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.(e) Building Accessory -- A subor~Lir~ate building, the use of which is incidental to that of a principal bumlamno on the same plot. (f) Building, Principal -- A b~lding in which is conducted the principal use of the plot on which it is situated. In ar~ residential district arv structure contai~_ng a dwelling uaait shall be dee~d to be the principal buildLng on the plot on wb_ich the same is situated. (g) Building Setback L~e -- A line establishing the ~rm'm'o~ allcs~able distance between the nearest portion of any b~silding, exclud- ing the outermost three feet of any uncovered porches, steps, eaYes, gut- ters and s~mitar fixtures, and the center line of any street when measured perpendicularly thereto. (h) Co~aercial Use -- Arg use permitted by this ordins~nce in a comerciat district. (i) Designed Shoppir~ Center -- A retail bus,ess develop,vent plar~ned as a unit, cha~acterized hy groups of~ retail uses having th~ con,non use of specifically designated off-street areas for access, park- ing' or service. ii) Group Housi~4 Froject A group housing project shall consist of one or more residential st~ctures on a site at least three acres in size where the building arra~n~ement is-such that the property carm. ot be subdivided into cor~entional streets and lots that meet the 'req~iraments of this ordinance and the Subdivision Ordine~nce of the City of Portsmouth, Virgi~z~a. .. ' (k) Incidental Home Occupatio~ -- Any use conducted entirely ~rith~n a c~.~ellir4~ and c~ried on by the occupar~s thereof~ which use is clearly incidental ar_~d secondaryf to the use of the dwelling purposes and does not che~nge the chsa?acter thereof, and in connection ~.~th ~ch there is no display, no stock-in-trade nor cora~dity sold upon the pre~,~ses e~nd no person, not a resident of the premises ~ is e~ployed specifically in con- nection ~th the incide~nta] home occupstion, s~d ff=n co_m£nectio~ '~%th ~hich there is no personal physical s.e?vice perfo~ed. (1) I:ndustrial Use -- Ar~ use permitted by this ordi~m..ce in ~n ~nd,astria! district. (m) Jth~2~ -- Shall mean old or scrap copper, brass~ rope~ rags, batteries~ papar~ trash, rubber debris, ~ste~ or jLurzked~ ~s~r~tted or ~ecked auto~obiies, or paa~s thereof~ iron~ steel; and other old or scra~ fez~ous or nonferrous _~,~terial. (n) J~u~2~yard -- Shall mea~n s~n ests[olis!mment or piace of busi- ness which is .rs~im,£ained, operated~ or used for storiD4~ keeping, buying~. or se!!ir4 ju~£~ or for the ~aintem~aace or operation of an automobile gr~veyard~ but not includ~ a -~scrap ~rocessor" as herein defined.