The Orange Avenue Corridor Specific Plan - City of Coronado

glare, and which by reason of high
value in relation to size and weight of
product or merchandise handled,
does not create large volumes of truck
traffic.
Lighting, Night-time: Evening
illumination of downtown buildings
and areas, both public and private.
Private evening lighting should follow
the tone and precepts of the Criteria
for an environment that is cordial,
welcoming, and even quietly exciting,
but not chaotic or raucous.
Mansard Roof: A mansard roof in
contemporary commercial
architecture is actually not a roof at
all. A mansard is typically a single
sloped structure “tacked on” to the
edge of a flat roof to give the
appearance of a traditional roof or to
hide the flat roof and provide
additional space for signs.
Masonry: Brickwork.
Massing: (See Configurations.) The
bulk and three-dimensional space
occupied by buildings and their
neighbors.
Microbrewery: Any use where the
square footage for brewing
operations is equal to or greater than
forty percent of the total business
square footage.
Minor Repairs (Light Assembly):
Bicycle assembly, simple auto repair
and services, cabinet making, etc.
Mixed Use Development: The
development of a site in an
integrated, compatible and
comprehensively planned manner
with two or more different land uses,
only one of which would normally not
be permitted in the underlying zone.
(Ord. 1981)
Open Space: The spaces between,
behind, and on upper levels of
buildings that can be used to enhance
people’s use and introduce elements
of the natural landscape into the built
environment.
Optical Goods Stores:
Establishments primarily engaged in
one or more of the following: (1)
retailing and fitting prescription
eyeglasses and contact lenses; (2)
retailing prescription eyeglasses in
combination with the grinding of
lenses to order on the premises; and
(3) selling nonprescription eyeglasses.
Paseos: A walkway that serves as a
connector between parking facilities,
commercial street frontage, and other
popular destinations. Paseos are
intended for use by the general public
and may be either publicly or privately
owned and maintained.
Pavers: Decorative material (such as
brickwork, stone, stamped concrete
or other elements) that forms a firm
level surface for travel, in accessory to
traditional street paving material.
Permitted Use: A use permitted by
right within the designated land use
classification. These uses must obtain
a business license and a certificate of
occupancy prior to commencement of
the use.
Plant Materials: The range of natural
vegetation that can be used to
enhance open spaces and the
streetscape. Plant materials native to,
or long since introduced to this region
should be used. The official flower of
Coronado is the Crown of Bohemia
Hibiscus.
Prohibited: A use that is not
permitted within the designated land
use classification.
Monolithic: Refers to a building’s
scale being bulky, boxy, and/or too
large for its context.
Proprietary Design: Used herein to
cite those facades, parts of buildings,
complete buildings, and signs and
APPENDIX 1 – GLOSSARY OF TERMS
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