32-301 - Definitions

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024

Definitions specifically applicable to this Chapter are set forth in this Section. The definitions of other defined terms are set
forth in Section 12-10 (DEFINITIONS), except where explicitly stated otherwise in individual provisions in this Chapter.


Blank wall

A “blank wall” shall be a #street wall#, or portions thereof, 50 feet or more in width, which contains no transparent element
between #curb level# and 12 feet above #curb level#.


Ground floor level

The “ground floor level” shall refer to a #building’s# lowest #story# where the level of the finished floor is located within five
feet of the adjoining sidewalk.


Minimum qualifying depth

The “minimum qualifying depth” shall refer to the minimum depth to which #ground floor level# #use# or parking wrap
regulations apply. Such restrictions shall apply to a minimum depth of 30 feet, as measured perpendicular to the #ground floor
level# #street wall# facing the applicable #street# frontage. However, within such depth, vertical circulation cores and associated
egress paths, as well as structural or other building infrastructure elements associated with upper #stories# of the #building#,
shall be permitted obstructions.
Tier A street frontage

A “Tier A street frontage” shall be any portion of the #ground floor level# #street# frontage of a #zoning lot# in C1 or C2
Districts, C4 through C7 Districts, or M1 Districts paired with a #Residence District#, that is not a #Tier B# or #Tier C street
frontage#.


Tier B street frontage

A “Tier B street frontage” shall be any portion of the #ground floor level# #street# frontage of a #zoning lot# in the #special
streetscape area# that is located within C1 or C2 Districts, C4 through C7 Districts, or M1 Districts paired with a #Residence
District#.


Tier C street frontage

A “Tier C street frontage” shall be that portion of the #ground floor level# #street# frontage of a #zoning lot# along a #street#
specifically designated as such in a Special Purpose District or other streetscape provision of this Resolution.


Impeded access frontage

An “impeded access frontage” shall refer to #zoning lot# frontages along a #transportation-infrastructure-adjacent
frontage# where direct vehicular or pedestrian access to areas beyond such infrastructure is inaccessible from all #streets#
bounding the #block# containing the subject #zoning lot#.
                                   DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING IMPEDED ACCESS FRONTAGE