Zoning Dictionary

Category: Lot Building Size/Location

Yard, Required

The minimum yard required by the provisions of the zoning ordinance.

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Yard, Side

That part of a lot which extends from a front yard to the rear yard between the side lot line of a lot and the nearest wall or supporting member of a building or structure except where the supporting member is supporting an uncovered patio or uncovered sundeck. A yard extending from the front yard […]

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Yard, Side, Exterior

A side yard immediately adjoining a public street or a navigable waterway.

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Yard, Side, Interior

A side yard other than an exterior side yard.

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Yard, Side, Width

The least horizontal distance between the side lot line of the lot and the nearest part of any building or structure on the lot, or the nearest open storage use on the lot, or edge or rim or excavation on the lot.

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Zero Lot Line Development

A residential subdivision in which building lots may be provided for the erection of detached one-family dwellings having no side yard on one side of a dwelling provided the wall of the dwelling on the side with zero setback...
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Zone, Privacy

An area within the minimum yard depth in which communal activities are discouraged or prevented by means of surface finishing, landscaping, or physical barriers.

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