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STORY means that portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the <br />surface of the floor next above it, or if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor <br />and the ceiling next above it, including a basement with a ceiling more than four (4) feet six (6) <br />inches above the surface of the adjoining ground. <br />STREET means a dedicated public thoroughfare designed to provide the principal means of <br />access to abutting property or designed to serve as a roadway for vehicular travel, or both, but <br />excluding alleys. <br />STREET, ARTERIAL means a major street designed to cant' high volumes of through -traffic <br />long distances at relatively high speeds. <br />STREET, COLLECTOR means a street designed to carry traffic from local streets to arterial <br />streets, as well as to serve as a means of access to traffic generators. <br />STREET, LOCAL means streets that are designed to provide access to primarily residential <br />areas and relatively short distances of travel. <br />STREET WIDTH means the shortest distance between the lines delineating the rights-of-way of <br />a street. <br />STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS means any change to the supporting members of a building, <br />such as foundation, bearing walls, columns, beams, girders, rafters, etc. <br />STRUCTURE means anything constructed or erected that requires permanent location on the <br />surface of the land the use of which requires a location on the ground or attached to something <br />having a location on the ground, including, but not limited to, tennis courts, swimming pools and <br />buildings. <br />SUBDIVISION means the division of land which is five (5) acres or less into two (2) or more <br />building lots or building sites. A division of land into parcels of more than five (5) acres for <br />agricultural purposes or a division not involving new streets or easement of access, or a division, <br />sale or exchange of parcels between adjoining lot owners, if such exchange does not create <br />additional building sites, shall not be considered a subdivision. <br />SUBDIVISION, MINOR means the proposed division of a parcel of land along an existing <br />public street not involving the opening, widening or extension of any road or street, and <br />involving not more than five (5) lots. <br />SUBDIVISION, MAJOR means a division of a parcel into two (2) or more lots when such <br />subdivision involves the opening, widening or extension of any street or the granting of <br />easements for the extension and maintenance of sewer, water, storm drainage or other facilities. <br />Also, any division of a parcel into more than five (5) lots. <br />SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT means any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition or <br />improvement, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the assessed value of the structure <br />