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New business means a project or undertaking which involves the use of any property, building, or structure, permanent or temporary, for the primary purpose of conducting in such building or structure or on such property a legitimate commercial enterprise or other nonresidential use, in compliance with all ordinances and regulations of the city and when such project or undertaking is new to the premises. Provided however, a change in ownership of at least 50 percent of the ongoing project or undertaking shall constitute a new business, for the purposes herein and, provided further, expansion of an existing building or structure shall constitute a new business if such expansion increases the size of the area devoted to primary use, in building floor square footage, by not less than 50 percent. Occupancy means any utilization of property. Office trailer means a structure, transportable in one or more sections which is built on a permanent chassis and intended to be used for office space or storage with or without a permanent foundation system and with or without utility connections. Off-premises sign means any sign which directs attention to any business, commodity, service or entertainment offered elsewhere than on the premises where such sign appears. On-premises sign means any sign which directs attention to a business, commodity. service or entertainment offered on the same premises where such sign appears. Open space means the area, excluding parking, street, alley, service walk or other service areas, but including any side, rear, or front yard or any unoccupied space on a lot that is unobstructed to the sky, except for the ordinary projections of cornices. eaves, porches or trellises. Developed open space shall be defined as recreational space developed with facilities for either active or passive recreation not within any required yard. Parking space means a surfaced area, designed to control dust and moisture, enclosed or unenclosed, sufficient in size to store one automobile together with a surfaced driveway connecting the parking space with the street or alley permitting ingress and egress of an automobile. A parking space or any requisite maneuvering area incidental thereto shall not occupy any public right-of-way. Party wall means a fire wall on an interior lot line, used or adapted for joint service between two buildings. Planned unit development means a land area characterized by a unified site design which (a) has individual building sites and provides common open spaces, and (b) is designed to be capable of satisfactory use and operation as a separate entity without necessarily having the participation of other building sites or other common property. The ownership of the common property may be either public or private. It may be a single planned unit development as initially designed; or as expanded by annexation of additional land area; or a group of contiguous planned unit developments, as separate entities or merged into a single consolidated entity. Pole trailer means every vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle by means of a reach, or pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for transportation of long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, pipes, or structural members capable, generally, of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections. Political sign means a temporary sign announcing, supporting or opposing political candidates, dates or issues in connection with any national, state or local election. Portable sign means a sign which is not permanently and rigidly affixed or attached to the ground and is designed or constructed to be easily moved from one location to another, including signs mounted upon or designed to be mounted on a trailer, wheeled carrier, or other nonmotorized mobile structure. This definition shall also include any vehicle or trailer parked so as to be visible from a public right-of-way