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ή 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). ή 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. ή 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. ή 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. ή 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. ή 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. ή Lot line, rear. The lot line most nearly parallel to and most remote from the front lot line. ή Lot line, side. Lot lines other than front or rear lot lines. On a corner lot, the longest street lot line shall be a side lot line. ή Lot, interior. A lot other than a corner or reversed corner lot. ή Lot, reversed corner. A corner lot, the rear of which abuts upon the side of another lot whether across an alley or not. ή Lot of record. A lot existing as of April 10th, 1993, date of this Code or approved by the city as a lot subsequent to such date, and includes non-conforming lots. ή Lot, shoreline. A lot having one (1) or more lot lines fronting on public waters. ή Lot, through. A lot that has a pair of opposite lot lines abutting two (2) substantially parallel streets, and which is not a corner lot. On a through lot, the determination of whether the street frontage is to be considered a front yard or rear yard shall be as subject to the provisions of this Code. ή Lot width. The mean horizontal distance between the side lot lines at the minimum front setback line.