Article 3 — Interpretation and Definitions

For the purpose of this Ordinance certain words and terms used herein shall be defined and interpreted as follows:

ACCESSORY USE: A structure or use detached from a principal building on the same lot and customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal building or use. Examples of accessory uses include, but are not limited to free standing garages, storage buildings, tennis courts, and satellite dish antennas.

ACRE: A measure of land containing 43,560 square feet.

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER: For the purposes of this ordinance, the Administrative Officer shall be the City Administrator and the enforcement officer of this ordinance.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT: Adult entertainment, as defined in the City's Adult Entertainment Establishments Ordinance, as amended, by an employee(s) at a properly licensed adult entertainment establishment.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT: A commercial establishment licensed in accordance with the City's Adult Entertainment Establishments Ordinance, as amended, where adult entertainment, as defined in said ordinance, is sponsored, allowed, encouraged, condoned, presented, sold, or offered to the public.

ALTERATION, BUILDING OR STRUCTURAL: Any change in the supporting members of a building (such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders), except such changes as may be required for its safety; any addition to a building; any change in use from that of one zoning district to another; or of a building from one location to another.

ALTERNATIVE TOWER STRUCTURE: Man-made trees, clock towers, bell steeples, light poles and similar alternative-design mounting structures that camouflage or conceal the presence of antennas or towers.

ANIMATED SIGN: Any sign or portion thereof including sign faces involving motion, flashing, blinking, rotation or varying light intensity.

ANTENNA: Any exterior apparatus designed for the sending and/or receiving of electromagnetic waves for telephonic, radio, television, or personal wireless services. For the purposes of this ordinance the term "antenna" does not include any tower and antenna under seventy (70) feet in total height which is owned and operated by an amateur radio operator licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, any satellite earth station antenna one meter in diameter or less, or any satellite earth station antenna two meters or less in diameter which is located in a commercial or industrial zoning district.

AUTOMOBILE SALES: The use of a building, land area, or other premise for the display and sale of new or used automobiles, light trucks or vans, motorcycles, trailers, or recreational vehicles, and including repair work as an accessory use.

AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION: Any building, land area, or other premises, or portion thereof, used for the retail dispensing or sales of vehicular fuels; servicing and repair of automobiles; and including as an accessory use the sale and installation of lubricants, tires, batteries, mufflers, and similar accessories. Only minor services are rendered. An automobile service station is not a repair garage nor a body shop.

BANNER: A piece of fabric or similar material that is attached to a pole, enclosed in a frame, or mounted in any other manner as a temporary sign device.

BED AND BREAKFAST: Overnight accommodations and morning meal in a dwelling unit provided to transients for compensation.

BILLBOARD: A free-standing sign with a sign area of more than 200 square feet.

BOARD: The Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Grayson, Georgia.

BOARDING OR ROOMING HOUSE: A dwelling in which meals and lodging only are furnished for compensation to not more than ten non-transient persons.

BREWERY: means a building or establishment for brewing beer or other malt liquors, especially the building where the brewing is done.

BREWPUB: is a restaurant in which beer or malt beverages are manufactured or brewed subject to state law barrel production limitations for retail sales directly to consumers.

BUFFER: A portion of a lot or a land area used to visually separate one use from another through the use of vegetation, screening, and distance; to shield or obstruct noise, light, glare, or visual or other conditions. A buffer is measured from the common property line of the different uses and is also known as a "buffer strip".

BUILDABLE AREA: The portion of the lot remaining after required yards (building setback lines) have been provided.

BUILDING: Any structure attached to the ground which has a roof and which is designed for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of persons, animals, or property of any kind.

BUILDING ELEVATION: The area of the face of a building (height multiplied by width).

BUILDING, PRINCIPAL: A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which said building is situated.

BUILDING HEIGHT: The vertical distance measured from the mean ground level at the front of the building to the highest point of the roof or parapet.

BUILDING INSPECTOR: The official appointed by the City Council of the City of Grayson and charged with the responsibility of permit and certificate of occupancy issuance.

BUILDING PERMIT: Permission of the City of Grayson for the construction, repair, alteration, or addition to a structure.

BUILDING SETBACK LINE. A line which represents the required distance between the nearest part of a building or structure, excluding steps, porches, and similar fixtures, from street right-of-way lines and lot boundaries in which a structure may not be erected.

CALIPER: An American Association of Nurseryman standard for trunk measurement of nursery stock. Caliper of the trunk shall be taken six (6) inches above the ground for up to and including four (4) inch caliper size, and twelve (12) inches above the ground for larger sizes.

CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY: A permit issued by the an official appointed by the City of Grayson indicating that the use of the building and land in question is in conformity with this ordinance and will be used in compliance with all applicable codes and ordinances.

CITY: The City of Grayson, Georgia.

CITY ARBORIST: The agent of the City of Grayson having primary enforcement responsibilities under this ordinance and charged with the responsibility for approval of all landscape plans for land development in Grayson required pursuant to this ordinance. The Administrative Officer or his designee shall be charged with the duties of City Arborist.

COUNCIL: The City Council of the City of Grayson, Georgia.

COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT: A zoning district that does not permit as a principal permitted use any type of single family or multifamily use.

COMMISSION: The Planning Commission of the City of Grayson, Georgia.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The most recent City of Grayson Comprehensive Plan as required by the Department of Community Affairs.

CONDITIONAL ZONING: The attachment of special conditions to a rezoning which are not spelled out in the text of this ordinance. Conditions can include restrictions as to use, size, design and development timing and can be stipulated by the Mayor and Council as a means to mitigate potential adverse impacts which could be expected to occur without imposing such conditions.

CONDOMINIUM: A multifamily dwelling or row house in which each dwelling unit is owned and financed by the occupant, but in which halls, entranceways and underlying lands are owned jointly.

CURB CUT: A means of vehicular access between private property and an abutting public street.

DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT (DBH): A standard measure of tree size. The tree trunk diameter is measured in inches at a height of four and one-half (4½) feet above the ground. If a tree splits into multiple trunks below four and one-half (4½) feet, then the trunk is measured at its most narrow point beneath the split.

DISTILLERY: means a building or establishment for the manufacturing of distilled spirits or spirituous liquor, especially the building where the distillation is done.

DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT: Any place or premises used for sale, dispensing, or service of food, refreshments, or beverages in automobiles, including those establishments where customers may eat or drink the food, or beverages on the premises.

DWELLING, SINGLE FAMILY: A detached residential designed for and occupied by one family only.

DOUBLE FACED SIGN: A sign which has two display areas against each other or where the interior angle formed by the display areas is 60 degrees or less, where one face is designed to be seen from one direction and the other face from another direction.

DWELLING, TWO FAMILY: A detached residential building containing two dwelling units, designed for occupancy by not more than two families. Also known as a "duplex".

DWELLING, MULTIPLE FAMILY: A residential building designed for, or occupied by, three or more families, with the number of families in residence not exceeding the number of dwelling units provided.

DWELLING UNIT: One room, or rooms connected together, constituting a separate, independent housekeeping establishment for owner occupancy, for rental or lease on a weekly, monthly, or longer basis, and physically separated from any other rooms or dwelling units which may be in the same structure, and containing independent cooking, sleeping and toilet facilities.

ENTRANCE SIGN: A permanent sign located on private property near a public street or private driveway entrance to a residential development, residential subdivision development or non-residential subdivision development.

FAA: The Federal Aviation Administration.

FCC: The Federal Communications Commission.

FAMILY: One or more persons occupying a single dwelling unit, provided that unless all members are related by blood or marriage, no such family shall contain over six persons, but further provided that domestic servants employed on the premises may be housed on the premises without being counted as a separate family of families. The term "family" does not include any organization or institutional group.

FARM ANIMALS: As used herein shall mean and include cattle, horses, goats, sheep, swine and other hoofed animals; poultry, ducks, geese and other live fowl; and rabbits, mink, foxes and other fur or hide-bearing animals customarily bred or raised in captivity for the harvesting of their skins. The term farm animal shall not include the purebred Vietnamese potbellied pig.

FARM WINERY: A winery which makes at least 40% of its annual production from agricultural produce grown in the state where the winery is located and; is located on the premises, a substantial portion of which is used for agricultural purposes, including the cultivation of grapes, berries, or fruits to be utilized in the manufacture or production of wine by the winery; or is owned and operated by persons who are engaged in the production of a substantial portion of the agricultural produce used in its annual production.

FENCE: An artificially constructed barrier of any material or combination of materials erected to enclose, screen, or demarcate areas of land.

FLAG: A sign consisting of any fabric containing distinctive colors, patterns, logos or symbols, used as the symbol of a government or any other entity or organization.

FLASHING SIGN: See Animated Sign.

FLOOR AREA: The floor area a building is the gross horizontal area of the floors as measured from the exterior face of exterior walls. Finished, heated floor area measurements exclude carports, basements, attics, and open porches unless they are finished and heated.

FOOTCANDLE - A footcandle of light is a uniformly distributed flux of one (1) lumen on a surface of one (1) square foot in area.

GOVERNING BODY: The City Council of the City of Grayson.

GROUND COVERAGE: The area of a zoning lot occupied by all buildings and impervious surfaces expressed as a percentage of the gross area of the zoning lot.

GROUND COVER: A category of plants usually ranging from a few inches to a foot or more in height. Some ground covers are excellent for preventing soil erosion; others are helpful in carrying out design patterns.

GROUND SIGN: A permanently affixed sign that is wholly independent of a building for support.

GROUP HOME: A residential dwelling composed of not more than six (6) nonrelated individuals with one or more surrogate parents. The group home functions as a single housekeeping unit.

GROWLER SHOP: Growler means a container used to transport draft beer that is not to exceed sixty-eight (68) ounces and not less than twelve (12) ounces and is filled with beer from a keg or a tax-determined tank by a licensee, or an employee of a licensee with a license issued by the city. A growler shop is an establishment licensed by the city for sale of package malt beverages in growlers that are sealed on the licensed premises with a tamper-proof plastic cap and may not be thereafter opened or consumed on the premises.

HANGING SIGN: A sign that is wholly or partly dependent upon a building for support, and which projects more than twelve (12) inches from such building.

HEIGHT: When referring to a tower or other structure, the distance measured from ground level to the highest point on the tower or other structure, even if said highest point is an antenna.

HOME OCCUPATION: A lawful activity commonly carried on within a dwelling by a member or members of the family who occupy the dwelling where the occupation is secondary to the use of the dwelling for living purposes and the residential character of the dwelling is maintained.

IMPERVIOUS SURFACE: Any paved, hardened or structural surface, including but not limited to, buildings, dams, decks, driveways, parking area, patios, streets, swimming pools, tennis courts, walkways, and other structures.

IN PERPETUITY: The state or condition of lasting forever, continuing forever, or occurring continually.

INDIRECTLY ILLUMINATED SIGN: A sign illuminated by an external light source directed primarily toward such sign.

INOPERABLE VEHICLE: Any motorized vehicle incapable of immediately being legally driven.

INTERIOR PROJECT DIRECTIONAL SIGN: A sign with the purpose of providing more definitive directional information concerning the whereabouts of a specific building or project.

Interior project directional signs shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet in size or eight (8) feet in height, and shall be located within the interior of the project but no closer than 100 feet from the exterior public street entrance of a non-residential project, at a street intersection or along a private driveway within the project. These signs shall be shown on the site or design plans when the project is permitted and specifically approved by the City Administrator with the approval of the plan.

INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED SIGN: A sign illuminated by an internal light source.

JUNK OR SALVAGE YARD: A place where waste, discarded or salvaged metals, building materials, paper, textiles, used plumbing fixtures, used cars or trucks in inoperable condition are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, or cleaned.

KENNEL: Any place that regularly breeds, boards, trains, buys, sells, trades or lets for hire any dog.

KENNEL, NONCOMMERCIAL: Any location where the boarding, caring for and keeping of five (5) or fewer dogs or cats or other small animals or combinations thereof is carried on outside a dwelling on a lot of less than one (1) acre in size, or, up to ten (10) dogs or cats or other small animals or combinations thereof is carried on outside a dwelling on a lot of at least one (1) acre in size, not for commercial purposes, but, for example, as a hobby such as the raising of show and hunting dogs. Litters of animals less than twelve (12) months of age are excluded from total number. Litters of animals shall be limited to one (1) per property at one time. All structures excluding fences used as a noncommercial kennel shall be located at least fifty (50) feet from any property line.

LAND USE PLAN: An element of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Grayson.

LANDSCAPE PLAN: A plan that identifies areas of tree preservation and methods of tree protection as well as all areas of replanting.

LOADING SPACE, OFF-STREET: Space logically and conveniently located for bulk pickups and deliveries.

LOT: A zoning lot unless the context shall clearly indicate a contrary definition.

LOT FRONTAGE: The portion of a lot adjacent to a street.

LOT, CORNER: A lot situated at the intersection of two streets, or bounded on two or more adjacent sides by street right-of-way lines.

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

LOT, THROUGH: A lot having frontage on two streets that are approximately parallel.

LOT LINE: A boundary of a lot. Lot line is synonymous with property line.

LOT WIDTH: The distance between side lot lines measured at the required front yard line on a line parallel with a line tangent to the street right-of-way line.

LOT OF RECORD: Land designated as a separate and distinct parcel in a subdivision, the plat of which has been recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Gwinnett County, or a parcel of land, the deed to which was recorded in said office prior to the adoption of this Ordinance.

MOBILE HOME: A mobile home is a factory fabricated transportable building consisting of units designed to be incorporated at a building site on a permanent foundation into a structure to be used for residential purposes.

MONOPOLE TOWER: A telecommunications tower consisting of a single pole.

MONUMENT-TYPE SIGN: A freestanding sign with a solid, decorative base and/or frame.

The base shall be at least as wide as the sign and/or frame upon it. Decorative base materials shall be stone, brick, stucco, or alternative like materials at City’s discretion. No support posts shall be exposed.

MULTI-FACED SIGN: A sign structure with more than two sign faces situated so that each sign face is facing a different direction.

NONCONFORMING SIGN: Any sign lawfully existing on the effective date of this ordinance, or amendment thereto, that renders such sign nonconforming because it does not conform to all the standards and regulations of the adopted or amended ordinance.

NONCONFORMING USE OR STRUCTURE: Any building, structure, or use of land lawful at the time of passage or amendment of this Ordinance which does not conform, after the passage or amendment of this Ordinance with the use regulations of the district in which it is located.

OPEN SPACE. Any portion of property designated and reserved which shall be used solely for active or passive recreational uses or for landscaped, undisturbed and vegetated areas.

ORNAMENTAL TREES: Small growing trees, attaining a mature height of less than forty (40) feet, grown primarily for aesthetic purposes. Common ornamental trees in this area include Dogwood and Bradford Pear trees.

OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT: means the area or areas of the City, designated by the City Council, in which growler shops, restaurants and tasting rooms are an acceptable land use, and where alcoholic beverages may be carried outside of the premises covered by a license, in accordance with the requirements of the Grayson Code of Ordinances.

PARKING SPACE, OFF-STREET: An off-street parking space consisting of a space adequate for parking an automobile with room for opening doors on both sides, together with properly related access to a public street or alley and maneuvering room.

PERSONAL CARE HOME: A residence or building composed of related or nonrelated individuals with one or more surrogate parents that function as a single housekeeping unit. All personal care homes shall be approved and licensed by the Georgia Department of Human Resources.

PET: An animal owned or kept for pleasure rather than for sale, which is an animal of a species customarily bred and raised to live in the habitat of humans and is dependent upon them for food and shelter; except that farm and wild animals shall not be deemed pets.

POINT OF SOURCE LIGHT ELEMENT: Any element portion or device of any sign which emits any visible light. This includes, but is not limited to, bulbs or any light emitting element which are incandescent, halide, pressurized elemental gaseous, halogen, fluorescent, LED and gaseous tubing such as neon and like gasses.

PORTABLE SIGN: Signs which are mounted or attached to by vehicles, trailers, movable structures, or attached to sign structures which are not securely anchored into the ground, or any sign which may be transported or is designed to be transported. Such signs include, but are not limited to, “A” and “T” type, sidewalk; sandwich; trailer signs; curb type signs; banners; signs and/or devices which are held by or attached to individuals that display or represent services, products, or businesses; searchlights; or other commercial advertisement attached to vehicles and trailers which offer products or services. Exceptions: Signs, which are painted, bolted, screwed or magnetically attached to the top, sides or rear of the vehicle stating only the name, address, business logo and telephone number of a business, and which do not project beyond the extreme edges of the vehicle.

PREEXISTING TOWERS AND ANTENNAS: Any tower or antenna for which a permit has been properly issued prior to the adoption of this ordinance.

PRINCIPAL PERMITTED USE: That use of a lot which is among the uses allowed as a matter of right under the zoning classifications.

PRIVATE DEED RESTRICTIONS OR COVENANTS: Private deed restrictions or covenants are imposed on land by private landowners to bind and restrict the land owned by present owners and subsequent purchasers. They are enforced only by the land owners involved and not by the city or other public agency.

RECREATION FACILITY: A place designed and equipped for the conduct of sports, leisure time activities and other customary and usual recreational activities.

REVEGETATION: The replacement of trees and landscape plant materials into the minimum required landscape areas, as determined by this Ordinance, conditions of zoning approval, or the Tree Preservation Ordinance.

ROAD FRONTAGE: The distance, measured in a straight line, from the two farthest property corners located on the same public right-of-way.

ROOF SIGN: A sign projecting over the coping of a flat roof, or over the lowest edge of a gable, hip or gambrel roof, and supported by or attached to said roof.

SETBACK, FRONT YARD: The distance between the minimum or maximum front building line and the front lot line extending the full width of the lot.

SETBACK, REAR YARD: The distance between the minimum or maximum rear building line and the rear lot line extending the full width of the lot.

SETBACK, SIDE YARD: The distance between the minimum or maximum side building line and the side lot line.

SHOPPING CENTER: A group of commercial establishments having a building composition that is an architectural unit and is not a miscellaneous assemblage of stores. It is typically planned, developed, owned, and managed as a unit. Shopping centers are classified by type, each distinctive in its own function:

SIGN: An object, device, display, or structure, or part thereof including sign face, which is used to advertise, identify, display, direct, or attract attention to an object, person, institution, organization, business, product, service, event or location by any means, including words, letters, figures, design, symbols, fixtures, colors, illumination, or projected images.

SIGN AREA: The entire area within a continuous perimeter, enclosing the extreme limits of sign display, including any frame, post, border or base structure. The term “continuous perimeter,” as used in this definition, shall be deemed to include the entire are of the sign from the top of the structure to the ground level. Curved, spherical, or any other shaped sign face shall be computed on the basis of actual surface area. The calculation for a double faced sign shall be the area of one face only where the sign faces are parallel or where the interior angle formed by the faces is sixty (60) degrees or less. The area of the larger side shall be computed in cases in which the two sides do not coincide. For a multiple sided sign, the sign area of all sides shall not exceed twice the maximum permitted sign area.

SIGN FACE: The area or display surface of a sign which is used for the message.

SIGN HEIGHT: The distance in vertical feet from the elevation of the adjacent dedicated public street, edge of pavement, to the highest point of the sign structure. For property with an elevation higher than the adjacent public street, the height shall be measured from ground level at base of sign to the highest point of the sign structure. The ground shall not be altered for the sole purpose of providing additional sign height.

SIGN STRUCTURE: Poles, beams, columns, posts, foundations, or other means providing structural support for the sign surface area to which the sign is affixed.

SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT: A permit issued that authorizes the commencement of development on a given tract of land in Grayson.

SPECIAL USE: A Special Use is a use that would not be appropriate generally without restriction throughout the zoning district but which, if controlled as to number, area, location or relation to the neighborhood, would promote the public health, safety, welfare, or general welfare. Such uses may be permitted in such Zoning Districts as Special Uses, if specific provisions for such Special Uses are made in this Ordinance.

SPECIMEN TREE: Any tree which has been determined by the City to be of high value because of its type, size, age, and/or historical significance, or other professional criteria, and has been so designated in administrative standards established by the City. This is usually a plant with desirable form, foliage, fruit, or flower that can be emphasized although isolated.

STREAM, PERENNIAL: A watercourse having a source, terminus, banks, and channel through which water flows on a continuous basis as depicted on the most recent United States Geological Survey 7.5 - minute quadrangle map (scale 1:24,000).

STREAMER: Any long, narrow flag, banner, tubular device, tinsel or roping which is self-supporting or attached from any structure.

STREET: A right-of-way for vehicular traffic that affords the principal means of access to abutting properties. The various classifications of streets are defined as follows:

STRUCTURE: A combination of materials to form a construction for use, occupancy, or ornamentation whether installed on above, or below the surface of land or water.

SUBDIVISION DIRECTIONAL SIGN: A sign which provides directions to property for sale, lease or rent.

SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING PERMIT: A nonresidential building permit issued by the City of Grayson with a total value in excess of fifty (50%) percent of the Gwinnett County Tax Assessor's one hundred (100%) percent appraised value of the existing improvements only. The aggregate value of all building permits issued to the property over the previous twelve months shall be included in this calculation.

(Example: The 100 percent appraised value of the improvements of a 10,000 square foot shopping center is assessed by Gwinnett County at $250,000. The owner decides to build phase two of the shopping center, which includes an additional 6,000 square feet of space. The low bid on the job is $200,000. Does this equate to a Substantial Building Permit? $200,000 / $250,000 = 80.00% > 50.00% Yes, this is a substantial building permit.)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES: Refers to antenna and towers, either individually or together.

TEMPORARY SIGN: A sign of a non-permanent nature.

TOWER: A structure, such as a lattice tower, guy tower, or monopole tower, constructed as a free- standing structure or in association with a building, other permanent structure or equipment, on which is located one or more antenna intended for transmitting or receiving analog, digital, microwave, cellular, telephone, personal wireless service or similar forms of electronic communication. The term includes microwave towers, common carrier towers, and cellular telephone towers.

TOWNHOUSE: A town house or row house is a semidetached, multiple-story house in which each family occupies multiple stories.

TRAILER, CAMPER (MOTOR HOMES): A vehicle, including a motor home, designed and/or maintained for use as a temporary dwelling or sleeping place for travel or recreation purposes exclusively, having no foundation other than wheels or jacks.

TRAILER PARK (CAMPER): A parcel of land which is used solely for the rental or lease of lots for transient campers, trailers, motor homes, or temporary parking of any other recreational vehicle that is not a mobile home.

TREE: Any self supporting wood perennial plant which at maturity attains a trunk diameter of four (4) inches or more measured at a point four and one half (4½) feet above the ground level and which normally attains a height of at least twenty five (25) feet at maturity, usually with one main stem or trunk and many branches.

TREE DENSITY UNIT: A unit of measure used to prescribe and calculate required tree coverage on a site. Unit measurements are based upon tree size.

USE: The purpose or purposes for which land or building is designed, arranged, or intended, or to which said land or building is occupied, maintained or leased.

VARIANCE: A variance is a relaxation of the terms of the Grayson Zoning Ordinance where such variance will not be contrary to the public interest and where, owing to conditions peculiar to the property and not the result of the actions of the applicant, a literal enforcement of the ordinance would result in unnecessary and undue hardship. As used in this ordinance, a variance is authorized only for height, area, location, and size of a structure or size of yards and open spaces; establishment or expansion of a use otherwise prohibited shall not be allowed by variance, nor shall a variance be granted because of the presence of nonconformities in the zoning district or uses in an adjoining zoning district.

WALL SIGN: A sign applied to or mounted to the wall or surface of a building or structure, the display surface which does not project more than twelve (12) inches from the outside wall of such a building or structure. The total lettering on one side of a building shall constitute one wall sign.

WATERSHED: A drainage area or basin in which all land and water areas drain or flow toward a downstream collection area such as a stream, river, lake, or reservoir.

WINDOW: An opening made in the wall of a building to admit light and air, and/or to furnish a view; provided, however, that as such term is used herein, the term “window” shall not include the framework for such opening, but shall only include the glass or translucent portion of such opening. Glass doors are to be considered windows for the purposes of administration of this Article.

WINDOW SIGN: Any type of sign that is located in proximity of, or attached to, the interior or exterior surfaces of a window, and is intended primarily to be viewed from the exterior of the premises. Merchandise located within a window shall not be considered a window sign, as long as there are no commercial messages attached to or associated with the display of merchandise.

WINE CENTER: An establishment that has been granted a license to sell beer for consumption only on the premises, to sell wine for consumption on the premises, to sell wine by the package for carryout purposes, and to operate a wine tasting room. Such an establishment shall meet the stipulations as defined in ARTICLE XI of the Code of City of Grayson, Georgia.

YARD: A required open space located on the same lot as the principal building, unoccupied, and unobstructed except for accessory uses and for shrubs and fences.

ZONING LOT: A single tract of land, located within a single block, which at the time of filing for a building permit or a certificate of occupancy, is designated by the owner or developer as a tract to be used, developed, or built upon as a unit, under single or unified ownership or control, and assigned to the particular use, building or structure, for which the building permit or certificate of occupancy is issued and including such area of land as may be required by the provisions of this ordinance for such use, building or structure.