Miami - Dade County |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 33. ZONING |
ARTICLE XXXIII(I). - DOWNTOWN KENDALL URBAN CENTER DISTRICT |
§ 33-284.56. Definitions.
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)