§ 33-284.56. Definitions.  


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  • Terms used throughout this Article shall take their commonly accepted meaning unless otherwise defined in Chapter 33 or Chapter 28 of the Code of Miami-Dade County. Terms requiring interpretation specific to this article are as follows:

    (1)

    Anchor Point: The location depicted on the Designated Open Space Plan on which some portion of the required plaza or square must be situated.

    (2)

    Block: A combination of building lots, the perimeter of which abuts streets.

    (3)

    Block face: The right-of-way line or easement line which delineates a block edge.

    (4)

    Build-to line: A line parallel to the block face, along which a building shall be built.

    (5)

    Building Height: A limit to the vertical extent of a building measured in stories above grade. Building height shall be measured in stories from the average elevation of the enfronting curb to the eave line.

    (6)

    Civic Use: Premises used primarily for public education, cultural performances, gatherings and displays administered by non-profit cultural, educational, governmental, and religious organizations.

    (7)

    Clear Zone: An area within the curb radius, which shall be kept clear of all objects to a prescribed height to provide vehicle clearance.

    (8)

    Colonnade: A roofed structure, extending over the sidewalk, open to the street that is supported by columns or piers.

    (9)

    Courtyard Garden: A grade-level garden which may be included as part of the open space requirement and is described in this Article's General Requirements.

    (10)

    Curb Radius: The curved edge of street paving at an intersection, measured at the inside travel edge of the travel lane.

    (11)

    Designated Open Space: Colonnades, Squares, and Plazas as indicated on the Designated Open Space Plan.

    (11.5)

    Electric Vehicle Retail Showroom: Retail showroom for electric vehicles provided that:

    (a)

    No on-site vehicle storage/stock beyond the showroom and vehicles for test drives is allowed: and

    (b)

    No more than six (6) electric vehicles, outside of the showroom, to be used for test drive purposes: and

    (c)

    No test drive shall be conducted on residential local streets (fifty-foot wide rights-of-way): and

    (d)

    Vehicles used for test drives and display in the showroom are not permitted to be sold on-site.

    (12)

    Expression Line: A horizontal line, the full width of a facade, expressed by a material change or by a continuous projection not less than three (3) inches nor more than one (1) foot.

    (13)

    Floorplate: The total indoor and outdoor area of any given story of a building, measured to the exterior of the wall.

    (14)

    Frontage: The property line or lines of a lot which coincide with a right-of-way or other public open space line as shown on the Regulating Plan.

    (15)

    Garden Wall: A wall separating a courtyard garden from a public open space.

    (16)

    Habitable Space: Building space whose use involves human presence with direct view of the enfronting streets or open space, excluding parking garages, self-service storage facilities, warehouses, and display windows separated from retail activity.

    (17)

    Open Space: An outdoor, at grade space which is accessible to the public all or most of the time, including parks, plazas, squares, canal-walks, colonnades, courtyard gardens, paseos (when designed predominantly for pedestrians), and pedestrian paths and/or associated ornamental or shading landscaped areas.

    (18)

    Paseo: A cross-block, primarily pedestrian passage connecting one (1) right-of-way or paseo to another. Paseos shall be designed for pedestrian comfort, but may serve vehicles when minimum standards set forth in this Article are met. Also known as a C Street.

    (19)

    Penthouse: Topmost built area of a building with a floorplate area less than that of the tower below.

    (20)

    Pedestal: The bottom portion of a building that creates the street frontage.

    (21)

    Plaza: An open space with a majority of paved surface. Plazas are fronted with buildings that continue the adjacent street frontage requirements and uses.

    (22)

    Retail Use: Premises used for the exchange of services or goods.

    (23)

    Square: An open space surrounded by streets or other vehicular passages.

    (24)

    Shared Parking: Parking used by more than one (1) use or building.

    (25)

    Storefront: The portion of a building at the first story of a retail frontage that is made available for retail use.

    (26)

    Story: A floor level within a building as described in this Article's General Requirements.

    (27)

    Street: A thoroughfare for the movement of pedestrians and/or vehicles, as provided in this Article.

    (28)

    Streetwall: The vertical surface of a building or structure that faces public open space.

    (29)

    Tower: The middle portion of a building above the pedestal and below the penthouse.

    (30)

    Turnout Radius: the inside turning radius between intersecting travel lanes, which may be independent from the actual curb of the street edge.

(Ord. No. 99-166, § 1, 12-16-99; Ord. No. 09-81, § 1, 9-1-09; Ord. No. 13-41, § 1, 5-7-13)