East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-12-02

tions and walls of brick, tile, hare
plaster, not less than two (2)
inches thick on metal lath anC
metal studs or approved gypsum
blocks.
HALL - ENTRANCE. An zen.
trance halF' in a tenement house
is a public hall which serves as
a means of ingress thereto OF
egress therefrom.
HALL - PRIVATE. A "private
hall' in a tenement house, is a
hall, corridor or passageway
within an apartment.
HALL - PUBLIC. A "public
hall" in a tenement house is a
hall, corridor, or passageway, not
within an apartment.
HALL - STAIR. A "stair hall''
in a tenement house is hall con-
tanning a stairway and includes
the stairs, stair landings and those
portions Of the public halls through
which it is necessary to pass in
going between the entrance floor
and the roof.
LODGING HOUSE. A 1odging
house" is a building or portion
thereof, in which persons are har-
bored or received, or lodged for
hire, for a single night, or for less
than week at one time.
LOT - CORNER. A "corner
lot" is a lot bounded on two (2)
or more sides by intersecting
streets, and which is adjacent to
the point of intersection. Any por-
tion of the width of such lot more
than sixty (60) feet distance from
the street side lot-line and meas
ured at right angles Herewith,
shall not be regarded as a part of
a corner lot, but shall be subject
to the provisions of this title
respecting interior lots.
LOT - INTERIOR. A lot other
than corner lot or through lot is
an interior lot".
LOT - THROUGH. A Through
lot" is a lot running through from
one street to another or opposite
street, and for the purpose Of this
ordinance, a through lot shall be
treated as two interior lots.
LOT - FRONT OF. The "front
of a lot" is that boundary line
which borders on the street. In
the case of a corner lot", the
owner shall designate by state
ment on his plans and application,
any street boundary line as the
front, which shall thereafter be
deemed as the front of such lot.
LOT = REAR OF. The "rear
of a lot" is the side opposite to
the front. In the case of a triangu-
lar shaped corner lot, the rear
shall be the boundary line not
bordering on the street.
STREET. A "street" is a public
thoropghfare, thirty 800 feet or
more in width by whatever name
known.
YARD. Definition and classifi-
cation. A "yard" is an open unoc-
cupied space, other than a court,
clear, and unobstructed from the
ground level to the sky, on the
same lot with a tenement house.
Yards are classified as follows:
(a) A "front yard" is a yard
Immediately in front Of tenement
house.
(b) A "rear yard" is yard i'm
mediately at the rear of tene-
ment house, and extending across
the entire width of the lot.
(c) A "side yard" is a yard i'm
mediateIy at the side of a tene-
ment house, and extending straight
and direct from the front yard or
the street to the rear yard.
(d) An "offset yard" is any
yard other than front, rear or
side yard, opening into a street
or another yard"
be and the some is hereby amended
to read as follows:
SECTION 8. DEFINITIONS.
Certain words and phrases in this
ordinance are defined for the pur-
poses thereof. as follows:
APARTMENT H o u Sc. An
apartment house" is a building
containing three or more dwelling
units or two or more dwelling
units above the first or ground
floor. For the purpose of applying
this definition, dwelling units on
the third floor of any building
originally constituting a dwelling
shall not be counted. The words
tenement house" and apartment
house" are synonymous.
FAMILY. A family" is any
number of individuals related to
the nominal head of the household
as husband or wife, son or daugh-
ter, father or mother, sister or
brother or their spouses and
dependent children living in a
single dwelling unit. A family may
consist of one individual.
DWELLING. A dwelling" is a
building intended or designed to
be occupied by not more than two
(2) families living separately and
independently of each other.
DWELLING UNIT. A dwelling
unit" is a group of rooms arranged,
maintained or designed to be occu-
pied by a single family and shall
consist of a complete bathroom
with toilet, lavatory and tub or
shower facilities; a complete kitch-
en- or kitchenette with approved
cooking, refrigeration and sink
facilities; and adequate living and
sleeping facilities; all of which are
used exclusively by such family
and by any authorized persons
occupying such dwelling unit with
the family. Where the required
facilities for a dwelling unit are
not contiguous, the Board of Zon-
ing Appeals shall determine
whether such facilities constitute
a dwelling unit. The words dwell
ing unit, apartment, and "suite"
shall be considered synonymous.
SHALL. The word "shall" is al
ways mandatory and not directory.
PERSON. The word "person" in
cludes a corporation as well as a
natural person.
OCCUPIED. The words "occu-
oooL