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-2- right to extend a building or any part thereof without special permission and approval of the proper authorities. Frontage is the width of a lot or building site measured on the line separating it from a public street or way. Natural Water Way as mentioned in this code shall mean any natural passageway in the surface of the earth so situated and having such a topographical nature that surface water flows through it from other areas before reaching a final ponding area. The term also means to include any and all drainage structures that have been constructed or placed for the purpose of conducting water from one place to another. Owner includes his duly authorized agent or attorney in fact, a purchaser, divisee, fiduciary and a person having a vested interest in the property in question. Zoning is the reservation of certain specified areas within the municipality for buildings and structures for certain purposes with other limitations such as height, lot coverage and other stipulated requirements. Corner Lots is the lot or lots within a plat and situated at the corners thereof so that they are bounded on two sides by streets. This term applies to any lot within the plat at street intersections and bounded on two sides by streets. Out -Lots are those which are so situated within the boundaries of a block that the:side line coincides with back lines of a lot or lots facing another street. Double Frontage Lots are those which have a front line abutting on one street and a back lot or rear line abutting on another street. Reserve Strips are narrow strips of land usually withheld from the street right-of-way to form a barrier between certain property and the public street or thoroughfare. Lot is a portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended for building development or for transfer of ownership. Design Standards are the specifications to landowners or subdividers for the preparation of preliminary plans indicating among other things the optimum minimum or maximum dimensions of such features as rights -of -ways and blocks, as set forth in Section 4C, Preliminary Plan is a tentative map or plan of a proposed subdivision as described in Section A. Final Plat is a map or plan of a subdivision and any accompanying material, as described in Section 19. Street is a public or private right-of-way which affords primary access by pedestrians and vehicles to abutting properties, whether designated as a street, avenue, highway, road, boulevard, lane or however otherwise designated.