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Day Nursery: A place where children are left for care between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight. District: A section of the City for which the regulations governing the area, height or use of the buildings are uniform. Dwelling Unit: A building or portion of a building which is arranged, oc- cupied or intended to be occupied as living ~uarters for a single family unit. I Efficiency Apartment: An apartment having a combination living and bedroom, (no separate bedroom) , cooking facilities and bath. Fronily: A fmnily is any number of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit, in which not more than two (2) individuals are unrelated by blood. Farm: An area of two (2) acres or more, which is used for the growing of the usual farm products such as vegetables, fruits, trees and grain and their storage on the area as well as the raising thereon of the usual farm poultry and farm animals such as horses, cattle, sheep and swine, and including dairy farms with the necessary accessory uses for treating and storing the produce; provided, however, that the operation of such accessory use shall be secondary to that of the normal activities; and provided further, that it does not include the com- mercial feeding of offal or garbage to swine or other animals. Garage Apartment: A dwelling unit situated above a private garage. Hobby Shops: An accessory use housed in a dwelling or in an accessory building in which the residents of the premises engage in recreational activities, none of which shall disturb the neighbors on either side or in the rear thereof, and from which no revenue may be derived, in which no goods may be publicly displayed, offered for sale, or advertised for sale, nor may any sign be used in connection therewith. Home Work Shop: See hobby shop. I Hospital: An institution or place where sick or injured patients are given medical or surgical care either at public (charity) or private expense. Hotel and Motel: A building or arrangement of buildings designed and occupied as a temporary abiding place of individuals who are lodged with or with- out meals, in which the rooms are usually occupied singularly for hire, in which there are no provisions for cooking in individual rooms or apartments, and in which there are no provisions for cooking in individual rooms or apartments, and in which there are more than eight (8) sleeping rooms, a public dining room ac- commodating more than eight (8) guests and a central kitchen. Housing Project: An area of two (2) or more acres arranged according to a site plan to be submitted to and to be approved by, the City Planning and Zon- ing Commission and the City Council, on which is indicated the amount of land to be devoted to housing facilities, their arrangements thereon, the arrangements of access streets and alleys. The entire area is to be zoned as recommended by the City Planning and Zoning Commission and approved by action of the City Council. It shall not be necessary to subdivide the area into lots and blocks. The site plan shall indicate that all water lines, sewer lines, access streets, alleys, sidewalks, storm sewers, and storm sewer inlets, shall be provided by the developer as reQuired by the City and built in accordance with City spec if- ica,t ions. ? I Kindergarten: A school for children of pre-public school age in which constructive endeavors, object lessons and helpful games are prominent features of the curriculum. Lodging Rouse: A building other than a hotel where eight (8) persons or less are provided lodging for compensation. Lot: Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory build- ing, and including open spaces, and having its principal frontage upon a pub- lic street or officially approved place. Lot of Record: A lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat for which has been recorded in the office of the County Clerk of Hays County, or a parcel of land the deed for which is recorded in the office of the County Clerk of Hays County, Texas. Nonconforming Use: A building, structure or use of land lawfully occupied at the time of the effective date of this Ordinance or amendments thereto, and