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Height of building means the vertical distance from grade to the highest finished roof surface in the case of flat roofs, or to a point at the average height of roofs having a pitch of more than 2.5/12; height of a building in stories does not include basements and cellars, except as specifically provided otherwise. Home occupation means an occupation limited to custom production, repairing, and servicing, conducted at a dwelling unit, provided it conforms to the requirements in section 106-749, and provided that said occupation does not involve general retail sales. Home owners association means an incorporated, nonprofit organization operating under recorded land agreements through which (a) each lot and/or homeowner in a planned unit or other described land area is automatically a member, (b) each lot is automatically subject to charge for a proportionate share of the expenses for the organization's activities, such as maintaining a common property, and (c) the charge, if unpaid, becomes a lien against the property. Hospital, sanitarium, nursing or convalescent homes mean a building or portion thereof, used or designed for the housing or treatment of sick, aged, mentally ill, injured, convalescent or infirm persons; provided that this definition shall not include rooms in any residential dwelling, hotel, or apartment hotel ordinarily intended to be occupied by said persons. Identification sign means any sign which carries only the firm, business or corporate name, the major enterprise on the premises, or the principal products offered for sale on the premises. Industrial housing and buildings means a residential or commercial structure that is constructed in one or more modules or constructed using one or more modular components, built to the specifications of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (T.D.L.R.) Rules and Regulations and designed to be placed on a permanent foundation system consistent with the above requirements. Such industrialized house or building must bear a T.O.L.R. approved decal or insignia permanently affixed to each transportable section or component of each industrialized house or building to indicate compliance with the state standards. An industrialized house or building is not a mobile or manufactured home as defined herein. Landscaped means adorned or improved by contouring land and placing thereon live flowers, shrubs, trees, grass, wood, stone, and ponds or streams. Light truck means any truck, as defined in this chapter, with a limited manufacturers rated carrying capacity. This definition is intended to include those trucks with such rated carrying capacity being not in excess of one ton, panel delivery trucks and carryall trucks. Loading berth means a parking area provided for commercial motor vehicles, designed for the receipt or distribution by such vehicles of materials or merchandise to or from the use to which such parking area is accessory. Lot area per dwelling unit means the lot area required for each dwelling unit located on a building lot. Lot, corner means a building lot situated at the intersection of two existing or proposed street rights-of-way, the interior angle of such intersection not exceeding 135 degrees. Lot coverage means the area under roof on any given lot. Lot, depth means the mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line of the building lot measured within the lot boundary. Lot, interior means a building lot other than a corner lot.