2016-006 - AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 1710

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EXHIBIT "B" Section 22. General Definitions 22 -100 Certain words in this Ordinance not heretofore defined are defined as follows; further, other words or uses may be defined herein that are not currently stated in this ordinance, but which may under the regulations of this ordinance, from time to time be allowed within the City of Paris. Words used in the present tense include the future; words in the singular number include the plural number and words in the plural number include the singular number; the word "building" includes the word "structure "; the word "lot" includes the words "plot" or "tract "; the word "shall" is mandatory and not discretionary. (1) Accessory Use —A use subordinate to and incidental to the primary use of the main building or to the primary use of the premises. (2) Adaptive Reuse— The conversion of obsolescent or historic buildings from their original or most recent use to a new use. For example, the conversion of former hospital or school buildings to residential use, or the conversion of an historic single - family home to office use. (3) Alcoholic Beverages — Alcohol or any beverage containing more than one -half of one percent of alcohol by volume which is capable of use for beverage purposes, either alone or when diluted. (4) Alley —A public space or thoroughfare which affords only secondary means of access to property abutting thereon. (5) Apartment —A room or suite of rooms in a multi - family dwelling or apartment house arranged, designed or occupied as a place of residence by a single family, individual or group of individuals. (6) Apartment House —Any building or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented, leased or let to be occupied as three or more dwelling units or apartments or which is occupied as a home or place of residence by three or more families living in independent dwelling units. (7) Area of the Lot —The area of the lot shall be the net area of the lot and shall not include portions of streets and alleys. (8) Art, public— Any visual work of art, accessible to public view, on public or private property within the city neighborhood environs including residential, business, or industrial buildings, apartment and condominium complexes, parks, multiple -use structures, and similar facilities. The work of art may include but need not be limited to sculptures, murals, monuments, frescoes, fountains, paintings, stained glass, or ceramics. Media may include but need not be limited to steel, bronze, wood, plastic, stone, and concrete. (9) Auction— Any sale where tangible personal property is sold by an auctioneer who is either the agent for the owner of such property or is in fact the owner thereof. (10) Basement —A building story which is partly underground but having at least one -half of its height above the average level of the adjoining ground. A basement shall be counted as a story in computing building height. (11) Block —An area enclosed by streets and occupied by or intended for buildings; or if said word is used as a term of measurement, it shall mean the distance along a side of a street between the nearest two streets which intersect said street on the said side.