Ordinance 3572 - Laserfiche WebLink

. 19. Garage, Public. A building othor than a,private garage used for the cgtre, repair or equipping of autorobiles,` or where such vehicles are kept for remuneration, hire or sale. 20. Gross floor area. The sun of the gross horizontal areas of the floors of a building or buildings, measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls and from the center line of division or party walls. 21. Gross Floor Lrea Ratio. The result of dividing the gross floor area of a building by the total land area of the lot used by such building. 22. Height of building. The greatest vortical distance measured from the average level of the highest and lowest point of that portion of the build- ing site covered by the building to the highest point of the roof, except- ing chimneys and steeples. 23. Homo occupation. An occupation conducted on the promises by the occupant of the dwelling as a secondary use in connection with which there is no display of products, no person employed, no sign larger than two square feet, and with which no mechanical equipmont is used except such mechanical equipment as is customarily used for housekeeping purposes. 24. Lot. Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory build- ings, together with such open spaces as are required under the provisions of this Ordinance, and having frontage upon a street or alley. 25. Lot Area. The total horizontal area within the boundary lines of a lot. 26. Lot, Corner. A lot at the junction of and fronting on two or more inter- secting streets. 27. Lot, Interior. Any lot which is not a corner lot. 28. Lot width. The horizontal distance between side lot lines measured at right angles to the lot depth at a point midway between the front and rear lot lines. 29. Non-conforming building. A building or structure which does not conform in its construction, area, yard require-cents or height to the regulations of the district in which it is located or to the requirements of the Uniform Building Code. 30. Non-conforming Use. Use of a building or land that does not conform to the regulations as to use for the zone in which it is situated. 31. Parking space. An off-street parking space, normally 10 ft. by 20 ft., having access to a public street or alley; as specified in Sec. 17-D. 32. Structure. Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires lo- cation on the ground or attachment to something having location on the ground, 33. Structural alteration. Any change in the supporting 1.1embers of a building, such as bearing walls or partitions, colunsn, beams or girders, or any structural change in the roof. 34. Use. The purpose for which land or premises or a building thereon is de- signed, arranged, or intended, or for which it is occupied or maintained, lot or leased. 35. Variance. A modification of the regulations of this Ordinance when auth- orized by the Board after finding that the literal application of the pro- visions of this Ordinance would cause undue and unnecessary hardship in • view of certain facts and conditions applying to a specific parcel of property. 36. Yard. An unoccupied space open to the sky, on the sane lot with a build- ing or structure. 37. Yard, Front. An open space extending across the full width of the lot, ti required depth of which shall be measured horizontally from the front ]ot line to a line parallel thereto on the lot.