Zoning Dictionary

Category: Transportation/Roads/Vehicles

Car Compound

A parcel of land used only for the temporary storage of damaged or impounded motor vehicles.

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Centreline

As used in this By-law with reference to a street or highway means a line drawn parallel to and equidistant from the limits of a road allowance as originally laid out prior to any subsequent road widening.

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Collector Street

A highway or public roadway the function of which is to collect and distribute traffic from major arterials to less important arterial streets, to serve community business centres, high schools, athletic fields, neighbourhood shopping centres, parks, golf courses, and other secondary traffic generators, and to serve traffic from neighbourhood to neighbourhood within the community. A […]

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Compact Car

Any motor vehicle that does not exceed fifteen feet in length, bumper to bumper and five feet, nine inches in width.

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Corridor

A strip of land containing at least one transportation axis.

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Cul-de-sac

A local street, one end of which is closed and consists of a circular turn around.

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Drive-in Use

An establishment that by design, physical facilities, service or by packing procedures encourages or permits customers to receive services, obtain goods or be entertained while remaining in their motor vehicles.

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Driveway, Access

The area between the traveled portion of a roadway and a parking lot used by motor vehicles for access to and from the parking lot, but does not include an aisle.

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Driveway, Circular

A driveway having two access points to a street.

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Electric Vehicle

A motor vehicle that uses electricity for propulsion and which uses an external source of electricity to charge the vehicle’s batteries.

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