Franklin

Any application for interpretation of the zoning map or variance shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee to cover the cost of advertising of public notices and expenses incidental to processing and reviewing such application.

Any person or persons jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of the board of zoning appeals, or any taxpayer or any officer, department, board or bureau of the city may present to the Southampton Circuit Court a petition specifying the grounds on which aggrieved within 30 days after the filing of the decision in the office of the board

Words used in the present tense include the future; the singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular; the word "building" includes "structure"; the word "used" includes arranged, designed, constructed, altered, converted, rented, leased, or intended to be used; and the word "shall" is mandatory.

CHILD DAY CENTER: A child day program offered to (a) two or more children under the age of 13 in a facility that is not the residence of the provider or of any of the children in care or (b) 13 or more children in any location. Child day centers must have an outdoor play area of at least 40 square feet per child enrolled, but with a minimum outdoor play area of 1,000 square feet regardless of the number of children enrolled. The play area must be enclosed by a continuous fence not less than three feet in height which prevents children from leaving the premises and may not be located in the required front or side yard of the facility.

FAMILY: A family shall be: (a) [1] An individual, or two (2) or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption, or a group of not more than four (4) unrelated persons living together as a single household in a dwelling unit; or (b) A group home as defined hereinbelow.

FAMILY DAY HOME: A child day program offered in the residence of the provider or the home of any of the children in care for one through 12 children under the age of 13, exclusive of the provider's own children and any other children who reside in the home, when at least one child receives care for compensation. ... no family day home shall care for more than four children under the age of two, including the provider's own children and any other children who reside in the home unless the family day home is licensed or voluntarily registered.

GROUP HOME: A dwelling unit in which not more than eight mentally ill, mentally retarded or developmentally disabled persons reside, with one or more resident counselors or other staff persons licensed by the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, but not including persons whose mental illness or developmental disability entails current illegal drug use or addiction to a controlled substance.

KENNEL, PRIVATE: The keeping, breeding, raising, showing or training of dogs for personal enjoyment of the occupants on property of five (5) or more acres for which commercial gain is not the objective.

ROOMING HOUSE or BOARDINGHOUSE: A dwelling or part thereof where meals and/or lodging are provided for compensation from one to six persons.

TEMPORARY FAMILY HEALTH CARE STRUCTURE: A transportable residential structure, providing an environment facilitating a caregiver's provision of care for a mentally or physically impaired person, that: ... (b) Is limited to one occupant who shall be the mentally or physically impaired person or, in the case of a married couple, two occupants, one of whom is a mentally or physically impaired person, and the other requires assistance with one or more activities of daily living ... (c) Has no more than 300 square feet of gross floor area; and (d) Complies with applicable provisions of the Industrialized Building Safety Law ... Placing the temporary family health care structure on a permanent foundation shall not be required or permitted.

ROUTE 58 CORRIDOR HIGH-RISE SIGN: An on-premises freestanding sign that is located on any parcel of land zoned B-3 General Business or Industrial with any part of the parcel located within 500 feet of the Route 58 by-pass right of way within the corporate limits of the City of Franklin.

STREET: Any developed public right-of-way not less than 30 feet in width which provides a primary means of public access to abutting property.

STORY, HALF: A partial story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than four feet above the floor of such story; provided, however, that any such story used as a separate dwelling unit shall be deemed a full story.