A year-round housing unit which shall not exceed 600 square feet of living area, with cooking facilities, sanitary facilities, and an independent means of access.

An assisted living facility shall be a facility which provides long term housing opportunities for individuals of age restricted category which facilities shall provide in addition to a basic living unit, medical, nursing, and related facilities which may be required by the residents therein to afford them the opportunity to obtain assistance when needed while preserving their basic living unit during the time that any additional medical, nursing, or related services are required. For purposes of this chapter assisted care units shall not be institutional in character. They shall be designed to be residential in character and adhere to the standards established in this section.

A regularly repeated unit on a building elevation defined by columns, pilasters, or other vertical elements, or defined by a given number of windows or openings.

Those structures fronting on one or both sides of a roadway and located between the two nearest points of intersection of said roadway or between the nearest point of intersection and the terminus of the roadway. Lanes and alleys shall not constitute an intersection.

A broad street, highway, avenue, or road, often lined with trees.

An area within a property or site, generally adjacent to and parallel with the property line, either consisting of existing natural vegetation or created by the use of trees, shrubs, berms, and/or fences, and designed to limit views and sounds from the subject property to adjacent properties and vice versa.

The alignment, which dictates the front yard primary facade setback from the street or public right-of-way, to be followed by buildings or structures fronting thereon. For the purposes of the within section a minimum of 50% of the facades effected must meet the build-to line. The build-to line does not apply to building projections or recesses above the first floor.

Horizontal molding projecting along the top part of a wall.

A small roof tower, usually rising from the roof ridge.

Garages constructed on residential lots, which are not attached to the principal residence except by pergolas, indoor or outdoor connecting corridors or the like.

A projecting flat horizontal member or molding.

The part of the end wall of a building between the eaves and a pitched or gambrel roof.

A component of common open space, comprised of one or more parcels with a minimum area of 500 square feet, of a distinct geometric shape, and adjoining a public right-of-way on at least one side.

A narrow right-of-way located through the interior of blocks and providing vehicular and service access to the side or rear of properties.

A line of communication, such as a pathway, arcade, bridge, lane, etc., linking two areas or neighborhoods which are either distinct or separated by a physical feature (e.g. a railroad line, major arterial) or a natural feature (e.g. a river, stream).

A horizontal beam over an opening in a masonry wall, either structural or decorative.

A building containing more than one use including multistory structures with commercial/retail on the ground level, and apartment dwellings or offices on the upper levels. Such buildings shall vary in terms of footprint and architectural elevations. In a three-story building, the second floor may contain either apartment dwellings or commercial uses. In no case shall there be more than three residential apartment units per structure. Commercial uses can be mixed and integrated with dwelling units and public and semi-public uses, community clubs, and community facilities.

An interconnected system of streets and avenues which is primarily a geometric/rectangular grid in pattern, however, modified in street layout and block shape as to avoid a monotonous repetition of the basic street/block grid pattern. Streets and avenues should be limited to a maximum length of 400 to 800 feet in length without visual terminations.

A column partially embedded in a wall.

An open sided structure attached to a building sheltering an entrance or serving as a semi-enclosed space.

Balconies, stoops, open porches, decks, bay windows, raised doorways, chimneys, and awnings projecting from the front facade may lie within the front yard no closer than 10 feet from the property line, and projecting from the side facade lie within the side yard no closer than three feet from the property line. Front steps may lie within the front yard no closer than five feet from the property line. Garages, decks, carports, pergolas, porches, patios, arbors and balconies in the rear yard must maintain a minimum three-foot sideyard setback and a minimum five-foot rear yard setback. Swimming pools must maintain a minimum seven-foot setback from side and rear property lines and permitted setback encroachments must be included in the maximum impervious coverage calculation for any lot.