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AN OED/NANCE TO ~ THE CODE OF ~ CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1973, BY AMENDING SECTION 40-31 OF SAID CODE PERTAIN/NG TO DEFINITICkNS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Section 40-31 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be amended and reordained to read as foll~s: Section 40-31. Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words shall for the purpose of this Chapter have the meanings herein indicated. Words used in the present tense include the future. The singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular. The ~x~rd "shall" is mandatory, not directory. AUTOMOBILE REPAIR GARAGE. Any building or part thereof wherein is kept or stored a motor vehicle or wherein painting body and fender work, engine overhauling or other major repair of motor vehicles is perfoII~=d- This occupancy shall not include automotive service stations as defined herein. AUTO~V~T/VE SERVICE STATIONS. A place of retail business at'which outdoor autonotive refueling is carried on using fixed dispensing equipment connected to underground storage tanks by a closed system of piping, and at which goods and services generally required in the operation and maintenance of motor vehicles and the fulfilling of motorist needs my also be available. The building may consist of a sales office where automotive accessories and packaged automotive slt0plies may be kept or displayed. It may also include one or more service bays in which vehicle washing, lubrication and minor replace- ment, adjustment and repair services are rendered. Such use shall not include the outdoor storage of self-propelled motor vehicles, whether operative or inoperative. BII.LPOARD~ Any notice or advertis~uent, pictorial or otherwise, with an area of two hundred seventy-five (275) or more square feet, and without regard to area, all those used as an outdoor display for the purpose of mak~g anything known, the origin or place of sale of which is not on the plot with such display, except that governmental notices shall not be considered to be billboards. (See definition of "sign". ) BU~.DING. Any structure enclosed and isolated by exterior walls constructed or used for residence, business, industry or other public or private purposes, or accessory thereto, and including tents, trailers, free-standing billboards and signs, fences, and similar structures whether stationary or movable.