Chapter 1 General Provisions Part 2 Definitions

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Bakeries -Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of bakery products. The products may be purchased from others or made on the premises.

Bank -Business establishment that provides financial services, including uses known as a savings and loan, credit union, loan company or investment company.

Barber Shops and Beauty Salons - Establishments for either men or women or both men and women primarily engaged in furnishing beauty, grooming or hairdressing services.

Basement -An area below the first floor, having its floor subgrade below ground level on all sides but no more than one-half of its height abovegrade, used for storage space by occupants of the building, janitor or watchman quarters, or other utilities common to the rest of the building. A basement used for the above purposes shall not be counted as a story.

Basement (Finished) - A basement (or a portion of a basement) in or for which the distance between the floor and the ceiling is at least seven feet, the floor is covered by wood, tile, brick or carpeting, electrical wiring is provided and hidden from view such as by placement behind walls or above ceiling tiles, and from which furnaces and water heaters are screened from view.

Bed and Breakfast Inn - The use of a residential structure by a resident thereof as a small inn which provides eight (8) or fewer temporary rooms (not including kitchen facilities) for hire to short term guests, and includes a breakfast for the guest or guests at a daily fixed price for the room and breakfast.

Berm (or Earth Mound) - Earth contoured so as to form a mound above the general elevation of the adjacent ground or surface.

Bicycle Lane - A portion of a roadway which has been designated by striping, signing and pavement markings for the preferential or exclusive use of bicycles.

Bicycle Path - A bikeway physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an open space or barrier. located either within the highway right of way or within an independent right of way. See also "Shared Use Path"

Billboard - (Refer to Chapter 8.)

Block - One or more lots existing within well-defined and fixed boundaries, usually being an area surrounded by streets or other physical barriers.

Block Face - The frontage on a public street located between intersecting public streets.

Blue Line Stream, Solid - A steam defined and designated as such on 7 1/ 2 minute quadrangle topographic maps published by the U. S. Geologic Survey.

Blue Line Stream, Intermittent - A steam defined and designated as such on 7 1/ 2 minute quadrangle topographic maps published by the U. S. Geologic Survey.

Board of Adjustment -The Louisville or Jefferson County Board of Zoning Adjustment, or successor body.

Boarding and Lodging House - Use of a residential structure by an occupant thereof to provide, for compensation and by prearrangement for definite periods, meals or lodging or both are provided for no more than 8 persons not members of the provider's family, and not constituting a bed and breakfast inn. (See "family".)

Brownfield - Potential development site that has existing public water and sewers but has some level of environmental impediment to re-development.

Buffer (or Buffering) - Man-made or natural materials or open space having the effect of ameliorating the adverse effects of a land use upon adjoining or nearby land uses and enhancing the compatibility of the use with such adjoining or nearby land uses.

Buffer yard - A unit of land, together with a specified type and amount of planting and any structures thereon, which may be required between land uses to eliminate or minimize conflicts between land uses.

Build-To-Line - The line at which construction of a building façade is to occur on a lot, running parallel to the front property line without setback, and thus ensuring a uniform (or more or less even) building façade line on the street.

Buildable Area - The portion of a lot not included within the required setback lines or other required open space areas.

Buildable Width -The width of that Part of a lot between the required side yard lines.

Building - Any permanent structures designed or built for the support, shelter or protection of persons, animals, chattel or property of any kind. This term includes mobile homes, but does not include awnings, canopies, or similar structures. In these regulations reference to buildings includes structures.

Building Envelope -The specific area(s) of a lot, lots, or development site within which the proposed development (including buildings, accessory structures, and driveways) may be constructed and within which all development activity shall be contained.

Building Footprint - The outline of the total area covered by a building’s perimeter at the ground level.

Building Height -The vertical distance from the ground level to the highest point of a structure. (Refer to section 5.1.7 K for height measurement procedures.)

Building Limit Line - A line delineating the buildable area of the lot, that may correspond with or be more restrictive than the required yards of the applicable form district.

Building Official -The Chief Building Official of Jefferson County, City of Louisville or other municipality with authority to issue building permits.

Building Permit - Any building or construction permit required under the Building Code in effect for the applicable jurisdiction.

Building Plane - An exterior flat or level surface of a building, such as a building wall.

Building Restriction Line - A line following the rear of any required yard setback, establishing the minimum allowable distance between the nearest portion of any building and the lot line when measured perpendicularly thereto. When a proposed right-of-way line or street centerline setback is shown in the Major Thoroughfare Plan, the Building Restriction Line is determined by combining all applicable right-of-way line requirements and specific yard requirements.

Building Site - Any group of one or more lot(s) or parcel(s) occupied or intended for development as a unit, whether or not as Part of a larger Development Site.

Business and Career Schools - A post-secondary educational institution for office-type careers that utilizes only such equipment as is customary to such office use.