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Height of a building shall mean the vertical distance measured from the mean elevation of the finished grade adjacent to the building foundation to the highest point of the roof. See Figure 1. Heliport shall mean an area, either at ground level or on a structure, licensed by the federal government or an appropriate state agency and approved for the loading, landing and takeoff of helicopters and including auxiliary facilities, such as parking, waiting room, fueling and maintenance equipment. Figure 1: Height of Building Helistop shall mean a heliport but without auxiliary facilities, such as parking, waiting room, fueling and maintenance equipment. Home occupation shall mean any lawful activity not otherwise prohibited by this chapter performed in a legal owner-occupied one-family residence, including without limitation, consulting, telemarketing, dressmaking, manicuring, craft making or drafting. Home cooking for commercial purposes is not permitted. Home professional office shall mean the use of a single family residence owned and occupied by a person also for his or her professional office where clients or patients are seen in his or her practice of any one of medicine or a related health care profession, law, dentistry, architecture, engineering, psychiatry, psychology, chiropractics, actuary science, physical therapy, certified social work, or accounting. Hotel or motel shall mean a facility offering transient lodging accommodations to the general public and which may include additional facilities and services, such as restaurants, meeting rooms, entertainment, personal services and recreational facilities. House of worship shall mean an institution such as a church, synagogue, temple, mosque or other facility that is used for the assembly of persons of similar beliefs for religious or spiritual worship, prayer and/or meditation. Industry, light shall mean the assembly, packaging, storage and

other facility that is used for the assembly of persons of similar beliefs for religious or spiritual worship, prayer and/or meditation. Industry, light shall mean the assembly, packaging, storage and distribution of products from finished products or parts.. Lot shall mean a designated parcel, tract or area of land established by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law, to be used, developed or built upon as a unit. The word "lot" includes the word "plot." 1. Lot coverage shall mean that portion of a lot which is covered by parking areas and any impervious surface including but not limited to principal and accessory, structures, driveways, patios, sidewalks, etc. See Figure 2. 2. Lot depth shall mean the dimension from the rear lot line to the front lot line measured between the mid-points of the rear and front lot lines. See Figure 3. 3. Lot frontage shall mean the distance measured between side lot lines at the street line of the lot. Every lot must front on a dedicated and accepted street and the minimum street frontage for any lot must be forty (40) feet or Figure 2: Lot Coverage seventy-five (75%) percent of the required lot 9