“Basement” means that portion of a building between floor and ceiling, which is partly below and partly above grade, but so located that the vertical distance from grade to floor below is less than the vertical distance from grade to ceiling. A basement, when designed for or occupied for business or industrial purposes, or for dwelling purposes (recreational room or family room excepted), shall be considered a story.

“Bed and breakfast facilities” means accommodations and limited food service for travelers or transient guests in a single-family residence. The owner of the residence shall reside on the premises and the facility shall comply with all state regulations.

“Block” means all property abutting upon one side of a street between intersecting and intercepting streets, or between a street and railroad right-of-way, waterway, terminus or dead-end street, or city boundary line. An intercepting street shall determine only the boundary of the block on the side of the street which it intercepts.

“Boarding (lodging or rooming) house” means a building, or portion thereof, other than a hotel, where lodging and/or meals for five or more persons, but not more than twenty persons, are provided for compensation.

“Brew pub,” also known as a “microbrewery,” means an eating and drinking establishment, which includes the brewing of beer, ale or malt beverage as an accessory use to a full-service restaurant. The amount of beverage produced on the premises cannot be less than two hundred forty barrels or exceed two thousand four hundred barrels in any calendar year. No more than thirty percent of the product brewed may be sold off-premises in either bottles or kegs. A loading and unloading area must then be provided for. A full-service restaurant as defined by AMC 22.08.044 must occupy at least fifty percent of the gross floor area of the brew pub and restaurant, combined. Any brew pub that does not meet the requirements of this definition will be considered a tavern as defined by AMC 22.08.048.

“Building” means any structure having a roof built for support, shelter, or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind.

“Building height” means the vertical distance from the average elevation of the proposed finished grade from all four corners of a building to the highest point of a flat roof, the deck line of a mansard roof, and the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.

“Building line” means the edge or side of the building nearest a lot line. The line facing the front lot line is the front building line. The line facing the side of the lot is the side building line; the line facing the rear of the lot is the rear building line.

Building, Main. “Main building” means the principal building or buildings on a lot or building site designed or used to accommodate the primary use to which the premises are devoted.

“Building official” means that official designated, by city council, as the official responsible for accepting, reviewing and approving or rejecting plans for building or occupancy, and applications for building and occupancy permits, and for interpretation and enforcement of ordinances related thereto.

“Building setback line” means a line beyond which the footprint or foundation of a building shall not exceed.

“Building site” means a parcel of land assigned to a use, to a main building, or to a main building and its accessory buildings, together with all yards and open spaces required by this title, whether the area so devoted is comprised of one lot, a combination of lots, or combination of lots and fractions of lots. (Ord. 1190-21 § 2, 2021).