“Billiard or pool halls” means an establishment wherein the principal use or activity is billiards, pool, or snooker, regardless of the number of billiard, pool or snooker tables.

“Boarding house” means any dwelling with fewer than 20 sleeping rooms in which persons whether individually or as families are housed or lodged and are provided meals at the dwelling. A rooming house or furnished rooming house is a boarding house.

“Boat” means any type of watercraft, whether registered or unregistered, licensed or unlicensed. The term boat shall include any wheeled trailer or other device on which such boat is or may be kept, stored, or transported, whether registered or unregistered, licensed or unlicensed.

“Building” is any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.

“Building, accessory” means a supplementary building, the use of which is incidental to that of the main or principal building and which is located on the same lot therewith.

“Building area” means the three-dimensional space within which a building is permitted to be built on a lot and which is defined by height regulations, yard setbacks, and building coverage.

“Building, detached” means a building surrounded by open space as required herein.

“Building height” means the vertical distance from grade plane to the average height of the highest roof surface. Said grade plane represents the average finished ground level adjoining the building exterior walls. Where the finished ground slopes away from the exterior walls, the reference plane shall be established by the lowest points within the area between the building and the lot line or, where the lot line is more than six feet from the building, between the building and a point six feet from the building. [Ord. 4110 § 5, 2013; Ord. 3354 § 2, 1999; Code 1970 §§ 25.12.095 – 25.12.130.]