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** shall not include: basement floor area other than area devoted to retailing activities, the production or processing of goods, or to business or professional offices. Foster Care. Means the twenty -four (24) hour a day care of a child in any facility which for gain or otherwise regularly provides one or more children, when unaccompanied by their parents, with a substitute for the care, food, lodging, training, education, supervision or treatment they need, but which for any reason cannot be furnished by their parents or legal guardians in their homes. G. Garage - Private. Any accessory or accessory portion of the principal building which is intended for and used to store the private passenger vehicles of the family or families resident upon the premises, and in which no business service or industry is carried on. Grade (Adjacent Ground Elevation). The lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground, paving or sidewalk within the area between the building and the property line, or when the property line is more than five (5) feet from the building, between the building and a line five (5) feet from the building. Grading. Changing the natural or existing topography of land. Group Care Facility. A facility which provides resident services to seven (7) or more individuals of whom one or more are unrelated. These individuals are handicapped, aged, or disabled, are undergoing rehabilitation, and are provided services to meet their needs. Category includes uses such as homes for the physically handicapped, mentally retarded, chemically dependent, foster children, maternity shelters and half -way houses. Guest Room. A room occupied by one (1) or more guests for compensation and in which no provision is made for cooking, but not including rooms in a dormitory for sleeping purposes primarily. H. * Hardship. A situation where property in question cannot be put to a reasonable use under the conditions allowed by the official controls; the plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to his property, not created by the landowner; and the variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality. Economic considerations alone shall not constitute a hardship if a reasonable use for the property exists under teLms of the official controls. * Amended by Ordinance No. 214, July 27, 1983 ** Amended by Ordinance No. 232, July 25, 1984 9 Page 36