HomeMy WebLinkAbout3175-12.14.1981 (RECORDED) ORDINANCE NO. 3 1 7 5
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2479 , ZONING
`ORDINANCE , BY REPEALING SUBSECTION 2A-3,
DEFINITIONS , UNDER PART III , IN ITS ENTIRETY ;
AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF NEW SUBSECTION
2A-3, DEFINITIONS.
RE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO , IOWA :
That Subsection 2A-3, Definitions , under Part III of the Zoning
Ordinance is hereby repealed in its entirety ; and
That new Subsection 2A-3, Definitions , under Part III of the
Zoning Ordinance is hereby enacted in lieu thereof as follows :
Part III
2A-3 DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this ordinance , certain terms and words are
hereby defined. Words used in the present tense shall include the
future, the singular number shall include the plural and the
plural number includes the singular ; the word "shall " is
mandatory , the word "may" is permissive ; the word "person "
includes a firm, association , organization partnership, trust ,
company , or corporation as well as an individual ; the words "used"
or occupied" include the words intended , designed, or arranged to
be used or occupied. The word "lot " includes the words plot or
parcel .
Abutting : Having property or district lines in common .
Accessory Structure" A subordinate structure located on the
same lot with the main building , occupied by or devoted to an
accessory use. Where an accessory building is attached to
the main building in a substantial manner, as by a wall or
roof, such accessory building shall be considered part of the
main building.
Accessory Use : A use customarily incidental and subordinate
to the main use or building and located on the same lot
therewith . In no case shall such accessory use dominate , in
area , extent, or purpose, the principal lawful use or
building.
Actuarial Rates : Or "risk premium rates " are those rates
established by the Administrator pursuant to individual
community studies and investigations which are undertaken to
provide flood insurance in accordance with 42. U. S .C . 4014 and
the accepted actuarial principles . Actuarial rates include
provisions for operating costs and allowances.
Adjacent : Nearby , not distant , may or may not have common
property or district lines .
Alley : A public way , other than a street , twenty ( 20) feet
or less in width affording secordary means of access to
abutting property.
Amendment : A change , supplement , revision , or
reclassification in the Zoning Ordinance. an amendment can
take three (3) forms : ( 1 ) a comprehensive revision or
modification of the zoning text and map ; ( 2) a text change in
zone requirements ; and (3) a change in the map , i . e. , the
zoning designation of a particular parcel or parcels.
Apartment : A living unit in a multiple dwelling.
Apartment Hotel : A building containing both dwelling units
and rooming units , used primarily for permanent occupancy.
BOOK 243 PAGE 842
' Apartment House : See dwelling , Multiple.
Automobile , Tractor or Machinery Salvage Yard : Any place
where a vehicle is not in running condition , or parts
thereof, are stored in the open and are not being restored to
operation , or any land, building or structure used for
wrecking or storing of such motor vehicles or farm machinery ,
or parts thereof , stored in the open and not being restored
to operating condition .
Basement : A story having part but not more than one-half
( 1/2) of its average height below grade. A basement is
counted as a story for the purpose of height regulations . A
basement may be used as a habitable floor subject to the
requirements of the Uniform Building Code.
Billboard : "Billboard" as used in this ordinance shall
include all structures regardless of the material used in the
construction of the same , that are erected , maintained or
used for public display of posters , painted signs , wall
signs , whether the structure be placed on the wall or painted
on the wall itself , pictures or other pictorial reading
matter which advertise a business or attraction which is not
carrried on or manufactured in or upon the premises upon
which said signs or billboard are located.
Board of Adjustment : A Board , who under appropriate
conditions and safeguards , makes special exceptions to the
terms of the Ordinances in harmony with its general purpose
and intent. This is to be done in accordance with general or
specific rules therein contained and provide that any
property owner aggrieved by the action of the City in
adoption of such regulations and restriction may petition the
said Board directly to modify regulations and restrictions as
applied to such property owners .
Boarding House : A building other than a hotel where for
compensation , meals or lodging and meals are provided for
three ( 3) or more persons .
Building : Any structure designed or intended for the
support , enclosure, shelter, or protection of persons ,
animals or property , but not including signs or billboards .
Building , Height of : The vertical distance from the average
grade to the highest point of the coping of a flat room , or
to the deck line of a mansard roof, or to the average height
of the highest gable of a pitch or hip roof.
Building Line : A line, usually fixed parallel to the lot
line , beyond which a building cannot extend under the terms
of the Zoning Ordinance.
Bulk Stations : Distributing stations commonly known as bulk
or tank stations commonly used for the storage and
distribution of flammable liquids or liquified petroleum
products where the aggregate capacities of all storage tanks
is more than twelve-thousand ( 12 ,000 ) gallons . This however
is not limited to flammable liquids , but also could contain
milk , syrups , vinegars and non-flammable chemicals .
Carport : A roofed structure providing space for the parking
of motor vehicles and enclosed on not more than two (2)
sides . For the purposes of this ordinance, a carport
attached to a principal building shall be considered as part
of the principal building and subject to all yard
requirements herein .
Car Wash : A building or portion thereof containing
.1114 facilities for washing automobiles or trucks , using
QC) production-line methods with a chain conveyor, blower,
4 steam-cleaning device, or other mechanical devices or
e- providing space , water, equipment or soap for the complete or
partial hand washing of such automobiles or trucks , whether
Ice by operator or by customer.
Cellar : That portion of a building having more than one-half
o ( 1/2) of its average height below grade. A cellar is not
included in computing the number of stories for the purpose
of height measurement. For the purposes of this ordinance
Channel : A natural or artificial watercourse of perceptible
extent , with a definite bed and banks to confine and conduct
continuously or periodically flowing water. Channel flow
thus is that water which is flowing within the limits of a
defined channel .
Clinics : A building or buildings used by physicians and/or
dentists , osteopaths , chiropractors and allied professions
for out-patient care of persons requiring such professional
service.
Common Land : A parcel or parcels of land , together with the
improvements thereon , whether retained in private ownership
for the shared use and enjoyment of the owners and occupants
of the individual building units in a planned unit
development , or dedicated to the general public .
Comprehensive Plan : The document or series of documents
prepared and adopted by the Plan and Program Commission
setting forth the policies for the future growth and
development of the community . It serves as the guide for
many growth related decision , including land use changes ,
zoning changes , growth management , and capital improvements
programming.
Condominium : Individual ownership of a unit in a multi -unit
structure with certain parts of a building which would
normally be used by all occupants such as yard , foundations ,
basements , floors , walls , hallways , stairways , elevators and
all other related common elements .
Conditional Zoning : The attachment of special conditions of
a rezoning request which are not specifically spelled out in
the text of the Zoning Ordinance ( See Part V General
Regulations ; 2A-7 General Regulations , Conditional Zoning. ) .
Day Care Center , Adult : Any private agency, institution ,
establishment or place which provides supplemental care
and/or educational work , other than lodging overnight , for
six (6 ) or more unrelated individuals .
Day Nursery or Nursery School : Any private agency ,
institution , establishment or place which provides
supplemental parental care and/or educational work , other
than lodging overnight , for six (6) or more unrelated
children or pre-school age, for compensation .
Development : Any man-made change to improved or unimproved
real estate, including but not limited to building or other
structures , mining, dredging , filling , grading , paving ,
excavation , or drilling operation.
Drive- In Establishment :
See Restaurant
300K, 243 PAGE 844
Dwelling : Any building or portion thereof which is designed
or ,used exclusively for residential purposes , but not
including a tent , cabin , trailer, or mobile home .
Dwelling , Multiple : A residence designed for or occupied by
three ( 3) or more families , with separate housekeeping and
cooking facilities for each.
Dwelling , Row: Any one of three or more attached dwellings
in a continuous row, each such dwelling designed and erected
as a unit on a separate lot and separated from one another by
an approved wall or walls .
Dwelling , Single-Family : A detached residence designed for
or occupied by one family only.
Dwelling , Two-Family : A residence designed for or occupied
by two ( 2 ) families only, with separate housekeeping and
cooking facilities for each .
Dwelling Unit : A room or group of rooms which are arranged ,
designed or used as living quarters for the occupancy of one
family containing bathroom and kitchen facilities .
Family : One or more persons occupying a single dwelling
unit , provided that unless all members are related by blood ,
marriage, or adoption , no such family shall contain over four
(4) persons .
Farm : An area comprising thirty-five (35 ) acres or more
which is used for the growing of usual farm products , such as
vegetables , fruits , and grain and their storing on the area ,
as well as for the raising thereon of the usual farm poultry
and farm animals . The term "farming" includes the operation
of such area for uses for treating or storing the food
produce , provided , however , that the operation of any such
accessory uses shall be secondary to that of the normal
farming activities and such accessory uses do not include the
feeding of garbage or offal to swines or other animals .
Fast Food : See Restaurant
Feed Lot : Any parcel of land or premises on which the
principal use is the concentrated feeding within a confined
area of cattle , hogs , or sheep .
Fence , Residential : A harrier and/or structure erected in an
"R " District intended to provide security , mark a boundary ,
or as a means of landscaping with the centerline of said
barrier to he located inside the designated property line.
Such fence shall be constructed of materials commonly used
for landscape fencing such as masonary block , lumber, chain
link , but shall not include corrugated sheet metal , barbed
wire or salvage material .
Fence , Mon-Residential : A barrier and/or structure erected
in a district other than an "R " District intended to provide
security , mark a boundary or a means of landscaping with the
centerline of said barrier to be located inside the
designated property line provided no such fence is
constructed of salvage material or uses barbed wire closer
than six (F) feet to the ground except a fence used purely
for agricultural purposes .
Flood : A temporary rise in streams flow or stage that
results in water overlapping its banks and inundating areas
adjacent to the channel . An unusual and rapid accumulation
of runoff or surface waters from any source excluding a mud
slide or mud flow.
BOOK 243 PAGE 845
Flood Elevation Determinations : A determination of the water
surface elevations of the 100-Year Flood ; that is , the level
of flooding that has a one percent ( 1% ) chance of occurrence
in any given year.
Flood Insurance Rate Map ( FIRM) : The official map prepared
by the Department of ►sousing and Urban Development, Federal
Insurance Administration for a community delineating where
flood hazard areas are located and the risk premium zones
applicable to such area .
Flood Insurance Study (FIS ) : The official report provided by
the Federal Insurance Administration . The report contains
flood profiles and water surface elevations for various flood
frequencies as well as the boundaries and water surface
elevation of the 100-Year Flood.
Flood Plain : The relatively flat area of lowlands adjoining
the channel of a river, stream , or watercourse which has been
or may be covered by floodwater.
Flood Plain Management : The operation of an overall program
of corrective and preventive measures for reducing flood
damage , including but not limited to emergency preparedness
plan, flood control works and flood plain management
regulations .
Flood Protection System : Those physical structural works
constructed specifically to modify flooding in order to
reduce the extent of the area within a community subject to a
"special flood hazard " . Such a system typically includes
levees or dikes . These specialized modifying works are those
constructed in conformance with sound federal engineering
standards .
Flood Proofing : Any combination of structural and
non-structural additions , changes or adjustments to
structures , includinc utility and sanitary facilities , which
would preclude the entry of water. Structural components
shall have the capability of resisting hydrostatic and
hydrodynamic loads and the effect of buoyancy.
Floodway : The channel of a river or other watercourse and
the adjacent portion of the flood plain that must be reserved
in order to discharge the 100-Year Flood without cumulatively
increasing the water surface elevation more than one ( 1 ) foot
at any point assuming equal conveyance reduction outside the
channel from the two ( 2 ) sides of the flood plain.
Floodway Fringe : That area of the flood plain , outside of
the floodway, that on the average is likely to be flooded
once every 100 Years ( i . e. , that has one percent chance of
flood occurrence in any one year) .
Floor Area : Is the area included within the surrounding
exterior walls of a building or portion thereof, exclusive of
vent shafts and courts . The floor area of a building , or
portion thereof, not provided with surrounding exterior walls
shall be the useable area under the horizontal projection of
the roof or floor above.
Floor Area Ratio : The gross floor area of all buildings on a
lot divided by the lot area on which the building or
buildings are located.
Foster Child Care : Care and education of not more than five
(5) children unrelated to the residents by blood or
adoption .
BOOK 243 PAGE 846
Front Lot Line : The narrowest dimension of the lot lines
abutting a street.
Garage , Private : An enclosed structure intended for and used
for the parking of the private motor vehicles of the families
resident upon the premises .
Gas Stations : Any building or premises used for the retail
sale of liquified petroleum products for the propulsion of
motor vehicles and may include such products as kerosene ,
fuel oil , packaged naptha , lubricants , tires , batteries ,
anti -freeze , motor vehicle accessories , and other items
customarily associated with the sale of such products ; for
the rendering of services and making of adjustments and
replacements to motor vehicles , and the washing, waxing, and
polishing of motor vehicles , as incidental to other services
rendered ; and the making of repairs to motor vehicles except
those of a major type. Repairs of a major type are defined
to be spray painting , body, fender, clutch , transmission ,
diffential , axle , spring and frame repairs ; major overhauling
of engines requiring the removal of engine cylinder head or
crankcase pan ; repairs to radiators requiring the removal
thereof ; or complete recapping or retreading of tires .
Habitable Floor : Any floor used for living , which includes
working, sleeping, eating, cooking or recreation or
combination thereof. A floor used only for storage purposes
is not a "habitable floor" .
Halfway House : An establishment for adolescents or adults
who have been institutionalized for various reasons and
released , or who have or have had physical or social
disabilities which make operation in society difficult and
require the protection of a group setting to facilitate the
transition to a functional member of society (e. g. , former
convicts , alcholics , drug addicts , emotionally disturbed and
mentally deficient or physically disabled, etc. ) ; provide
shelter, supervision and short-tern rehabilitative services ;
usually not licensed by state or local agency hut may he
subject to provisions of local building and health codes .
Facility usually sponsored by health or welfare agency, or
sectarian organization .
Home Occupation : A home occupation is an accessory use of a
dwelling unit , conducted entirely within the dwelling unit ,
carried on by one or more persons , all of whom reside within
the dwelling unit, and where no persons living outside the
home are employed other than resident and domestic help . The
use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the
dwelling for residence purposes and does not change the
character thereof or adversely affect the uses permitted in
the residential district of which it is a part . There shall
be no outside storage of any kind, and any indoor storage ,
construction , alterations , or electrical or mechanical
equipment used shall not change the fire rating of the
structure of the fire district in which the structure is
located. The use may increase vehicular traffic flow and
parking by no more than one additional vehicle at a time. It
shall not cause an increase in the use of one or more
utilities (water, sewer, electricity , telephone , or garbage)
so that the combined total use of dwelling and home
occupation purposes of the one or more utilities exceed the
average for residences in the neighborhood. When a use is a
home occupation , it means that the owner , leasee , or other
persons who have a legal right to the use of the dwelling
unit also have the vested right to conduct the home
occupation without securing special permission to do so .
However, such person shall be subject to all conditions which
are applied in this ordinance generally , such as off-street
parking , and to all other permits required under the City
code, such as Building permits and Business Licenses .
BOOK 243 PACE 847
Hotel : A building containing twenty ( 20) or more individual
sleeping rooms or suites having each a private bathroom
attached thereto for the purpose of providing overnight
lodging facilities to the general public for compensation
with or without meals excluding accommodation for employees
and in which ingress and egress to and from all rooms is made
through an inside office or lobby supervised by a person in
charge at all hours . Where a hotel is permitted as principal
use all uses customarily and historically an accessory
thereto for the comfort, accommodation and entertainment of
the patron , including the service of alcoholic beverages
shall be permitted.
Junk Yard : Any area where waste , discarded or salvaged
materials are bought, sold, exchanged , baled or packed ,
disassembled , kept, stored or handled , including house
wrecking yards, used lumber yards and places or yards for
storage of slavaged house wrecking and structural steel
materials and equipment, but not including areas where such
uses are conducted entirely within a completely enclosed
building, and not including automobile, tractor or machinery
wrecking and used parts yard and the processing of used ,
discarded or salvaged materials as part of manufacturing
operations and not including contractors storage yards .
Junk Vehicle, Salvage Vehicle: A motor vehicle or other
vehicle , or portion thereof not in running condition or not
licensed for the current year as provided by law. No junk
vehicle shall be kept , stored , or otherwise located anywhere
except in an approved and licensed auto salvage yard.
Kennel , Boarding : a place or establishment other than a
pound or animal shelter where dogs or cats not owned by the
proprietor are sheltered , fed and watered in return for a
consideration.
Kennel , Commerical : A kennel which performs grooming or
training services for dogs or cats , or both, any may or may
not render boarding services in return for a consideration .
Kennel , Residential : A non-commercial kennel , at, in or
adjoining a private residence where dogs or cats or both are
kept provided that on any premises no more than four (4) dogs
or cats six (6) months old or older are kept.
Lot : For the purposes of this ordinance, a lot is a parcel
of land of at least sufficient size to meet minimum zoning
requirements for use, coverage and area to provide such yards
and other open space as are herein required. Such lot shall
have frontage on a public street or private street and may
consist of : (a ) a single lot of record ; (b ) a portion of a
lot of record ; (c ) 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 ; and (d ) a parcel of land
described by metes and bounds ; provided that in no case of
division of combination shall any residential lot or parcel
be created which does not meet the requirements of this
ordinance ; and further provided that any lots created after
January 1 , 1978 shall be done so in conformance with the
Waterloo Subdivision Ordinance and Chapter 409 of the Code of
Iowa .
Lot , Corner: a lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets at
their intersection.
Lot , Depth : The mean horizontal distance between the front
and rear lot lines . In the case of a corner lot , the lot
depth is the greater of the mean horizontal distances between
the front lot lines and the respective side lot line opposite
each .
Lot , Double Frontage : A lot having a frontage on two (2)
non-intersecting streets , as distingusihed from a corner lot.
BOOK 243 PAGE 848
Lot , Interior: A lot other than a corner lot.
Lot , Lines : The property lines bounding lot.
Lot of Record : a lot which is a part of a subdivision
recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Black Hawk
County , or a lot or parcel described by metes and bounds
prior to February 7 , 1969 the description of which has been
so recorded.
Lot Width : The width of a lot measured at the building line
and at right angles to its depth.
Lot , Reversed Frontage : A corner lot , the side street line
of which is substantially a continuation of the front line
of the first platted lot to its rear.
Mobile Home: Any vehicles which at any time were used or
maintained for use as a conveyance upon highways or public
streets , or waterways ; so designed and so constructed as to
permit occupancy thereof as a dwelling unit or sleeping place
for one or more persons whether attached or unattached to a
permanent foundation. Nothing in this ordinance shall be
construed as permitting for occupancy of a mobile home in
other than an approved mobile home park , except one (1 )
mobile home may he placed on a farm 80 acres or larger in
addition to an existing permanent dwelling provided that
occupant of said mobile home is active in the conduct of
agricultural operation of said farm. No commercial business
shall be carried on in a mobile home or trailer constructed
as a mobile home.
Mobile Home Park or Trailer Park : Any lot or portion of a
lot upon which two ( 2) or more mobile homes or trailers
occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes are located
regardless or whether or not a charge is made for such
accommodation.
Motel : A building or group of buildings which : (a ) contains
living or sleeping accommodations used primarily for
transient occupancy and (b ) has individual entrances from
outside the building to serve each living or sleeping unit .
Where a motel is permitted as a principal use , all uses
customarily and historically accessory thereto for the
comfort , accommodation and entertainment of the patron ,
including the service of alcoholic beverages shall be
permitted.
New Construction : New construction means those structures
where new construction or substantial improvement of which is
begun after July 1 , 1978 or the effective date of Flood
Insurance Rate Map (FIRM ) whichever is later.
Non-Conforming Use : Any building or land lawfully occupied
by a use at the time of passage of the ordinance or amendment
thereto which does not conform after the passage of this
ordinance or amendment thereto with the regulations of the
district in which it is situated. (Existing improvements
which do not meet required parking and loading regulations ,
height regulations , area regulations and residential floor
area regulations for the district in which they are located
are not non-conforming uses as defined above. )
Nursing or Convalescent Home : A building or structure having
accommodations and where care is provided for invalid ,
infirm, aged, convalescent, or physically disabled or injured
persons , not including insane and other mental cases ,
inebriate, or contagious cases.
BOOK 243 PAGE 849
Obstruction : Any dam, wall , wharf, embankment , levee , dike ,
pile, abutment , projection , excavation , channel ,
rectification , bridge , conduit , culvert , building , wire ,
fence, rock , gravel , junk , solid, waste refuse, fill , or
other analogous structure or matter in , along , across or
projecting into any floodway which may impede, retard, or
change the direction of the flow of water, either in itself
or by catching or collecting debris carried by such water, or
that is placed where the natural flow of the water would
carry the same downstream to the damage or detriment of
either life or property.
One Hundred ( 100) Year Flood : The base flood having a one
( 1 ) percent chance of natural occurrence.
Overlay District : A district which acts in conjunction with
the underlying zoning district or districts.
Parking Lot , Off-Street : A parcel of land devoted to
unenclosed parking spaces for more than five ( 5) vehicles .
Parking Space : An area of not less than one hundred eighty
( 180) square feet plus necessary maneuvering space for the
parking of a motor vehicle. Space for maneuvering,
incidental to parking or unparking, shall not encroach upon
any public right-of-way.
Planned Unit Development : A tract of land planned and
developed as an integrated unit under single ownership or
control . Control in this context may , in addition to single
ownership, be vested in partnerships , corporations ,
syndicates or trusts comprised of owners of separate and
continguous tracts of land who join together in a good and
sufficient agreement for purposes of developing their
respective properties according to one integrated plan .
Porch , Unenclosed : A roofed projection which has no more
than fifty (50 ) percent of each outside wall area enclosed by
a building or siding material other than meshed screens .
Rear Lot Line: Ordinarily that line of a lot which is
opposite and farthest from the front lot line. In triangular
or other odd-shaped lots the rear lot lines shall be defined
by the Zoning Commission.
Regulatory Flood : A flood which is representative of large
floods known to have occurred generally in the area and
reasonable characteristics of what can be expected to occur
in a particular stream. The regulatory flood has a frequency
of approxiamtely 100 years determined from an analysis of
floods on a particular stream and other stream in the same
general region.
Regulator Flood Protection Elevation : The elevation to which
uses regulated by this ordinance are required to be elevated
or floodproofed.
Restaurant :
(A) Drive-In Establishment : An establishment which by
design or physical facilities or by service or packaging
procedures , encourages or permits customers to receive
or obtain a product which may be used or consumed in an
automobile on the premises or to be entertained while
remaining in an automobile. This term does not include
sidewalk or patio cafes where service is provided to
table only.
( B ) Fast Food Type : Where customers are normally served
their food or beverages in disposable containers for
consumption on the premieses or within a motor vehicle.
BOOK 243 PACE 850
(C ) Standard Type : Where customers are normally provided
• with an individual menu and are served their food or
beverages by a rstaurant employee at the same table or
counter at which said items are consumed.
Rooming House : A building where a room or rooms are provided
for compensation to three (3) or more persons.
Rubble Fill Site : A premise used for the disposal of "clean"
type of fill material or refuse, such as dirt, rocks , clay
and similar materials , but not including organic matter of
any type such as garbage or dead animals , trees , wood
products , etc. or portions thereof.
Stable , Private: A building or structure used or intended to
be used for housing horses belonging to the owner of the
property only for non-commercial purposes.
Stable, Public and Riding Academy : A building or structure
used or intended to be used for the housing only of horses on
a fee basis. Riding instructions may be given in connection
with a public stable or riding academy.
Stable , Riding Club : A building or structure used or
intended to be used for the housing only of horses by a group
of persons for non-commercial purposes .
Set Back : the minimum distance between the street line and
the front line of abuildinq or any projection thereof ,
excluding steps and unenclosed porches and other necessary
approaches to the building.
Setback Line : A building line which determines the location
of a building or structure with respect to any street lot
line.
Side Lot Lines : Any lot lines which meet the end of a front
lot line.
Sign , Exterior: A sign which directs attention to a
business , profession , service, product or activity sold or
offered upon the premises where such sign is located. An
exterior sign is a sign attached flat against a building or
structure , or projecting out from a building or structure or
erected upon the roof of a building or structure.
Sign , Free Standing or Post : Any sign erected or affixed in
a rigid manner to any pole or post , and which carries any
advertisement strictly incidental and subordinate to a lawful
use of the premises on which it is located, including signs ,
or sign devices indicating the business transacted , services
rendered to goods sold or produced on the premises by an
occupant thereof.
Sign , On-Site: A sign relating in its subject matter to the
premises on which it is located , or to products ,
accommodations , services , or activities on the premises .
Sign , Off-Site: A sign other than an on-site sign.
Site Plan : A plan , to scale, showing uses and structures
proposed for a parcel of land as required by the regulations
involved. It includes lot lines , streets , building sites ,
reserved open space, building, major landscape features , and
the location of proposed utility lines .
Special Permit : A use allowed in any district after a public
hearing by the City Council and recommendation of the Plan
and Program Commission that meets the necessary conditions
and safeguards for its operation .
BOOK 243 PAGE 851
Story : That portion of a building 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 or roof next above it.
Story , Half : A space under a sloping roof which has the line
of intersection of roof decking and wall face not more than
four (4) feet above the top floor level .
Street Line : The right-of-way line of a street .
Street , Private : Any private way , which has not been
dedicated to the public or deeded to the City for street
purposes and has been approved by the City Council after
recommendation by the City Plan and Program Commission and
City Engineer.
Street , Public : Any thoroughfare or public way which as been
dedicated to the public or deeded to the City for street
purposes and which have been approved by the City Council
after recommendation by the City Plan and Program Commission
and City Engineer.
Structural Alterations : Any replacement or changes in the
types of construction or in the supporting members of a
building such as bearing walls or partitions , columns , beams ,
or girders , beyond ordinary repairs and maintenance.
Structure : Anything constructed or erected with a fixed
location on the ground, or attached to something having a
fixed location on the ground. Among other things , structures
include buildings , mobile homes , billboards and poster
panels .
Substantial Improvement : "Substantial Improvement " means any
repair, reconstruction , or improvement of a structure, the
cost of which equals or exceeds sixty ( 60) percent of the
market value of the structure either , (a) before the
improvement is started , or (b ) if the structure has been
damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred .
For the purposes of this definition , "Substantial
Improvement" is considered to occur when the first alteration
of any wall , ceiling , floor, or other structural part of the
building commences , whether or not that alteration affects
the external dimensions of the structure.
Summer Cottage : A single-family dwelling for seasonal or
temporary occupancy only , and not permanently occupied as a
family residence during any entire year.
Tourist Home : A residential building in which rooms are
available for rental purposes as overnight sleeping
accommodations , primarily for transients .
Trailer: See "Mobile Home" .
Trailer Park : See "Mobile Home Park " .
Used Car Lot: A designated location wherein proper and
adequate facilities shall be maintained for displaying,
reconditioning and repairing any motor vehicle of a type
subject to registration under the laws of the State of Iowa.
Use , Principal : The main or primary purpose for which a
building, structure or lot is designed , arranged , or
intended, or for which they may he used, occupied, or
maintained under this ordinance.
Variance: A device which grants a property owner relief from
certain provisions of this ordinance which the Board of
Adjustment is permitted to grant in cases where strict
enforcement of said provisions would cause undue hardship
owing to circumstances unique to the individual property on
which the variance is sought.
BOOK 243 PAGE 852
Yard : An open space on the same lot with a building or
R structure unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a
structure from thirty ( 30) inches above the general ground
1#e"vel of the graded lot upward. In measuring a yard for the
purpose of determining the depth of a front yard or the depth
of a rear yard, the least distance between the lot line and
the main building shall be used. In measuring a yard for the
purpose of determining the width of a side yard, the least
distance between the lot line and nearest permitted building
shall be used.
Yard , Front : A yard extending across the full width of the
lot and measured between the front lot line and the building
or any projection thereof , other than the projection of the
usual steps or unenclosed porches.
Yard , Rear : A yard extending across the full width of lot
and measured between the rear lot line and the building or
any projections other than steps , unenclosed balconies or
unenclosed porches . On both corner lots and interior lots
the opposite end of lot from the front yard.
Yard , Side: A yard extending from the front yard to the rear
yard and measured between the side lot lines and the nearest
structure.
Zero Lot Line : A development approach in which a building is
sited on one or more lot lines with no yard.
Passed and adopted by the City Council this 14th day of December,
1981 , and approved by the Mayor this 16th day of December , 1981 .
Leo P. Rooff, Mayor
ATTEST :
Larry P. Burger, City Clerk
Certificate
I, .. .Ct..9 P 1.:�.JL� r 9.:Lx— , City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, do hereby certify
that attached hereto is a true and complete copy of ../..I ... .i...i\..a r Q No. 3.1..7 'i..., as
passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the /I-4- day of...�. .. l Y1� P L �'
19 S
Witness My Hand and Seal of Office ..this' ..� Qj.1..... day of LO...CA r
3.., 19
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