residential building development for sale or lease to the public.
Regardless of the size of the tract of land used, small farm
wineries licensed under KRS 243.155;
A tract of at least 10 contiguous acres used for the following
activities involving horses:
Riding lessons;
Rides;
Training;
Projects for educational purposes;
Boarding and related care; or
Shows, competitions, sporting events, and similar activities that are associated with youth and amateur programs, none of which are regulated by KRS Chapter 230, involving 70 or fewer participants. Shows, competitions, sporting events, and similar activities that are associated with youth and amateur programs, none of which are regulated by KRS Chapter 230, involving more than 70 participants shall be subject to local applicable zoning regulations.
Any activity that is carried out on a farm, ranch, agricultural
operation, horticultural operation, or agribusiness operation and
allows or invites participants to view or participate in activities
for recreational, entertainment, or educational purposes. Qualifying
activities may include farming, ranching, historic, cultural, civic,
or ceremonial activities, including but not limited to weddings and
ancillary events; harvest-your-own operations; farmers markets; or
natural resource-based activities, and small farm wineries. The activities
may qualify as agritourism activities whether or not a participant
pays to view or to participate in the activities permitted under KRS
247.800.
Any public or private way which affords only a secondary
means of access to abutting property and which does not constitute
a public maintained street upon which property may front.
Any change, addition or modification in construction or type
of occupancy; any change in the structural members of a building,
such as walls, partitions, columns, beams, "altered or reconstructed."
A room or suite of rooms used as a dwelling for one family
which does its cooking therein.
That portion of a building the average height of which is
at least half below grade, which is ordinarily used for purposes such
as storage, laundry facilities, household tool shops, and installation
and operation of heating, cooling, ventilating facilities, but which
is not ordinarily used for the purpose of general household habitation.
An owner- or innkeeper-occupied single-family residential
structure, where guest rooms are provided for rent to transients.
Breakfast and or other meals may be served to guests. An owner or
innkeeper may reside on an adjacent parcel.
The property abutting one side of a street and lying between
the two nearest intersecting streets, or between the nearest such
street and railroad right-of-way, unsubdivided acreage, river or live
stream, or between any of the foregoing and any other barriers, to
the continuity of development.
The Board of Zoning Adjustment as established in Article
V of this chapter.
A building arranged or used for lodging with or without meals
for compensation, by more than five and not more than 20 individuals.
An area meeting specified widths and depths on the side(s)
abutting, facing, or confronting between differing land uses. A buffer
area serves as a physical and/or visual means of separating differing
land uses. Where required under the provisions of these regulations,
a buffer area shall be provided as specified herein.
The portion of a building site remaining after required yards
have been provided.
The vertical distance measured from the average finished
grade at the front building line to the highest point of the structure.
The Building Inspector of the Fiscal Court, or his authorized
representative.
A line established in general, parallel to the front street
line between which line and the front street line, no part of a building
shall project, except as otherwise provided by these regulations.
The land occupied or to be occupied by a principal building
and its accessory buildings and including such open spaces, yards,
minimum area, off-street parking facilities, and off-street truck
loading facilities as are required by this chapter; every building
site shall abut upon a dedicated street. Any building site established
after the effective date of this chapter which occupies only a portion
of a lot of record may be established only in accordance with the
requirements of the Subdivision Regulations or this chapter, whichever
is more restrictive.[1]
A building, including covered porches, carports, and attached
garages in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which
it is situated. In any residential district any dwelling shall be
deemed to be the principal building on the lot on which the same is
situated.
Any portion of any structure completely separated from every
other portion by masonry or a fire wall without any window, which
wall extends from the ground to the roof.
A shelter for one or more vehicles which is not fully enclosed
by walls and one or more doors.
The certificate issued by the building official which permits
the use of a building in accordance with the approved plans and specifications
and which certifies compliance with the provisions of law for the
use and occupancy of the building in its several parts together with
any special stipulation or conditions of the building permit.
The Clerk of the governing body.
An organization of persons for special purposes or for the
promulgation of sports, arts, science, literature, politics or the
like, but not for profit.
The Codes and Building Inspector for the Fiscal Court or
his authorized agent.
The Henderson City-County Planning Commission.
A use which is essential to or would promote the public health,
safety, or welfare in one or more zones, but would impair the integrity
and character of the zone in which it is located, or in adjoining
zones, unless restrictions on location, size, extent and character
of performance are imposed in addition to those imposed in the zoning
regulation.
Legal authorization to undertake a conditional use issued
by the administrative official pursuant to authorization by the Board
of Zoning Adjustment, consisting of two parts:
Fireworks that are suitable for use by the public, designed
primarily to produce visible effects by combustion, and comply with
the construction, chemical composition, and labeling regulations of
the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. The types, sizes,
and amount of pyrotechnic contents of these devices are limited as
enumerated in this Section 3[2] (KRS 227.700 to 227.750).
A convalescent home is a home for the care of the aged or
infirm, or a place of rest for those suffering bodily disorders wherein
two or more persons are cared for. Said home shall conform and qualify
for license under state law.
The Fiscal Court of Henderson County, Kentucky.
An open, unoccupied, unobstructed space, other than a yard
on the same lot as a building.
A day-care facility is designed to offer care and/or training
to children or adults unrelated to the owner or director for any part
of a day on some kind of regular basis. Such facility may or may not
be operated for profit. For the purpose of the Zoning Regulations,
a sitting service that is used at the convenience of parents or other
relatives at irregular intervals will not be considered a day-care
facility.
Types of day-care facilities: The services offered and ages
of persons enrolled in a day-care facility determine the classification
of the facility. The name of the facility should be descriptive of
its purpose.
GROUP CARE CENTER (day nursery, day-care center)A facility for six or more children, regardless of age, whose primary purpose is the care of the child for a part of a day.
NURSERY SCHOOLA school for two-, three- and four-year-old children which operates for periods generally not to exceed four hours per day and whose primary purpose is education and guidance.
KINDERGARTENA school for four- and five-year-olds which operates for periods not to exceed four hours per day and whose primary purpose is education and guidance for health, emotional and social development of the children.
FOSTER FAMILY DAY CAREA service in a private home offering care in a family setting to a maximum of five children, including the foster family's own children, during part of the day while the natural parents are absent from their home. Because of the special needs of the very young child, there should be no more than two children under the age of two years in a foster family day-care home.
ADULT DAY CAREPersonal care and supervision in a protective setting for adults outside their own home for less than 24 hours per day. The program may include the provisions of daily medical supervision, nursing and other health care support, psychosocial assistance, or appropriate socialization stimuli or a combination of these. Adult day care is available for those persons who do not require twenty-four-hour-per-day institutional care, but who, because of physical and/or mental disability, are not capable of full-time independent living.
The number of families residing on, or dwelling units developed
on an acre of land. As used in these regulations, all densities are
stated in families per acre.
Written and graphic material for the provision of a development,
including any and all of the following: location and bulk of buildings
and other structures, intensity of use, density of development, streets,
ways, parking facilities, signs, drainage of surface water, access
points, a plan for screening or buffering, utilities, existing manmade
and natural conditions and all other conditions agreed to by the applicant.
A portion of the jurisdiction of the Governing Body within
which, on a uniform basis, certain uses of land and buildings are
permitted and within which certain yards, open spaces, lot acres and
other requirements are established, e.g., residential district, commercial
district, etc.
A business establishment, other than a drive-in restaurant,
so developed that its retail or service character is dependent on
providing a driveway approach or parking spaces for motor vehicles
so as to serve patrons while in the motor vehicle, and may include
drive-in banks, drive-in cleaners and drive-in laundries.
Any place or premises used for the sale, dispensing or serving
of food, refreshments, or beverages in automobiles, including establishments
where customers may serve themselves and may eat or drink the food,
refreshments, or beverages in automobiles on the premises.
A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities
for one or more persons including permanent provisions for living,
sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
A detached conventional or prefabricated building containing
one dwelling unit and used exclusively by one family; it shall not
be construed to include mobile homes.
A group of two or more single-family semi-detached or multiple
dwellings occupying a parcel of land in common ownership and having
yards or courts in common.
A row of three or more attached single-family dwellings,
not more than 2Â 1/2 stories in height, in which each dwelling
has its own front and rear entrances.
A building designed exclusively for occupancy by two families
independent of each other, such as a duplex dwelling unit.
An efficiency unit is a dwelling unit consisting of one room,
exclusive of bathroom, kitchen, hallway, and closets or dining alcove
directly off the principal room, providing not less than 350 square
feet of floor area.
Includes built, constructed, reconstructed, moved upon, or
any physical operation on the premises required for the building.
Excavations, fill, drainage, and the like, shall be considered a part
of erected.
One person, or more than one person living together and inter
related by bonds of consanguinity, marriage, or legal adoption, and
occupying a dwelling unit as a single non profit housekeeping unit
as distinguished from a group occupying a hotel, club, boarding house,
fraternity or sorority house. A family shall be deemed to include
domestic servants, gratuitous guests, and not more than three foster
or boarded children whose room and board is paid by a recognized child
care agency or organization.
A fast-food restaurant is defined to be a restaurant that
has all of the following characteristics:
Its principal business is the sale of food items and beverages
of the kind which can readily be taken out of the restaurant for consumption
off the premises.
Utensils, if used at all, are made of plastic or other disposal
materials. Food is packaged in paper or Styrofoam or other disposable
containers.
Service is not customarily provided to customers at their tables
by employees of the restaurant.
The depositing or dumping of any matter on or into the ground,
except deposits resulting from common household gardening and general
farm care.
The ratio between the maximum allowable amount of floor space
on all floors in a building and the total area of the lot on which
the building is located. Example: A FAR of 2.0 would allow floor space
of twice the area, or a four-story building covering one-half of the
lot. A FAR of 0.5 would allow floor space of 1/2 the lot area, or
a two-story building covering 1/4 of the lot.
The area of all floors of a building including finished basements
and covered porches.
Any floor area within outside walls of a building, exclusive
of areas in cellars, unfinished basements, utility area, unfinished
attics, garages, open porches and accessory buildings.
A child unrelated to a family by blood or adoption with whom
he or she lives for the purpose of care and/or education.
An accessory building designed or used for the storage of
motor-driven vehicles owned and used by the occupants of the building
to which it is accessory, for personal use only.
Any premises used for the storage or care of motor-driven
vehicles, or place where any such vehicles are equipped for operation,
repaired, or kept for remuneration, hire or sale.
A person with a physical, emotional, or mental disability
including but not limited to mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy,
autism, hearing and sight impairments, and orthopedic impairments,
but not including convicted felons or misdemeanants on probation or
parole or receiving rehabilitation services as a result of their prior
conviction, or mentally ill persons who have pled guilty but mentally
ill to a crime or not guilty by reason of insanity to a crime. "Handicapped
person" does not include persons with current, illegal use of or addiction
to alcohol or any controlled substance as regulated under KRS 218A.
Professional offices and personal services maintained or
conducted within a dwelling or conducted as a conditional use in a
detached existing garage. Retail sales of a product on the premises
shall be strictly prohibited. The processing of any product shall
not qualify as a home occupation. Home occupations include only those
which are specifically listed and meet the following performance standards:
Home occupations shall be incidental to the principal residential
use. Home occupations shall be conducted within the principal building
only or conducted conditionally within an existing detached garage.
A home occupation shall employ no more than one person not a resident
of the premises. No home occupation may exceed a total area equal
to 25% of the area of the principal building.
There shall be no visible evidence of the conduct of a home
occupation from the exterior of the building other than one sign not
exceeding four square feet in area, unlighted, and mounted flat against
the wall of the principal building.
No substantial traffic increase shall be generated in the residential
area.
Home occupations shall not generate any atmospheric pollution,
light flashes, glare, odors, noise, and vibration of truck or other
heavy traffic.
An institution providing health services, primarily for inpatients
and medical or surgical care of the sick or injured, including as
an integral part of the institution such related facilities as laboratories,
outpatient department, training facilities, central service facilities
and staff offices.
A building occupied or used as a more or less temporary abiding
place of individuals or groups of individuals with or without meals,
and in which there are more than five sleeping rooms.
Any motor vehicle, machine, appliance, scrap material that
is in a condition which prevents its use for the purpose for which
it was originally manufactured.
The use of an area of any lot for the storage, keeping or
abandonment of junk, including scrap metals or other scrap materials,
or for the dismantling, demolition, abandonment of automobiles, or
other vehicles or machines or parts thereof.
Any lot or premises on which three or more dogs, four months
or more old, are kept either permanently or temporarily for commercial
or breeding purposes.
A place devoted to experimental study, such as testing and
analyzing. Manufacturing of product or products is not permitted within
this definition.
An off-street space on the same parcel of property with a
building or group of buildings, for temporary parking of a commercial
vehicle while loading and unloading merchandise or materials.
A parcel of land occupied or intended for occupancy by a
use permitted in these regulations, including one principal building
together with the accessory buildings, yard areas, and parking spaces
required by these regulations, and having its principal frontage upon
a publicly maintained street.
That part or percent of the lot occupied by buildings, including
accessory buildings.
The mean horizontal distance from the front street line to
the rear lot line.
The property lines abounding the lot.
LOT LINE, FRONTIn the case of an interior lot, that line separating said lot from the street. In the case of a corner lot, or double frontage lot, "front lot line" shall mean that line separating said lot from that street which is designated as the front street in the plat and in the application for a building permit.
LOT LINE, REARThat lot line opposite the front lot line. In the case of a lot pointed at the rear, the rear lot line shall be an imaginary line parallel to the front lot line not less than 10 feet long farthest from the front lot line and wholly within the lot.
LOT LINE, SIDEAny lot line other than the front lot line or rear lot line. A side lot line separating a lot from a street is a side street lot line. A side lot line separating a lot from another lot or lots is an interior side lot line.
LOT LINE, STREET OR ALLEYA lot line separating the lot from the right of way of a street or alley.
A lot which is part of a subdivision recorded in the office
of the County Court Clerk, or a lot or parcel surveyed or described
by metes and bounds, the description of which has been so recorded.
The mean horizontal distance between the side lines at the
building line measured along the building line.
A corner lot is a lot of which at least two adjacent sides
abut for their full length upon a street, provided that such two sides
intersect at an interior angle of not more than 135°. Where a
lot is on a curve, if tangents through the extreme point of the street
line of such lot make an interior angle of not more than 135°,
it is a corner lot. In the case of a corner lot with curved street
line, the corner is that point on the street lot line nearest to the
point of intersection of the tangents described above.
An interior lot having frontages on two more or less parallel
streets as distinguished from a corner lot. In the case of a row of
double-frontage lots, one street will be designated as the front street
in the plat and the request for a building permit will indicate which
street is the designated front street.
A lot other than a corner lot.
The major streets which carry a relatively large amount of
vehicular traffic and may connect to secondary or regional thoroughfares.
The major thoroughfares are as delineated in the Comprehensive Land
Use Plan as adopted by the governing body.
Manufactured home shall mean any single-family residence
fabricated in an off-site facility on a chassis or undercarriage as
an integral part thereof and consisting of one or more separately
towable units for installing and assembling on a building site which
can be adequately supported by blocks set on any solid surface and
which bears a seal certifying that it was built in compliance with
the Federal Housing and Construction Safety Standards. For the purpose
of this chapter, "manufactured homes" shall be inclusive of mobile
homes.
Mobile home shall mean any single-family residence fabricated
in an off-site facility on a chassis or undercarriage as an integral
part thereof, consisting of one or more separately towable units for
installing or assembling on a building site which can be adequately
supported by blocks set on any solid surface and which was manufactured
prior to the enactment of the Federal Manufactured Housing Standards
Act of 1974, which became effective June 15, 1976. For the purpose
of this chapter, "mobile homes" shall be inclusive of manufactured
homes.
A unified development of two or more mobile home sites, plots,
or stands arranged on a large tract usually under single ownership,
meeting the area and yard requirements of this chapter, and designed
to accommodate mobile homes, for more or less permanent duration,
whether or not a charge is made for such accommodations, and includes
any service building, structure, enclosure or other facility used
as part of the mobile home park.
Modular home shall mean any dwelling unit transported to
the building site in one or more pre-constructed sections to be assembled
onto a building site and designed to be moored to a permanent foundation
and which, on being tied to the foundation, could only be moved as
a conventionally built home and having the appearance of a conventionally
built dwelling.
General repair, engine rebuilding, rebuilding or conditioning
of motor vehicles; collision service such as body, frame or fender
straightening and repair; overall painting, completely enclosed spray
booth.
A building, or portion thereof, the primary purpose of which
is that of washing motor vehicles.
A structure or use of any premises which does not conform
to applicable provisions of this chapter, but which existed at the
time of its designation as nonconforming by the adoption or amendment
of this chapter.
Carport, garage, post-frame building or other buildings not
used as a dwelling and designed and used for the storage of motor
driven vehicles, mowing equipment, etc., for personal use only.
An area or establishment devoted to the raising and care
of trees, shrubs, or similar plant materials.
A facility providing vehicular parking spaces, along with
adequate drives and aisles for maneuvering, so as to provide access
for entrance and exit for the parking of more than two automobiles.
Open air business uses shall include the following:
Retail sale of trees, shrubs, plants, flowers, seed, topsoil,
humus, fertilizer, trellises, lawn furniture, playground equipment
and other home garden supplies and equipment;
Retail sale of fruit and vegetables;
Tennis courts, archery courts, shuffleboard, horseshoe courts,
miniature golf, golf driving ranges, children's amusement parks or
similar recreational uses;
Bicycle, trailer, motor vehicle, boats or home equipment sales,
service, rental services, farm and construction equipment;
Outdoor display and sale of garages, swimming pools, monuments,
and similar uses;
Flea markets and similar open-air displays.
An area of not less than 10 feet wide by 18 feet long, for
each automobile or motor vehicle, such space being exclusive of necessary
drives, aisles, entrances or exits and being fully accessible for
the storage or parking of permitted vehicles.
A land development project comprehensively planned as an
entity via a unitary site plan which permits flexibility in building
sitting, mixtures of housing types and land uses, usable open spaces
and the preservation of significant natural features.
A motorized machine tool run by a gasoline motor, diesel
motor, electric motor or chainsaw and (that) is capable of being carried
or moved about, and used by individuals, tradesmen or professionals
in producing limited volumes of boards cut from logs gaining profit
for less than three months per year on any one parcel or for personal
use.
A publicly maintained thoroughfare providing the principal
means of access to abutting property and listed on the city, county,
state, or federal road system.
A residence operated and maintained by a sponsoring private
or governmental agency to provide services in a homelike setting for
handicapped persons.
Services include but are not limited to supervision, shelter,
protection, rehabilitation, personal development and attendant care.
The miscellaneous waste materials resulting from housekeeping,
mercantile enterprises, trades, manufacturing and office, including
other waste matter such as slag, stone, broken concrete, fly ash,
ashes, tin cans, glass, scrap metal, rubber, paper, rags, chemicals
or any similar or related combinations thereof.
Refers to any motor vehicle, machine or appliance having
sufficient value to justify its sale for repair or recovery of parts.
A mill or machine used for the processing of lumber products
from raw uncut timber obtained on site or off site to be sold for
commercial purposes including but not limited to logs, lumber, posts
and firewood.
A commercial endeavor in which storage space is leased in
units known as "storage units" (such as rooms, lockers, containers,
and/or outdoor space) are rented to tenants, usually on a short-term
basis. Also known as "self-service storage" or "mini storage," is[3]
A building or structure designed or used for the retail sale
or supply of fuels, lubricants, air, water and other operating commodities
for motor vehicles, aircraft or boats, and including the customary
space and facilities for the installation of such commodities on or
in vehicles and including space for facilities for the temporary storage
of vehicles, minor repair or servicing.
The required distance between every structure and any lot
line on the lot on which it is located.
A group of two or more adjoining or adjacent retail stores
or service establishments to be planned, constructed and developed
as a single unit, and including any additional such stores or establishments
subsequently adjoining or adjacent thereto. Typical uses found in
such developments include, but are not limited to, supermarkets, restaurants,
drugstores, variety department stores, specialty stores, movie theaters,
etc. This term also includes "strip mall."
Any fabricated sign or outdoor display structure including its structure, consisting of any letter, figure, character, mark, point, plane, marquee sign, design, poster, pictorial picture stroke, stripe, line, trademark, reading matter, or illuminating device, constructed, attached, erected, fastened, or manufactured in any manner whatsoever so that the same shall be used for the attraction of the public to any place, subject, person, firm, corporation, public performance, article, machine, or merchandise whatsoever, and displayed in any manner out of doors for recognized advertising purposes. (refer to Article X, § 10.02 for additional information)
The removal of any kind of soil or earth matter which includes
topsoil, sand, gravel, clay or other materials or any combination
thereof, except common household gardening and general farm care.
That part of a building comprised between a floor and the
floor or roof next above which is not a basement or an attic.
FIRST STORYThe lowermost story entirely above the grade plane.
MEZZANINEAn intermediate level between the floor and the ceiling of any story, and covering not more than 33% of the floor area of the room in which it is located.
Any public or private vehicular way which affords the principal
means of access to abutting property. The term shall include "road,"
"highway," or "thoroughfare." A public street is a street accepted
according to the Subdivision Regulations[4] and maintained by the governing body. A private street
is a street not so accepted or maintained.
Any change in the supporting members of a building or structure,
each as bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams or girders or
any change in the width or number of exits, or any structural change
in the roof.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which required
fixed location on the ground or attachment to something having a fixed
location on the ground, including buildings, radio towers, swimming
pools, and walls or fences exceeding 3Â 1/2 feet in height, billboards
and poster panels; reference to buildings includes structures and
vice versa.
Regulations as adopted by the Fiscal Court for the subdivision
of land.[5]
Any structure or container intended for swimming or bathing
located either above or below grade designed to hold water to a depth
greater than 24 inches.
Tourist destinations provide for the rehabilitation and productive
re-use of structures existing as of July 1, 2020, in the rural areas
of Henderson County, thus promoting tourism and the overall economy,
while allowing for the continued use of the subject property for agricultural
purposes, and/or the preservation of a landmark, structure or scenic
view.
A vehicular portable structure built on a chassis, designed
to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel and recreational purposes,
with a body width not exceeding eight feet and constructed in such
a manner as will permit occupancy thereof as a dwelling or sleeping
place for one or more persons. For the purposes of these regulations,
the term includes recreational vehicle, pickup campers, camping trailers
and motorized homes (living facilities constructed as integral parts
of self-propelled vehicles).
Truck gardening is the use of land for growing edible vegetables,
fruits, and other crops for resale and commercial purposes. Household
gardening by a property owner for a hobby or purely local consumption
by himself and his family residing on the same premises shall not
be construed to be truck gardening.
A lot, lot area or parcel of land used, designed or maintained
for the purpose of storing, parking, refueling, repairing, dispatching,
servicing or keeping motor trucks and associated equipment, for hire,
together with those facilities necessary to service, dispatch, store
or maintain aforementioned vehicles, and their cargos and crews.
The purpose for which land or premises or a building thereon
is designed, arranged, or intended, or for which it is occupied or
maintained, let or leased.
A room or space, located other than in the basement, specifically
designed and constructed to house any home appliances (furnace, water
heater, and pump).
A departure from dimensional terms of the zoning regulation
pertaining to the height, width, or location of structures, and the
size of yards and open spaces where such departure meets the requirements
of KRS 100.241 and 100.247.
An open space on the same lot with a building, unoccupied
and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided
herein. The measurement of a yard is the minimum horizontal distance
between the lot line and the building or structure.
Side yard. A yard between the side line of the lot and the nearest
line of the principal building and extending from the front yard to
the rear yard, or in the absence of either such yard, to the front
and rear lot lines, as the case may be; except that on a corner lot,
the side yard adjacent to a street shall extend the full depth of
the lot.
Front yard. A yard extending the full width of the lot; the
depth of which is the horizontal distance between the front lot line
and the nearest line of the principal building on the lot.
Rear yard. A yard extending the full width of the lot, the depth
of which is the horizontal distance between the rear lot line and
the rear line or lines of the principal building on the lot.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Subdivision Regulations are included in
Appendix B of the County Code.
[2]
Editor's Note: So in original; "this section" apparently refers
to the definition of "consumer fireworks" in KRS 227.702.
[3]
Editor's Note: So in original.
[4]
Editor's Note: The Subdivision Regulations are included in
Appendix B of the County Code.
[5]
Editor's Note: The Subdivision Regulations are included in
Appendix B of the County Code.
