Lexington

LOT AREA: ... In residential zoning districts, lot area shall be defined as the area of the lot that excludes major utility easements ... and an area that lies within the one-hundred-year floodplain ...

ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT - ATTACHED: A complete independent dwelling unit, with kitchen and bath, designed, arranged, used, or intended for occupancy by not more than two persons for living purposes, and meeting the standards of § 420-11.1A.

SIGN, ROOF: Any sign erected, constructed, and maintained wholly upon or over the roof of any building. (Such signs are not permitted under this chapter.)

SIGN, MINOR: A wall or freestanding sign not exceeding one square foot in area, not exceeding four feet in height, and not illuminated.

SIGN, PROJECTING: A sign attached to a building, approximately perpendicular to the building wall, and projecting up to four feet from the building wall; also "sign, hanging".

SIGN, WALL: Any signs or lettering, projecting not more than eight inches, which are placed against or attached to the front, rear, or side wall of a building, but shall not be painted or mural signs, or roof signs as defined herein.

PARKING SPACE, NORMAL: An area not less than 10 feet wide by 20 feet long for an automobile or motor vehicle, such space being exclusive of necessary drives, aisles, entrances or exits and being fully accessible for the storage or parking of permitted vehicles.

PARKING SPACE, COMPACT: A space for parking one passenger automobile that is 16 feet long and eight feet wide and is marked "Compact car."

STREET, PUBLIC: A street which affords principal means of access to abutting property, and encompassed by a right-of-way dedicated to public use and maintained by the Commonwealth as a part of the state primary or secondary road system. The right-of-way shall not be less than 50 feet.

STORY, HALF: A space under a sloping roof, which has the line of intersection of roof decking and wall face not more than five feet above the top floor level.

BASEMENT: A portion of a building having part, but not more than 1/2, of its height below grade. A basement shall be counted as a story, for the purpose of height regulations, if it is subdivided and used for business purposes or for dwelling purposes.

PATIO: A level surfaced area directly adjacent to a principal building which has an average elevation of not more than 30 inches from finished grade, and without walls or a roof.

STRUCTURE, TEMPORARY: Anything constructed or erected without a permanent foundation or footings and that extends eight inches or more above the adjacent yard surfaces, but excluding a manufactured home as defined by this chapter.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLE: A vehicle which is: 1. Built on a single chassis; 2. Four hundred square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection; 3. Designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light-duty truck; and 4. Designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as a temporary living quarters for recreational camping, travel, or seasonal use.

SHRUB: A woody plant producing multiple shoots or stems from the base height, with a total height of 15 feet or less. Also, when used to meet the landscaping criteria of the zoning chapter, a perennial planting that, at the time of planting, has a minimum height of two feet measured from the ground elevation after planting.

CALIPER: The diameter of a tree (usually nursery stock) measured at a point six inches above the ground or top of root ball for up to and including four-inch caliper trees, and at a point 12 inches above the ground or top of root ball for larger sizes.

ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE: A motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer or part thereof that: (1) Weighs at least 75 pounds; and (2) (a) Is left unattended on public property for more than 48 hours in violation of a state law or local ordinance; (b) has remained for more than 48 hours on private property without the consent of the property's owner...

SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE: Damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before-damaged condition would equal or exceed 50% of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.

SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT: Any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a structure the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the structure before the start of construction of the improvement.

SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION/REHABILITATION: Improvements, not primarily cosmetic in nature, whose cost should equal at least 25% of the value of the structure after the renovation/rehabilitation is completed.