Zoning Dictionary

Category: Building/Structure

Marquee

Any hood, canopy, awning or permanent construction that projects from a wall of a building, usually above an entrance.

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Massing

The overall bulk or size of a building or project, its physical volume or magnitude. The relationship of a building’s various parts to each other. Architectural elements such as windows, doors and roofs as well as interior floor plans can affect building mass.

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Mast

A vertical pole with a diameter not to exceed six inches which serves to support antennas and/or aerials limited to thirty-five feet in height and which may be located on a rooftop.

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Mezzanine

An intermediate level between the floor and ceiling of any story, and covering less than thirty-three and one-third per cent of the floor area immediately beneath.

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Monopole

A tower consisting of a single self-supporting pole with no guy anchors or other supports usually consisting of neutral-colored metal or a natural-colored wooden pole.

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Nave

That portion of a church or place of worship where the congregation assembles during normal services and which is generally located between the chancel and the vestibule or narthex.

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Openings and Entranceways

An unobstructed space in a wall or fence, located at street level, that is designed and intended to allow access to or through a building and/or public space by the tenants of the building or the general public.

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Outbuilding

A separate accessory building or structure not physically connected to the principal building. To access the rest of this content, you must purchase a...
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Outdoor Fire Place/Chiminea

A self-contained, manufactured noncombustible cooking unit provided with a tight-fitting screen or lid and supported off the ground by non-combustible legs.

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Outdoor Shelter

Individual shelters grouped together in an outdoor setting. Examples of individual shelters include tents, yurts, huts, cabins, vehicles or other similar accommodation that do not contain sanitary or cooking facilities, and recreational vehicles with or without cooking and sanitary facilities. The shelter is managed by a public agency or a non-profit agency, with or without […]

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