§ 44-25. Definitions (g, h).

Garage, community, means a space or structure or series of structures for the storage of motor vehicles having no public shop or service therewith, for the use of two or more owners or occupants of property in the vicinity.

Garage, private, means a space or structure for the storage of not more than three motor vehicles, having no public shop or services in connection therewith for the use solely of the owner or occupant of the principal building on a lot for his family or domestic employees.

Garage, public, means a space or structure, other than a private or a community garage, for the storage, repair or refinishing of motor vehicle for a profit.

Gasoline service station means a building or structure designed or used for the retail sale or supply of fuels, lubricants, air, water and other operating commodities for motor vehicles or boats and including the customary space and facilities for the installation of such commodities on or in such vehicles, and including space for facilities for the storage, repair or servicing, but not including bumping, painting or refinishing thereof.

Grade means:

(1)

For buildings having walls adjoining one street only, the elevation of the sidewalk at the center of all walks adjoining the street.

(2)

For buildings having walls adjoining more than one street, the average of the elevations of the sidewalk at the center of the walls adjoining the streets.

(3)

For buildings having no walls adjoining the street, the average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of the building.

Any wall approximately parallel to and not more than five feet from a street line is to be considered as adjoining the street.

Greenbelt means an eight foot planting strip composed of deciduous trees, spaced not more than 40 feet apart and not less than one row of shrubs, spaced not more than five feet apart and which grow at least five feet or more in height after one full growing season, which shall be planted and maintained in a healthy growing condition by the property owner or lessee. A 20 foot greenbelt shall be a planting strip composed of two rows of deciduous and/or evergreen trees, spaced alternately at not more than 40 feet apart and not less than three rows of shrubs, spaced at not more than eight feet apart and which grow at least to a height of five feet or more after one full growing season and which shrubs will eventually grow to a height of not less than 12 feet at maturity, which shall be planted and maintained in a healthy growing condition by the property owner or lessee.

Hazardous uses means all uses which involve the storage, sale, manufacture or processing of materials which are risky and combustible and are likely to burn with moderate rapidity and with a considerable volume of smoke, but from which neither poisonous fumes nor explosions are to be anticipated in the event of fire, and as listed by the Basic Building Code 1954 amended edition prepared by the Building Officials Conference of America, Inc.

Height of a building means the vertical distance from the established grade of the center of the front of the building to the highest point of the roof surface of a flat roof, to the deck line for a mansard roof, to the mean height level between the eaves and ridge for hip, gabled and gambrel roofs.

Home occupation means an occupation carried on by an occupant of a dwelling unit as a secondary use which is clearly subservient to the use of the dwelling for residential purposes.

Hospital means a building, structure or institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment and operating under license by the health department of the state.

Hotel means a building occupied as a more or less temporary abiding place for individuals who are lodged, with or without meals, in rooms occupied singly for hire, in which provision is not made for cooking on any individual plan and in which there are more than ten sleeping rooms, a public dining room for the accommodation of at least 20 guests and a general kitchen.

(Code 1969, § 5.6; Code 1977, § 28-20; Ord. No. 195, 6-14-1993)