Zoning Dictionary

Letter: L

Laboratory

The use of premises not providing service directly to the public for the provision of analytical, research, or testing services, including biotechnologies and energy and environmental technologies

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Lake

An inland water body fed by springs or surrounding runoff.

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Land

Ground, soil or earth including structures, on, above or below the surface.

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Land Area, Gross

The total land area of a defined residential or industrial district, less lands that are considered to be undevelopable.

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Land Area, Net

The area of a site that will not be further divided into additional sites.

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Landfill

A disposal site employing an engineering method of disposing of solid wastes in a manner that minimizes environmental hazards by spreading, compacting to the smallest volume, and applying cover material over all exposed waste at the end of each operating day. A type of operation in which refuse and earth or other suitable cover material […]

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Landing

A platform with or without a roof having an area not exceeding 2.2 square metres and extending horizontally from the wall of a building no more than 1.25 metres, adjacent to a door and providing direct access to the ground or a stair. A platform without a roof having an area not exceeding 2.2 square […]

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Landing Strip

A strip of ground used or capable of being used for the landing and take-off of aircraft.

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Landmark

A structure or landscape feature which by its architectural or historic merit or impact is worthy of special recognition and preservation.

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Landmark

An object that provides “external points of orientation, usually an easily identifiable physical object in the urban landscape” (Lynch, 1960). In contemporary metropolises, such landmarks often comprise towers or high-rise buildings.

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