Amending Chapter 21 Zoning Ordinance

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(29.1) Historic landmark: A building, structure, object, district, land use, area or site of historical significance and de- signated as an historic landmark on the Historic Preservation Plan. (29.2) Historic preservation: The research, protection, maintenance, restoration, rehabilitation, reconstruction or develop- ment of historic landmarks. For purposes of this chapter, this defi- nition shall apply to the preservation of exterior features only. (29.3) Historic Preservation Commission: The Historic Pre- servation Commission established under the provisions of this chapter. (29.4) Historic Preservation Plan: A comprehensive plan, including maps, surveys or studies, prepared by the Historic Preser- vation Commission for the preservation of an historic landmark and subsequently approved by the Area Plan Commission and officially adopt- ed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend. (30) Hotel means a building in which lodging, with or with- out meals, is provided and offered to the public for compensation, and which is open to transient guests. Hotel includes motels and automo- bile courts, but does not include lodging houses and tourist homes. (31) Lodging house means a dwelling, other than a hotel, in which more than two (2) persons are given lodging whether or not for compensation. (32) Lot means a parcel of ground set apart by recognized boundary lines, and having frontage upon a street. (33) Lot of record means a lot which is a part of a subdi- vision, the map of which subdivision has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of St. Joseph County, or for which a deed has been recorded in the office of the Recorder of the County. (34) Lot, corner means a lot at the junction of two (2) streets, with frontage on two (2) of its boundary lines. (35) Lot, interior means a lot with frontage on but one (1) street. (36) Lot, through means a lot having frontage on two (2) parallel or approximately parallel streets. (37) Lot lines means the boundary lines of a lot as herein defined. (38) Major building means a building housing the principal occupancy on a lot. (39) Mobile home means any vehicle or portable structure designed for long -term occupancy, containing sleeping accommodations, a flush.toilet, a bathtub or shower, kitchen facilities and plumbing and electrical connections providing for attachment to outside systems; designed to be transported after fabrication on its own wheels, flatbed truck, other trailer or detachable wheels; which, when arriving at the site where it is to be occupied as a complete dwelling unit, including major appliances, is ready for occupancy except for minor and indidental unpacking and assembly operation, located on foundation supports, and is connected to external utilities and electrical system. (40) Mobile Home Lot means a designated site within a mobile home park and /or subdivision for the exclusive use of the occupants of a single mobile home. - 5 -