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BIJRDING, HE I HIT OF:	The vertical di stance measured from the average eleva-
tion of finished grade along the front of the building to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, to the deck line of a mansard roof, or the average height between eaves and ridges of a gable, hip or gambrel roof.
BUILDING PERMIT:	A	permit issued by the Zoning Enforcement Officer authorizing
the construction or alteration of a specific building on a specific lot.
BUILDING:	.Any	structure	having	a	roof and intended for shelter, housing, or
enclosure of persons, animals, or chattel.
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL:	A building in which is conducted the main or principal
use of the lot on which said building is situated.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE:	Hie	minimum	distance,	as prescribed by this ordinance,
between the property line of a lot or a parcel of land and any point on a building or structure related thereto, exclusive of those architectural features permitted to extend there into.
CARPORT:	See Garage, Private.
CENTER LINE OF STREET:	That	line	surveyed and monumented by the governing
body shall be the center line of the street, or if such center line lias not been surveyed, it shall be that line running midway between the outside curbs or ditches of such street.
CONFORMING USE:	Any lawful use of a building or lot which complies with, the
provisions of this ordinance.
CUL-DE-SAC [Court or Dead End Street):	A	short	street	having	one	end	open	to
traffic and being permanently terminated by a vehicle turn-around.
DEAD END STREET:	Any local street, other than a cul-de-sac, which has only
one outlet.
DEVELOPER:	Any	person engaged in developing or improving a lot or group of
lots or structures thereon for use or occupancy.
DEVELOPMENT:	The	act of building structures or installing site improvements.
DISTRICT:	kor'cr	to Zoning Pii-trict.
DWELLING:	A	building	designed	or	used for permanent living quarters for one
or more families.
DWELLING, SINGLE FAMILY:	A	detached	house	or	building designed and intended
for or occuoied exclusively by one (1j family and having no party wall or walls in corrnion with an adjacent house or houses, building or buildings.
WELLING, TWO-FAMILY:	A building designed and intended for or occupied
exclusively bv two (2) families living independently of each other.


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