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H=Home Occupation
C=Conditional Use Permit Required
P=Administrative Permit Required
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Table 15.1O 225. Land Uses Allowed Table
Districts: Principally Residential Principally Commercial Principally Public
Uses RR R1 R2 R3 UR OR AC HC CB I RM INS P
Accessory Building 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Adult entertainment INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
Agency, i.e., travel, insurance, title, real 0 0 0 0 0
estate, etc.
Agriculture 0
Airport and related services 0 C
Amusement or recreation facility 0 0 0
Animal shelter 0 C
Antenna, personal TV, satellite dish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art gallery 0 0 0 0 0
Assemblages, temporary large, i.e., circus, P P P P P P P
fair
Attraction, permanent major visitor C C C C C
Auditorium 0 0 0
Auto repair, i.e., mechanic, glass body, C 0
upholstery
Auto service/gas station 0 0 0
Auto/RV sales and rentals 0 0 0
Boat sales 0 0 0
Boat, commercial building/fabrication 0 0
Districts: Principally Residential Principally Commercial Principally Public
Uses RR 1 R1 R2 R3 UR OR AC HC CB I RM MST P
Boat, harbor/marina C C C C C_
Boat, repair and maintenance 0 0 0 C
Boat, storage commercial 0 0 0 C
Bulk material, i.e., concrete, gravel, sand, C C
asphalt
Business, marine retail sales and service 0 0 0 0 C
Business, package liquor 0 0 0
Business, retail sales and service 0 0 0 0
Business, retail sales and service, industrial 0
Campground, camper park, RV park C/P C/P C/P C/P C/P C/P
Campground, employee C/P
Car/boat wash 0 0 0
Cemetery 0 C 0
Center, community/civic 0 0 C C
Center, mariner's 0 0 0 0
Center, senior or teen C C C 0 0 C C
Child care, licensed center C C 0 0 0 C
Child care, licensed home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Church C C C C C C 0 0 0 0
Clinic, medical 0 0 0 0 0
Clubs, fraternal/lodges/social/veterans C 0 0 C
Cluster subdivision C C C
Communications, commercial satellite dishes, 0 0 0 0 0 0
towers, poles, and antennas less than 16 feet
diameter or 75 feet in height
Districts: Principally Residential Principally Commercial Principally Public
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Uses RR 1 R1 R2 R3 UR OR [ AC HC CB I I RM i INS P
Communications, commercial satellite dishes, C C C
towers, poles, and antennas 16 feet diameter
or greater than 75 feet in height
Correctional/prison facility C C C C
Crematory 0
Docks/wharves, industrial cargo 0 0 C C
Dock, passenger 0 0 0 C 0
Drinking establishment, i.e., har, nightclub, C C C
lounge
Drive-in facility—fast food, banking, etc. C C C C C
Dwelling, apartment in a commercial building 0 0 0 0 0 C
(limited to one unit)
Dwelling, apartment in a commercial building 0 0 C C
(two or more units)
Dwelling, apartment, mother-in-law or 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
accessory
Dwelling, attached single-family, i.e., C C C C C C C
townhouse, row
Dwelling, condominium C C C C C C C
Dwelling, detached single-family 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C C
Dwelling, group home 0 0 0 0 0 0 C
Dwelling, guest house 0 0 C
Dwelling, multi-family (3 or more units) C C C C C C C
Dwelling, two-family or duplex 0 0 0 0 0 C C
Dwelling, watchman or caretaker 0 C
Emergency services, pub/vol; i.e., fire, C C C C C C 0 C 0 0 C 0
ambulance, rescue
Districts: Principally Residential Principally Commercial Principally Public
Uses 1 RR R1 R2 R31! UR OR I AC HC CB I I RM INS I P
Financial institution, i.e., bank, S&L C 0 0
Flea market, open air retail other than C C C
occasional
Fuels, bulk storage and sales C
Golf course 0 0 C
Golf driving range 0 0 0 0 C
Greenhouse/nursery--commercial 0 0 0
Grocery, convenience store C C C 0 0 0 0
Grocery, supermarket, foodmart 0 0
Health club C C 0 0 0
Home occupation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hospital C C
House rental on a nightly basis P P P P P P
Housing, bunkhouse C C C
Housing, dormitory 0 0
Housing, nursing, retirement, convalescent C C C
Kennel, commercial, musher or fancier INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
Laundry, dry cleaning 0 C 0 0
Library 0 0 0 0
Livestock, Excluding Chickens Et Rabbits P P
Livestock, Chickens 8 Rabbits P P P P P P P P P
Lodging, B&B, rooms, duplex and accessory H/P H/P H/P H/P H/P 0/P 0/P 0/P 0/P
apartment
Lodging, hostel P P P P P P
Lodging, hotel, motet, lodge, inn C 0 C C
Lodging, multifamily dwelling apartment P P P P P P P
Districts: Principally Residential Principally Commercial Principally Public
Uses RR R1 1 R2 R3 UR OR l AC HC CB I RM l INS
Lumber yard/building supply C 0 C
Manufacturing—noxious, heavy C
Manufacturing, light fabrication, assembly C 0
Merchant, transient 0 0 0 0
Mobile home park C/P
Mobile home, residential, not in park INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
Mobile home sales 0 0
Mobile medical unit 0 0 0
Mortuary/funeral home 0 0 0
Museum C 0 0 0 0 0
Office, boat charter, guide 0 0 0 0 0 C
Office, business or professional 0 0 0 0 0
Office, government/quasi-government 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
administration
Office, mobile/temporary on construction P P P P P P P P P P P P P
site
Office, home, professional 0 0 0 0 0
Parking lot C C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Personal services, i.e., beauty, shoe, tailor 0 0 0 0
Planned unit development C C C C C C
Playground, public tot lot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Railroad C C C C
Recreation, commercial indoor, i.e., bowling, 0 0 0 C
skating
Recreation, outdoor, i.e., miniature golf 0 C C C
Districts: Principally Residential Principally Commercial Principally Public
Uses RR R1 R2 ` R3 UR OR ` AC HC CB I RM INS P
Recreation, shooting range C C C
Recycling center C C 0 C
Recycling, self-service drop-off point 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Repair service, i.e., large appliance C C 0
Resource extraction, commercial subsurface, C C C
i.e., mining
Resource extraction, commercial surface, C C C
i.e., grnvol
Resource extraction, commercial timber C C
harvesting
Restaurant, food service, catering, brewpub 0 0 0 0 0 C
Rooming or boarding house 0/P 0/P 0/P 0/P
Salvage—auto, wrecking, scrap, junkyard C
Sawmill or lumbermill C C
School, college C C C
School, public/private elementary/secondary C C C C C C C C C
School, vocational C 0 0 C 0 C
Seafood processing, i.e., canning, rendering C C C C
Shop, i.e., welding, sheetmetal, machine, C C 0
steel fab.
Shop, i.e., wood, signs, cabinet, upholstery C C 0 C 0
Shopping center (mall) C C
Solid waste disposal, i.e., baler, transfer, C C C
landfill
Storage, container C C C C 0 C
Storage, explosives P
Districts: Principally Residential Principally Commercial Principally Public
Uses RR R1 R2 R3 UR OR AC HC CB I RM INS P
Storage, outdoor, yard, material/equipment C • •
Storage, self service • • • •
Storage, warehouse and distribution • • •
Studio, radio/television C • • 0 •
Tanks, above ground associated with service C C •
station
Taxidermy 0 • • • 0
Terminal, i.e., bus, Liuck, freight 0 C •
Terminal, marine/boat passenger • C • •
Theater, concert, movie 0 0
Tool/equipment rental 0 •
Temporary Structure C C C C C C C C C
Utility facility, public electric, water, sewer, C C C C C C 0 • 0 • • •
etc.
Vehicle impound lot 0 0
Vending machine repair, storage 0 0 C
Veterinary hospital C C C
Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* This Allowed Uses Table is provided for information purposes. Please confirm any designations or listed uses with
the Community Development Department by calling (907) 224-4049 or email datwooddaJcityofseward.net
15.10.140- Definitions.
A. General interpretation.
1. Words used in the present tense include the future tense.
2. The singular number includes the plural.
3. The word "person" includes a corporation as well as an individual.
4. The word "lot" includes the word "plot" or"parcel."
5. The term "shall" is always mandatory.
6. The word "used" or "occupied" as applied to any land or building shall be construed to include
the words "intended," "arranged," or"designed to be used or occupied."
B. Specific definitions. (Parenthetical references are for cross-reference only.) In this chapter, unless
otherwise provided or the context otherwise requires:
1. Accessory building. A detached structure that:
a. Is clearly incidental to and customarily found in connection with a principal building or use;
b. Is subordinate to and serves a principal building or use;
c. Is subordinate in area, extent or purpose to the principal building or use served;
d. Contributes to the comfort, convenience or necessity of occupants, business or industry in
the principal building or use served; and
e. Is located on the same or adjacent lot under the same ownership as the principal building
or use served.
An accessory building shall be considered to be a part of the main building when joined by a
common wall or connected by a breezeway to the main building. Accessory building means any
structure regardless of type of foundation or base support, including skid-mounted or other
moveable structures.
( Accessory or mother-in-law apartment. See Dwelling, Efficiency apartment)
2. Agriculture. Commercial farming, dairying, pasturage, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, or
animal and poultry husbandry including buildings used to shelter farm implements, hay, grain,
poultry, livestock or other farm produce in which there is no human habitation and which is not
used by the public.
3. Airport. A place where aircraft can land and take off, usually equipped with hangars, facilities for
refueling and repair, various accommodations for passengers..and business lease sites.
4. Alley. A dedicated public way which affords a secondary means of access to abutting property
and not intended for general traffic circulation.
5. Alteration. Any change, addition or modification in the construction, location or use of a building.
6. Amusement and recreation facility. Establishment engaged primarily in providing entertainment
for a fee including such activities as bowling alleys, billiards and pool, dance hall, pinball
machines, video games or other similar player-operated amusement devices.
7. Antenna. A device used to transmit and/or receive radio or electromagnetic waves between
terrestrially and/or orbital based structures. Includes satellite dish.
(Apartment. See Dwelling)
8. Auto repair station. A place where a qualified automotive mechanic provides services such as
general motor vehicle and engine repair, reconditioning or rebuilding, and collision service
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including body, frame and fender straightening and repair, painting and undercoating of motor
vehicles.
9. Auto service station. A place used primarily for the retail dispensing of motor fuels and/or
installation of tires, batteries and other accessories and services which do not customarily or
usually require the services of a qualified automotive mechanic. Also known as a gas station.
( Bed and breakfast. See Lodging)
( Boarding or rooming. See Lodging)
10. Brewpub. An establishment that is primarily an eating place which includes the brewing of beer
as an accessory use.
11. Building. Any structure built for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or
property of any kind.
12. Building area. A total area taken on a horizontal plane at the main grade level of the principal
building and all accessory buildings, exclusive of external steps.
13. Building, existing. A building erected prior to the adoption of this Code or one for which a legal
building permit has been issued.
14. Building height. The vertical distance above a reference datum measured to the highest point of
the coping of a flat roof or to the deck line of a mansard roof or to the average height of the
highest gable of a pitched or hipped roof. The reference datum, which must be between the
building and the property line or in a dedicated public right-of-way that is accessible to fire
suppression personnel and rescue equipment, shall be selected by either of the following,
whichever yields the greater height of the building:
a. The elevation of the highest adjoining sidewalk or ground surface within a five-foot
horizontal distance of the exterior wall of the building when such a sidewalk or ground
surface is not more than ten feet above the lowest grade; or
b. An elevation ten feet higher than the lowest grade when the sidewalk or ground surface
described in subsection a., above is more than ten feet above the lowest grade. The height
of a stepped or terraced building is the maximum height of any segment of the building.
15. Building, principal or main. A building in which is conducted the principal or main use of the lot
on which the building is situated. Attached garages, porches and carports shall be considered to
be part of the principal building.
( Bunkhouse. See Housing)
16. Business, general sales. A premises where the sale of goods or commodities to the consumer
takes place; i.e., groceries; bakeries; hobby, knot or yarn shops, book, gift or apparel shops;
fishing equipment, hardware or vehicle sales; restaurants; vehicle rentals or variety stores.
17. Business, personal service. The conduct of business where personal assistance is offered for
compensation; i.e., dressmaking, tailoring, barbers and beauty. etc.
18. Campground. A plot of ground upon which two or more campsites are located, established or
maintained for occupancy by tents or recreation vehicles as temporary living quarters for
recreational or vacation purposes.
19. Campground, employee. An area operated by an established business with high seasonal
employment of transient workers as a housing alternative and not construed to be a
construction camp.
20. Child care, licensed center. In accordance with Alaska Statutes, a building where adult care,
protection and supervision is provided for children other than the owner's or operator's. Also
called day care, nursery school, preschool and kindergarten.
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21. Child care, licensed home. In accordance with Alaska Statutes, a private residence where adult
care, protection and supervision is provided for children other than the occupant's. Also called
day care, nursery school, preschool and kindergarten.
22. Church. A building, structure or group of buildings or structures primarily intended for
conducting organized religious services and associated accessory uses. The definition of a
church shall be dependent upon U.S. Internal Revenue Service and the Kenai Peninsula
Borough Assessor's Office interpretation. A standard single-family residence not remodeled for
public meetings shall not be considered a church.
23. Clinic. A building or portion thereof containing offices and facilities for providing out-patient
medical, dental or psychiatric services, and which may include a dispensary to handle
medication and other merchandise prescribed by physicians in connection with their medical
practice.
24. Club, private. A building and related facilities owned or operated by a corporation, association or
group of individuals established for the fraternal, social, educational, recreational or cultural
enrichment of its members, but not primarily for profit, and whose members meet certain
prescribed qualifications for membership and pay dues. Includes lodges.
25. Cluster subdivision. A development design technique that permits a reduction in lot area
provided there is no increase in the number of lots permitted under a conventional subdivision
or increase in overall density of development by concentrating buildings in specific areas on a
site to allow the remaining land to be used for recreation, common open space and preservation
of environmentally sensitive areas.
( Commercial building apartment. See Dwelling)
26. Commercial use. An occupation, employment or enterprise that is carried on for profit by the
owner, lessee or licensee.
( Condominium. See Dwelling)
(Convalescent or nursing home. See Housing)
27. Convenience store. A small-scale neighborhood grocery establishment offering for sale
prepackaged food products, household items and other goods commonly associated with the
same and having a gross floor area of less than 5,000 square feet.
( Dormitory. See Housing)
28. Drinking establishment. Any premises wherein the principal purpose is the retail sale of
alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises and minors are excluded therefrom by
law. Includes bar, cocktail lounge, tavern and nightclub.
29. Drive-in facility. Any portion of a building or structure which by design permits customers to
receive services, obtain goods or be entertained while remaining in their motor vehicles.
30. Dwelling. A building designed or used exclusively as living quarters for one or more families.
a. Apartment. Any portion of a building which is designed, built, rented, leased, let or hired out
to be occupied or which is occupied as the home or residence of an individual for daily
living and doing his own cooking independently of any other individual or family in the
same building (see "Dwelling").
b. Apartment, owner or manager. An apartment within a building that is designed to be used
exclusively as the living quarters for the owner or manager family of that building or a
commercial business located in the building.
c. Condominium. A form of housing ownership by which a person may purchase and own one
dwelling unit in a multiunit building or development. Each owner owns a common interest in
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• such things as the underlying land, common walls, stairwells, elevators, lobbies, laundry
rooms and recreation rooms.
d. Commercial building apartment. An apartment located within a building designed to
accommodate a mix of residential and commercial uses.
e. Efficiency apartment (also called accessory, mother-in-law, or studio ). A single separate
dwelling unit consisting of not more than one habitable room which includes combined
kitchen, dining and sleeping areas with accompanying sanitary facilities, and which is
located within or shares a common wall with a single-family dwelling.
f. Guest house. An accessory building occupied on a temporary basis solely by nonpaying
guests.
g. Mobile home. A factory-built home designed to be used as a year-round residential
dwelling and originally designed and mounted on wheels and/or axle supports for
transportation by another vehicle.
h. Modular home. A factory-built residential structure that is transportable in one or more
sections, is built on a permanent chassis, and is used as a place of human habitation, but
which is not constructed with a permanent hitch or other device allowing transport of the
unit other than for the purpose of delivery to a permanent site, and which does not have
wheels or axles permanently attached to its body or frame. Includes factory-built and
manufactured home.
i. Multiple-family. A building designed as a residence for three or more families, with the
number of families in residence not exceeding the number of dwelling units provided and
each living independently of the other under one roof.
j. Single-family, attached. A building containing two or more dwelling units, each of which has
primary ground floor access to the outside and which are attached to each other by party
walls without openings. Also commonly called townhouse, row house and zero-lot line.
k. Single-family, detached. A building designed and/or used exclusively for occupancy of one
family and entirely surrounded by open space on the same lot.
I. Two-family or duplex. A building containing two single-family dwelling units totally
separated from each other by an unpierced wall extending from ground to roof or
unpierced ceiling and floor extending from exterior wall to exterior wall, except for a
common stairwell exterior to both dwelling units.
m. Unit, dwelling unit. A building or separate portion thereof containing kitchen, living, sleeping
accommodations and at least one bathroom and designed to be occupied exclusively as a
residence by one family(see "Apartment").
n. Watchman or caretaker dwelling. An accessory dwelling associated with a commercial or
industrial building or structure for the purpose of housing a watchman or caretaker and
immediate family.
( Efficiency apartment. See Dwelling)
31. Family. Any number of individuals not necessarily related by blood, marriage, adoption or
guardianship living together in a dwelling unit as a single housekeeping unit and distinguished
from a group occupying a rooming house, club,fraternity house or hotel.
32. Farm animal. Any cow, horse, mule, goat, sheep, pig, chicken, or other similar animal
commonly kept as livestock.
33. Flea market. An occasional or periodic sales activity held within a building or open area where
groups of individual sellers offer goods, new and used, for sale to the public, not to include
private garage sales.
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34. Floor area, useable. That area used for or intended to be used for the sale of merchandise or
services or as leasable office space as measured from the interior surfaces of the walls
enclosing that part of the building. Such floor area which is used or intended to be used for the
storage or processing of merchandise, hallway or for utilities or sanitary facilities is excluded
from this computation of useable floor area.
35. Fractions. In the determination of density, required parking spaces or other requirements of this
Code, computations resulting in a fractional number of 0.50 or above shall be considered the
next larger whole number.
36. Garage, private. An accessory building or portion of a main building designed or used solely for
storage of motor vehicles, boats and similar vehicles owned by the occupants of the building to
which it is accessory.
37. Greenhouse, commercial. A light-permeating structure used for cultivating and growing plants in
a controlled temperature and humidity environment where such plants are offered for sale either
on the premises or at another location.
( Group care home. See Housing)
(Guest house. See Dwelling)
38. Guide service. Any premises used for collecting or returning persons from recreation trips when
remuneration is provided for the service.
( Halfway house. See Housing)
39. Health club. Includes, but is not limited to, gymnasiums (except public), private clubs (athletic,
health or recreational), reducing salons and weight control establishments.
40. Historic district. An area containing buildings or places in which historic events occurred or
having special public value because of notable architectural or other features relating to the
cultural or artistic heritage of the community of such significance as to warrant conservation and
preservation.
41. Home occupation. Any use customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling, or its accessory
building, and carried on by the occupants thereof, which is clearly incidental and secondary to
the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and does not change the character thereof, and in
connection with which there is no exterior sign, no display or stock in trade, no outside storage
of materials or equipment, no commodity sold upon the premises and not more than two
persons are engaged in such occupation.
42. Home professional office. A home occupation consisting of the office of a practitioner of a
recognized profession.
( Hostel. See Lodging)
( Hotel. See Lodging)
43. Housing. Structures providing housing for groups of people. such as students, employees or
nursing home residents.
a. Bunkhouse. A building used as living quarters for people such as cannery workers or
construction laborers where shower and sanitary facilities are shared and in which there
are no individual cooking facilities.
b. Convalescent or nursing home. A structure with sleeping rooms where persons are housed
or lodged and are furnished with meals, nursing and medical care.
c. Dormitory. A building used as residential group living quarters for a student body or
religious order as an associated use to a school, orphanage or other similar institutional
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use, and does not include kitchen facilities except a group kitchen facility to serve all
residents.
d. Group care home. A dwelling shared by no more than live disabled persons, plus resident
staff, who live together as a single housekeeping unit and in a long-term, family-like
environment in which staff persons provide care, education and participation in community
activities for the residents with the primary goal of enabling residents to live as
independently as possible in order to reach their maximum potential. The term "group care
home" shall not include alcoholism or drug treatment centers, work release facilities for
convicts or ex-convicts or other housing facilities serving as an alternative to incarceration.
e. Halfway house. A licensed home for inmates on release from more restrictive custodial
confinement, or initially placed in lieu of more restrictive custodial confinement, wherein
supervision, rehabilitation and counseling are provided to mainstream residents back into
society, enabling them to live independently. Such placement is pursuant to the authority of
the Alaska Department of Corrections.
44. Junk. Dismantled or wrecked automobiles, aircraft, motor venicles or machinery, mobile homes,
trailers, watercraft, used appliances or furniture, scrap building materials, metals, rubber, paper,
plastic or other scrap materials.
45. Kennel. Any enclosure, building, shelter, area or establishment used for the purpose of
breeding, buying, selling, keeping or boarding five or more dogs over the age of four months,
whether for profit, pleasure, or as pets, by any person, individual, corporation, group of people
or business entity. Does not include an animal shelter.
46. Livestock. Generally accepted large (over 250 pounds) and small (under 250 pounds) outdoor
farm animals (i.e., cows, goats, horses, pigs, barnyard fowl. etc.). Does not include cats, dogs
and other common household pets.
47. Loading space. A space located on premises for pickup and delivery at the premises. Required
off-street loading space shall not be included as an off-street parking space.
48. Lodging. The renting out of a dwelling, or portion thereof, to provide overnight sleeping
accommodations for a period of less than 30 consecutive days. The use includes the providing
of meals to overnight guests only. This use includes bed and breakfast, but does not include
motel, hotel or hostel.
a. Bed and breakfast. An owner occupied and operated single-family residential dwelling
where lodging with a meal is provided for compensation on a short-term basis. The term
does not include boardinghouses and separate apartments which are leased on a month-
to-month or longer basis.
b. Boarding or rooming. An owner occupied building which has not more than five rooms
available for rent or lease on other than a day-to-day basis and not open to transient
guests for residential occupancy and in which no cooking or dining facilities are provided in
the individual rooms. Meals may be regularly prepared and served for compensation at a
table, family-style, without service or ordering of individual portions from a menu. The term
includes lodging house or rooming house but does not include separate apartments with
individual kitchen and bath facilities.
c. Hostel. A building, or portion thereof, in which temporary or overnight lodging is provided
for hikers, cyclists or other travelers not generally traveling by car.
d. Hotel. A facility with six or more guest rooms and on-premises management offering
transient lodging accommodations to the general public on a daily rate where access to all
sleeping rooms is through a main entrance and which may provide food, entertainment,
meeting rooms, recreational facilities or various personal services. Includes lodges and
inns.
e. Motel. A building, or group of detached or connected buildings, having six or more guest
rooms, an on-premises manager and parking conveniently located on the premises, which
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• are designed primarily to offer sleeping accommodations, with or without meals, to the
motoring public on a daily rate. Includes designations such as motor lodges, auto courts,
tourist courts and similar terms.
49. Lot. A parcel of land of at least sufficient size to meet minimum zoning requirements for use,
coverage and area and to provide such yards and other open spaces as are herein required.
Such lot shall have frontage or access on a public street or on an approved private street and
may consist of:
A. A single lot of record;
B. A portion of a lot of record;
C. A combination of complete lots of record, or complete lots of record and portions of lots of
record, or portions of lots of record; or
D. A parcel of land described by metes and bounds, provided that in no case of division or
combination shall any residual lot or parcel be created which does not meet the
requirements of this chapter and that, in the case of multiple lots or portions thereof, the
property be replatted to eliminate interior lot lines.
a. Lot area. The total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot, exclusive of streets and
alleys.
b. Lot, buildable or useable area. That portion of a lot that a prudent person would use to
construct a building and provide required parking. This excludes lakes and rivers,
creeks, cliffs, marshes and other similar natural obstacles to development with the
property counting toward minimum required size.
c. Lot, corner. A lot situated at the intersection of two or more streets having an angle of
intersection of not more than 135 degrees.
d. Lot coverage. The area of a site covered by building or roofed areas, including
covered porches, decks and accessory buildings, but excluding allowed projecting
eaves.
e. Lot depth. The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured on
the longitudinal centerline.
f. Lot, interior. A lot other than a corner lot.
g. Lot line, front. In the case of an interior lot, a line separating the lot from the street. In
the case of a corner lot, the owner may choose which street he shall designate as the
front of the lot. Once the choice of frontage has been made, it cannot be changed
unless all requirements for yard space are met.
h. Lot line, rear. A line opposite and most distant from the front lot line and, in the case of
irregular or triangular shaped lots, a line not less than ten feet in length within the lot,
parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line.
i. Lot line, side. Lot boundary not a front lot line or a rear lot line.
j. Lot line, zero. The mean horizontal line whereby two adjacent buildings from adjacent
lots can be constructed with a common party wall providing a proper fire wall rating.
All other aspects are the same as in conventional d.evelopment.
k. Lot width. The average horizontal distance separating side lot lines of a lot and at right
angles to its depth.
50. Lumberyard. An establishment that sells sawn timber and other building materials typically
stored on the premises.
51. Manufacturing, heavy. A use engaged in the basic processing and manufacturing of materials or
products predominately from extracted or raw materials; or a use engaged in storage of or
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