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accommodation of an assembly or not. A golf course, arena, baseball park, stadium, circus or gymnasium is a recreation field or building for the purpose of this City Code. Recreational Vehicle - Any mobile home as defined herein which is less than thirty (30) feet in overall length. Restaurant (class I) - Traditional restaurant where food is served by a waiter or waitress to a customer and consumed while seated at a counter or table. Food is served on non-disposable containers. Restaurant (Class II) - Fast food restaurants in which a majority of the customers are served food at a counter and take it to a table to eat at or may take food outside to consume in a vehicle or offthe premises. Roofline - The top of the coping; or, when the building has a pitched roof, as the intersection of the outside wall with the roof. Setback - The minimum horizontal distance between a building and lot line. Distances are to be measured from ground level except as provided hereinafter. Slope - The degree of deviation of a surface from the horizontal, usually expressed 'in percent or degrees. Solar Access - That access between the solar energy collector and the sun which must be free of obstructions that shade the collector to an extent which precludes the effective operation. Solar Energy - Radiant energy that is direct, diffused, and reflected energy received from the sun. Story - That portion of a building including beneath the upper surface of a floor and upper surface of floor next above, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the tog.most floor and the ceiling or roof above. If the finished floor level directly above a basement or cellar, or unused underfloor space is more than six (6) feet above grade as defined herein for more than 50 percent of the total perimeter or is more than twelve (12) feet above grade as defined herein at any point, such basement, cellar, or unused underfloor space shall be considered a story. Street Frontage - The proximity of a parcel of land to one or more streets. An interior lot has one street frontage and a coruer lot has two frontages. In no case shall street frontages in the Urban Area be less than 40 feet and in the Rural Area, street frontages shall not be less than 200 feet except lots fronting on cul-de-sacs shall have not less than an 80 foot frontage. 9.02 - Definitions 9-17 Jan. '02 Draft