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Chapter 919: Definitions <br /> <br /> Page 919-9 <br />Impervious Surface: The area of a lot occupied by a constructed hard surface that either <br />prevents or retards the entry of water into the soil and causes water to run off the surface in greater <br />quantities and at an increased rate of flow than prior to development. Examples include but are <br />not limited to decks with one-fourth (1/4) inch spacing or less; decks with a surface underneath <br />that is impervious; concrete patios; bituminous patios; landscaping rocks over plastic liners; courts <br />(sport and tennis); sand boxes with liners; roofs; structures; paved driveways and other driveway <br />surfaces (crushed bituminous, concrete, gravel, other rock, packed dirt, etc); landscape beds with <br />linings; and concrete sidewalks. Exceptions include the following topics: wood decks with one- <br />fourth (1/4) inch spacing or more with pervious material underneath the deck; driveway and <br />sidewalks constructed of pavers provided proof of proper installation is provided; wood chip <br />sidewalks; and retaining walls. <br />Kennel, Commercial: A business for boarding, breeding, raising, grooming, selling, training or <br />other animal husbandry for dogs, cats or other domestic animals. <br />Land Reclamation: The reclaiming of land by the importation, depositing, or grading of soils in <br />excess of 400 cubic yards so as to elevate the grade. <br />Landscaping / Nursery Business: A retail business devoted to the growth, display, and/or sale of <br />plants, shrubs, trees; and/or landscaping materials and services. <br />Little Free Library: A weather-resistant box with a door, used as an informal book donation <br />and lending device, mounted on a post and installed in a yard. <br />Lot of Record: A parcel of land, whether subdivided or otherwise legally described, as of the <br />effective date of this ordinance, or approved by the City as a lot subsequent to such date and which <br />is occupied by or intended for occupancy by one principal building or principal use together with <br />any accessory buildings and such open spaces as required by this ordinance and having its <br />principal frontage upon a street. <br />Lot: Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory buildings, together with <br />such open spaces as are required under the provisions of this zoning regulation, having not less <br />than the minimum area required by this zoning ordinance for a building site in the district in which <br />such lot is situated and having its principal frontage on a street or a proposed street approved by <br />the Council. <br />Lot Line, Front: A boundary of a recorded land parcel that runs along an existing or <br />dedicated public street but not an alley. If the lot is at the intersection of two streets, the <br />shorter of the two exterior lot lines is the front lot line. <br />Lot, Substandard: A lot or parcel of land for which a deed has been recorded in the <br />Office of the County Recorder upon or prior to the effective date of this chapter which does <br />not meet the minimum lot area, structure setbacks or other dimensional standards of this <br />chapter. <br />Manufactured (Mobile) Home: A structure transportable in one or more sections which in the <br />traveling mode is 8 body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected <br />on site, is 320 or more square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be <br />used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required <br />utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained in <br />it, and which complies with the Manufactured Home Building Code. <br />Manufactured Home Community: A contiguous parcel of land which has been designed and <br />developed for the placement of manufactured homes on a permanent basis.