This chapter provides definitions of terms, phrases, and land uses for application only to article VIII Form-Based Code (FBC) and that are technical or specialized, or that may not reflect common usage.
(Ord. No. 1000 § 4, 2022)
means a covered pedestrian way along the side of a building
at the first floor with habitable space above which provides access
to retail spaces.
means an architectural element, which alone or as part of
a pattern, embodies the style, design, or general arrangement of the
exterior of a building or structure, including but not limited to
the kind, color, and texture of building materials, and style and
type of windows, doors, lights, porches, and signs.
means a residential or mixed-use structure containing two
to five dwelling units with an attached secondary building (garage)
typically accessed from a rear lane.
means a roof or cover that projects from the wall of a building
over a door or window, and made of canvas, aluminum, or a similar
material, which may be fixed in place or retractable for the purpose
of shielding a doorway or window from the elements.
means a platform that projects from the wall of a building
and is enclosed by a parapet or railing.
means a window that projects from any building elevation.
means the aggregate of all the building facades on one side
of a block. The block face provides the context for establishing the
architectural form of the edge of the block.
means a line parallel to the development site line or lot
line where the facade of the building is required to be located. The
minimum build-to line is the farthest distance away from the primary
or secondary site line or lot line that a building may be located.
The maximum build-to line is the closest to a primary or secondary
site line or lot line that a building may be located. The build-to
line is intended to create an even building facade line along a street
and establishes the frontage area for building placement (see Frontage
area, private). In some cases, the maximum build-to line may be the
same as the front lot line, depending on the zone.
means the overall shape and dimensions of a building.
See "Building, principal."
means a building located within the rear yard of a lot that
accommodates a secondary use on the property (e.g., a garage, tool
shed, etc.).
means a building or structure that is physically attached
to a primary building and that is secondary and incidental to the
primary building. This definition does not include a parking structure.
means a structure defined by a combination of its configuration,
placement on a lot, and function.
means an architectural feature that projects a building wall
and provides protection from the elements to pedestrians below or
within the building. May either be non-structural (e.g., an awning
that can be removed without altering the building structure) or permanent.
means an unroofed area that is completely or partially enclosed
by walls or buildings and often shared by multiple residential units
or commercial spaces.
means a large structure composed of multiple attached or
stacked units accessed from a shared courtyard, a series of courtyards,
or a common corridor.
means a portion of land delineated from others to accommodate
no more than one primary building type. A parcel may have multiple
development sites when each site meets the minimum width and depth
required by the form-based zone. Development sites may be described
and recorded as individual properties on a plat.
means the part of a roof that meets or overhangs the wall
of a building.
means any architectural feature, structure, or structural
element, such as an arcade, gallery, fence, garden wall, porch, stoop,
balcony, bay window, or terrace, that breaks the plane of a horizontal
regulatory limit extending into the private frontage area or build-to-line
area, or into the public right-of-way.
means an opening, such as a door, passage, or gate, that
allows access to a building.
means an entry that allows access to a building facing a
primary street.
means the exterior wall of a building facing a primary street.
means the exterior wall of a building facing a secondary
street or side street.
means the uppermost surface of a building's ground floor
at the completion of construction.
means a building entrance and facade type where a portion
of the building facade is close to the property line while the central
portion of the building is set back creating a small courtyard space.
The courtyard may be used as an entry court or as shared garden space
for apartment buildings, or as an additional shopping or restaurant
seating area within retail and service areas.
means a detached building that consists of four side-by-side
and/or stacked units, typically with one shared entry or individual
entries along the front. This type has the appearance of a typical
house and is scaled to fit within low and medium intensity walkable
neighborhoods.
means the linear street frontage between the minimum and
maximum build-to-lines along the primary or secondary frontage line.
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FIGURE 17.154.020-1 PRIVATE FRONTAGE AREA
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means a building entrance and facade type typically used
in retail applications where the facade is aligned close to the property
line with an attached cantilevered shed roof or a lightweight colonnade
overlapping the sidewalk.
means the floor of a building located nearest to the level
of the ground around the building.
means the vertical distance, excluding foundations or understructures,
between the average finished ground surface adjacent to the structure
and to the highest point of the structure, excluding architectural
features and appurtenances such as, but not limited to, chimneys,
antennas, elevators, and similar mechanical equipment. See Building
height.
means the vertical distance of a structure measured from
the average elevation of the finished grade within 20 feet of the
structure to the overhanging portion of a gable or pitched roof.
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FIGURE 17.154.020-2 HEIGHT MEASUREMENT
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means a large and tall structure built on a large lot that
typically incorporates multi-level structured parking used to provide
a vertical mix of uses with ground-floor retail or service uses, and
service or residential uses on upper floors. This building type is
a primary component of an urban downtown.
means a main component of a two-part attached building. The
interior volume is typically a parking structure or large retail/entertainment
space. The exterior component is designed to mask the interior volume
and typically occupied by retail, service, office, or residential
space.
means an integrated housing unit and working space, occupied
and utilized by a single household in a building, either single-family
dwelling or multiple-family dwelling, that has been designed or structurally
modified to accommodate joint residential occupancy and work activity,
and which includes a complete kitchen space and sanitary facilities
and working space reserved for, and regularly used by, one or more
occupants of the unit.
means a medium- or large-sized structure consisting of side-by-side
and/or stacked dwelling units, typically with one shared entry. This
building type has the appearance of a medium- to large-size family
home and is appropriately scaled to fit in medium density neighborhoods
and/or medium- to high-intensity corridors.
means a public open space type for unstructured recreation
that may be spatially defined by landscaping rather than building
facades.
means a medium- to small-sized park providing opportunities
for neighborhood social life and recreation.
means a low wall along the edge of a roof or the portion
of a wall that extends above the roof line.
means a pedestrian lane located and designed to reduce the
required walking distance within a neighborhood.
means a type of public open space that provides small-scale
public urban open space intended to provide recreational opportunities
where space is limited in close proximity to neighborhood residences.
means a building entrance and facade type where the facade
is set back from the property line and has a set of stairs and landing
attached to the facade. Porches may be open on two or three sides
and may be covered or uncovered.
means the prominent and main component of a building.
means the physical and social domain of the public that is
held in common either by their physical presence or by visual association.
This includes, but is not limited to plazas, squares, parks, thorough-fares,
public frontages, private frontages, civic buildings, and open spaces.
means a dwelling that shares a party wall with another of
the same type placed side-by-side with individual entries along the
front and dedicated private open space for each unit typically located
in the rear.
means a building entrance and facade type, typically for
commercial and retail use, where the facade is aligned close to the
property line with the building entrance at the level of the sidewalk.
means the portion of a right-of-way that is paved and intended
exclusively for pedestrian use, and often installed between the curb
and adjacent property lines.
means a building entrance and facade type where the facade
is aligned close to the property line with the first story elevated
from the sidewalk sufficiently to secure privacy for first-story windows
and the entrance usually as an exterior stair and landing.
means a building entrance and facade type where the main
facade of the building is at or near the property line with an elevated
terrace providing public circulation along the facade.
means a right-of-way for use by vehicular, pedestrian, and
bicycle traffic that provides access to lots and open spaces, and
that incorporates vehicular lanes and public frontages.
means a type of public open space providing a public urban
open space for civic purposes, commercial activity, unstructured recreation,
and other passive uses. Squares are defined by buildings and tree-lined
streets with open shelters, paths, lawns, and trees formally arranged.
means the area of a building facade, usually applied to the
ground floor of a building, that must contain a minimum amount of
transparent glass.
means a discrete portion of a building used for habitable
space.
means a floor in a building containing habitable space that
is located above the ground floor.
which may be front, side, or rear wings, are components of
a building which are always subordinate to (shorter and narrower than)
the primary mass. They are sized and scaled in increments of entire
rooms or multiple rooms, and have their own clear roof forms.
means a subordinate component of a building that is located
in front of the primary mass. Front wings are always scaled-down in
height and depth relative to the primary mass.
means a subordinate component of a building that is located
to the rear of the primary mass.
means a subordinate component of a building that is located
behind the primary mass. Side wings are shorter and narrower than
the primary mass.
(Ord. No. 1000 § 4, 2022; Ord. No. 1015 § 3, 2023; Ord. No. 1017 §§ 18, 19,
2023; Ord. No. 1023, 1/17/2024)
