by means of fill, solid foundation perimeter walls, pilings, or columns (post and piers ). *Encroachment*, for the purposes of this division, means the advance or infringement of uses, plant growth, fill, excavation, buildings, permanent structures,
Read it in the chapter →How this ordinance defines it
The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Emporia’s own text settles what this covers.