Lot. Property which is occupied or to be occupied by a main structure or group of main structures and accessory structures, has frontage upon a street and is either shown on a plat of record or considered to be a property unit.

Article 31, Sec. 15-5001 standards

Lot lines. Boundaries of a lot. Specifically: A. Lot line, front: the lot boundary which coincides with the right-of-way line or easement of an existing or dedicated public road. ... B. Lot line, rear: the lot boundary generally opposite or parallel to the front lot line, except in a double frontage lot. ... C. Lot line, side: any lot boundary other than a front lot line or a rear lot line.

Article 31, Sec. 15-5001 standards

Yard, front. The front yard is the area of a lot adjacent to its front lot line, measured by the length of the front lot line, extending from one side lot line to the other side lot line, and the width and depth of the required front setback.

Article 31, Sec. 15-5001 standards

Yard, rear. The rear yard is the area adjacent to the rear lot line, measured by the length of the rear lot line, extending from one side lot line to the other side lot line, and the width and the depth of the required rear setback.

Article 31, Sec. 15-5001 standards

Yard, side. The side yard is the area of a lot adjacent to its side lot line, measured by the length of the side lot line extending from the edge of front setback line to the edge of the rear setback line, and the width of the required side setback.

Article 31, Sec. 15-5001 standards

Street line. The dividing line between a road right-of-way and the abutting property.

Article 31, Sec. 15-5001 standards

Street. A public thoroughfare which affords principal means of access to abutting property.

Article 31, Sec. 15-5001 standards

Structure. Anything constructed or erected which has a permanent location on the ground or is attached to something having permanent location on the ground. Includes, but is not limited to, dwellings, buildings, and signs.

Article 31, Sec. 15-5001 standards

Building. Any fully-enclosed structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, which is intended for the housing or enclosure of persons, animals or chattel.

Article 31, Sec. 15-5001 standards

Dwelling. Any structure designed for permanent residential use, but not including hotels, boardinghouses, lodging houses, tourist cabins, apartments, and recreation vehicles.

Article 31, Sec. 15-5001 standards

Dwelling unit. One or more rooms in a dwelling designed for living or sleeping purposes and having at least one kitchen or other room with a stove and/or an electric or gas hookup for

Article 31, Sec. 15-5002 standards

Manufactured home. A prefabricated structure intended for residential use and transported in one or more sections eight feet or more wide and 32 feet or more long, built on a permanent chassis, and which is designed to be used as a dwelling when connected to the required utilities.

Article 31, Sec. 15-5001 standards

Truck. A motor vehicle designed to transport cargo on its own structure independent of any other vehicle, and having a registered gross vehicle weight rating of 7,500 pounds or more. Excludes a pickup or panel truck.

Article 31, Sec. 15-5001 standards

Motor Vehicle. Every vehicle which is self-propelled or designed for self-propulsion, with a gross vehicle weight over 10,000 pounds, and every vehicle drawn by or designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle...

Article 31, Sec. 15-5001 standards

Exotic animals. Any animal that is currently native to a foreign country or of foreign origin or character and not domesticated in the United States. Includes, but is not limited to, animals such as leopard, panther, tiger, lion, elephant, camel, antelope, anteater, kangaroo, water buffalo, species of foreign domestic cattle (such as ankole, gayal, and yak), chimpanzee or other large primate, alligator, crocodile, caiman, and gavial, any venomous or poisonous reptile, any snake more than six feet in length, or any hybrid of an exotic animal.

Article 31, Sec. 15-5002 standards

Farm operation. At least five acres zoned agricultural (A-1 or A-2) and actively used for the production of natural fibers or food for human or animal consumption, exclusive of forestry. The minimum acreage (five without a dwelling, or six with a dwelling) may be a single lot or contiguous lots owned by the same individual or members of the same family.

Article 6, Sec. 15-131 through 15-1345 standards

Minimum lot size of five acres... minimum 25% open space/natural area.

Article 7, Sec. 15-141 through 15-1468 standards

This district requires 50% open space and requires a minimum lot size of two acres.

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.