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70) Open Space/Private – An area of land set aside, dedicated, designated, or reserved for private use
for recreational activities or other amenities, including parks, plazas, patios, etc. and maintained
by the Property Owner.
71) Open Space/Public – An area of land set aside, dedicated, designated, or reserved for public use
for recreational activities or other amenities, including parks, plazas, patios, etc., that may be
maintained by the City.
72) Open Space/Usable – An area or recreational facility designed and intended for outdoor living
and/or recreation. Usable open space shall not have a slope exceeding Ten Percent (10%), shall
have no dimension of less than Fifteen Feet (15’), and may include recreational facilities, water
features, perimeter landscape areas, floodplain areas and decorative objects such as art work.
Accessory buildings (except those designed for recreational purposes), parking areas, landscaped
parking requirements, driveways and turn-arounds, street/alley rights-of-way/easements, and
rooftops are not considered usable open space.
73) Parapet – The portion of a wall or façade that extends above the roof line of the building.
74) Park – A civic/open space that is a preserve available for unstructured recreation.
75) Parking/On-Street – Parking located completely or partially within a public right-of-way or street
easement.
76) Parking Garage – A permanent structure for the temporary storage of motor vehicles. A parking
garage may include both above-grade and below-grade levels.
77) Parking Lot/Off-Street – An off-street, ground level area, usually surfaced and improved, for the
temporary storage of motor vehicles. Long-term off-street parking for commercial purposes (such
as vehicle storage or long-term remote airport parking) is not permitted.
78) Parking Space – An area reserved exclusively for the parking of a motor vehicle.
79) Permit – A license, certificate, approval, registration, consent, permit, contract or other agreement
for the construction or provision of service from a utility owned, operated, or controlled by the
City, or other form of authorization required by law, rule, regulation, order, or ordinance, which
has been approved by the City, that a person or entity must obtain to perform an action or initiate,
continue, or complete a project for which the permit is sought, and for which the application for
the permit or information required to be submitted for consideration provides fair notice of the
project to the City.
80) Plaza – An open space type designed for civic and/or commercial purposes, generally paved and
spatially defined by building Frontages.
81) Principal Building – The main building on a Lot, usually located toward the Frontage.
82) Principal Entrance – The main point of access for pedestrians into a building.
83) Private Utility – Any non-public utility requiring special facilities or on public property such as
electricity, natural gas, or telecommunications not customarily provided by a municipality or public
utility. All radiating equipment must comply with applicable State and Federal regulatory
requirements and guidelines for human safety.
84) Recess Line – A line prescribed for the full width of a Façade, above which there is a step-back of
a minimum distance, so that the height to this line (not the overall building height) defines the
enclosure of the Enfronting public space.
85) Retail-Ready – Space constructed at a minimum interior height of Fifteen Feet (15’) which may be
used for non-commercial uses and can be converted into retail/commercial use. Prior to the issuance
of a certificate of occupancy for a retail/commercial use (but not a Residential use) in a Retail-Ready
space, the space must comply with all building and construction codes for that use. The intent of
Retail-ready space is to provide the flexibility of occupying a space in accordance with market demand
and allowing the use in such space to change to retail/commercial uses accordingly.
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