§ 44-24. Definitions (e, f).

Essential services means the erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by public utilities or municipal departments or commissions of underground or overhead gas, electrical, communication, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, towers and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith (but not including buildings) reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or municipal departments or commissions for the public health, safety or general welfare.

Family means to constitute a man and wife or a father or a mother and their children by natural birth or adoption and the parents of either or both and may also include two additional persons who occupy rooms for which compensation may or may not be paid; provided any group of persons, not so related, but inhabiting a single housekeeping unit, shall be considered to constitute one family for each five persons, exclusive of domestic employees in each group.

Fence means an artificially constructed barrier constructed of any manufactured material or combination of materials which are durable, weather resistant, easily maintained, ornamental in nature, and commonly available for purchase for use on private property which is erected for providing security, privacy screening, enclosing, dividing, or separating yard areas, or to mark a boundary or property line of any sort as determined by the city. Examples of such fences include chain link, wrought iron, lattice, board on board, and stockade. Agricultural fences such as, but not necessarily limited to, barbed wire fences, woven wire fences, cable wire fences, mesh wire fences, and high tensile wire fences, are expressly prohibited.

Fence, decorative means an artificially constructed barrier constructed of any manufactured material or combination of materials which are durable, weather resistant, easily maintained, ornamental in nature, and commonly available for purchase, for use on private property and which is constructed so that the surface area of any fence segment or fence panel is less than 50 percent opaque as viewed perpendicularly to its vertical surface. Examples of such fences include picket, split rail, wrought iron, rope and post, and post and rail. Agricultural fences, natural fences, and fences consisting of chain link, sheet metal or pipe are expressly prohibited.

Fence, natural, means a naturally growing or intentionally planted grouping of trees, shrubs, or other woody landscaping materials that has the effect of enclosing, screening, or separating areas and/or marking a boundary or line of any sort and that, based on typical growing conditions, will form a visual or physical barrier at a point at or above 30 inches above grade.

Fence, panel means an artificially constructed barrier constructed of any manufactured material or combination of materials which are durable, weather resistant, easily maintained, ornamental in nature, and commonly available for purchase on private property which is erected for solely for providing privacy screening and not for security, enclosing, dividing, or separating yard areas, or to mark a boundary of property.

Fence, protective measures means a fence erected for the express purpose of protection of the enclosed area other than residential areas.

First floor means the first floor is the floor of a building approximately at or at the first floor above the mean level of the established grade.

Floor area means:

(1)

For computing the allowable floor area in one-family residential, two-family residential and single-family terrace units, floor area shall be the sum of the horizontal areas of the one or more floors of a building measured from the exterior walls, exclusive of basements, unfurnished rooms or attics, attached garages, breezeways, enclosed or unenclosed porches and utility rooms having three exterior walls.

(2)

Floor area for multiple-family units shall be the area included between the outside face of the exterior walls, excluding basements, utility or accessory rooms, common hallways and common stairways.

(3)

Floor area for other than residential purposes shall be the area enclosed between the outside face of the exterior walls of the building or structure.

Floor area, liveable, means the area of the first floor, the area of the floor next above and/or the area under a sloping roof having a minimum height of five feet when one-half of the room has a ceiling height of seven feet six inches.

(Code 1969, § 5.5; Code 1977, § 28-19; Ord. No. 23-Q, 9-28-1970; Ord. No. 287, § 1, 7-8-2002; Ord. No. 379, 3-29-2015; Ord. No. 387, 8-14-2017)