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)

18.110.655 Yard

Yard means an open space at grade between a building and the adjoining lot lines, unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a structure from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided. In measuring a yard for the purpose of determining the width of a side yard, the depth of a front yard or the depth of a rear yard, the least horizontal distance between a lot line and the building shall be used. Where lots abut a street that is designated a thoroughfare street on the

Official Street Map, all yards abutting the street shall be measured from a line one-half the proposed right-of-way width from the center line or from the lot line, whichever provides the greater setback. On other lots, all yards abutting a street shall be measured from a line 25 feet from the center line, or from the lot line, whichever provides the greater setback.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Front yard means a yard across the full width of the lot extending from the front line of the main building to the front lot line.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Rear yard means the yard between the rear lot line and the rear line of the main building and the side lot lines.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Side yard means a yard between the main building and the adjacent side line of the lot, and extending entirely from a front yard to the rear yard.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Required yard means that portion of any yard constituting the minimum area required in any zoning district, but excluding that portion of the yard in excess of the minimum required area.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Yard setback or building setback means that area between a lot line and the respective setback line which shall remain unobstructed by buildings or structures from the ground to the sky, except as may be specifically permitted by other provisions of the zoning ordinance.

(History: Ord. ZRR-1725; ZRR-1661; ZRR-1637; ZRR-889 §18.02)

Effective on: 1/1/1901