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(e) Building Accessory -- A subordinate building, the use of which is incidental to that of a principal building on the same plot. ~f) Building, Principal -- A building in which is conduct- ed the ~rincipal use of the plot on which it is situated. In any residential district any structure contazning a dwelling unit shall be deemed to be the principal building on the plot on which the same is situated. (g) Building Setback Line -- A line establishing the mini- m-~ allowable distance between the nearest oortion of any building, excluding the outermost three-feet of any uncovered porches, steps, eaves, gutters and similar fixtures, and the center line of any street w~.~nme~s~r~d perpendicularly ~there~o. (h) Com_mercial Use -- Any use permitted by this ordinance in a com~.ercial district. (i) Designed Shopping Center -- A retail business develop- ment planned as a unit, characterized by groups of retail uses having the co--on use of specifically designated off-street areas for access, parking or service. (j) Group Housing Project -- A group housing project shall consist of one or more residential structures on a site at least three acres in size where th~ building arrangement is such that the property cannot be subdivided into conventional streets and lots ~hat'mee% ~he recuirements ~ t'his ordinance and the Subdivision Ordinance of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia. (k) !ncidenta~ ~ome Occupation -- Any use conducted en- tirely within a dwelling, and carried on by the occupants thereof, which use is clearly incidental~nd secondary to the use of the dwelling purposes and does not change the character thereof, and mn connection~with which there is no display, no stock-in-trade nor conL~odity sold upon the premises and no person, not a resident of the premises, is employed specifically in connection with the incidental home occupation, and in connection with which there is no personal physical service perfozT~._ed, (1) Industrial Use -- Any use permitted by this ordi- nance in an industrial district. ~m) Junk -r Shall mean old or scrap copper, brass, rope, ~ags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dis- mantled or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof~ iron, steel! and o~her old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous m~terial. (n) Junkyara -- ~nall mean ~n establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, -7-