Zoning Dictionary
Category: Transportation/Roads/Vehicles
Pickup Truck
A four-wheel motor vehicle, usually having an enclosed front cab and an open body with low sides and a tailgate. A pickup truck may have an enclosure, cap, cover, or box over the rear exterior bed.
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Private Pleasure Vehicle
A vehicle, other than a passenger vehicle, which is used for private recreational uses but shall not include a converted commercial vehicle exceeding a gross weight of 2721.5 kilograms.
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Rail Corridor
The railway right-of-way of any railway company within the boundaries of the Municipality.
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Rail Yard
The use of land, or building or structure or part thereof for activities directly associated with the operation of a railway. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such activities may include loading and off-loading freight, and maintenance and repair of railway cars.
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Roadway
The part of the highway that is improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, but does not include the shoulder, and, where a highway includes two or more separate roadways, the term roadway refers to any one roadway separately and not to all of the roadways collectively.
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Shared Court/Street
A street that is designed to accommodate – within the same circulation space – access for vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles to abutting property. Instead of a sidewalk area that is separate from vehicle areas, a shared court is surfaced with paving blocks, bricks or other ornamental pavers to clearly indicate that the entire street is […]
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Street, Distinctive
An important street or road which has a unique role and/or character such as through landscape treatment, building design or character, land use, and/or pedestrian or vehicular movement.
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Street, Marginal Access
A street that is parallel to and adjacent to an arterial street and that is designed to provide access to abutting properties so that these properties are somewhat sheltered from the effects of the through traffic on the arterial street and so that the flow of traffic on the arterial street is not impeded by […]
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