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Automobile/Vehicle Service means any land, building , structure , or premises used for the routine maintenance of automobiles and limited servicing of automobiles including, but not limited to, the sale and installation of oil, lubricants, filters, batteries, tires, brakes, belts, and other similar activities or for installing or repairing parts and accessories but not to include the activities of Automobile/Vehicle Repair and Auto Body as defined.

Awning or Canopy means any structure attached to the wall of a building which was built and designed for the purpose of cosmetics or for shading a window, door, or sidewalk. Awnings are not integral to the building , are typically triangular or curved in cross-section and are generally comprised of a metal frame and canvas or other fabric.

Bakery, Wholesale means a place for preparing, cooking, or baking of products primarily intended for off-premise distribution. This definition includes confectionary works.

Balcony means an open habitable or decorative portion of an upper floor extending beyond a building 's exterior wall with one or more sides permanently open to the exterior except for a railing or parapet not exceeding four feet in height. A balcony is not supported from below by vertical columns or piers but is instead supported by either a cantilever or brackets.

Bank, Credit Union, and Financial Services means any of the class of business in freestanding buildings , kiosks, or automated teller machines that provides financial services and the transmission of funds.

Base Flood means the flood having a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.

Base Flood Elevation (BFE) means the elevation shown on the flood insurance rate map ( FIRM ) and found in the accompanying flood insurance study ( FIS ) for zones A, AE, AH, A1-A30, AR, V1-V30, or VE that indicates the water surface elevation resulting from the flood that has a 1% chance of equaling or exceeding that level in any given year - also called the base flood . Refer to the City's Drainage Criteria Manual.

Basement means any area of the building having its floor subgrade (i.e., below ground level) on all sides.

Batch Plant means a permanent or temporary use where cement, mortar, or asphalt is manufactured. This definition includes concrete products manufacturing.

Bay Window means a window, that is not a transom window, that is part of an outside wall of the structure and that projects outward from the remaining portion of the wall.

Bicycle Space means an area for the temporary storage of a bicycle that is permanently reserved for such purpose.

Big Box Retail means a retail development with a single general commercial building or multiple such buildings all of which are a minimum of 50,000 square feet in gross floor area. The format includes warehouse club stores with or without paid memberships, discount retailers , and similar uses.

Billboard means any structure upon which copy is placed on a poster or panel and mounted on a pole or metal structure , typically as follows: (1) wood posts or pole supports with dimensional lumber as the secondary support (A-frame) with a wood or metal catwalk and a single display panel, (2) steel A-frame constructed with angle iron or steel supports with metal framing, catwalk, and a single display panel, (3) multi-mast structure constructed with steel poles, I-beam or equivalent as primary support, with a catwalk, and a single display panel, or (4) monopole structure constructed with tubular steel support, tubular steel framing, metal catwalk and a single display panel with a concrete foundation.

Block means the aggregate of private lots and rear alleys circumscribed by streets .

Block Face means one side of a street between two connective features intersecting that street . The features can be other streets or boundaries of standard geographic areas (e.g., parkland, bulb of a cul-de-sac street , other right-of-way , etc.).

Boarding or Rooming House means any building or portion thereof which contains guest rooms which are designed or intended to be used, let or hired out for occupancy by, or which are occupied by three or more, but not exceeding 11 individuals, for compensation, paid directly or indirectly, and no meals are served or provided to the occupants.

Brewery means a place where beer is manufactured or made commercially.

Brewpub means an establishment that sells beer that has been brewed on the premises, and which may include a restaurant .

Build-to-Zone (BTZ) means the range of allowable distances from the front property line along which the principal vertical plane of the building 's primary facade shall be built in order to create a moderately uniform line of buildings along the street .

Building means a structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and designed or intended for the shelter, support, enclosure or protection of persons or chattels, except for tents and canopies .