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§ 22 PARIS CODE Section 22. General Definitions (8) Board--The Zoning Board of Adjust- 22-100 Certain Words in this Ordinance not here- ment established in Section 16. tofore defined are defined as follows: (9) Boarding House--A building other than , a hotel, where lodging and meals fo~ Words used in the present tense include five or more persons are served for the future; words in the singular number compensation. include the plural number and words in (10) Building--Any structure built for the the plural number include the singular support, shelter and enclosure of per- number; the word "building" includes the sor~, animals, chattels or movable prop- word "structure"; the word "lot" includes erty of any kind. When subdivided in a the words "plot" or "tract"; the word "shall" manner sufficient to prevent the spread is mandatory and not discretionary, of fire each portion so subdivided may (1) Accessory Use--A use subordinate to be deemed a separate building. and incidental to the primary use of (11) Building Line--A line parallel or ap- the main building or to the primary proximately parallel to the street line use of the prem;.ses, at a specified distance therefrom mark- (2) Alley--A public space or thoroughfare ing the minimum distance from the which affords only secondary means street line that a building may be of access to property abutting thereon, erected. (3) Apartment--A room or suite of rooms (12) Building Official--The head of the en- in a multi-family dwelling or apart- gineering department (City Engineer) merit house arranged, designed or oc- of the City of Paris, Texas. cupied as a place of residence by a (13) Cellar--A building story with more than single family, individual or group of one-half its height below the average individuals, level of the adjoining grnund. A cellar (4) Apartment House--Any building or pot- shall not be counted as a story in com- tion thereof, which is designed, built, puting building height. rented, leased or let to be occupied as (14) Certificate of Occupancy or Compliance-- three or more dwelling units or apart- An official certificate issued by the ments or which is occupied as a home City through the Building Official or place of residence by three or more which indicates conformance with or families living in independent dwell- approved conditional waiver from the lng units. Zoning Regulations and authorizes legal (5) Area of the Lot--The area of the lot use of the premises for which it is shall be the net area of the lot and issued. shall not include portions of streets (15) City Council--The governing body of and alleys, the City of Paris, Texas. (6) Basement--A building story which is (16) City Manager--The chief city admin- partly underground but having at least istrator. one-half of its height above the aver- (17) Clinic--A group of offices for one or age level of the adjoining ground. A more physicians, surgeons or dentists basement shall be counted as a story to treat sick or injured out.patients in computing building height, who do not remain overnight. (7) Block--An area enclosed by streets and (18) ConvalescentHome--Any structcuce used occupied by or intended for buildings; for or customarily occupied by persons or if said word is used as a term of recovering from illness or suffering from measurement, it shall mean the dis- infirmities of age. tance along a side ora street between (19) Court--An open, unoccupied space, the nearest two streets which inter- bounded on more than two sides by sect said street on the said side. the walls of a building. An inner cour~ 307O