Boonville Terms Relating to "Yards" are Defined ordinance (Appendix C, Section 4.1)

(a) A yard is an open space on the same lot as a building; except as provided herein it is unoccupied and unobstructed by a structure. Yard width or depth is the shortest horizontal distance from a lot line to the main building.

(b) A front yard is the area from one side lot line to the other side lot line and between the wall of the building nearest the street on which the lot fronts and the line of that wall extended and the front street line of the lot. A front yard line is a line parallel to the street and as far back from the street as required in this ordinance. The terms "front yard line" and "building line" are synonymous.

(c) A rear yard is the area from one side lot line to the other side lot line and from the rear line of the building nearest the rear lot line extended and the rear lot line. The rear yard is always on the opposite end of the lot from the front yard.

(d) A side yard is the area situated between the building and the side line of the line of the lot extending through the front yard line to the rear yard line. Any line not a rear line or a front line shall be deemed a side line.

(e) On corner lots (lots abutting on two or more streets at their intersection) the front yard shall face the shortest street dimension of the lot except that if the lot is square or almost square, i.e., has dimensions in a ratio of from 3:2 to 3:3, then the front yard may face either street.

(f) Lot width means the horizontal distance between the side lines of the lot measured at right angles to the depth. Buildable width is the width of lot left to be built upon after the side yards are provided.

(g) Frontage means the distance along a street line from one intersecting street to another or from one intersecting street to the end of a dead-end street. Lot frontage is the width of a lot measured along a street.

(h) Center line of a street is a line halfway between the street lines.

(i) A separate tract is a parcel of land or a group of contiguous parcels of land under one ownership on the effective date of this ordinance.

(j) The main building is the building occupied by the primary use.

(k) Lot area is the area contained within the property lines of individual parcels of land shown on a subdivision plot or required by this Chapter, excluding any existing or designated future street right of way.

(l) Building line is a line parallel to the front street line, between which line and the front street line no part of a building shall project, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter. A building line established by a recorded plat shall govern.

(m) Street line is the dividing line between the street and the lot.

(n) Lot depth is the mean horizontal distance from the front street line to the rear line of a lot.