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April 1, 2025 Centerville Planning & Zoning Commission Page 6 of 7 RE: 1421 Mound Trail, Variance Request Ï Garage & Swimming Pool ZONING CODE DEFINITIONS AND EXCERPTS BUILDING. Any structure having a roof which may provide shelter or enclosure of persons, animal or chattel, and when the structure is divided by party walls without openings, each portion of the buildingso separated shall be deemed a separate building. BUILDING LINE. The line, parallel to the street line, that passes through the point of the principalbuilding nearest the front lot line. \[Subdivision Code\] BUILDING LINES. The line also referred to as SETBACK LINE means the line beyond whichpropertyowners or others have no legal or vested right to extend a building or any part thereof withoutspecial permission and approval of the proper authorities. FRONT or FRONTAGE. That side of a lot abutting on a street or way and ordinarily regarded as thefront of the lot, but it shall not be considered as the ordinary sideline of a corner lot. LOT LINE. A line dividing one lot from another lot or from a street or alley. LOT LINE, FRONT. On an interior lot, the lot line abutting a street; on a corner lot, the lot lines abutting a street; on a through lot, the lot line abutting the street providing the primary access to the lot;or, on a flag lot, the interior lot line most parallel to and nearest the street from which access is obtained. LOT LINE, REAR. The lot line not intersecting a front lot line that is most distant from and most closely parallel to the front lot line. A lot bounded by only three lot lines will not have a REAR LOT LINE. SETBACK. The minimum horizontal distance between a lot line and a building line or use. STRUCTURE. Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires a location on the ground or attached to something having a location on the ground, or an attachment to something having a fixedlocation on the ground; including, in addition to buildings, billboards, carports, porches, decks and otherbuilding features, but not including sidewalks, drives, swing sets, enclosed play structures under 50square feet, fences and patios. YARD. A required open space on a lot which is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward,except as otherwise provided for herein. The measurement of a YARD shall be construed as theminimum horizontal distance between the lot line and the building line. YARD, FRONT. A yard extending across the full width of the front lot between side lot lines andextending from the front property line to the depth required in the yard regulations of the district inwhich the lot is located. On a corner lot, both street frontages shall be considered the front. YARD, REAR. The portion of the yard on the same lot with the principal building located between therear line of the building and the rear lot line and extending for the full width of the lot.