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I' I I . L_ ]- Apdrtmcnt [louse: ;\ building designed, built, rented, lea sed, !Eot or hired out to be occupied by three (3) or more apartments or ",,,hich is occupied as he horne or residence of three (3) or more families or individuals, living independently of each other, and maintaining sepawte cooking facilities, \S Apartment Hotel: Any building larger than an apartment house des igned or built to be occupied as a series of separate apartments dnd by persons living independently of each other" Area of the Lot: The area of the lot shall be the net area of the lot and shall not include portions of streets and alleys. Block: An area enclosed by streets and occupied by or intended for buildings; or, if said word is used as a term of meiJsurement, it shall mean the distance along a side of a street between the nearest two (2) streets which intersect said street. Boarding House: A building other than a hotel where lodging and meals for three (3) or more persons are served for compensation. Building: Any structure built for the support, shelter and/or enclosure of persons, chattels or moveable property of any kind. Building L1Oe: A line paraHelor approximately parallel to the street right-of-way property line and beyond which no butlding shall be erected. Business: Includes local, retail, commercial, or such other uses, and districts as herein defined. Ceiling: No ceiling shall be less than 7 fe. in height. Cellar: That portion of a building between the ground and the floor joist which is partly below and partly above grade but so located that the vertical distance from grade to the floor below ground is greater than the vertical distance from grade to the first floor joist or ceil ing if there be no floor above the cellar portion. Clinic, Medical: An institution or station for the examination and treatment of ill and afflicted out-patients. Convalescent Home: Any structure used for .or occupied by persons recovering from illness or suffering from the infirmities of old age. Court: An open, unoccupied space, bounded On more than two (2) sides by buildings. An innter court is a court entirely surrounded by the exterior walls of a building, An outer court is a court having one (1) side open to a street, alley, yard or other permanently open space, Customary Home Occupations: A customary home occupation is an occupation customarily cJrried on in the homc by a member of the occupant's family without structural ater- ationsin the building or any of its rooms, without the installation of machinery other than that customary to normal household operCltion or additional equipment without the employment of additional persons, ond which docs not cause the generation of additional traffic in the street. iJ'ld