Title 18 - Unified Development Ordinance

 

18.110 Rules of Interpretation and Definitions

18.110.020 Definitions

  1. A.
    Where a word or term is not defined in this Chapter but is defined elsewhere in this ordinance or in the Code, such definition shall be applicable unless the context indicates that a standard dictionary definition is more appropriate.
  2. B.
    Where a word or term is defined in this Chapter and also defined elsewhere in this ordinance, the definition contained in this Chapter shall be generally applicable except in the Chapter or Section to which the other definition applies.

(History: Ord. ZRR-1725; ZRR-1661; ZRR-1637)

18.110.460 Open Space

Covered open space means the usable open space closed to the sky but having two unobstructed open or partially open sides. “Partially open” is to be construed as fifty percent or more open. Examples of covered open space are covered balconies, carports, roofed porches, covered portions of improved roof areas, or spaces under buildings supported on columns or posts, or cantilevered. The number of square feet countable as open space shall not exceed the number of square feet of the open sides.

Effective on: 1/1/1901