Zoning Dictionary

Letter: B

Bed and Breakfast

A home occupation within a single family dwelling wherein not more than two rooms are rented and meals are served to overnight guests for commercial purposes. A detached dwelling in which a maximum of three rooms are provided with or without meals for hire or pay, for the travelling or vacationing public. A dwelling occupied […]

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Bed Sitting Room Unit

A dwelling unit in which the sleeping and living areas are combined and which in the opinion of the appropriate staff member is not reasonably capable of being developed as a unit containing one or more bedrooms.

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Bedroom

A private room planned and intended for sleeping purposes, separable from other rooms by a door, and accessible to a bathroom without crossing another bedroom or living room. Any room primarily designed or used for sleeping in a structure.

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Berm

A raised form of earth to provide screening or to improve the aesthetic character. A mound of earth.

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Berm, Earthen

Shall mean a mound of earth that has a minimum height of 4 feet, a maximum slope of 2:1 and a minimum crown width of 2 feet.

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Best Management Practices

A practice, or a combination of practices, that are determined to be effective, practical means (technological, economical and institutional) of preventing or reducing the amount of pollution generated by nonpoint sources to a level compatible with water quality goals. Examples of BMPs include but are not limited to road building, spoil management, channel/stream crossings, vegetation […]

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Bicycle Cage

A locked bicycle parking area that has been fenced off to prohibit access by the general public. Bicycle cages shall contain bicycle racks that provide a means of securing the bicycle frame at two points to a securely anchored rack.

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Bicycle Corral

Any on-street public parking space in which multiple short-term bicycle parking racks have been installed.

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Bicycle Parking Rack

A device that permits the locking of a bicycle by its frame and front wheel and which supports the bicycle in a stable position with at least two points of contact.

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Bicycle Parking Service, Attended

A service by which a bicycle is left in the care of an attendant(s) with provision for identifying the bicycle’s owner. Once stored, a bicycle left in the care of an attendant(s) shall be accessible only to the attendant(s), with the storage location not necessarily in the same location as the pick-up and drop-off point.

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