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-3- (q) FLOOR AREA - A floor space enclosed by exterior walla or fire-walls, or by a combination of them. (r) FLOOR AREA, LIVABLE - In all cases no area shall be considered as livable floor area unless same is supported by beams of structural strength of the kind required by the Building Code of City of North Olmsted for a usable floor area. Further in the determination of livable floor area, there shall be excluded any and all verandas, porches, terraces, breezeways, garages, bays, uti],.ity rooms, and where the ceiling is less than four (4) feet above the floor. (s) FOUNDATION AREA - In the determination of Foundation area, porches, verandas, breezeways, garages, bays, terraces, utility rooms and the 1i.1~e shal]. be excluded. (t) GARAGE - A building, structure or any portion thereof used for hous- ing or repairing motor vehicles. This does not include rooms for storing, ex- hibiting or showing new cars for sale, (u} GARAGE-COMMUNITY - A group of private garages, either detached or under one roof, arranged in a row or around a conmion means of access, and eree.ter~ for the use of residents in the i~nediate vicinity. (v) GARAGE'-PRIVATE - In a Residential District the floor area oP a pri-~ t~ garage erected as an accessory building, or as a part of the dwelling unit, shal:+. not exceed b50 sq. ft. of Floor area unless the lot area exceeds 8,700 aq. ft. i~ which event the garage floor area may be increased to no more than 750 sq. ft. Such structure shall be intended primarily for the housing of cars belonging to the occupants of the premises. (w) GARAGE-PUBLIC - Arty garage not included within the definition of a private Garage or a Casmunity Garage. (x) GRADE-FIlJISHs Elevation of ground measured at the front well of structure, when landscaping work is completed. (y) GREF~iHOUSE, COI~RCIAL - A greenhouse used for the raising of prod- u~te.for sale either on a wholesale or retail basis. (2) C~tEENHOUSE, PRIVATE - A greenhouse containing not more than four hundred (400) square feet of floor area, in which no produce, plants or flowers are raised for sale or sold for gain. (aa} HEIGHT OF BUILDING - The vertical distance measured from the curb level t o the highest point of the roof adjacent to the street wall for flat roofs; to tha deck line of mansard roofs; and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gabled, hipped or gambrel roofs, (bb) HO'1~L - A building operated as a public inn for profit, in which transi®nts are lodged, with or without meals, and in rich, as a rule, the rooms