Otter Creek Township Zoning Ordinance - Mercer County Regional ...

Hotel. A facility offering transient lodging accommodations to the general public andoffering additional services such as restaurants, meeting rooms and recreation facilities.Housing Unit. Same as Dwelling Unit.Institutional Home. A building used for health or welfare purposes by a private or non-profitorganization.Junk. Any worn, cast off, or discarded articles or material which is ready for destruction orwhich has been collected or stored for sale, resale, salvage or conversion to some other use.Any such article or material which is stored on a farm for exclusive use of the owner oroccupant of the farm or any article or material which, unaltered, not needed to be dissembledor unfastened from, or unchanged and without further reconditioning can be used for itsoriginal purpose as readily as when new shall not be considered junk.Junk Yard. The use of more than 200 square feet of the area of any lot, outside a building, orthe use of any portion of that half of any lot that joins any street, for the storage, keeping orabandonment of junk. A "junk yard" shall include an automotive wrecking yard. Three ormore junk vehicles stored on any lot outside of a building or not inside a wall or fence shall beconsidered a junk yard.Land. The solid portion of the earth's surface that is capable of being used or occupied.Land, Developed. "Improved land" with buildings.Land, Improved. "Raw land" which has been provided with basic utilities such as water andsewerage, streets, sidewalks, but not buildings.Land, Raw. Vacant land unsubdivided and unimproved (without utilities or streets).Landscaping. Changing, rearranging, or adding to the original vegetation or scenery of apiece of land to produce an aesthetic effect appropriate for the use to which the land is put. Itmay include reshaping the land by moving the earth, as well as preserving the originalvegetation or adding vegetation.Land Use. A description of how land is occupied or utilized.Loading Space. An off-street space or berth on same lot with a building, or contiguous to agroup of buildings, for the temporary stopping of commercial vehicles while loading orunloading merchandise or materials, and which abuts upon a street, alley or other appropriatemeans of access to a public right-of-way.Lodge. (1) A building or group of buildings under single management, containing bothrooms and dwelling units available for temporary rental to transient individuals or families;89