Metamora Township Zoning Ordinance Ordinance No. 23
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Enlarged - Any change in the area or dimension, either vertical or horizontal or
additions, improvements, enclosures, or changes less
Erected - Includes built, constructed, reconstructed, moved upon, or any physical
operations on the land required for the building. Excavations, fill, drainage and the
like shall be considered a part of erection.
Essential Services - The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by public
utilities or municipal departments of underground, surface, or overhead gas,
electrical, steam, fuel or water distribution systems, collection, communication,
supply or disposal systems, including towers, poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers,
pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm and police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants
and similar equipment in connection herewith, but not including buildings, which
are necessary for the furnishing of adequate services to the Township by such
utilities or Municipal departments for general health, safety, or welfare.
Family - An individual or group of two or more persons related by blood, marriage
or adoption, together with foster children and servants of the principal occupants,
with not more than one additional unrelated person, who are domiciled together as
a single, domestic, housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit, or a collective number of
individuals domiciled together in one dwelling unit whose relationship is of a
continuing nontransient domestic character and who are cooking and living as a
single nonprofit housekeeping unit. This definition shall not include any group of
students or other individuals whose domestic relationship is of a transitory or
seasonal nature or for an anticipated limited duration.
Family Day Care Rome- A private residence where care, protection, and supervision
are provided, for a fee to no more than six (6) children at one time, except children
related to an adult member of the family. A family day care home shall require no
construction features or equipment not customary in a residential dwelling or
district. (Amended 8-11-97)
Farm - All of the contiguous, neighboring, or associated land operated as a single
unit on which any agricultural activity or the raising of livestock or small animals is
occurring.
Floor Area, Gross - The total horizontal area of all floors of a building, measured
from the exterior faces of the exterior walls and including all habitable basement
areas, as determined by the Building Code.
Garage, Private - A space or structure suitable for storing one or more automobiles
and designed and used for private rather than public, commercial or industrial
purposes. Garages attached to dwellings shall be deemed a part of the dwelling for
purposes of determining yard requirements, but not floor area.
Garage, Commercial - A building or structure designed or used for the storage,
care, repair or commercial display of automobiles, tractors, trucks, or other power
equipment.