marion township zoning resolution - Lima-Allen County Regional ...

Laundry - Automatic: A business that provides home-type washing, drying and/or
ironing machines for hire to be used by customers on the premises or operated by the
benefit of retail customers who bring in and call for laundry.
Living Area: The total square footage of usable living floor space within the defined
areas created by the walls of a dwelling. Such area does not include open patios, open
terraces, or courts, open breezeways, outside steps, basements, garages and/or
carports.
Least Dimension: The least dimension of a lot is the least of the horizontal dimensions
of such lot, and if two opposite sides of a lot are not parallel, such least dimensions shall
be deemed to be the mean distance between them, but shall be not less than sixty
(60%) of the longest of such distance.
Level: That portion of a building, other than a cellar, included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there be no floor above it, then
the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it.
Level, Half: A partial Level under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which
on at least two (2) opposite exterior walls are more than two (2) feet, but not more than
five (5) feet above the floor of such Level, except that any partial Level used for
residence purposes, other than by a family occupying the floor immediately below it,
shall be deemed a full Level.
Loading Space: A space within the main building or on the same lot providing for the
parking, loading or unloading of trucks. The space having a minimum dimension of
twelve (12) by thirty-five (35) feet in length and a vertical clearance of at least fourteen
(14) feet in height.
Loading Space, Off-Street: Space logically and conveniently located for bulk pickups
and deliveries, scaled to delivery vehicles expected to be used, and accessible to such
vehicles when required off-street parking spaces are filled. All off-street loading spaces
shall be located totally outside of any street or alley right-of-way.
Lodging or Rooming House: A dwelling or part thereof where lodging is provided for
three (3) or more but not more than twenty (20) persons.
Lot: For the purpose of this Resolution, a lot is a parcel of land of sufficient size to meet
minimum zoning requirements for use, coverage, and area, and to provide such yards
and other open spaces as are herein required. Such lot shall have frontage on an
improved public street, and may consist of: (1) a single lot of record; (2) a portion of a lot
of record; and, (3) a combination of complete lots of record, of complete lots of record
and portions of lots of record, or of portions of lots of record.
Lot, Area: The total area (depth times width) within the lot lines of a lot, not including
any portion of a publicly dedicated street or road right-of-way.
Lot, Corner: A corner lot is defined as a lot located at the intersection of two (2) or more
streets. A lot abutting on a curved street or streets shall be considered a corner lot if
straight lines drawn from the foremost points of the side lot lines to the foremost point of
the lot meet at an interior angle of less than one hundred thirty-five degrees.
Lot Coverage: The ratio of enclosed ground floor area of all buildings on a lot to the
horizontally projected area of the lot, expressed as a percentage.
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