Subdividers Ordinance

B. Definitions Accessory Building, Structure, or Use: A use or structure subordinate to the principal use of a building or land on the same lot and serving a purpose customarily incidental to the use of the principal building or use of land. Agriculture: The use of land for any of the following purposes: • raising, breeding, or management of livestock, poultry, fish, or honeybees; • dairies, truck gardening, forestry, nurseries, or orchards; • non-commercial on-farm storage or processing of agricultural products; or • any similar agricultural, horticultural, silvacultural, or aquacultural use. No farms may operate for the disposal of garbage, sewage, rubbish, or offal. Nor does this definition allow rendering plants for the slaughtering of animals, except to the extent that animals raised on the premises or maintained on the premises are used by residents of the agricultural use. Alley: Any dedicated public way affording a secondary means of vehicular access to abutting property and not intended for general traffic circulation. Alterations, Structural: Any change in the supporting members of a building such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders. Apartment: A room or suite of rooms used as the dwelling of a family, including bath and culinary accommodations, located in a building where there are a multiple of these units. Balcony: An unroofed platform, unenclosed except by a railing, which projects from the outer wall of any building above ground level with or without support other than the building. Basement: The portion of a building that lies partly below grade but that has more than one-half its height above the average grade of the adjoining ground. For the purpose of this Ordinance, a basement is not considered a “story” unless designed or used for habitable space or business purposes. Bed and Breakfast: Any single-family or multi-family dwelling unit used for overnight or temporary lodging that consists of one to five units and that may provide meals. Board of Adjustment: The Board of Adjustment is described in Iowa Code § 414.7. This Ordinance may refer to it as “the Board”. Boarding House is a building, other than a hotel or motel, that provides meals and lodging for three or more persons for pay. Building: Any structure designed or built for the support, enclosure, shelter, or protection of persons, animals, or property. 8 Adopted November 14, 2007