90.04.010 General.

For the purpose of this specific plan, certain terms used herein are defined as follows. Where this specific plan is silent the Coronado Municipal Code shall prevail.

90.04.020 Architectural features.

“Architectural features” may include eaves, rakes, fireplace chimneys, bay windows, corbels, copings, abutments, veneers, caps, cornices, awnings, hoods, canopies, planters, oriels, and unenclosed balconies.

“Architectural features” shall not extend to the ground or increase the gross floor area.

90.04.030 Basement.

“Basement” means a story partly underground and having one-half or more of its height below the average level of the adjoining ground. A basement occupied only for parking storage or heating or other building accessories shall be designated as a cellar and shall not be considered to be a story.

90.04.040 Building height.

The height of a building shall be measured vertically from the top of the crown in the street at mid-point of building, as constructed by the original developer in front of the building, to the highest point of the structure, excluding chimneys, except for custom homes described in Chapter 90.06 CMC, which shall be measured from the top of the coping or cap on the bulkhead, as constructed by the original developer, to the highest point of the structure excluding chimneys.

90.04.050 Developer.

“Developer” means the original grantee of the Coronado Cays from the City of Coronado and/or his successors and assigns.

90.04.060 Ell.

See “Wing or ell.”

90.04.070 Garage, one-story.

“One-story garage” means that portion of a private garage between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the ceiling or roof above.

90.04.080 Garage, private.

“Private garage” means an accessory to, or a portion of, a main building, used or designed for use only for the shelter and/or storage of operable passenger vehicles or trucks of not more than one ton rated capacity, owned or operated by occupants of the main building, including usable space (including storage areas, workshops, and similar areas, as long as the area is not more than 50 percent separated by a wall) and convenient ingress and egress thereto.

90.04.090 Green area.

“Green area” means a lot within a subdivision, used for landscaping and/or recreational purposes, owned by an association and/or residents of the subdivision or project. Green areas are created for nonresidential use for the benefit of the residents, and shall be maintained by them.

90.04.100 Hedge.

“Hedge” means a fence or boundary formed by a dense row of shrubs or trees.

90.04.110 Story.

“Story” means that portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there be no floor above it, then the space between such floor and the ceiling next above it.

90.04.120 Sun shade or patio structure.

A “sun shade or patio structure” is a one-story structure partly or completely covered by a roof, and with a least one-half of its perimeter walls completely open on one or more of its sides, and which is designated to be used as a shelter for recreational or outdoor living purposes accessory to a single-family dwelling. The structure shall not include vehicle or other storage structures. It may be either freestanding or attached to a main or accessory building.

90.04.130 Waterway.

“Waterway” means a navigable body of water from the face of a bulkhead to the face of any other bulkhead.

90.04.140 Wing or ell.

“Wing or ell” means apart or feature projecting from and subordinate to the main or central part of the main dwelling, containing one or more rooms of the dwelling.

90.04.150 Yard.

“Yard” means an open space on a lot on which a building is situated and, except as otherwise provided in applicable provisions of this specific plan, is unoccupied or unobstructed from the ground to the sky. When a yard dimension is given, it represents the minimum horizontal distance between the lot line from which the distance must be measured and a line parallel to said lot line.

A. Front Yard. A yard across the full width of the lot, and extending from the front lot line to a line parallel thereto, which passes through the nearest portion of that main building which is closest to said front lot line, excepting those projections of a main building permitted in a front yard by other sections of these provisions.

B. Rear Yard. A yard extending across the full width of the lot, and measured between the rear lot line of the lot and the nearest rear portion of that main building which is closest to said rear lot line, excepting those projections of a main building permitted in a rear yard by other sections of these provisions.

C. Side Yard. A yard on each side of the building and extending from the front yard to the rear yard of said lot, and located between the side lot line and the main buildings; the measured distance of which yard shall represent the shortest distance between the side line of the lot and that portion of the main building nearest said side line from which measurement is taken, excepting those projections of a main building permitted in a side yard by other sections of these provisions.