§ 4101.04 — Letter D

4101.04 - Letter D.

"Dance hall" means a building or part thereof the primary purpose of which is for dancing by a gathering of people. "Department" when used without clarification means the department of building and zoning services. "Departmental regulations" means printed interpretations of sections of this code prepared by the building inspector with the approval of the building commission. An appeal for change of or relief from the requirements of the departmental regulations may be made to the building commission, which shall have authority to change the same. Departmental regulations shall be published in the City Bulletin and shall become effective 60 days after approval and issuance of printed copies to all persons, firms, contractors, and organizations on a list of holders of this Building Code. "Director" when used without clarification means the director of the department of building and zoning services or designee. "Dome" means a roof formed by a series of arches or curved surfaces, every point of which is in a curved surface, receding from the supporting walls of the building and springing from a plane base either circular or polygonal and covering and meeting at a ridge or finial with no appreciable part of such roof flat or a plane surface. "Dormer" means a minor architectural roof structure containing one or more small vertical windows and situated upon a sloping roof. "Dwelling" means any residence building or portion thereof, which is not an "apartment house," which contains one, two or three dwelling units, used, intended, or designed to be used, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied or which are occupied for living purposes by one family each. (a) "One family dwelling" means a building containing one dwelling unit with not more than five lodgers or boarders. (b) "Two- and three-family dwellings" means buildings containing two or three dwelling units with not more than five lodgers or boarders per building. "Dwelling unit" means a single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.

(Ord. 1936-02 § 5; Ord. 377-95; Ord. 1272-01 § 1 (part); Ord. No. 0455-2010, § 104, 4-5-2010; Ord. No. 2019-2021, § 1, 7-26-2021)