<strong>KETCHIKAN</strong> <strong>GATEWAY</strong> <strong>BOROUGH</strong> CODE 18.05.070“Garage, private” means an accessory building or any portion of a main building used in connection with residentialpurposes for the storage of passenger motor vehicles.“Grade” means the lowest point of elevation of the adjoining sidewalk, paving or unfinished ground surfacewithin the area between the building and the property line, or when the property line is more than five (5) feetfrom the building, between the building and a line five (5) feet from the building.“Gross floor area” means the total of each floor of a building within the surrounding outer walls but excludingvent shafts and courts, stairways and elevators.“Guest room” means any room in a hotel, dormitory, boarding or lodging house used and maintained to providesleeping accommodations for not more than two (2) persons.Highway: See “arterial street.”“Home occupation” means an accessory use of a service character customarily conducted within a dwelling,by the residents, which does not involve the conduct of trade on the premises.“Hotel” means any building or group of buildings in which there are guest rooms used, designed or intendedto be used for the purpose of offering to the general public lodging on a day-to-day basis.“Household pet” means dogs, cats, birds and other animals which are customarily kept inside a house.“Indoor commercial recreational facility” means a facility which provides space for activities such as bingohalls, theaters, dances or other recreation activities which may attract large numbers of patrons at a single time.“Junked vehicle” means any abandoned, wrecked or inoperable vehicle.“Junkyard” means any space used for the storage or abandonment of junk or waste material including scrapmetals or other scrap materials, or for the dismantling, demolition or abandonment of automobiles, other vehicles,machinery or any parts thereof.“Kennel, boarding” means any lot or premises on which more than six (6) household pets are kept for compensation.“Kennel, residential” means any lot or premises on which not more than six (6) household pets are kept forcompensation.“Lane” means a street with usual average daily traffic of seventy-five (75) to two hundred (200) trips per day.“Loading space” means an off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building or structure to be used forthe temporary parking of commercial vehicles while loading or unloading merchandise or materials.“Local street” means a street with usual average daily traffic of two hundred (200) to one thousand (1,000)trips per day, also called a subcollector.“Lot” means a parcel of land occupied or to be occupied by a principal use and having frontage on, or accessto, a public street.“Lot, corner” means a lot situated at the junction of, and bordering on, two (2) intersecting streets. A cornerlot shall be considered to have two (2) front yards.“Lot depth” means the average horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured in the meandirection of the side lot lines.“Lot line, front (corner lot)” means the lines separating the lot from the street.18-9
18.05.070 GENERAL PROVISIONS“Lot line, front (interior lot)” means a line separating the lot from the street.“Lot line, rear” means the line that is opposite and most distant from the front lot line, and in the case of anirregular triangular or gore-shaped lot, a line not less than ten (10) feet in length, within a lot, parallel to andat the maximum distance from the front lot line.“Lot line, side” means any lot boundary line not a front lot line or a rear lot line.“Lot width” means the average horizontal distance separating the side lot lines of a lot and at right angles toits depth.“Maximum building height” means the vertical distance above a reference datum measured to the highest pointof the coping of a flat roof, or to the deck line of a mansard roof, or to the average height of the highest gableof a pitched or hipped roof, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 in subsection (c) of this section, whichever is thegreater height. The reference datum shall be selected by either subsection (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this definitionas applicable:(1) The elevation of the highest point on an adjoining sidewalk, paving, or finished grade within a five (5)foot horizontal distance of the exterior wall of the building, when such point on the sidewalk, paving, orfinished ground surface is not more than ten (10) feet above the lowest grade; or(2) An elevation ten (10) feet above the lowest grade when the sidewalk, paving, or finished ground surfacedescribed in subsection (1) of this definition is more than ten (10) feet above the lowest grade.(3) The maximum building height of a stepped or terraced building shall not be greater than the maximumallowable height of the highest segment of such building. The height of each segment shall be computedseparately according to the procedures set forth in subsection (1), (2) or (4) of this definition, as applicable,and the maximum height of any one (1) segment shall not exceed the height allowed under subsections(1), (2) and (4) of this definition. Terraced or stepped buildings may only be constructed on slopesof twenty (20) degrees or greater.(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1) or (2) of this definition, the reference datum for establishing the maximumheight of a building that occupies a site with an average slope of fifty (50) degrees or greater, measuredfrom the upslope lot line to the downslope lot line, and where the only access to the lot from a publicright-of-way is provided on the upslope side of the lot, shall be the highest point on an adjoining sidewalk,paving, or finished grade located within five (5) feet horizontal distance of the exterior wall of the buildingon the upslope side of the building.Exceptions: The methods of measurement provided for in this definition and the height limitations setforth in this title shall not apply to church spires, belfries, fire and hose towers, chimneys, flagpoles, ventilators,elevator housings, masts, antennas, and other similar structures (except satellite dishes) that area part of or directly affixed to a building. Cupolas higher than the height limitations set forth in this titlemay be allowed if approved by the planning and zoning commission when they are determined to be compatiblewith adjacent structures and uses and do not substantially interfere with views from adjacent properties.Maximum Structure Height. Except for buildings and structures that are a part of or directly affixed to a buildingas provided for and described in the definition of “maximum building height,” the “maximum structureheight” is the vertical distance from the highest lot elevation abutting the structure to the highest point of thestructure.“Modular building” means a prefabricated transportable structure designed to be used by itself or to be combined,on site, with similar units to form a single building. Modular buildings include sectional buildings, residentialmobile buildings, commercial mobile buildings and travel trailers. The term is intended to apply tomajor assemblies and does not include prefabricated subelements which are to be incorporated into a structureat the site.18-10