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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 1-309 “Lot line” to “Motel”.">
  <section prefix="§" num="1-309" heading="“Lot line” to “Motel”.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Lot line; Property line.">“Lot line” or “property line” means the line bounding a lot.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Lot line: Corner-side.">“Lot line: Corner-side” means the lot line that:<para num="(1)">is not a front lot line; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">coincides with:<para num="(i)">the right-of-way line of an existing or dedicated public street; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">where no public street exists, the right-of-way line of a public or private way.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Lot line: Front.">“Lot line: Front” means the lot line that coincides with:<para num="(1)">the right-of-way line of an existing or dedicated public street from which the property derives its address; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">where no public street exists, the right-of-way line of a public or private way from which the property derives its address.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Lot line: Interior-side.">“Lot line: Interior-side” means a lot line that does not adjoin a street and is not a rear lot line.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Lot line: Rear.">“Lot line: Rear” means the lot line that is most distant from and opposite the front lot line.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Lot line: Side.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Lot line: Side” means a lot line that is neither a front lot line nor a rear lot line.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Lot line: Side” includes an interior-side lot line and a corner-side lot line.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Lot: Through.">“Lot: Through” means a lot that extends between 2 streets (but not alleys) with vehicular access on both streets.</para>
    <para num="(h)" heading="Lot width.">“Lot width” means the horizontal distance between side lot lines, as measured along the front lot line.</para>
    <para num="(h-1)" heading="Lounge.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Lounge” means a business establishment that:<para num="(i)">is open to the general public;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">is designed or operated primarily to accommodate social gatherings; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">does not serve or permit the on-site consumption of alcohol.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Exclusions.">“Lounge” does not include any of the following uses:<para num="(i)">adult use;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">banquet hall;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">carry-out food shop;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">entertainment: indoor;</para>
        <para num="(v)">entertainment: live;</para>
        <para num="(vi)">lodge or social club; or</para>
        <para num="(vii)">restaurant.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(i)" heading="Luminaire.">“Luminaire” means a complete lighting unit that extends from a support structure, parallel to the ground, and consists of a light source and all necessary mechanical, electrical, and decorative parts.</para>
    <para num="(j)" heading="Marina.">“Marina” means any facility designed to moor, berth, launch, or store 5 or more watercraft, whether as a principal use or an accessory use.</para>
    <para num="(k)" heading="Marina: Accessory.">“Marina: Accessory” means a marina that is used exclusively for the benefit of the occupants of properties within 300 feet of a marina entrance.</para>
    <para num="(l)" heading="Marina: Dry storage.">“Marina: Dry storage” means a marina that provides for the long-term dry storage of recreational watercraft in racks or other storage systems.</para>
    <para num="(m)" heading="Marina: Recreational.">“Marina: Recreational” means a facility that provides for the lease or purchase of 5 or more in-water moorings, wet slips, or dry docking for recreational watercraft.</para>
    <para num="(n)" heading="Marina entrance.">“Marina entrance” means the point at which pedestrian access is provided from land to marina docks.</para>
    <para num="(o)" heading="Marine terminal.">“Marine terminal” means that part of a port or harbor with facilities for docking, cargo-handling, and storage.</para>
    <para num="(p)" heading="Maritime-dependent industrial.">&lt;em&gt;See &lt;/em&gt;“Industrial: Maritime-dependent”.</para>
    <para num="(q)" heading="Master Plan.">&lt;em&gt;See&lt;/em&gt; “Comprehensive Master Plan”.</para>
    <para num="(r)" heading="Materials recovery facility.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Materials recovery facility” means, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a facility that:<para num="(i)">collects, sorts, grades, or processes solid waste to remove recyclable and reusable materials such as paper, cans, aluminum scrap, metal, glass, and plastics; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">processes solid waste to alter its volume or its chemical or physical characteristics to produce a marketable product.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Exclusions.">“Materials recovery facility” does not include:<para num="(i)">any facility that is licensed by the State or City as a junk dealer, scrap-metal processor, or scrap-metal dealer; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">any junk or scrap storage and yard.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(s)" heading="Medical clinic.">&lt;em&gt;See&lt;/em&gt; “Health-care clinic”.</para>
    <para num="(t)" />
    <para num="(u)" heading="Mini-warehouse.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Mini-warehouse” means a facility in which:<para num="(i)">renters store and control personal property in individual storage spaces; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">no commercial transactions are conducted, other than the rental of storage units.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Mini-warehouse” includes accessory outdoor storage and retail sales of packing, moving, and storage supplies.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(v)" heading="Motel.">&lt;em&gt;See &lt;/em&gt;“Hotel; motel”.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 17-015</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 17-056</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 18-216</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
