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1113. 09 PLANNING AND ZONING CODE 12 1113.09 GRADES. (a) "Established street grade" means the elevation established by the Municipality at the roadway center line or curb in front of the lot. (b) "Natural grade" means the elevation of the undisturbed natural surface of the ground prior to any excavation or fill. (c) "Finished grade" means the elevation of the finished surface of the ground adjoining the building after final grading and normal settlement. (Ord. 69-38. Passed 4-20-70.) 1113.10 HEIGHT OF BUILDING. "Height of building" means the vertical distance measured at the center line of its principal front from the established grade or from the natural grade, if higher than the established grade, to the level of the highest point in the coping of flat roofs or to the deck line of a mansard roof or to the top of the peak of a gable, hip or similar type roof. (Ord. 94-20. Passed 6-20-94.) 1113.11 HOME OFFICES. "Home office" means a secondary office in a dwelling occupied by a person practicing a profession or engaged in a business as permitted in the Zoning Code. (Ord. 69-38. Passed 4-20-70. ) 1113.12 JLTNK OR WRECKING YAR,D. "Junk or wrecking yard" means an open area where materials including, but not limited to; vehicles, trailers, aeroplanes, equipment, building materials, waste, scrap iron and other metals, paper, rags and rubber tires are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled or otherwise handled. (Ord. 69-38. Passed 4-20-70.) 1113.13 LOADING SPACE. "Loading space" means an open or enclosed space, other than a street, used for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while its goods are being loaded or unloaded. (Ord. 69-38. Passed 4-20-70.) 1113.14 LOTS AND LAND; HOMES ASSOCIATION. (a) "Lot" means a division of land separated from other divisions for purposes of sale, lease or sepaxate use, described on a recorded subdivision plat, recorded survey map or by metes and bounds. (b) "Lot of record" means land designated as a separate parcel on a plat map or deed in the records of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. (c) "Zoning lot" means a parcel of land abutting a dedicated street, occupied or intended to be occupied by a main and/or accessory use or a main or accessory building, as a unit together with such open spaces as required by the Zoning Code. Unless the context clearly indicates the contrary, the term lot is used synonymously with zoning 1994 Replacement