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198. Staff - City. The Little Canada City staff shall include those persons or firms, whether on a salaried or contract basis, under the authority of the City Council, who fill the following positions: City Administrator, City Clerk, Zoning Administrator, Building Official, City Engineer, City Attorney, City Planner, Financial Advisor, Bond Consultant, or other positions designated by the City Council. 199. Steep Slope. Land where agricultural activity or development is either not recommended or described as poorly suited due to slope steepness and the site's soil characteristics, as mapped and described in available county soil surveys or other technical reports, unless appropriate design and construction techniques and farming practices are used in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance. Where specific information is not available, steep slopes are lands having average slopes over twelve (12) percent, as measured over horizontal distances of fifty (50) feet or more, that are not bluffs. 200. Story. That portion of a building included beneath the upper surface of a floor and upper surface of floor next above, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above. If the finished floor level directly above a basement or cellar, or unused under -floor space is more than six (6) feet above grade as defined herein for more than fifty (50) percent of the total perimeter or is more than twelve (12) feet above grade as defined herein at any point, such basement, cellar or unused under -floor space shall be considered as a story. 201. Story - Half. That portion of a building under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which, on at least two (2) opposite exterior walls, are not more than two (2) feet above the floor of such story, and basements where less than one -half (1/2) of the floor to ceiling height is below the average of the highest and lowest point of that portion of the lot covered by the building. 202. Street. A public thoroughfare tl 30) fifty (50) feet or more in right -of -way width which has been approved by the City as part of an official plat or by approved easement. 203. Street Frontage. The proximity of a parcel of land to one (1) or more streets. An interior lot has one (1) street frontage and a corner lot has two (2) or more frontages. 204. Structure. Anything which is built, constructed or erected; an edifice or building of any kind or any piece of work artificially built up and /or composed of parts jointed together in some definite manner whether temporary or permanent in character. 205. Structural Alterations. Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, column, beams or girders. 9(12_)(1 - 5 3 -