Unified Land Development Code - Town of Gilbert

GLOSSARY
BLOCK: That property abutting one side of a street and lying between the two nearest
intersecting streets, or nearest intersecting street and railroad right-of-way, unsubdivided acreage,
waterways, but not an alley, of such size as to interrupt the continuity of development on both
sides thereof.
BLOOD BANK OR PLASMA CENTER: A facility at which an individual may donate or sell
blood, but which offers no other medical treatment or services.
BOARDING / ROOMING HOUSE, DORMITORY, FRATERNITY OR SORORITY HOUSE:
A private establishment that provides sleeping rooms for rent for set terms, generally by the
week or month, in which meals may be provided on a communal basis, but in which cooking
is prohibited in individual sleeping rooms.
BUFFER: The use of structures (such as walls), landscaping, building setbacks or land uses to
form a visual, sound, or land use separation between dissimilar uses.
BUILDABLE AREA: That area remaining on a lot or parcel after subtracting all required yards.
Such remaining area may be built upon provided it meets all applicable requirements.
BUILDING: A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls for the shelter, support,
or enclosures of persons, animals, or chattel.
Glossary, Pg. 5