Amend Zoning Ordinance in the Municipal Code Regulate and Restrict the Location of Trades, Callings, Industries, Commercial Enterprises and the Location of Buildings Designed

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2 APARTMENT HOUSE: A building or portion of a building de- signed or used as a residence for three or more families or households living independently of each other. BASEMENT: A story having at least half of its height below- the finished grade. A basement shall be counted as a story, if subdivided and used for dwelling or business purposes. BLOCK: A length of street from one intersecting street to the next intersecting street. The property fronting on a length of street between two streets which join or intersect such length of street. BOARDING HOUSE: A building other than a hotel, where lodg- ing and meals are provided for five (5) or more persons for . compensation. BOARD: Board of Zoning Appeals. BUILDING: A structure consisting of foundation, walls, floor and roof enclosing space to be occupied. BUILDING, HEIGHT OF: The vertical distance measured from the established street grade to the highest point in the coping of a flat roof, to the deck line of a mansard roof and to the average height between eaves and ridge of a gable, hip or gam- brel roof. For buildings set back from the street line, the height of building may be measured from the average elevation of the finished grade along the front of the building, provided its distance from the street line is not less than the height of such grade above established grade. BUSINESS: An enterprise involving selling, storing or pro- cessing goods or commodities or the rendering of services. BUSINESS, INDUSTRIAL: An enterprise engaged in the manufacture, _. the processing of materials or the assembling of parts into finished or semi- finished products; also the repair or recon- ditioning of products, appliances, machines, furniture or other goods which involve manufacturing operations or processes. This class of business may be further subdivided into Light Industrial or Heavy Industrial. BUSINESS, COMMERCIAL: A retail business selling to the public, _ CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY: A certificate issued by the Build- ing Department authorizing an occupancy under the Zoning Law, COMMERCIAL USE: See Business, Commercial. COMIVIISSION: South Bend City Plan Commission. COURT: An open, unoccupied space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a building and which is bounded on two or more sides by the building. DWELLING: A building or portion thereof arranged or designed to provide living facilities for one or more families. The term "Dwelling" shall include a house trailer, but shall not be deemed to include a motel, hotel, or automobile courts.