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City of Arden Hills Chapter 13 Zoning Code Subd. 93 Landscaping. Plantings such as trees, grass, shrubs. Subd. 94 Loading area. Any area where trucks are maneuvered and parked, for the purposes of loading or unloading products, materials or equipment. Subd. 95 Lot. A parcel of land described by metes and bounds measurement, reference to a registered land survey, plat, record of survey map, or other means, and separated from other parcels or portions by said description, and which is occupied by, or is suitable under this Code and other applicable ordinances for occupancy by one (1) principal building, or used - together with any accessory buildings or uses and such open spaces as are required by this Code. Subd. 96 Lot area. The total site area within the lot lines. Subd. 97 Lot area, net buildable. The space remaining on a lot after the minimum landscape area, open space and setback requirements of this Code have been met. Subd. 98 Lot area per family. The lot area per family is the lot area required by this Code to be provided for each family in a dwelling. Subd. 99 Lot, buildable portion of. (Building Envelope) The area of a lot on which a principal structure may be placed. The portion of a lot remaining after the minimum building setbacks have been met. (Lot area, net buildable, is more limiting as other deductions are included). Subd. 100 Lot, corner. A lot situated at and abutting on the intersection of two (2) or more streets having an angle of intersection of not more than one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees. A lot abutting upon a curve street shall be deemed a corner lot if the tangents to the curve at its point of beginning within the lot or at the points of intersection of the side lot lines with the street line intersect at the interior angle of less than one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees. A corner lot shall maintain front yard requirements for each street frontage. Subd. 101 Lot coverage. The total allowable amount of lot area, expressed as a percentage, which may be covered by a principal use and its accessory structures. Subd. 102 Lot depth. The mean horizontal distance between the mean front road and the mean rear lot line. The greater frontage of a corner lot is its depth, and its lesser frontage is its width. Subd. 103 Lot line. A property boundary line of any lot held in single or separate ownership or separately described; except that where any portion of the lot extends into the abutting street or alley, the lot line shall be deemed to be the street or alley line. Subd. 104 Lot line, front. The boundary of a lot abutting a street. On a corner lot, the shortest street lot line shall be the front lot line. Subd. 105 Lot line, rear. The lot line most nearly parallel to and most remote from the front lot line. Page 10 of 84