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GARAGE, PRIVATE: An accessory building with capacity for not more than 3 motor vehicles per family, not more than one of which may be a commercial vehicle of not more than one and one-half tons capacity. A garage designed to house two motor vehicles for each f~ly housed in an apartment shall be classed as a private garage. GARAGE, AUTOMOBILE REPAIR: A building, other than a public or private garage, used for the care, repair, or equipment of automobiles. GARAGE, PUBLIC: Any garage, other than a private garage, for the parking of vehicles. GARAGE, TRUCK REPAIR: A building, other than a public or private garage, used for the care, repair, or equipment of trucks over one ton, or, when such vehicles are parked or stored for remuneration, hire or sale. GREATER ZONING CLASSIFICATION: Any zoning classification with a lower density. GROUND FLOOR AREA: The square floor area of a residential building within its largest outside dimensions computed on a horizontal plane at the ground level, exclusive of open porches, breezeways, terraces, garages, carports, and exterior stairways. In the case of a bi-level type structure where the level above the grade line contains complete living facilities including living, cooking and sleeping areas, that level may be used to compute the ground floor area. HARDSHIP: A perceived difficulty with regard to one's ability to improve land stemming from the a~plication of the development standards of this ordinance, wh~ch mayor may not be subject to relief by means of variance. In and of themselves, self-imposed situations and claims based on a perceived reduction of or restriction on economic gain shall not be considered hardships. Self-imposed situations include: the purchase of land with actual or constructive knowledge that, for reasons other than physical characteristics of the property, the development standards herein will inhibit the desired improvement; any im~rovement initiated in violation of the standards of this ord~nancei any result of land division requiring variance from the develo~ment standards of this ordinance in order to render that s~te buildable. HOTEL OR MOTEL: A building or group of buildings in which lodging is provided and offered to the ~ublic for compensation and which is open to trans~ent guests, in contradiction to a boarding house or lodging house. IMPROVEMENT LOCATION PERMIT: A permit that states that the 8