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or alley or to a front or rear yard. (19) "Court, width of" means the least horizontal dimension of a court at its lowest level. (20) "District" means a section of the City for which uniform zoning regulations as herein provided govern the use of land, structure and premises, the permitted heights and area or structures, and the area or open spaces about buildings and structures. (21) "I?welling" means a building designed or occupied as the living quarters for one or more families equipped with heating and separate cooking, living, sleeping, bathing and toilet facilities for each family. (22) "Dwelling, one-family" means a separate, detached building designed for and occupied exclusively as a living unit for one family. (23) "Dwelling, two-family" means a separate, detached builidng designed for and occupied exclusively as a living unit for two families, each using separate complete housekeeping units. (24) "Dwelling, multiple" means a dwelling designed or occupied otherwise than as a one-family dwelling or a two-family dwelling and including paratment houses, garden apartments and all other family dwellings of similar character, where apartment or suites are designed for use as separate complete living units, but excluding hotels, motels or apartment hotels, (25) "Family" means one or more persons living in a separate living unit in a domestic relationship based on birth, marriage or other domestic bond. (26) "Floor area" means the floor space enclosed by the interior side of the rough of exterior walls or fire partitions, or by a combination of them. (27) "Floor area, livable" means the floor area excluding any veranda, porch, terrace, breezeway, garage, bay or utility room and the like where the ceiling is less than four feet above the floor and is not more than four feet below the grade level. (28) "Foundation area" means that area within the foundation or footings, excluding the area of any veranda, porch, breezeway, garage, bay, terrace, utility room and the like. (29) "Garage" means a building or part thereof used for housing or repairing motor vehicles, excluding rooms for storing, exhibiting or showing new or used cars for sale. (30) "Garage, community" means a group of private garages, either detached or under one roof, arranged in a row or around a common means of access and erected for the use of residents in the immediate vicinity. (31) "Garage, private" means a garage in which no occupation or business for profit is carried on. (32) "Garage, public" means any garage which is not either a private garage or a community garage. (33) "Grade level" means the mean elevation of the ground measured at the front line of the main building after landscaping work has 3