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(d) Buildir~ -- ~m.y stracvure enclosed sm.d isolated by ex- terior walls consvructed or used for residence, business, industz? or other public or private purposes, or accessoz~y thereto, scad in- clu ~ding tents, 1umch wagons, diniD~ cars, trailers, !%~ee-standim~ billboards amd signs~ fences~ smd s~m~tar str~ct~res ~daether s~a- tion~y or movable. (e) Building Accessory -- A subordinate building, tlne use of wlmich is incidental to tlnat of a principal build~r~ on the same piov. (f) B,sildi~g~ Principal -- A buildi~ im which is conducted the principal use of the mlot on wlaich it is situated. In any resi- dential district any structure containing a dwellir~g ~unit sb~ll be dee=md to be the principal b~iidim~ on the ~lot on w~hich tlne same is situated. (g) Buildir~ Setback Line -- A line establis~z~g the ~ni- mum allo~bte distance between the nes_~es~ portion of any buildir~, excludins the ouvermosv t~hree feet of any uncovered porches, steps, eaves, gutters and sL~milar fixtu~es~ mhd the center line of any street ~¥nen measured perpendicularly thereto. (h) Commercial Use -- Any use pe~tted by t~his ordir~nce ~n a co~ercial district. (i) Designed Shoppirg Center -- A retail business develop- ment planned as a unit, c' ~ns~ acterized by groups of retail uses having the comon use of specifically desig?~ted off-street areas for access, parking or service. (j) Gro'~= Ho. usir~ Projec~ -- A group housing project shall com~ist of one or more residential structures on a site at least tba~ee acres in size where the building arrangemenv is such that the oroperty cannot be subdivided into conventiop~l streets amd lots ~hat meet the requirements of this ordi~_nce amd the Subdivision ~nce of the City of Portsmouth~ Virgirz[a. (k) Incidental Home Occupation -- Any use conducted entirely within a dwelling, and carried on by the occupants thereof~ w~zich use is clearly incidental arid seconds~y to the 'dso of tlne dwellir~- purposes and does-not cP~e the character thereof~ and in connection with wloich there is no display~ no stock-in-trade nor co~odity sold upon the premises ar, d no person, not a resident of the pramises, is employed specifically Jm cormection with the ~cidental home occupa- tion, and in co~nection v~th which there is no personal physical service performed. (t) Industrial Use -- Any use permitted by t~,is ordinance in ar~ industrial district. --~