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ADJACENT. Two properties, lots or parcels are “adjacent” where they abut or
where they are separated by a roadway or street, right-of-way, or railroad line, or
any stream, river, canal, lake or other body of water.

AIRPORT, PUBLIC. Any airport which complies with the definition contained in
Wis. Stat. §114.002(18m) or any airport which serves or offers to serve common
carriers engaged in air transport.

ALLEY. A public right-of-way primarily designated to serve as access to the side
or rear of those properties whose principal frontage is on some other street.

APARTMENT. See DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY.

BASEMENT. Any area of the building having its floor subgrade (below ground
level) on all sides.

BOARDING HOUSE. An establishment other than a hotel where lodging is
provided for definite periods for compensation, and meals are regularly prepared
and served as part of the rental arrangement. A bed and breakfast is one type of a
boarding house.

BODY PIERCE, as a verb, means to perforate any human body part or tissue,
except an ear, and to place a foreign object in the perforation to prevent the
perforation from closing. (Cr. #099-5)

BODY-PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT means the premises where a body piercer
performs body piercing. (Cr. #099-5)

BUILDING. Any structure used, designed or intended for the protection, shelter,
enclosure or support of persons, animals or property.

BUILDING, ACCESSORY. A building or portion of a building subordinate to
the principal structure and used for a purpose customarily incidental to the
permitted use of the principal structure or the use of the premises. An automobile
trailer or other vehicle or part thereof or other building used as a temporary or
permanent dwelling or lodging place is not an accessory building or use for the
purposes of this chapter.

BUILDING, HEIGHT OF. The vertical distance from the average curb level in
front of the lot or the finished grade at the front building line, whichever is higher,
to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, to the deck line of a mansard roof
or to the average height between the plate and ridge of the highest gable, gambrel,
hip or pitch roof.

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