In Chapters 14-100 through 14-1800 inclusive, the
following general definitions shall apply:
(1) General Terminology.
"Structure" includes "building"; "occupied" includes "designed or intended to be
occupied"; "used" includes "arranged, designed or intended to be used"; the word
"shall" is always mandatory; the word "may" is permissive and not mandatory;
words used in the singular may include the plural; words used in the plural may
include the singular; words used in the present tense include the future tense;
words used in the future tense include the present tense; words, phrases and
terms not defined herein, but defined in Title 4 (Building Code), shall be
construed as defined in Title 4
[3]; the text of
this Title shall control captions, headings and maps in this
Title;
(2) Accessory Use. A use, including all necessary public utility
facilities, subordinate to and on the same lot as the main use on a lot and
customarily incidental to the main use, excluding signs;
(3) Active
Space. Space which provides for public activity at the ground floor or concourse
of a building, provided that where it abuts a public sidewalk or public space,
it is open and accessible or visually accessible to the public; further
provided, that the following uses shall qualify as active space: enclosed public
space, enclosed gardens, public rooms, and through block connections; entrances
to public transit stations and/or the public transit concourse; libraries,
museums, galleries and exhibition space; office, hotel and/or theater lobbies;
places of worship; retail sales areas and restaurants;
(4) Adult Video
Store. An establishment having thirty-three percent (33%) or more of its floor
area and/or thirty-three percent (33%) of its stock-in-trade, videos and other
visual production materials which are distinguished or characterized by their
emphasis on matter depicting, describing or related to "specified sexual
activities" or "specified anatomical areas";
(5) Alley. A common
right-of-way shared by three (3) or more abutting landowners, which shall not be
included as part of the required rear yard or open space of any of the abutting
lots and which shall not be obstructed by any of the abutting landowners without
the concurrence of all those with deeded rights to the
alley;
(6) Amusement Arcade. An establishment which offers to patrons
four (4) or more mechanical or electrical amusement devices or games such as
pinball machines, ping-pong, darts, shooting galleries or similar devices or
games, excluding juke boxes and amusement devices in the establishments
regulated by the Liquor Control Board of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and
vending machines for the dispensing of goods;
(6A) Antenna. Equipment
including antennas, auxiliary structures and cables that transmit and receive
radio or other wireless telecommunications signals but not including commercial
radio or television broadcasting; provided however that each antenna itself,
that portion of the facility propagating and receiving signals, shall not exceed
15 feet;
(7) Arcade. An unobstructed covered passageway located at the
ground level of a lot and located either within a building or under a building
(when a building is cantilevered in such a manner so as to create a covered
passage) and serving to connect public spaces and/or public sidewalks, provided
that both sides of the arcade abut active space, public space or public
sidewalks;
(8) Architectural Recesses. Portions of a building wall at
street level which are set back from the street line so as to create
articulation of the building wall and/or to provide space for windows or doors,
provided such recesses are not part of the required public space or open space
of a lot as required herein;
(9) Area of a Building. See "Occupied
Area," Section 14-102(60);
(10) Automotive Sales Lot. Any outdoor area
or space where more than three (3) motor vehicles for sale to the public may be
parked, stored or displayed;
(11) Basement. A story or portion thereof
partly, but less than fifty percent (50%) below the average level of the ground
surrounding the structure to be counted as a story in computing the number of
stories of a structure;
(12) Block. An area of land bounded by streets
which are confirmed on the City Plan and legally open;
(13) Block
Frontage. The distance along any street line between the nearest streets
intersecting it;
(14) Building. A structure having a
roof;
(15) Buildings -- Classes.
(a) A detached building is one
with no party wall or walls and which has a rear yard, a set-back and two (2)
side yards on intermediate lots, or one (1) side yard, a rear yard and two (2)
set-backs (when required herein) on corner lots;
(b) A semi-detached
building is one (1) of two (2) buildings with a party wall common to
both;
(c) An attached building is one with two (2) or more party walls,
or one (1) party wall in the case of a building at the end of a group of
attached buildings;
(16) Building Set-Back Line. The rear line of the
minimum required front yard, as herein designated for each
district;
(17) Bus Terminal. Any premises for the transient housing or
parking of motor driven buses, and the loading and unloading of
passengers;
(18) Cabaret. An adult club, restaurant, theater, hall or
similar place which features topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers,
strippers, male or female impersonators or similar entertainers exhibiting
specified anatomical areas or performing specified sexual
activities;
(19) Cellar. A story or portion thereof, fifty percent (50%)
or more below the average level of the ground surrounding the structure, not to
be counted as a story in computing the number of stories in a
structure;
(19A) Cell. An area of coverage that is a separate link in
wireless communications;
(19B) Cellular service. A wireless telephone or
telecommunications service;
(19C) Cell Site. A facility which transmits
and receives wireless telecommunications signals;
(20) Completely
Enclosed Building. A building having walls on all sides and a roof so that the
space within said building is enclosed in all directions; provided, however,
that where there are pipes, tanks and other apparatus which are themselves
complete enclosures, a use carried on therein shall be considered to be within a
completely enclosed building;
(21) Connector Space. Public space within
a lot which may be open or enclosed and which is designed and/or intended to be
used by the public to pass from or through the lot to a public sidewalk, a
public transit concourse, a transit station, other public space within the lot,
the public space of another lot, entrances to the building or entrances to the
retail spaces on a lot, or other public space as defined
herein;
(22) Court. An open area other than a front yard, side yard or
rear yard on the same lot with the building;
(a) Inner Court. A court
which does not extend to a street, alley or yard;
(b) Open Court. A
court extending to a street, alley or yard;
(c) Court Between Wings. A
court which is formed by three (3) or more parts of the same building or two (2)
parts of a building and a lot line and which is open to a street, alley or yard
on one (1) side;
(23) Curb Level. The level of the curb in front of a
building as established on the confirmed City Plan;
(23A) Dance Hall. A
use engaged in entertainment which may include live entertainment, a disc jockey
or a self-contained sound system providing music; with or without amplified
sound which provides for dancing by guests and patrons and which may or may not
include the retail sale of food and/or beverages;
(24) Deck/Patio. An
open structure at least twelve (12) inches above the ground which is located in
the front yard, rear yard, side yard or court of a property;
(25) Drive
Through Window. An opening in the wall of a building or structure designed and
intended to be used to provide for sales to and/or service to patrons who remain
in their vehicles;
(26) Driveway. A common right-of-way shared by three
(3) or more abutting landowners, building owners or condominium owners which
provides vehicular access to one (1) or more lots or buildings and which shall
not be included as part of the required rear yard or open space of any of the
abutting lots and which shall not be obstructed by any of the abutting lots and
which shall not be obstructed by any of the abutting landowners without the
concurrence of all those with legal rights to the
driveway;
(27) Dwelling. A building, any portion of which is used or
intended to be used for living or sleeping by human
occupants;
(28) Dwellings -- Classes.
(a) A single-family
dwelling shall be a dwelling occupied as the home or residence of one (1)
family;
(b) A duplex dwelling shall be a dwelling occupied as the home
or residence of two (2) families, under one (1) roof, each family occupying a
single unit;
(c) A multiple dwelling shall be a dwelling occupied by
three (3) or more families, including rooming and boarding houses and similar
dwellings, except hotels, apartment hotels and motels;
(d) "Detached
Dwelling," "Semi-Detached Dwelling," and "Attached Dwelling," see "Buildings,"
§ 14-102(15);
(29) Enclosed Building. See "Completely Enclosed
Building," § 14-102(20);
(30) Enclosed Public Space. Public space
which is designed and intended to be used by the public and which may be totally
enclosed by walls and a roof which are partially made of glass or other
transparent material so as to allow for year-round climate controlled usage of
the space and which has no floor area above its roof;
(31) Entry Arcade.
An arcade which provides public access to building entrances, retail space
and/or public space;
(32) Exceptional Public Benefit. Space and/or
improvements which are provided for the use by and benefit of the public, and
for which incentive gross floor area is permitted in certain districts contained
herein;
(33) Family. A person living independently or a group of persons
living as a single household unit using housekeeping facilities in common, but
not to include more than three persons unrelated by blood, marriage or
adoption;
(33A) Farmer's Market. An area, which may or may not be
in a completely enclosed building, where on designated days and times, growers
and producers of horticultural and agricultural products may sell those products
directly to the public.
[4] (34) Fence. An
unroofed barrier forming a partially enclosed structure used to limit ingress or
egress to a lot or portion of a lot, including retaining walls, and which is
constructed of wood, metal or masonry materials that are designed and intended
to be used primarily for the construction of fences;
(35) Floor Area
Ratio. A ratio determined by dividing the gross floor area of all buildings on a
lot by the area of that lot;
(36) Front Yard. See "Yard," § 14-102
(101)(a);
(37) Garage. A building or other structure or part thereof
used primarily for the housing, parking or storage of motor vehicles, including
the following types:
(a) Private Dwelling Garage. A building, structure
or part thereof for the parking, storage, housing or keeping of passenger
vehicles by the owner or tenant of the premises, as an accessory use to a
permitted use as a dwelling and not exceeding a maximum depth of 25 feet and a
maximum width of 35 feet;
[5] (b) Private
Garage. A building, structure or part thereof in which more than three (3) motor
vehicles may be parked, stored, housed or kept and which are not used for
transient public parking (where fees are publicly posted and based on an hourly
or daily rate), but which are for the private use of the owners, tenants,
customers or visitors of a premises, excluding Private Dwelling
Garages;
(c) Public Garage. A building, structure or part thereof in
which more than three (3) motor vehicles may be parked, stored, housed or kept
for transient public parking where fees are publicly posted and based on an
hourly or daily rate;
(38) Garden. The garden is public space which is
part of a residential or hotel development where over fifty percent (50%) of the
gross floor area of the building is used for residential units or hotel rooms.
Such space is designed to provide visual relief for the public. Gardens need not
provide for direct public access or seating, and may be open or partially or
totally enclosed;
(39) Gross Floor Area. The sum, in square feet, of the
gross horizontal areas of all the floors of a building, measured from the
exterior faces of the exterior walls or center lines of walls separating two (2)
buildings, including: (a) porches (whether enclosed or unenclosed), (b) elevator
shafts and stairwells on each floor, and (c) attic space (whether finished or
unfinished), interior balconies, mezzanines, basements, penthouses, and
mechanical equipment areas with a structural headroom of seven and a half feet
or more; but excluding: (a) terraces, overhangs and uncovered steps, (b)
cellars, (c) accessory off-street parking (except in "C-4," "C-5," "RC-4" and
"RC-5" Districts) or loading spaces, (d) enclosed public space (e.g., atriums,
winter gardens), and (e) attics, basement bulkheads, and penthouses for
elevators or mechanical equipment, and other spaces with structural headroom of
less than seven and a half feet;
(a) Additional Gross Floor Area. Gross
floor area which is in addition to the basic gross floor area and which is
permitted when developments conform to the requirements of various districts
contained herein;
(b) Basic Gross Floor Area. The amount of gross floor
area permitted and specified in various districts contained
herein;
(c) Incentive Gross Floor Area. Gross floor area which is in
addition to the basic gross floor area and additional gross floor area and which
is permitted when developments conform to the requirements of various districts
contained herein;
(d) Net Leasable Area. Net leasable area shall mean
the total of all gross floor area of a building within interior walls, excluding
square footage devoted to the following service areas including rubbish rooms
and custodians closets, space used for vestibules, stairways, escalators and
elevators; areas used for electrical, telephone, computer or mechanical
equipment; loading docks and receiving areas; non-occupied areas devoted to
building structure, support or aesthetics; mall and concourse areas not occupied
by retail kiosks and/or vendor stands; public seating areas (not including
restaurant and cafe seating); public walkways, and other areas devoted to public
uses within the mall or concourse; public rest
rooms;
[6] (e) Unused Gross Floor Area.
The amount of gross floor area remaining after the total gross floor area of all
buildings and structures existing on the lot is deducted from the permitted
gross floor area of the lot;
(40) Ground Floor. The first floor of a
building at the average ground level at the front of the building; in the case
of buildings with two (2) street frontages, the ground floor level may be an
average of ground level of the two (2) street frontages; provided, within the
flood plains of the Schuylkill River and Delaware River, the ground floor shall
be defined as the first floor of the building measured one foot above the one
hundred (100) year flood elevation;
(41) Group Dwellings. One (1) or
more structures intended for single-family, two-family, or multi-family
occupancy on a lot. A structure for group dwellings shall be defined as any
space enclosed within continuous exterior walls;
(42) Height of a
Structure. The vertical distance from the average ground level at the base of
the structure to the top of the structure; provided, that if height is measured
on a gable wall of a building, the top of the building shall be considered to be
the mean height between the eaves and the ridge;
(43) Height Limit. A
vertical distance fixed in certain districts contained herein and measured from
the average ground level at the base of the
structure;
(44) Hospital/Medical Center. An institution specializing in
giving clinical, temporary and emergency services of a medical or surgical
nature to human patients, and licensed by State law to provide facilities and
services in surgery, obstetrics and general medical practice. Such institutions
include allied and adjunct medical facilities such as medical schools, nursing
schools, student residences, laboratories, research facilities, out-patient
treatment and medical offices which may be in the same building or separate
buildings, provided, this does not include non-accessory, non-adjacent or
independently operated medical office buildings, group medical practices or
laboratories;
(45) Hotel/Motel. Ten (10) or more dwelling units devoted
to the temporary housing of guests where rents are charged by the day and having
on-site parking spaces or off-site valet parking spaces and which may have
accessory commercial facilities for the use of its guests. Hotels shall include
apartment hotels, motels, motor courts and motor inns;
(46) Kiosk. A
structure which may be constructed somewhere other than the lot on which it is
placed or which is comprised of parts which are constructed elsewhere and
assembled on a lot, and which is designed and intended to be used primarily for
retail sale, display and accessory advertising of food or
merchandise;
(47) Legally Required Windows. Windows required in certain
rooms of dwellings, according to the provisions of Title
7
[7] of The Philadelphia
Code;
(48) Loading Space. Required off-street spaces within a lot, the
first of which shall be not less than eleven feet wide, sixty feet long, and
having a minimum clear height of fourteen feet (unless specified otherwise
herein), for the parking of a vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or
materials; provided, that open air loading spaces must comply with all side yard
and rear yard requirements and may not be situate in any required
set-back;
(49) Lot. A parcel of land consisting of a horizontal plane
bounded by vertical planes which comprise its front, side and rear lot lines and
which is intended or designed to be used, developed or built upon as a
unit;
(50) Lot Area. The total area of the horizontal plane of a lot
width at ground level;
(51) Lot, Corner. Any lot bounded on two (2) or
more adjoining sides by streets;
(52) Lot, Intermediate. Any lot other
than a corner lot;
(53) Lot Line. A boundary line of a lot delineating
one lot from another or from a street or any public or private means of
vehicular and/or pedestrian traffic;
(54) Lot Width. Lot width as
required in this Title shall be measured along the rear of the required front
yard;
(55) Medical Center. See "Hospital/Medical Center," §
14-102(44);
(56) Mobile Home or Modular Home. A building intended to be
used as a dwelling which may be constructed somewhere other than the lot on
which it is placed or which is comprised of parts which are constructed
elsewhere and assembled on a lot;
(57) Motel. See "Hotel/Motel," §
14-102(45);
(58) Motor Trailer. Any vehicle used or so constructed so as
to permit its being used as a dwelling or sleeping place for one (1) or more
persons, and so designed that it is or may be mounted on wheels and used as a
conveyance propelled or drawn by its own or other motive power;
(58A)
Night Club. A use engaged in the preparation and retail sale of food and/or
beverages which includes live entertainment, a disc jockey or a self-contained
sound system providing music; with or without amplified sound and which may or
may not provide for dancing by guests and patrons;
(59) Observation
Room/Deck. Space which is designed and intended to be used by the public and
which may be within a building or in the open air and which is maintained so as
to be open and available to the public during the hours the building is open to
the public, provided, such space must be located at or above the highest
occupied floor of a building or at or above the thirtieth floor of a building
thirty (30) stories or more in height;
(60) Occupied Area. The total of
the areas of all buildings on the lot. The area of each building is the area of
a horizontal section of such building on any floor at or above ground level
taken at its greatest outside dimensions, including all structures, except
fences;
(61) Open Area. Area or space at the ground level, transit
concourse level, or any floor level which is open to the sky;
(62) Open
Space. Area or space at ground floor level or below ground floor level which is
open to the sky;
(63) Openings and Entranceways. An unobstructed space
in a wall or fence, located at street level, which is designed and intended to
allow access to or through a building and/or public space by the tenants of the
building and/or the general public;
(64) Open Storage. Storage in the
open air, within a fenced area or within a structure without a
roof;
(65) Parking Lots. Any outdoor area or space for the parking of
motor vehicles, including spaces, aisles and driveways, provided, spaces shall
not be located in any set-back area or rear yard required
herein;
(a) Aisle. Any area of a parking lot immediately abutting a
parking space which is used to provide vehicular ingress and egress between a
parking space and a driveway, provided, aisles shall not be located in any
set-back area or rear yard required herein;
(b) Driveway. Any area of a
parking lot connecting an aisle to a public street which does not provide direct
ingress and egress to any parking space;
(c) Private Parking Lot. A
parking lot where more than three (3) motor vehicles may be parked or kept
without any charge;
(d) Public Parking Lot. A parking lot where more
than three (3) motor vehicles may be parked or kept for a charge, fee or other
consideration;
(66) Party Wall. A wall used or adapted for use in
common, as part of two (2) or more buildings on separate
lots;
(67) Patio. See "Deck/Patio," § 14-102 (24);
(67A)
Penal and Correctional Institution (private). An institution operated by a
private party under contract with the City of Philadelphia, the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania or the federal government for the confinement of offenders
sentenced by a court and still under the jurisdiction of a
court;
[8] (67B) Penal and Correctional
Institution (public). An institution operated by the City of Philadelphia, the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the federal government for the confinement of
offenders sentenced by a court and still under the jurisdiction of a
court;
[9] (68) Performance Space. Space
within a lot or building which is open and available to the public and which is
designed and intended to be used for live presentations of performing arts
and/or public presentations, speeches, debates or discussions;
(68A)
Personal Communications System or PCS. Wireless telecommunications service
providers that include voice, data and video which occupy approximately the 2
Gigahertz spectrum;
(69) Plaza. Space which is designed and intended to
be used by the public and which is open to the sky and directly accessible to
the public street and/or public transit concourse;
(70) Pool Rooms. An
establishment which provides two (2) or more tables for the playing of pool
and/or billiards;
(71) Premises. A lot including all buildings and
structures erected thereon;
(72) Principal Building. A building in which
the primary use of the lot on which the building is located is
conducted;
(73) Principal Use. The main use and primary purpose of a lot
or structure as distinguished from an accessory use;
(74) Public Meeting
Space. Space within a lot or building which is open and available to the public
and which is designed and intended to be used for public meetings,
presentations, speeches, debates and/or discussions;
(75) Public Room.
Public space which is totally within a building, but which allows for
year-round, climate controlled use by the public and which has direct access to
the public street, transit concourses and/or transit
stations;
(76) Public Space. Space within a lot or building which is
open and available to the public and which is designed and intended to be used
by the general public; such space may consist of open space, enclosed public
space, public rooms, gardens and/or connector public space;
(77) Public
Transit Concourse. The network of interconnected spaces below the street level
which provide ingress and egress to public transit and/or railway stations from
street level and/or buildings;
(78) Rear Yard. See "Yard," § 14-102
(101)(c);
(79) Rear Yard Area. Open space in the rear yard of a building
which is required for each family in certain districts, measured from the rear
most portion of the building to the rear lot line;
(79A) Restaurant. A
use engaged in the preparation and retail sale of food and beverages, including
the sale of alcoholic beverages and which does not provide live
entertainment;
(79B) Restaurant (Take-out). A use engaged in the
preparation and retail sale of food and beverages which serves food and/or
beverages in disposable packaging and/or containers for consumption by patrons
on or off the premises, including but not limited to
delicatessens;
(80) Seating Space. A seating space in a place of public
assembly shall be considered as a fixed permanent seat; provided, in the case of
bleachers, benches or the flat tops of walls, seating shall be eighteen inches
wide and sixteen inches deep; provided, that seating thirty inches or more in
depth shall count double when access is provided to both sides; further
provided, in the case of open floor area used for temporary seating purposes, an
area of nine square feet per seat;
(81) Sell-Through Window. An opening
in the wall of a building or structure designed and intended to be used to
provide for sales to and/or service to patrons who remain outside of the
building or structure;
(82) Separate Buildings. Where any building is
subdivided into separate units, floors or portions of floors which are not
interconnected and served by a common entranceway to other units, floors or
portions of floors, each subdivision of the structure shall be considered a
separate building, provided, that each separate building may have additional
entranceways serving the ground floor or portions
thereof;
(83) Set-Back. The distance required between the street line
and the building set-back line;
(84) Set-Back Line. A line equidistant
from the street line and not less distant therefrom than the minimum distance
required for building set-backs in each district in which set-backs are
required;
(85) Side Yard. See "Yard," § 14-102
(101)(b);
(86) Sign. A name, identification, description, emblem,
display, device or structure which is affixed to, or printed on, or represented
directly or indirectly upon a building, structure, or parcel of land; which is
illuminated or non-illuminated; visible or intended to be visible from any
public place; and which directs attention to a person, place, product,
institution, business, organization, activity or service. Signs shall also
include any permanently installed or situated merchandise, including any banner,
pennant, placard or temporary sign, with the exception of window displays and
national flags;
(a) Animated Sign or Flashing Sign. A sign with action
or motion, flashing color changes, or upon which illumination is not maintained
at a constant stationary intensity and/or color, not including wind activated
elements such as flags and banners nor a sign giving time and/or
temperature;
(b) Accessory Sign or On-Premise Sign. A sign containing
copy which directs attention to information, identification or advertisements
strictly incidental to a lawful use of the premises on which the sign is
located. This includes signs or devices indicating the business transacted;
services rendered; goods sold or produced on the premises; and, name or emblem
of the person, firm, institution, organization or activity occupying the
premises;
(c) Building Logo Sign. An accessory sign containing copy
limited to an identification of the building on which the sign is located,
including corporate logos, building names, company names or
addresses;
(d) Commercial Sign. A sign containing copy limited to a
lawful message that relates primarily to the economic interests of the publisher
or its audience or directs attention to a business, industry, profession or
commodity, product or service offered for sale;
(e) Directional Sign. A
sign containing copy limited to a lawful message that primarily directs
pedestrian and/or vehicular traffic to a point of
destination;
(f) Free-Standing Sign. Any sign which is supported by a
structure of one (1) or more columns, uprights, or braces erected in or upon the
ground;
(g) Highway Directional Sign. An official highway directional
sign or other official sign authorized by a City, State, or Federal
agency;
(h) Non-Accessory Sign. See "Outdoor Advertising Sign," §
14-102(86)(k);
(i) Non-Commercial Sign. A sign containing copy limited
to a lawful message that does not relate primarily to the economic interests of
the publisher or its audience or direct attention to a business, industry,
profession or commodity, product or service offered for
sale;
(j) On-Premise Sign. See "Accessory Sign," §
14-102(86)(b);
(k) Outdoor Advertising or Non-Accessory Sign. A sign
which directs attention to a business, industry, profession, commodity, service,
organization, activity, institution, product, or entertainment neither sold,
located nor offered upon the property where the sign is
situated;
(l) Portable Sign. A sign which is not permanently affixed to
a building, structure, column, upright or brace, and which is intended to be and
is capable of being moved from one location to another; including signs which
are trailers or are affixed thereto, but not including signs affixed to
operative and currently registered motor vehicles;
(m) Projecting Sign.
A sign which extends more than twelve inches from the building or structure
wall, which uses a building or structure wall as its main source of support and
whose copy is other than parallel to the building facing;
(n) Public
Service Sign. A sign which gives public service information such as time, date,
temperature, weather or similar information;
(o) Revolving Sign. A sign,
any portion of which rotates;
(p) Roof Sign. A sign erected upon or
above a roof or parapet wall of a building and which is supported by said
building;
(q) Temporary Sign. A sign which is intended to advertise
community or civic projects, construction projects, real estate for sale, rent
or lease, or special events;
(r) Wall Sign. A sign which is in any
manner fixed to, printed or painted on any exterior wall of a building or
structure and which projects no more than twelve inches from the building or
structure wall and which does not extend above the parapet eaves or building
facade; provided, the copy area of such signs remains parallel to the building
facing on which it is located; and further provided, that signs erected upon and
not extending more than three feet above the roof or top of a marquee, canopy or
architectural projection shall be considered a wall sign;
(87) Sign
Area. The part of a sign which is measured for purposes of conformance to the
various sign dimension provisions as set forth in this Title. The area of a sign
shall include any lettering, copy and/or illustrations and any background
created so as to distinguish the sign and/or the message contained therein from
the building or structure upon which the sign is located, provided that, the
sign area of a free-standing sign shall include all elements of the sign
structure, except any supporting columns, uprights or
braces;
(88) Stables.
(a) Private Stable. A building for
housing domestic animals when not conducted as a business;
(b) Public
Stables or Dog Kennels. Any place or premises where dogs or other animals are
sequestered during or for the primary purpose of boarding, training or
breeding;
(89) Standard Industrial Classification Manual. A manual
prepared by the Executive Office of the President, Bureau of the Budget,
Technical Committee on Industrial Classification, Office of Statistical
Standards 1957, and all subsequent revisions thereof;
(90) Street. A
strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, confirmed upon the City Plan,
intended for use as a means of vehicular and/or pedestrian traffic, but not
including limited access highways;
(91) Street Line. The outward edge of
a street confirmed on the City Plan;
(92) Structural Elements. The
components of a building that are necessary to the stability of the
building;
(93) Structure. Any type or form of construction above the
ground;
(94) Studio. An enclosed space used by anyone engaged in
artistic employment or instruction in painting, sculpture, photography, music,
dancing, dramatics, literature or the like;
(95) Telephone Exchange
Building. A building used exclusively for the transmission and exchange of
telephone message, but the term shall not include wireless service
towers;
(96) Temporary Public Parking Lot. A non-accessory public
parking lot located on a parcel of land which is planned for future development
by its owner and which has been designated as an interim use and which has been
authorized as a temporary public parking lot by the issuance of a Zoning Board
of Adjustment Special Use Permit for a period of time not to exceed five (5)
years;
(97) Through-Block Pedestrian Walkway. A walkway or corridor
which is designed and intended to be used by the public, which provides public
access through a building's public space, which is bounded on both sides
by active space or public space, and which connects two (2) parallel streets
confirmed on the City Plan at fifty feet or more in width;
(98) Trailer
Camp. Any place or premises adapted for parking or used for parking one or more
motor trailers for living and/or sleeping purposes, or any place or premises
used or held out to the public for the purpose of supplying motor trailers for
living and/or sleeping purposes, whether or not such motor trailers stand on
wheels or rigid supports;
(99) Vendor Stand. Any cart, table, equipment
or apparatus which is not a structure, which is designed and intended so as to
not be a permanent fixture on a lot, and which is used for the retail sale,
display and accessory advertising of merchandise or
food;
(100) Wholesale Business. The sale of goods, merchandise or
commodities to retailers and others for resale;
(100A) Wireless Service
Facilities. Towers, antennas, equipment, equipment buildings and other
facilities used in the provision of wireless services, but not to include
antennas to be placed on existing structures;
(100B) Wireless Services.
Any PCS, cellular service, paging service or any other wireless
telecommunications service, provided, however, that this definition shall not
include satellite dishes or other service exempted from regulation under the
Act;
(100C) Wireless Service Towers. Towers, monopoles or poles used for
the provision of wireless services;
(101) Yard. An open, unoccupied
space on the same lot with a building, open and unobstructed from the ground or
any floor level to the sky, designated as follows:
(a) Front Yard. A
yard, the width of which is measured from one side line of the lot to another
side line of the lot, located between the street line and the front of any
building or structure (not including fences) not less in depth for its entire
width than the minimum distance required between the street line and the
building set-back line in each district, subject to § 14-1402
(5);
(b) Side Yard. A yard between any building or structure (not
including fences) and the side line of the lot, or the nearest side line of a
street, driveway or alley, extending from the front yard to the rear yard, and
not less in width for its entire depth than the required side yard minimum width
in each district, subject to § 14-1402 (5);
(c) Rear Yard. A yard,
the width of which is measured from one side line of the lot to another side
line of the lot, located between the extreme rear line or any building or
structure (not including fences) and the extreme rear line of the lot, or the
nearest side line of a street, driveway or alley, not less in depth for its
entire width than the required rear yard minimum depth in each district, subject
to § 14-1402 (5).