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Glossary of Terms

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Parallel Parking

Parcel

  • Parcel is defined as a piece of land with defined boundaries intended for the purpose of ownership, lease, or finance.

Parcel Map

Park Fee

Park Trailer

Parking

Parking Area

Parking Bay

Parking Garage

Parking Lot

Parking Setback

Parking Stall

Parking Structure

Parkway

  • Parkway is defined as the area between the edge of the roadway and the adjacent property line excluding any area occupied by a sidewalk. Parkway shall also include any area within a roadway which is not open to vehicular travel.

Passenger Loading Area

  • Passenger loading area is defined as areas designated for the on-site or curbside loading and unloading of passenger vehicles.

Passenger Transit Facility

  • Pursuant to Sec. 5D.5.5. (Passenger Transit Facility), a passenger transit facility is defined as any facility that includes a structure accommodating publicly accessible passenger transport vehicles which regularly load and unload passengers along a fixed route. A passenger transit facility include bus terminals, light rail stations and right-of-ways, subway stations and right-of-ways, and passenger train stations and right-of-ways.

Pedestrian Access

Pedestrian Access Package

Pedestrian Accessway

Pedestrian Amenity & Public Amenity-Facing Facade

Pedestrian Amenity Allowance

Pedestrian Amenity Space

Pedestrian Amenity-Facing Facade

  • See pedestrian amenity & public amenity-facing facade.

Pedestrian Passageway

Pedestrian Sign

Pedestrian Walkway

Perennial

  • Perennial is defined as a plant that lives more than two years, including woody species and other plants that do not die back annually.

Perimeter Plane

  • Pursuant to Sec. 14.2.4.A.3. (Perimeter Plane), perimeter plane is defined as an imaginary vertical plane along the perimeter of a space used to measure the enclosure of a space. A perimeter plane shall be projected for a height of eight feet measured from the floor or ground surface of the space.

Permission Level

Permit

Perpendicular Line

Person

Personal Services

  • Pursuant to Sec. 5D.6.10. (Personal Services), personal services are defined as any commercial use providing an in-person service directly to individuals seeking cosmetic services, counseling services, document services, or servicing of consumer goods. Personal services include: cosmetic services such as hair cutting and styling, nail salon, day spas, licensed massage therapy, tattooing and piercing; counseling services, such as non-medical counseling, legal counseling, financial counseling, psychic counseling; document services such as printing, form and application assistance, notary services, photo developing, visa and passport services; garment services, such as garment tailoring and alterations, laundromat, dry cleaning; and consumer goods repair services when occupying less than 3,000 square feet in area, such as electronics repair, jewelry repair, shoe repair, appliance repair, furniture restoration, and bicycle repair. This use does not include consumer goods repair services when occupying 3,000 square feet in area, or greater, for such uses see Sec. 5D.8.1. (Machine Shop). This use does not include maintenance and repair of motor vehicles, for such uses see Sec. 5D.7.1. (Motor Vehicle Services).

Plant Cultivation

Plant Cultivation: Community Garden