For the purpose of this code, certain words are defined
as follows:
ACCESSORY BUILDING
A building or portion of a building subordinate to the main
building but not part of the main building and used for a purpose
customarily incidental to the permitted use of the main building.
ALLEY
A street or thoroughfare affording only secondary access
to abutting property.
BUILDING
Any structure used, designed or intended for the protection,
shelter, enclosure or support of persons or property.
BUILDING, HEIGHT OF
The vertical distance from the average curb level in front
of the lot or the finished grade at the building line, whichever is
higher, to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, to the
deckline of a mansard roof or to the average height of the gable of
a gambrel, hip or pitch roof.
CONDITIONAL USE
A use of land, water or a building which is allowable only
after the issuance of a special permit by the Village Board under
conditions specified in this code.
FAMILY
A group of persons related by blood or marriage and living
together as a single housekeeping entity.
GARAGE, PRIVATE
An accessory building or space for the storage of motor-driven
vehicles.
GARAGE, PUBLIC
Any building or premises, other than a private or storage
garage, where motor-driven vehicles are equipped, repaired, serviced,
hired, sold or stored.
GARAGE, STORAGE
Any building or premises used for storage only of motor-driven
vehicles and where no vehicle equipment, parts, fuel or oil is sold
or where no vehicles are serviced, repaired, hired or sold.
HOME OCCUPATION
A gainful occupation conducted by members of the family only,
within their place of residence, provided that no article is sold
or offered for sale on the premises, except such as is produced by
such occupation; that no stock-in-trade is kept or sold; that no mechanical
equipment is used, other than such as is permissible for purely domestic
purposes; and that no person other than a member of the immediate
family living on the premises is employed.
HOTEL or MOTEL
A building in which lodging, with or without meals, is offered
to transient guests for compensation.
LOT
A parcel of land having a width and depth sufficient to provide
the space necessary for one main building and its accessory building,
together with the open spaces required by this code, and on a public
street.
LOT, CORNER
A lot abutting on two or more streets at their intersection.
LOT, DEPTH OF
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot
lines.
LOT LINE
The lines bounding lots as defined herein.
NONCONFORMING USE
A building or premises lawfully used or occupied at the time
of the passage of this code or amendments thereto, which use or occupancy
does not conform to the regulations of this code or any amendments
thereto.
OPEN SPACE
The portion of the lot excluding primary and accessory structures,
parking lots and driveways.
[Added 6-8-2004 by Ord. No. 04-13]
RECREATION SPACE
The portion of open space that can be utilized as a play
area.
[Added 6-8-2004 by Ord. No. 04-13]
SETBACK
The minimum horizontal distance between the street lines
and the nearest point of a building or any projection thereto.
STORY
That portion of a building included between the surface of
a floor and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there is
no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling
next above it.
STREET
All property dedicated or intended for public or private
street purposes or subject to public easements.
STREET LINE
A dividing line between a lot, tract or parcel of land and
a contiguous street.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION
Any change in the supporting members of a building or any
substantial change in the roof structure or in the exterior walls.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected the use of which requires
permanent location on the ground.
TEMPORARY BUILDING
Any building or structure that is incidental to the primary
use of the premises during periods of construction of the main building
or use or for special events where the intent is to remove the structure
within 30 days of the completion of construction work.
[Added 7-10-2007 by Ord. No. 07-19]
TOTAL FLOOR AREA
The total square footage of all living units.
[Added 6-8-2004 by Ord. No. 04-13]
VISION CLEARANCE
An unoccupied, triangular space at the corner of a corner
lot which is bounded by the street lines and setback lines connecting
points determined by measurement from the corner of each street line.
YARD
An open space on the same lot with a building, unoccupied
and unobstructed from the ground upward except as otherwise provided
herein.
YARD, FRONT
A yard extending the full width of the lot between the front
lot line and the nearest part of the main building.
YARD, REAR
A yard extending the full width of the lot, being the minimum
horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the nearest part
of the building.
YARD, SIDE
A yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard, being
the minimum horizontal distance between a building and the side lot
line.