Zoning Ordinance

LOT DEPTH: The average distance from the street line/property line of the lot to its rear property line, measured in the general direction of the side lines of the lot.

LOT FRONTAGE: That dimension of a lot or portion of a lot abutting on a street, excluding the side dimension of a corner lot.

LOT, INTERIOR: A lot other than a corner lot.

LOT, LINES: The boundary dividing a given lot from the street, an alley or adjacent lots.

LOT OF RECORD: A lot which is part of a subdivision recorded in the office of the county register of deeds, or a lot described by metes and bounds, the description of which has been recorded, in the office of the county register of deeds prior to the date of passage of the Athens Subdivision Regulations.

LOT, THROUGH: A lot which runs through a block from street to street or which has two (2) non-intersecting sides abutting the street right of way.

LOT WIDTH: The width of a lot at the building setback line measured at right angles to its depth.

MANUFACTURED HOME: A structure transportable in one (1) or more sections, which in traveling mode is eight (8) body feet or more in width, forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning , and electrical systems contained therein. For the purpose of these regulations, the term “manufactured home” does not include “mobile homes” as herein defined and in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated Section 68-126-202. A manufactured home having the same general appearance as a site built home shall be allowed on individual lots in any residential district provided the conditions of section 4.25 General Appearance and Compatibility Standards are met.

MEDICAL FACILITIES:

a. Convalescent, Rest or Nursing Home: Means any institution, place, building or agency represented and held out to the general public for the express or implied purpose of providing care for one (1) or more non-related persons who are not acutely ill, but who do require skilled nursing care and related medical services. Nursing home shall be restricted to facilities providing skilled nursing care and related medical services to individuals, beyond the basic provision of food, shelter and laundry, admitted because of illness, disease or physical infirmity for a period of not less than a twenty-four (24) hours per day. Tennessee Code Annotated § 68-11-201.

b. Assisted Care Living Facility: A building establishment, complex, or distinct part thereof licensed with the State of Tennessee Department of Health as an Assisted Care Living Facility and which accepts primarily aged persons for domiciliary care and provides on-

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