Amending Chapter 21 Zoning Ordinance

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(20) Dwelling, multiple - family: See Apartment house. (21) Dwelling unit means a building or a portion thereof designed or arranged to provide living facilities for a single family. Each dwelling unit shall contain permanently installed kitchen and toilet facilities. (21.1) Embellishment: An addition to the display area on which a continuation of an advertising message may be placed. Such addition shall not be a continuous border which would constitute an increase in the display area. Standard bases and standard trim shall not be considered embellishments. (21.2) Exterior Features: The arrangement and general design of a building, structure or use, including the architectural style, scale or form, architectural details, such as windows, doors, light fix- tures, fences, walls, steps or other appurtenances, the color, type or texture of building materials, signs, natural features, such as trees, rocks or rock formations, or bodies of water. (22) Family means one or more persons related by blood, legal adoption or marriage, living and cooking together as a single housekeep- ing unit, exclusive of household servants. A number of persons but not exceeding two (2) living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit though not related by blood, legal adoption or marriage, shall be deemed to constitute a family. A person or persons residing with a family as hereinabove defined by reason of placement by a publicly li- censed placement agency shall be considered as members of that family. (23) Floor area means the floor area of a building shall be taken to be the sum of the gross areas of the several floors of the building, measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls or from the center line of common walls. Floor area shall include floor open- ings for stair wells, elevator shafts and duct work, floor space used for mechanical equipment, open or enclosed, penthouses, attic space having headroom of seven (7) feet, then (10) inches or more, interior balconies, mezzanines and enclosed porches, and covered floor areas devoted to accessory uses. Basement floor area shall be included when more than one -half of the basement height is above finished grade or when utilized as a dwelling unit or for commercial or industrial pur- poses. Floor area shall not be included when used for off - street park- ing or unloading. (23.1) Floor area ratio: The total gross floor area of a building or buildings on a lot divided by the lot area. (24) Frontage means the contact of abutting property with a street which affords unobstructed access to the property. (25) Garage, private means an accessory building with capa- city for storing not more than three (3) motor vehicles, and used for storage only. (26) Garage, public means a garage, other than a private garage, used for the storage, care, repair or servicing of motor vehicles, or where such vehicles are stored for remuneration or sale. (27) Grade, established means the elevation of the street grade in front of a property as fixed by the Engineering Department of the City. (28) Gross Acreage means all lands and open spaces included in a tract, and one -half of all abutting streets, alleys and utility easements. (29) Gross leasable area means the total floor area designed for tenant occupancy including basements, mezzanines and upper floors, but excluding areas specifically designated for storage; expressed in square feet and measured from the center line of joint partitions and from outside wall faces. - 4 -