Interpretation

In these By-laws, unless the context otherwise requires“authorized officer” means an officer appointed by name or by office by the Council to carry out provisions of these By¬ laws; “boundary line” means a line or feature, which divides one lot from another or from any street in Belize City; 282 Belize City Council “building” includes a tent or any structure constructed of any material and for any purpose and any part of a building, of whatever kind or nature, whether temporary or permanent, and every part thereof or ancillary to– (a) any road, whether public or private, including, in case of a public road, any bridge or culvert on which the road is carried, (b) any sewer or water main which is, or is to be vested in a public authority, (c) any telephone line and its supports, (d) any electricity supply line and its supports which is or is to be vested in a public authority; “building house” means a building used, construed or adapted to be used wholly or principally for human habitation; “building setback” means any unobstructed unoccupied areas of a lot; “City Engineer” means an officer appointed as such by the Council; “Council” means the Belize City Council constituted under the Belize City Council Act, as amended; “commercial vessel or boat” means any sea vessel which is used for the carriage of goods, people or freight by water and for payment of a fee, or that which is licensed as such by the Port Authority; “drain” means any channel, conduit, pipe, excavation or installation on a public or private street used to convey or carry storm water runoff; Belize City Council 283 “develop” means planning or construction involving substantial property, building or structural improvements or the act of using land for the erection of any building; “fill” means the placement of material such assoil or rock to replace existing material or to create an elevated embankment; “Livestock” includes cattle, donkey, goat, horse, mule, rabbit, sheep and chicken. CAP. 194. CAP. 190. “lot” means any parcel of land described by a number or a letter duly registered under the Lands and Survey Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources, under the Registered Land Act or the Law of Property Act; “owner” includes the person for the time being receiving the rent of the land or building in connection with which the word is used, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any person, or who would so receive that rent if the land or building were let, or the person in occupation of the land or building, and any person who has proof of legal interest or ownership, but does not include a tenant from year to year or for any less term, or a tenant at will; “permit” means a document issued under these By-laws granting absolute or conditional permission; “person” means a natural person or a body corporate or unincorporated or a partnership; “personal boat” means a vessel used for leisure activities and not for profit or gain: “residential” means an area suitable for and occupied by private houses for dwelling purposes solely with the exclusion of any trade, business or commercial activity; “septic tank and soak away” means a water tight tank which is designed and constructed to separate solids from liquids and to 284 Belize City Council digest organic matter through a period of detention together with an absorption field; “side setback” or rear setback” means the measurement between the furthermost projection of a structure and that of the property line of the side and rear of the lot on which such structure is located; “street setback” means the measurement between the furthermost projection of a structure and the street’s right of way line or the property line abutting the street; First Schedule. “West Landivar Zone” means all that piece of parcel of land approximately forty-two acres known as the West Landivar Area, situate West of Saint John’s College, Belize City, Belize District, being more particularly described in the First Schedule to these By-laws.