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ARTICLE 2
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITION OF TERMS AND WORDS
2.0 PURPOSE
For the purposes set forth in this Resolution, the following interpretations and definitions
are offered for purposes of clarification. In the event that specific terms and/or words are
absent, the administration and enforcement of the zoning resolution shall be in
accordance with Sections 519.01 through 519.99 of the Ohio Revised Code as amended
and supplemented.
2.1 INTERPRETATION OF TERMS OR WORDS
For the purposes of this Resolution, certain terms or words used herein shall be
interpreted as follows:
2.1.1 The word “person” includes a firm, association, organization, partnership,
trust, company, or corporation as well as an individual;
2.1.2 The present tense includes the future tense, the singular number includes the
plural, and the plural number includes the singular;
2.1.3 The word “shall” is a mandatory requirement, the word “may” is a permissive
requirement, and the word “should” is a preferred requirement;
2.1.4 The words “used” or “occupied” include the words “intended, designed, or
arranged to be used or occupied;” and,
2.1.5 The word “lot” includes the words “plot” or “parcel”.
2.2 DEFINITION OF TERMS OR WORDS
For the purposes of this Resolution, certain terms or words used herein shall be defined
as follows:
Abutting: Abutting shall mean bordering.
Accessory Building: A subordinate building, located on the same lot as the main
building, the use of which is naturally and normally incidental and subordinate to that of
the dominant use of the main building or land.
Accessory Use (or Structure): Accessory Use means a use, object, or structure
constructed or installed on, above, or below the surface of a parcel, which is located on
the same lot as a principal use, object, or structure, and which is subordinate to or
serves the principal use, object, or structure, is subordinate in area to the principal use,
object, or structure, and is customarily incidental to the principal use, object, or structure.
Among other things, “Accessory Use” includes anything of a subordinate nature attached
to or unattached from a principal structure or use, such as fences, walls, sheds garages,
parking places, decks, poles, poster panels, and billboards. Except as otherwise
required in this Resolution, an accessory use shall be a permitted use.
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