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Sec. 495(2). Definitions.

For the purposes of this section the following definitions are
established:

(1) An Accessory Building is a subordinate building on the
same lot with a main building whose use is incidental to that of
the main building.

(2) The Height of a Building is the vertical distance measured
from the level of the curb or established grade opposite the
middle of the front of the building to the highest point of the
roof surface if a flat roof; to the deck line of a mansard roof;
and to the mean height level between eaves and ridge of a gable,
hip or gambrel roof, if a building is built on the street line, and
if built back of the street line the distance shall be measured from
the level of ground at the middle of the front of the building,
provided, that where the ground level is made by filling such
ground level shall not be considered to be more than five (5)
feet above the level of the curb or established grade opposite the
middle of the front of the building.

(3) A Court is an open unoccupied space, other than a yard,
on the same lot with a building.

(4) An Enclosed Court is an open unoccupied space enclosed
on all sides by walls, or by walls and lot lines other than street
lines or public alley lines that are 10 feet or more in width.

(5) A Court opening on to a side yard shall be deemed an enclosed
court but may be considered as extending to the lot line.

(6) An Outer Court is an open unoccupied space enclosed on
three sides by walls, or by two walls and a lot line, and open on
to a street, an alley 10 feet or more in width, or on to a front or
rear yard.

(7) The Width of Court is the least horizontal dimension of
the Court.

(8) Lot: The land bounded by definite lines and occupied or
to be occupied by a building and its accessory buildings and including
the open spaces required under these regulations. A lot
may or may not be the land so recorded on the records of the
Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court.

(9) Depth of Lot: The depth of a lot is defined as the average
depth measured in the mean direction of the side lines from

the street line to the rear line, and the rear line shall be deemed
to be not farther back than a line drawn parallel with the street
line, entirely on the lot, and not less than ten feet long; and in
the case of a through lot running from street to street the rear
line with respect to either street line shall be deemed to pass
through a point midway between the street lines.

(10) Width of Lot: The width of a lot is its mean width,
measured at right angles to its depth.

(11) A Corner Lot is any lot which occupies the interior
angle at the intersection of two street lines, which make an angle
of more than 45 degrees and less than 135 degrees with each
other, the owner of a corner lot having the privilege of specifying
which street lot line shall be deemed the front of the lot, and
being required when requesting a building permit, to specify
which lot line shall be deemed the front line.

(12) A street is any existing street, square, lane, alley or way
set aside as a right of way for street purposes.