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The gross floor area designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive use, if any, expressed in square feet measured from the center lines of joint partitions and exteriors of outside walls. This does not include office areas in which medical, dental, research and other kinds of special organizations are housed nor theatres, although it does include […]
The aggregate of the area of all floors in a building, whether at, above, or below established grade, measured between the exterior walls of the building, but excluding any porch, verandah, unfinished attic, cellar or any floor area used for building maintenance or service equipment, loading area, common laundry facilities, common washroom, children’s play area, […]
The maximum ground floor area of a building measured by the outside walls, excluding, in the case of a dwelling house, any private garage, carport, porch, verandah or sunroom (unless such sunroom is habitable at all seasons of the year). The floor area of the lowest storey of a building, approximately at or first above […]
The side of any lot designated as the front by the plan of subdivision in which the lot lies. In the absence of positive identification by the plan, the front of any lot is the narrowest side which faces the street, unless by customary use and occupation in the area in which the lot is […]
The lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground, paving, or sidewalk within the area between the building and the property line, or when the property line is more than five feet from the building, between the building and a line five feet from the building. The average of the finished ground […]
The final elevation of the ground surface after development. The average elevation of the finished surface of the ground at ground level measured on any side of a building or structure.
The elevation of the ground surface in its natural state, before man-made alterations. The elevation of the undisturbed natural ground at the outermost corner of the footprint of the foundation wall.
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