(a) Arcade shall mean a series of arches supported by piers or columns.
(b) Architectural Development Plan (ADP) shall mean a conceptual plan of a proposed residential land development, together with written materials, showing the general character and layout of the development parcel including the approximate location and density/intensity of uses, the approximate location of parks and open space, the location of existing and proposed streets and alleys, and the relationship of the development to adjacent areas that it may affect.
(c) Building bay shall mean any of a number of principal divisions of a wall, roof, or other part of a building marked off by vertical or crosswise supports.
(d) Block face shall mean the properties abutting on one side of a block.
(e) Building mass shall mean the three-dimensional bulk of a building: height, width, and depth.
(f) Building Scale shall mean the relationship of a particular building, in terms of building mass, to other nearby and adjacent buildings.
(g) Character shall mean those attributes, qualities, and features that make up, distinguish a development project, and give such project a sense of purpose, function, definition, and uniqueness.
(h) Commercial grade equipment shall mean playground and/or picnic/barbeque equipment used and intended for installation in high use areas or public settings, such as parks, or other recreational facilities.
(i) Compatible or Compatibility shall mean the characteristics of different uses or activities or design which allow them to be located near or adjacent to each other in harmony. Some elements affecting compatibility include height, scale, mass, and bulk of structures. Other characteristics that affect compatibility are landscaping, lighting, noise, odor, and architecture. Compatibility does not mean "the same as". Rather, compatibility refers to the sensitivity of development proposals in maintaining the character of existing development.
(j) Connectivity shall mean the ability to be linked between areas, through vehicular and pedestrian transportation systems, including adjacent and proposed residential neighborhoods and schools, parks, trails, shopping and employment areas.
(k) Cornice shall mean a continuous, molded projection that crowns a wall or other construction, or divides it horizontally.
(l) Crushed fines shall mean crushed granite or other similar types of crushed rock, used for the surface of trails.
(m) Dormer shall mean a windowed wall area flanked on both sides by sloping roof areas.
(n) Eave shall mean the projecting edges of a roof overhanging the wall of a building. All eaves shall consist of a minimum of twelve (12) inches, unless otherwise approved by the Planning and Zoning Administrator.
(o) Fenestration shall mean the design, proportioning and arrangement of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
(p) Front facade shall mean the exterior wall(s) of the principal residential building that faces the street from which the building takes access or is addressed. Where the front facade includes walls with different setbacks, that portion of a wall that is closest to the front of the lot, exclusive of garage walls, shall be the point used to determine the front facade.
(q) Garage, front loaded shall mean a private residential garage that is accessed from a street other than an alley. A front-loaded garage may face the street (garage doors parallel to the street) or may turn its side to the street (garage doors perpendicular to the street, sometimes referred to as a "side-loaded" garage).
(r) House model shall mean having different or unique exterior identification features to distinguish one house from another, through the use of exterior materials, including but not limited to elevations, material treatments, front facade placement of windows and doors, garage location and placement, rooflines, number of stories, and color.
(s) Neighborhood identity feature shall mean a place for gathering or recreation, or a design feature or features intended to create a unique character or sense of identity in single- family and two-family, multi-family or mixed use developments.
(t) Oriented shall mean to locate or place a building or structure in a particular direction on a lot or site which shall generally be parallel to the adjacent street.
(u) Parapet shall mean that portion of an exterior wall that rises above the roof.
(v) Pedestrian plaza shall mean an open space that may be improved, landscaped, or paved usually surrounded by buildings or streets and available for pedestrian use.
(w) Perimeter fences and walls shall mean those structures used for screening purposes, which shall be designed to be compatible with the related principal structures or buildings on site, including the same or similar colors and materials used on the related principal structures or buildings. Such screen walls shall not be continued for longer than fifty (50) feet without variation by using changes in height, different material combinations, offset angles, or articulation and shall include similar changes along the top of the wall.
(x) Pilaster shall mean a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a top and base and architecturally treated as a column.
(y) Pocket Park shall mean a park between one-half (1/2) and five (5) acres in size either municipally or privately owned, located internal to developments and providing active or passive recreational opportunities for the residents or business employees and customers of the development.
(z) Porch shall mean a covered platform, usually having a separate roof, at an entrance to a dwelling, an open gallery or room, which is not heated or cooled, and that is attached to the outside of a building.
(aa) Portico shall mean a porch having a roof supported by columns, often leading to the entrance of a building.
(bb) Reflective materials shall mean materials that return light, glare, or radiant heat after striking the surface of the material.
(cc) Rib shall mean any of several members supporting an arch, defining its surfaces or dividing these surfaces into panels.
(dd) Scale shall mean the proportional relationship of the size of the building or structure to its surroundings. (Ord. 65-03. Passed 9-2-03.)