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JUNK YARD: An area where waste, discarded or salvaged materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, boiled, cleaned, packed, disassembled or handled including, but not limited to, scrap iron and other metals, paper, rags, rubber products, bottles and lumber. Storage of such material in conjunction with a manufacturing process or recycling collection and distribution center when within an enclosed area or building shall not be included. LAWN AND GARDEN CENTER: A retail establishment where the primary sales are limited to lawn, garden and indoor horticultural products and garden tools, equipment and supplies reasonably related to the care, construction and maintenance of lawns and gardens. LOADING SPACE: A space accessible from a street, alley or way in a building or on a lot for the use of trucks while loading and unloading merchandise or materials. LODGING ROOM: A commercial residence or hotel room rented as sleeping and living quarters. In a suite of rooms each room which provides sleeping accommodations shall be counted as one lodging room. LOT: A parcel of land, abutting on a public street, being a lot designated in a recorded plat or a parcel occupied by a principal building on or before May 21,1959, or being a parcel of record of sufficient size to meet minimum zoning requirements for use, coverage and area, and to provide the yards required by this Code. LOT AREA: The area of a horizontal plane within the lot lines. LOT CORNER: A lot situated at the junction of and abutting on two (2) or more intersecting streets; or a lot at the point of deflection in alignment of a single street, the interior angle of which does not exceed one hundred thirty five degrees (1350). LOT DEPTH: The mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line of a lot. LOT, INTERIOR: A lot other than a corner lot. LOT LINE: A property boundary line of any lot held in single ownership, except that where any portion of a lot extends into the abutting public street or alley, the lot line shall be deemed to be the street or alley right of way line adjacent to the lot. LOT LINE, FRONT: That boundary of a lot which abuts a street, and in the case of a corner lot, it shall be the shortest dimension on a public street. Should the dimensions be equal, the owner shall designate the front for the record. LOT LINE, REAR: That boundary of a lot which is opposite the front lot line. If the rear lot line is less than ten feet (10) in length, or if the lot forms a point at the rear, the rear lot line for setback purposes shall be deemed to be a line ten feet (10) in length within the lot, parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front line. 6