A. In the event that the definition of a term presented in this chapter conflicts with the definition of the same or similar term presented elsewhere in this code or in a model code that has been adopted by the City (e.g., International Building Code), the definition contained in this chapter shall prevail.

B. “Affected entity” means a county, local district, special service district, interlocal cooperation entity, public utility, private property owner, school district, property owner’s association, federal government agency, or state agency.

C. “Arcade” means an area contiguous to a street or building that is open and unobstructed, and that is accessible to the public at all times. Arcades may include building columns, landscaping, statuary, or fountains. Arcades do not include off-street loading/unloading areas, driveways or parking areas.

D. “Architectural or structural bay” means a design feature or collection of features that breaks up the flat expanse of a wall through the use of indentations, property ribs or offsets.

E. “Berm” means an earthen mound designed to provide visual interest on a site, screen undesirable views, reduce noise or provide a buffer from adjoining uses.

F. “Buffer” means an area provided to reduce the conflict between two different land uses. Buffers are intended to mitigate undesired views, noise and glare--effectively providing greater privacy to neighboring land uses. Typical buffers consist of materials that serve this purpose and include, but are not limited to, plant materials, walls, fences and/or significant land area to separate the uses.

G. “Breezeway” means a roofed passageway, which is either open on the sides or enclosed by walls, which serves a means of access between two adjacent buildings.

H. “Commercial development” means the construction or expansion of business uses involving the sale of goods or services to the public. As used in this chapter, commercial development includes hotels, motels, or similar lodging businesses providing short-term accommodations to the public.

I. “Cornice” means a decorative projection at the top of a wall or building.

J. “Dormer” means a window set vertically in a gable projecting from a sloping roof.

K. “Extraordinary impact” means an impact created by a proposed development that will result in the need for improvements to public facilities such as water, sewer, storm water drainage, and/or streets. Examples of extraordinary impacts include but are not limited to:

L. “Facade” means the portion of any exterior elevation on the building extending from grade to the top of the parapet, wall or eaves and extending the entire length of the building.

M. “Floor area, gross (GFA)” means the sum of the gross horizontal areas of all enclosed floors of a building, including basements, mezzanines, corridors, breezeways, and lobbies from the exterior face of the exterior walls, or from the centerline of a common wall separating two buildings, but excluding any space with a floor to ceiling height of less than six feet six inches. The GFA also includes permanent outdoor retail display areas including, but not limited to, garden centers and seasonal displays of merchandise.

N. “Floor area, net (NFA)” means the total of all floor areas of a building, excluding: stairwells and elevator shafts; equipment rooms; interior vehicular parking or loading; and all floors below the first or ground floor, except where these below ground floor areas are used or intended to be used for human habitation or service to the public.

O. “Gable” means a triangular wall section at the end of a pitched roof, bounded by the two roof slopes.

P. “Ghost signage” means the visible remains or impressions left when a sign is removed from a building or sign standard.

Q. “Hardscape” means the inanimate elements of landscaping including patios, paths, plazas, decks, fountains, rock and stone.

R. “Hip roof” means a roof without gables.

S. “Large-scale development” means new retail or commercial development exceeding thirty thousand square feet of GFA, and/or the remodeling or expansion of existing structures where the result of the remodeling and/or expansion exceeds thirty thousand square feet of GFA. Where development is to be constructed in phases, the GFA of all phases is to be utilized in determining whether this chapter applies, rather than the area of the structures in any single phase.

T. “Pad building” means a building placed in or around a large-scale development parking area and providing complementary goods and services to those provided by the large-scale development.

U. “Parapet” means the portion of a wall that extends above the roofline.

V. “Portico” means a porch or walkway with a roof supported by columns, often leading to the entrance to a building.

W. “Public or private right-of-way” means any road intended to provide public access to any lot/development, but excluding any service road or internal driving aisles (i.e., within parking lots).

X. “Public space” means an area where the public can gather and/or rest, and not part of the commercial space of a development.

Y. “Retail development” means businesses where goods or services are sold to the public primarily for personal consumption, rather than for resale. Retail uses include shops, restaurants, warehouse sales, and associated service businesses or offices doing business with the general public. As used in this chapter, the term “retail” does not include hotels, motels, or similar short-term lodging businesses.

Z. “Screen” means a wall constructed of opaque materials and whose height will be effective in obstructing unwanted views.

AA. “Structural best management practice (BMP)” means any of several commonly accepted and used storm water improvements designed to prevent storm water discharges exceeding historic pre-development levels, and to prevent the discharge of pollutants into surface and ground water.

BB. “Wing wall” means a projection of a wall extending out beyond the body of the building. (Ord. 17-18 (part), 2017: Ord. 08-10 (part), 2008)