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LODGING HOUSE: Means the same as "Boarding House." LOT: Any parcel, tract or area of land abutting upon a street. The lot may be a single parcel separately described in a deed or plat which is recorded in the Office of the County Recorder, or it may include parts of, or a combination of, a group of parcels that are adjacent to each other that are to be used as one. In determining lot area and boundary lines, no part thereof shall be included that is within the limits of a street. LOT, CORNER: A lot at the junction of and abutting two or more intersecting streets. LOT, COVERAGE: The percentage of the lot area covered by all buildings on the premises. LOT, GROUND LEVEL: For buildings having walls adjoining one street only, the elevation of the sidewalk at the center of the walls adjoining the street. For buildings having walls adjoining more than one street, the average of the elevation of the sidewalk at the center of all walls adjoining the streets. LOT, INTERIOR: A lot other than a Comer Lot or Through Lot. LOT OF KECORD: A lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been recorded in the Office of the County Recorder of Morgan County, Indiana, or a parcel of land, the deed of which has been recorded in the Office of the County Recorder of Morgan County, Indiana, prior to passage of this ordinance. LOT, THROUGH: A lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets. LOT, WIDTH: The dimension of a lot, measured between side lot lines on the minimum building line as established by this ordinance. LOT LINE, FRONT: Any property line separating the lot fi-om the street. LOT LINE, REAR: A lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line, and in the case of an irregular or triangular shaped lot, a line ten feet in length within the lot, parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line. LOT LINE, SIDE: Any lot boundary line not a front lot line or a rear lot line, but in no instance shall the side line be closer than the side lines for that district. MANUFACTURED HOME: Means a dwelling unit, designed and built in a factory, which bears a seal certifying that it was built in compliance with "Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Law of 1974:(42 USC 5401 et seq.). MINERAL EXTRACTION: Mining, quarrying, or the removal of rock, sand, gravel or other earth material.