Zoning Dictionary

A parcel or contiguous parcels of land in one ownership. A parcel of land with frontage on a street or road whether or not occupied by a building or structure that is in one ownership. A parcel of land fronting on a street, separate in ownership from any abutting land. A single area of land, […]

The total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot, excluding the horizontal area of such lot usually covered by water or marsh, or beyond the rim of a river bank or watercourse, or between the top and toe of the cliffs or embankment having a slope of thirty degrees or more from the […]

Shall mean the total horizontal area within the property lines of a lot or parcel of land after all streets and other dedications have been made.

The percent of the lot area covered by buildings or structures excluding parking areas, driveways and walkways but including structures and buildings constructed appertaining to the lot. That percentage of the lot area covered by the perpendicular vertical projection of the area of all buildings onto a horizontal plane. That percentage of the lot area […]

The average distance between the front and rear lot lines and, in the case of a triangular lot, the perpendicular distance from the front line to the apex of the angle formed by the intersection of the side lot lines. The horizontal distance between the mid points of straight lines connecting the foremost points of […]

The horizontal distance between the side lot lines, such distance being measured perpendicularly to the line joining the middle of the front lot line with the middle of the rear lot line and at a point therein twenty seven feet from the front lot line. In the case of a corner lot with a daylighting […]

Any boundary of a lot. Any boundary line of a lot. The legally defined limits of any lot.

The side lot line which abuts the street on a corner lot.

The lot line or point of intersection of the side lot lines farthest from and opposite the front lot line. The lot line farthest from or opposite to the front lot line. In the case of lots abutting streets on more than two sides, rear lot line shall mean the rear lot line as established […]

A lot line other than a front or rear lot line. Any lot line which meets the end of a front lot line.