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(o) Motel or Motor Court A building or group of buildings containing rocmas for transient guests; provided that there is a total of 500 square feet of open yard ~pace, in addition to space required for par~zLng and driveways, on the plot for each transie~P~ ur,~t; ~ad that there is 2,000 square feet of open yard space for each dwelling Knit. (p) Non-con_footing Use -- A legally existing use of land or building which fails-to camply with tine allowed or permitted uses in Article 4 of this ordir~nce, either at the effective date of this ordi- nance, or.as a result of subsequent ~rendm. ents to this ordinance. (q) Non-conforming St-~acture -- A legally existing building or structure ~ich fails to cm.~ply w~th the dimensmonal regulatio_n~s set forth in this ordinance, applicable to the district in ~%ich such structure is located. (r) Open Burning -- Any burnir~ of combustible materials wherein the products of cambustion are emitted ~ectly into the open air ~thout passi~ tnroug~n a stack or chim~mey. (s) Parkd~ng Space -- A parking space is the sts_ndir~ storage space for One automobile of not less than .nine feet by twenty feet plus necessary drivew~y~ access end ~neuverir~ space as required by Sectio_~ 3-20. (t) Ptot -- A plece or parcel of land in one o,~ershlp~ whlch my consist of a po_~tion of a tract v£aem the di~_si0n of said tract is permitted by the Subdivision Ordinance of the City of'Portsmouth~ Vir~nia, a platted lot ~ or any com.~ination of several lots occupied or ir£ended to be occupied by one pr~_ncipal building and its accessory ~uitdings a_nd in- clumxng all the access ys_~ds~ and other open spaces that are applicable pre- vided that in no case shall a plot be s~ller ths~m the typical or average lot of ~ recorded sulDdivision of v~ich it ~y be a part. (u) Plot, Cornar -- A corner plot is a plot v~icb occupies the interior angle at the intersection of two street lines wtaich of ~.e th~n 45 de~.~es ~ad less ~b~n 135 de~ees ~.~i_th each other. The street line form...ing the least frontage ~nall be deemed the front of the plat except vfnere the two street lines are eofmal~ in which case the ~mer shall be requ~.~ed to 'specify s~,~e~ Wn~n request~-~g a buii~g pe~t. (v) Plot ~_dt__ ~ne wreak__ of a olot is that mesu_ width meas~ered at right s2~gles to its depth over as ~.eh of the plot depth as is needed to achieve the m~m~m requi=~ed ~ ~ pmo~ are~ _. (w) Residential Use -- Lny use permitted by t.his ordinance in a residential district. (x) Row House -- A row of tb~ee (3) or r~ore attached one-fs_~miiy l~,,e!~s~ se-~s~ated ~'r~.m o~r~e ~ao~he~ b~ f~.~ ~en~ f~ the foot- ~g tb~u~ the roof~ ~ ot~e~r~se so p!~.ed that the ~e!t houses Pay be