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and the publicat'on thereof was within the week in w~Ich such meeting was to be held; and. WHEREAS, at the time and place fixed, and of which notice had been given, persons-particularly interested and t?e genera[ public were afforded an opportunity to be heard and were heard; and WHEREAS, after the mahing of a tentative report, the sub- m~ssion of a final report, the fixing of a time and place for hearing, the giving of notice, and the holding of said hearing, the Board of Trustees of the city of ~ta Ana, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 13th day of Noveraber, 1922, duly approved and accepted the said final report; NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Trustees of t~e City of Santa Ama do ordain as follows: Section 1. This Ordinance shall be known es the ~'Building Zone Ordinance"; and for the purposes of this Ordinance t~e following explanations and definitions of words, terms and phrases shall govern unless the context thereof clearly indi- cates a different meaning. (a) Words used in t}~e present tense include the future; the singular number includes the plural, and t~:e plural the sihgular; the word "lot" includes t~e word "plot"; and the word "building" includes the word "structure" (b) A lot if any piece, of laud fronting on a street as provided in this Ordinance, the descrirtion of which is filed' with the Bui!din~ Inspector, regardless of plats recorded in the office of the County Recorder. The "depth of a lot" is the'mean distance from the street line of the lot to its rear line measured between the centers of. the end lines of the lot. A "corner lot" is a lot bounded on two sides by public'streets provided that, for this purpose, no str;et, alley, court or open space less than forty feet in width shall be deemed a public street. (c) A "rear yard" is an open, unoccupied space on the same lot with and immediately behind a building, and wherever re- q~ired shall extend the full width of the lot. (d) A "single family dwelling" is a dwelling for one family alone, having but one kitchen and within wR:ich not more than five persons may be lodged for hire at one time. (e) The word "use" means the purpose for which the building is designed, arranged, or intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained. (f) BUILDING: The word "Building" means a structure for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals or chattels; and when separated by division walls of masonry from t~e ground up and without openings, then each portion of such shall be deemed a separate building.