A. “Build-to line” means the line up to which buildings or landscaping must be constructed.

B. “Chicane” means a slight bend in the travel path of a roadway to slow drivers.

C. “Chord” means a straight line joining the ends of an arc.

D. “Forecourt” means an open area forming an entrance plaza for a single building or several buildings in a group.

E. “Frontage” means the portion of the site, parcel or infill block that is adjacent to a public street, a through connection or other path.

F. “Frontage zone” means that area between the build-to line and the pedestrian through zone which acts as a transition between private and public space.

G. “Ground floor” means the floor-to-ceiling space of a building where the floor is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building.

H. “Group living” provides lodging or both meals and lodging, without individual cooking facilities, by prearrangement for a week or more at a time, in a space not defined by the LMC as a dwelling unit. Group living shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, public or private nonprofit residential facilities such as residential hotels, boardinghouses, residence clubs, communes, fraternity or sorority houses, monasteries, convents, or ashrams. It shall also include group housing affiliated with and operated by a medical or educational institution, when not located on the same lot as the institution.

I. Household. A “household” is a person or group of people occupying a single dwelling unit.

J. “Infill block” means an area of land bounded by new or existing streets or easements.

K. “Podium” means the continuous projecting base of a building, distinct from the tower or other portions of the building.

L. “Porch” means a structure attached to a building to shelter an entrance or to serve as a semi-enclosed space; usually roofed and generally open-sided; although it may be enclosed through the use of screens, glass or partial walls.

M. “Step back” means an upper facade of a building that is recessed or set back from the lower facade of the building.

N. “Stoop” means a platform or small porch, usually up several steps, at the entrance to a building, usually a dwelling or dwellings.

O. “Street type” means a set of requirements applicable to a public street or an easement, which requirements may include, but are not limited to, right-of-way width, travel lanes, sidewalk width, planting strips, and role in the street network.

P. “Terrace” means a flat roof or a raised space or platform adjoining a building, or an embankment with a level top. A terrace is open to the sky and larger than a balcony, and may be above or below grade level.

Q. “Threshold” means the area of floor beneath a door, where two types of floor material meet; or the entrance to a building.

R. “Through connection” means a grade-level pedestrian, cycling, or vehicle access route that is accessible to the public and extends through a city block, parcel, lot or infill block and includes but is not limited to a pedestrian walkway, a street, or an access route through public or private land.

S. “Tower” means a building or a portion of a building within the boundary of the Woodland District over fifty-five feet in height. The tower portion of the building is located on top of a podium.

T. “Tower floor plate” means the sum of the gross horizontal area of a single floor of a tower, measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls.

U. “Trellis” means an open grating or latticework overhead, of either metal or wood, and the supporting columns and framework.

V. “Urban fence” means an open framework screen or fence, of either metal, wood, masonry or a combination, usually no more than three feet high, which serves to enclose or subdivide outdoor space, presenting a semi-transparent surface, except where penetrated by walkways.

W. “Woonerf,” sometimes called a shared street, means a street where the drivers and bicyclists share the roadway with pedestrians. Also referred to as a curbless street, a woonerf avoids permanent demarcation of the drive area with a curb, and is often level from side to side. The width of the shared roadway space, and the placement of street furniture, parking zones and plantings are purposefully located to reduce driver speed and encourage social gathering. (Ord. 1539 §71, 2019; Ord. 1487 §3 (part), 2016).