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