Zoning Dictionary

Letter: A

Air Rights

An estate, interest, easement or any legal right in or over land which grants or conveys the right to allow development to occur in the airspace over the land. The ownership or control of all land, property, and that area of space at and above a horizontal plane over the ground surface of land used […]

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Airfield

Any land lot or buildings used for the purpose of landing, storing, taxiing or taking off of private or commercial aircraft pursuant to the regulations of the appropriate authority.

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Airport

The use of land, or building, or structure for facilitating the landing and handling of aircraft and their passengers and freight and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, accessory uses may include ticket offices, restaurants, taverns, confections, luggage checking facilities, and parcel shipping facilities. Any area of land or water designed and set aside […]

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Airport Hangar

A building or structure designed and used for the shelter of aircraft.

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Airstrip, Private

Land used for the purpose of landing, storing, taxiing or taking-off of private aircraft.

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Aisle

The area used by motor vehicles for access to and from all off-street parking spaces, but does not include an access driveway. The traveled way by which cars enter and depart parking spaces.

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Albedo

The fraction of solar radiation reflected by a surface or object, often expressed as a percentage. Snow covered surfaces have a high albedo; the albedo of soils ranges from high to low; vegetation covered surfaces and oceans have a low albedo.

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Alley

A public or private way permanently reserved as a secondary means of access to abutting property.

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Alter

Used in reference to a building or part thereof, shall mean to change any one or more of the external dimensions of such building, or to change the type of construction of the exterior walls or roof thereof. When used in reference to a lot, the word “alter” shall mean to change the area frontage, […]

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Alteration

Any change or rearrangement in the supporting members of an existing building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders or interior partitions, as well as any change in doors or windows, or any enlargement to or diminution of a building or structure, whether horizontally or vertically, or the moving of a building or structure from […]

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