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Section 2.07

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Kennel, Commercial: Any lot or premises on which more than three (3) pets (but not including wild, vicious or exotic animals), four (4) months of age or older, are kept, either permanently or temporarily, for the purposes of breeding, boarding, training, sale, protection, hobby, pets or transfer. Laboratory: An establishment devoted to research and experimental studies, including testing and analyzing, but not including manufacturing of any nature.

Landfill: A tract of land that is used to collect and dispose of "solid waste" as defined and regulated in Michigan Public Act 641 of 1979, as amended.
Livestock: Horses, cattle, sheep, goats, and other domestic animals normally kept or raised on a farm. Chicken not wild, vicious, or exotic animals shall not be considered livestock.
Loading Space: An off-street space on the same lot with a building, or group of buildings, for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading and unloading merchandise or materials.
Lodging House: See “Boarding house.”
Lot: A parcel of land occupied, or intended to be occupied, by a main building or a group of such buildings and accessory buildings, or utilized for the principal use and uses accessory thereto, together with such yards and open spaces as are required under the provisions of this Ordinance. A lot may or may not be specifically designated as such on public records. For purposes of meeting the dimensional standards of this Ordinance, a lot does not include public rights-of-way or private road easements but does include access easements for a service drive. A lot may be a single lot of record, a portion of a lot of record, a combination of contiguous lots of record, contiguous portions of lots of record, a parcel of land described by metes and bounds or a condominium lot. Note: A separate definition is provided for site condominiums.
Lot Area, Gross: The area contained within the lot lines or property boundary including street right-of- way if so included.
Lot Area, Net: The total area of a horizontal plane within the lot lines of a lot, exclusive of any public street rights-of-way or private road easements, or the area of any lake. The lot area shall be used in determining compliance with minimum lot area standards. See definition for “Density.”
Lot Area, Net Buildable: The net lot area less areas devoted to floodplains or surface water bodies; water bodies being defined as areas greater than five (5) acres in size (either before or after project implementation) which are periodically or permanently covered with water.
Lot, Corner: Any lot having at least two (2) contiguous sides abutting upon one (1) or more streets, provided that the interior angle at the intersection of such two (2) sides is less than one hundred thirty- five (135) degrees. A lot abutting a curved street(s) shall be a corner lot if the arc has a radius less than one hundred fifty (150) feet.
Lot, Coverage: The part or percent of a lot occupied by buildings and accessory buildings.
Lot, Depth: The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines, measured along the midpoint between side lot lines.

Lot, Flag: A lot which is located behind other parcels or lots fronting on a public road, but which has a narrow extension to provide access to the public road.
Lot Frontage: The length of the front lot line.
Lot, Interior: A lot other than a corner lot which, with the exception of a “through lot,” has only one (1) lot line fronting on a street.
Lot Line: A line bounding a lot, parcel, or general common element if there is no limited common element, which separates the lot, parcel, or general common element if there is no limited common element, from another lot, parcel, general common element if there is no limited common element, existing street right-of-way, approved private road easement, or ordinary high water mark.
Lot Line, Front: The lot line which separates the lot from the existing street right-of-way or approved private road easement that provides access to the lot.
Lot Line, Rear: The lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line. In the case of a triangular or otherwise irregularly shaped lot or parcel, it means an imaginary line ten (10) feet in length entirely within the lot or parcel, parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line.
Lot Line, Side: Any lot line other than a front or rear lot line.
Lot, Nonconforming: A lot of record which does not meet the dimensional requirements of this Ordinance.

Lot of Record: A tract of land which is part of a subdivision shown on a plat or map which has been recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Tuscola County , Michigan; or a tract of land described by metes and bounds which is the subject of a deed or land contract which is likewise recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds. When two (2) lots in a recorded plat have been combined into a single building site, said lots shall be deemed a single lot of record for the purposes of this Ordinance. Lot, Through (also called a double frontage lot): An interior lot having frontage on two (2) more or less parallel streets. In the case of a row of double frontage lots, all yards of said lots adjacent to streets shall be considered frontage, and front yard setbacks shall be provided as required. Lot Width: The horizontal distance between side lot lines measured parallel to the front lot line at the minimum required front setback line. Lot, Zoning: A single tract of land, located within a single block, which, at the time of filing for a building permit, is designated by its owner or developer as a tract to be used, developed, or built upon as a unit, under single ownership or control. A zoning lot shall satisfy this Ordinance with respect to area, size, dimensions, and frontage as required in the district in which the zoning lot is located. A zoning lot, therefore, may not coincide with a lot of record as filed with the County Register of Deeds, but may include one (1) or more lots of record, or portions thereof.