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)

18.110.265 Floor Area

Gross floor area or total floor area means the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several stories of the building, including accessory buildings, measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from the center line of party walls, and including garages, porches, utility rooms, stairways, recreation rooms and storage rooms, but excluding unenclosed balconies and patios.

Effective on: 1/1/1901