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)

18.110.310 Height of a Building or Structure

Height of a building or structure means the vertical distance from the average ground level abutting a building or structure to the highest point of a building or highest point of any permanent part of a structure other than a building; except that for a single-family, two-family, or multi-family residence, the distance shall be from the average ground level at the front of the residence to the highest point of a flat roof, the deck line of a mansard roof, or the average height between the plate and ridge of a gable, hip, shed or gambrel roof. Height, where not regulated in feet, shall be regulated by stories, and a story shall be equal to 12 feet for purposes of measuring structures.

(History: Ord. ZRR-2134 §1, 98; ZRR-1925 §1,95; ZRR-1725; ZRR-1661; ZRR-1637; ZRR-889 §18.02)

Effective on: 1/1/1901