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Subpart B'LAND USE REGULATIONS
<br />Cbapter106 ZONING
<br />ARTICLE i|NGENERAL
<br />Dwelling, two-family. Refer to duplex
<br />Dwelling unit means asingle unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more
<br />person including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
<br />Efficiency apartment means an apartment without a bedroom separate from other living quarters.
<br />Enforcing officer means the chief building official of the city or his designated representative.
<br />Family means any number of related persons or, not more than four unrelated persons living as a
<br />single housekeeping unit.
<br />Fence means amanmade structural barrier erected onoraround apiece ofproperty orany portion
<br />thereof.
<br />Floor area means the sum total area of all floors as calculated from measurements to the outside
<br />walls.
<br />Foundation system means on assembly ofmaterials constructed be|nvv, or partially heKow-gnsde, not
<br />intended to be removed from its installation site, which is designed to support the structure and
<br />engineered to resist the imposition of exterior natural forces, as defined by the Standard Building Code
<br />Such foundation system shall be skirted or enclosed with wood, or masonry to give the appearance of
<br />solid foundation, ifone isnot provided, compatible with the appearance ofadjacent housing,
<br />Fowl means any goose, ohlcken, peacock, guinea, duck, turkey, andYor other member ofthe bird
<br />family.
<br />Fnegabano070 sign means an outdoor sign supported by uprights or braces placed in or upon the
<br />ground, or mounted on a vehicle, trailer, or mobile structure principally used for the purpose of advertising
<br />or display of information. For the purpose of this chapter, a portable sign shall be considered to be a
<br />freestanding sign.
<br />Garage, private means an accessory building designed or used for the storage of motor vehicles
<br />owned and used bythe occupants ofthe building tnwhich itinenaccessory.
<br />Garage, public means a building or portion thereof, other than a Primate or storage garage, designed
<br />or used for servicing, na9airing, equippin0, hihng, eeOing, or storing motor driven vehicles.
<br />Glare means emitted light which exceeds 60fomtcand|ea.
<br />Grade means e referenced plane representing the average of finished ground level adjoining the
<br />building and all exterior walls.
<br />Grand opening means the fonne| offering by a new business of its goodo, v*oreo, rnenchondioe,
<br />semiva, entertainment, or activity.
<br />Grazing livestock means domestic livestock (including but not limited to catNe, horses, sheep, Queta,
<br />hogs etc.) that are intended to be pasture animals that can sustain themselves under normal
<br />circumstances inconcentration defined herein imthis chapter.
<br />Bneeomxay corridor means a publicly owned system of trails and vva|kmayo, patterned in the open
<br />space and pedestrian system p|an, and in designated on the land use map, park zone moap, and zoning
<br />map ofthe city, that link existing and proposed neighborhood, community, and regional parks with each
<br />other and other proposed activity areas of the city. These trails and we|kways, are in their majority within
<br />existing hght-of+moy, but may be within proposed right-of-way to be acquired by the city. Greenvvay
<br />corridors are m special use site, as said special use site is defined in the city,n development ordinance,
<br />section 12.07.
<br />Group care facilities means residential facilities designed to provide m transition from traditional
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