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ARTICLE 3. - GEneRAL PROVISIONS Section 3-1. Zoning Affects Every Building and Use. No building or land shall hereafter be used and no build- ing or part thereof shall be erected, moved or altered unless in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located, except as hereinafter provided. Section 3-2. Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly stated the following words s/tall ~or~D~s ~urpcse of this ,ordinance, .ha~e the ~meaning her~in indicated. Words used in the present tense include the future. The singular number includes the plural and the plural the singu- lar. The word "shali~' is mandatory, not directory. (a) Automobile Repair Garage -- Any building or par% thereof wherein is kept or stored a motor vehicle or wherein painting, body and fender work, engine overhauling or other major repair of motor vehictes is performed~ This occupancy shall not include automotive service stations as defined herein. (b) Automotive Service Stations -- Automotive Service Station is a place of retail business at which outdoor automotive refueling is carried on using fixed dispensing equipment connect- ed ~to un~e~round storage ta~nks by a ~i~sed system ~f~piping, and at which goods and services generally required in the operation and maintenance of motor vehicles and fulfilling-of motorist needs may also be available. The building may consist of a sales office where automotive accessories and packaged automotive supptiesmay be kept or displayed. It may also include one or more service bays in which vehicle washing, lubrication and minor replacement, adjustment and repair services are rendered. Such use shall not include the outdoor storage of self-propelled motor vehicles, whether operative or inoperative. (c] Billboard -- Any notice or advertisement, pictorial or otherwise, with an area of 275 or more.square feet, and, with- out regard to area, all those used as an outdoor display for the purpose of making anything known, the origin or place of sate of which is not on the plot with such display, except that govern- mental notices shall not be considered to be billboards, [see definition of "sign", Section 3-2 (ab)]. (d) Building -- Any str~cture enclosed and isolated by exterior walls constructed or used for residence, business, in- dustry or other public or private purposes, or accessory thereto, and including tents, trailers, free-standinq billboards and signs, fences, and similar structures whether stationary or movable.