Zoning Dictionary

Letter: L

Lot Frontage

The horizontal distance between the side lot lines, such distance being measured perpendicularly to the line joining the middle of the front lot line with the middle of the rear lot line and at a point therein twenty seven feet from the front lot line. In the case of a corner lot with a daylighting […]

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Lot Line

Any boundary of a lot. Any boundary line of a lot. The legally defined limits of any lot.

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Lot Line, Exterior

The side lot line which abuts the street on a corner lot.

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Lot Line, Rear

The lot line or point of intersection of the side lot lines farthest from and opposite the front lot line. The lot line farthest from or opposite to the front lot line. In the case of lots abutting streets on more than two sides, rear lot line shall mean the rear lot line as established […]

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Lot Line, Side

A lot line other than a front or rear lot line. Any lot line which meets the end of a front lot line.

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Lot of Record

A lot which is part of a recorded subdivision or a parcel of land which has been recorded, usually at a county recorder’s office containing property tax records. To access the rest of this content, you must purchase a...
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Lot Width

The average horizontal distance between the side lot lines. The horizontal measurement between the side lot lines measured at a point twenty feet perpendicularly distant from the front boundary of the lot, or the mean horizontal measurement on irregular-shaped lots. The distance between straight lot lines connecting front and rear lot lines at each side […]

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Lot, Corner

A lot at the intersection of two or more streets, or upon two parts of the same street, the adjacent sides of which street or streets (or, in the case of a curved corner, the tangents at the street extremities of the side lot lines) contain an angle of not more than one hundred and […]

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Lot, Panhandle

Any lot which gains highway frontage through the use of a narrow strip of land which is an integral part of the lot.

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Lot, Reversed Corner

A corner lot, the rear of which abuts upon the side of another lot, whether across an alley or not.

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