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Grade - The lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground, paving, or sidewalk within the area between the building and the property line, or when the property line is more than five feet from the building, between the building and a line five feet from the building. Height of Building - The vertical distance from the average elevation of the finished grade at the front of the building to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs; to the deck line of mansard roofs; and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs. Home Occupation - An occupation, profession, activity, or use that is clearly a customary, incidental, and secondary use of a residential dwelling unit and which does not alter the exterior of the property or affect the residential character of the neighborhood. Hotel- A building occupied as more or less temporary abiding place of individuals who are lodged with or without meals for compensation and in which there are more than ten (10) sleeping rooms usually occupied singly, and in which no provision is made for cooking in any individual apartment. Impervious Surface - Any material that substantially reduces or prevents the infiltration of storm water into previously undeveloped land. Impervious surface shall include graveled driveways and parking areas. Industrial Park - A planned, coordinated development of a tract of land with two or more separate industrial buildings. Such development is planned, designed, constructed, and managed on an integrated and coordinated basis with special attention given to on-site vehicular circulation, parking, utility needs, building design and orientation, and open space. Intensive Vegetation Clearing - The complete removal of trees or shrubs in a contiguous patch, strip, row, or block. Junk Yard - Land or structures used for the storage or keeping of junk, including scrap metals, or for the dismantling or "wrecking" of automobiles or other vehicles or machinery, other than the storage of materials which is incidental or accessory to any business or industrial use on the same lot. Light Manufacturing - The processing and fabrication of certain materials and products where no process involved will produce noise, vibrations, air pollution, fire hazard or noxious emissions which will disturb or endanger neighboring properties. Lot - A platted parcel of land intended to be separately owned, developed, and otherwise used as a unit. Lot Area - The area of horizontal plane bounded by the vertical planes through front, side, and rear lot lines. Lot, Corner - A lot abutting on and at the intersection of two or more streets. Page 7 of 65