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goo. 13 rs± 9P Frontage: All the property abutting on one srde of a street between two (2) intersecting streets, measured along the street line. Garage Private: An accessory structure used for storage, primarily of motor vehicles. Garage Repair: A garage in which machinery operated by mechanical power is installed which is designed for making major repairs to motor vehicles. Gross Floor Area: The interior floor area of a building, exclusive of stair- ways, storage closets, and elevator shafts. Group Home: A residential facility for not more than twelve (12) persons, licensed by the State of North Carolina, by whatever name it is called (e.g., domiciliary home, home for the aged, rest home, etc.) other than a "family care home" as defined by this ordinance, which has support and supervisory personnel and which provides room, board, and personal care in a family or group setting. Refer to G.S. 131D-2. Guest Home (Tourist Home): Any dwelling occupied by the owner or operator in which rooms are rented for lodging of transients and travelers for compen- sation. Home Occupation: Any use conducted entirely within a dwelling and carried on by the occupants thereof which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and does not change the char- acter thereof, and in connection crAlh ,.hich there is no display and no more than one (1) person, not a resident on the premises, is employed specifically in connection with the home occupation. Uses for a home occupation shall include only the following: a. the office or studio of a physician or surgeon, dentist, artist, crafts person, musician, lawyer, architect, teacher, or other like professional person residing on the premises; b. workshops not conducted for profit; C. customary home occupations such as millinery, dressmaking, and hair- dressing, conducted by a person residing on the premises; provided that no show window or sales room is installed on the premises and no mechanical equipment is installed or used except such that is normally used for domestic or professional purposes and provided further that not over twenty-eight percent (28%) of the total actual floor area or five hundred (500) square feet, whichever is less, of any structure shall be used for home occu- pations or professional purposes. Off-street parking shall meet the standards and requirements as set forth in this ordinance. Hotel and Motel: A building, or other structure, which is used, kept main- tained, advertised as, or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are supplied for pay to transient or permanent guests or tenants, in which ten (10) or more rooms are furnished for the accommodation of such guests; and having or not, having one (1) or more dining rooms, res- taurants, or cafes where meals or, lunches are served to such transients or permanent guests, such sleeping accommodations and dining rooms, restau- rants, or cafes, if existing, being conducted in the same building or build- ings in connection therewith. J