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Buffer. The use of land, topography, difference in elevation, space, fences or landscape plantings to screen or partially screen a use or property from another use or property or to shield or mitigate noise, lights or other impacts. Buffer Yard. A strip of land utilized to screen or partially screen a use or property from another use or property or to shield or mitigate noise, lights, or other impacts. Buildable Area. The portion of a lot remaining after yards have been provided. Buildable Land, Contiguous. Land area occurring within the property lines of a parcel or lot excluding wetlands and/or water bodies. Building. Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of any individual, animal, process, equipment, goods or materials of any kind or nature. Building Coverage. The horizontal area measured within the outside of the exterior walls and supporting columns of the ground floor of all principal and accessory buildings on a lot. Building Height. The vertical distance above a reference datum measured to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof or to the deck line of a mansard roof or to the average height of the highest gable of a pitched or hipped roof. The reference datum shall be selected by either of the following, whichever yields a greater height of building: 1. The elevation of the highest adjoining sidewalk or ground surface within a five (5) foot horizontal distance of the exterior wall of the building when such sidewalk or ground surface is not more than ten (10) feet above lowest grade. 2. An elevation ten (10) feet higher than the lowest grade when the sidewalk or ground surface described in Item 1 above is more than ten (10) feet above lowest grade. The height of a stepped or terraced building is the maximum height of any segment of the building. Building Line. A line parallel to a lot line or the ordinary high water level at the required setback beyond which a structure may not extend. Building, Pole. Any structure possessing the following characteristics: structural wood poles or timbers buried in ground without footings or with individual footings; metal wall coverings hung in a manner that the wall coverings provide structural support for the wood frame. Such definition shall not include or apply Lino Lakes Zoning Ordinance Title / Application / Rules 1-14