As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ACCESSORY STRUCTURES
Facilities incidental to the principal structures on a site,
including garages and carports, storage facilities, swimming pools
and other recreation improvements and satellite signal receiving equipment.
APPROPRIATE
Sympathetic, or fitting, to the context of the site and the
whole community.
APPURTENANCES
The visible, functional objects accessory to and part of
buildings.
ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT
The basic aesthetic idea of a building, or group of buildings
or structures, including the site and landscape development, that
produces the architectural character.
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE
The characteristic form and detail, as of buildings of a
particular historic period, or school of architectural thought.
ATTRACTIVE
Having qualities that arouse interest and pleasure in the
observer.
BERM
A raised form of earth to provide screening or to improve
the aesthetic character.
CODE
The Appearance Code of the Lakefront District Planned Unit
Development Ordinance.
COHESIVENESS
Unity of composition between design elements of a building
or a group of buildings and the landscape development.
COMPATIBILITY
Harmony in the appearance of two or more external design
features in the same vicinity.
CONSERVATION
The protection and care that prevent destruction or deterioration
of historical or otherwise significant structures, buildings, or natural
resources.
EXTERNAL DESIGN FEATURE
The general arrangement of any portion of a building, sign,
landscaping, or structure and including the kind, color, and texture
of the materials of such portion, and the types of roof, windows,
doors, lights, attached or ground signs, or other fixtures appurtenant
to such portions as will be open to public view from any street, place
or way.
GRAPHIC ELEMENT
A letter, illustration, symbol, figure, insignia, or other
device employed to express and illustrate a message or part thereof.
HARMONY
A quality that represents an appropriate and congruent arrangement
of parts, as in an arrangement of varied architectural and landscape
elements.
LANDSCAPE
Plant materials, topography, and other natural physical elements
combined in relation to one another and to man-made structures.
LOGIC OF DESIGN
Accepted principles and criteria of validity in the solution
of the problem of design.
MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
Equipment, devices, and accessories, the use of which relates
to water supply, drainage, heating, ventilating, air conditioning,
and similar purposes.
PLANT MATERIALS
Trees, shrubs, vines, ground covers, grass, perennials, annuals,
and bulbs.
PROPORTION
Balanced relationship of parts of a building, landscape,
structures, or buildings to each other and to the whole.
SCALE
Proportional relationship of the size of parts to one another
and to the human figure.
SHRUB
A multi-stemmed woody plant other than a tree.
SIGHT BREAK
A structural or landscape device to interrupt long vistas
and create visual interest in a site development.
STREET FURNITURE
Man-made objects other than buildings that are part of the
streetscape. Examples are lampposts, utility poles, traffic lights,
traffic signs, benches, litter containers, planting containers, letter
boxes, and fire hydrants.
STREETSCAPE
The scene as may be observed along a public street or way
composed of natural and man-made components, including buildings,
paving, planting, street hardware, and miscellaneous structures.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
permanent or temporary location on or in the ground.
UTILITARIAN STRUCTURE
A structure or enclosure relating to mechanical or electrical
services to a building or development.
UTILITY HARDWARE
Devices such as poles, crossarms, transformers and vaults,
gas pressure regulating assemblies, hydrants, and buffalo boxes that
are used for water, gas, oil, sewer, and electrical services to a
building or a project.
UTILITY SERVICE
Any device, including wire, pipe, and conduit, which carries
gas, water, electricity, oil, and communications into a building or
development.