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Frontage Lot Line

Frontage Planting Area

Frontage Screen

  • Pursuant to Sec. 4C.8.1. (Frontage Screens), a frontage screen is defined as a device or combination of elements, including fences, walls, trees and other plants, along a frontage lot line that conceals, obstructs or protects the public realm from adjacent uses, activities, or site elements.

Frontage Screen Type

Frontage Yard

  • Pursuant to Sec. 14.2.16.C.1. (Frontage Yard), frontage yard is defined as a category of yards referring to all yards that abut a frontage lot line, including front yards, side street yards, and special yards.

Frontage Yard Fence & Wall

Frontage Yard Fence & Wall Type

Fueling Station

Fueling Station: Large Vehicle

  • Pursuant to Sec. 5D.7.2.B. (Fueling Station: Large Vehicle), fueling station: large vehicle is defined as any fueling station dedicated to dispensing fuel for large vehicles. Large vehicles include vehicles possessing three or more axles, such as trailer trucks, construction vehicles, motor homes, and recreation vehicles.

Fueling Station: Standard Vehicle

  • Pursuant to Sec. 5D.7.2.A. (Fueling Station: Standard Vehicle), fueling station: standard vehicle is defined as any fueling station dedicated to dispensing fuel for standard vehicles. Standard vehicles include vehicles possessing two or fewer axles, such as cars, motorcycles, sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks, and vans.

Full-service Grocery Store

  • Full-service grocery store is defined as a retail store which stocks a minimum inventory in the following food groups and non-perishable items: fresh and frozen meats and poultry; canned, fresh, and frozen fruits and vegetables; dairy products; cereals; canned fish; bread products; infant food and formula; shampoo; pain medication; diapers; and feminine hygiene products.

Fully Shielded Luminaire

  • Fully shielded luminaire is defined as a luminaire that allows no light emission above a horizontal plane through the luminaire.

Future Street or Alley

  • Future street or alley is defined as any real property which the owner has offered for dedication to the City for street or alley purposes, but which has been rejected by the City Council, subject to the right of the City Council to rescind its action and accept by resolution at any later date and without further action by the owner, all or part of the property as a public street or alley.