The following definitions shall be observed and applied, except when
the context clearly indicates otherwise. Words used in the present tense shall
include the future tense. Words used in the singular form shall include the
plural form. Words used in the plural form shall include the singular. The
word "shall" is mandatory and the word "may" is permissive.
A detached subordinate structure, the use of which is incidental
to that of the principal structure and located on the same lot.
Average daily traffic volumes of vehicles on a street.
A public or private way permanently reserved as a secondary means
of access to abutting property.
A major street for carrying a large volume of through traffic in
the area, normally controlled by traffic signs and signals.
A unit of land bounded by streets or by a combination of streets
and public land, railroad rights-of-way, waterways, or any other barrier to
the continuity of development.
The limit to the vertical extent of a building. The building height
may be prescribed as a maximum number of stories or as a dimension from sidewalk
grade to the eave. The height limit shall not apply to attics, raised basements,
chimneys, machine rooms, or similar structures.
The relationship between the mass of a building and its surroundings,
including the width of street, open space, and mass of surrounding buildings.
Mass is determined by the three-dimensional bulk of a structure: height, width,
and depth.
The distance from the street right-of-way line to the closest point
of the foundation of a building or projection thereof.
A street designed to carry moderate volumes of traffic from local
streets to arterial streets or from arterial to arterial.
Squares, greens, neighborhood parks, Village parks, and linear environmental
corridors owned and maintained by the Village.
The curved edge of streets at an intersection measured at the outer
edge of the street curb or of the parking lane.
A parcel of land occupied or intended for occupancy by a use permitted
in this chapter, including one main building, together with any accessory
buildings, open spaces, and parking spaces required by this chapter and having
its principal frontage upon a street or upon an officially approved place.
The property lines bounding the lot.
The horizontal distance between side lot lines measured at the front
setback.
An acre of land, excluding street rights-of-way and other publicly
dedicated improvements such as parks, open space, and stormwater detention
and retention facilities.
Areas not covered by a building or impervious surface, and must be
planted with trees, shrubs, flowers, native plant species or similar and covered
with sod, landscape rock, or mulch. Areas used for demonstrated parking cannot
be used to fulfill the open space requirement.
A building in which the primary use of the lot on which the building
is located is conducted.
The use of one travel lane on local streets with parking (usually
an intermittent parking pattern) on both sides.
A space in a building between the surface of any floor and the surface
of the next floor above, or if there is no such floor above, then the space
between such floor and the ceiling or roof above.
A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, publicly or privately
owned, serving as a means of vehicular travel, and furnishing access to abutting
properties, which may also be used to provide space for sewers, public utilities,
shade trees, and sidewalks.
A compact, mixed-use neighborhood where residential, commercial and
civic buildings are within close proximity to each other.
