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Home My WebLink About1975 Ordinance No. 032.. _,,,. . • • • I TROD UCED AS A BILL BY COUNCILMAN BROWN BY AU THORITY 0 DINANC.E ..3.,;i , SERIES OF 1975 AN ORDINANCE AM ENDING SECTI ON 2 2 .8 ENTI TLED "DEF I NITIONS", OF THE COMPREHENSI VE ZONING 0RDINANCE (ORDINANCE NO. 26, SERIES OF 1 3, AS AME DED) BY REVISIN G AND AMENDING CERTAI DEFINITI N CONTAINED IN SAI D SECT I ON AND ADDING E DEFlNITIO S THERETO. OW, THEREFORE, BE I T ORDAIN ED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ENGLEIOOD, CO LORAD O, a s foll ows: Section 1 . That Section 22.8 of t h e Com pr ehensiv e Zoning Ord.nan ~, being Ordinance No. 26, Series of 1963 as amended enti 1 d "De init. ns" is he r eby a mended i n pa rt t o r e ad as allows: Building area: That po r ti on of the l ot th at i s oc c upied by the principal and accessory bui ldin gs . Building , height of: The vertica l dis t an c e measured f rom the adjoining curb le v el to th e highest p oint of ceiling of the top story in the case of a fla t roo f; t o the d e ck line of a mansard roo · and t o the top of the h i gh es t po i nt o f a gable, hip, or gambrel roof; provid ing, howe ve r, that whe re buildings are set bac from the stree t l ine , the h e ight of the bu il ding may be measured from the a v erage e l e va tion o f the fi nished lot grade along the r nt lin e o f t h e bu i l d i n g . Dwellin&, t wo-family: A singl e b u ilding wh i ch has a common foundation, comm o n roof, and at leas t on e pa r ty wall, and whi h is inteded , or desi g ne d to be o ccupie d, or wh ic h is occupied by two (2 ) famili es liv i ng i ndepend e ntly of each other, and which building ha not mor e t han two (2 ) kitchens, and not less than l 2 ) a hrooms. Educational i n sti tu tion: Publi c school s , parochial schools irrespectiv of denominati o n and hav i n g a course o f stud y substant i a lly equivalent t o that o f a publ i c school,private schools havi n g a c o urse of s t udy sub s tant i al l y equivalent to that of a p u blic school, coll eges and u niversities, professional schoo l·, special schools f or the bl i nd, handicapped , etc. This term shal no ·nc ude "trade or bus i nes s school s " o r "day cam II -1 - . . ' • • • ..... Floor area: The area of a building measured from the center of the walls, but not including courts, open porches, garages, cellars, or basements, whether finished or unfinished. Lot coverage: That percentage of the lot area which may be occupied by buildings and/or structures. Carports, garages and parking structures shall not be included in lot coverage. Lot line, f r The shortest lot frontage. Section 2. That Section 22.8 entitled "Definitions" of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 26, Se ri es of 1963 as amended, is hereby further amended by adding the following new definitions thereto: Da~ c are center: An agency, organization, or individual pro- vi ing day time care of five or more children not related by blood or marriage to, or not the legal wards or foster children of, the att e ndant adult. Care of two or more children is not permitted unless currently licensed by the State. Landscaping: Grass, shrubs, trees and vines, with other dec- orative material. Office : A room or building in which a person transacts his business or carrie s on his stated occupation. Open space: An unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with the building. Parking structure: An accessory structure or a portion of a structur e permitted as a Principal Use, designed for the park- ing o f motor vehicle s belinging to the occupants of the Prin- cipa l Use and for their invitees. The term shall include both underground and above ground ramp access or mechanical access parking structures. The sides of the above ground parking structure shall have not less than SO per cent enclosure. Professional off i ce: The office of a person engaged in any occupation, vocation, or calling, not purely commercial, mechanical, or agricultural in which a professed knowledge or skill in some department of science or learning is used by its practical application to the affairs of others, either advising or guiding th em in serving their interest or welfare through the practice of an act founded thereon, such as medical doctors, denti s ts, atto r neys-at -law, architects or engineers . -2- • • }o ·,1 .. • • Useable open s pac e : On si te space which is absent of any build- ing or stru c ure. p e n s ace could cont ain, but is not limited to the followin : s ide wa lks, trellises, s wings, arbors, swimmi n g pool s , nn i s courts, and landscaping. Surface parking is not to be con s idered as useable open space. Introdu c ed, read in full and pas se d on first reading on t h 7 th da of J uly, 1975. Publ i h d as a Bill for an Ordinance on th e 10th day o f Juiy, l 75 . Re d b y ti 1 the 4th day o f Augu s , and passed on final reading on 9 75. Publ ·s h d by t. i t le as Ordinance No. 301. Serie s of 1 9 5 , o n th 7 th day of August, 1975 . ATTE T : I, w·1 i a m . J a me s , do hereby certify that the above an d o r goi n 1 a t ru e , accurate a nd complete co p y of the dina n c , p s . d o n f "nal reading and publishe d by ti t le a ~ Or d i n a n No . .3e1 , Series of 1975.