Downtown Form-Based Code

September 19, 2016

Part 9. Definitions

DFD 901. Defined Terms

The following terms are defined for the purpose of this Code. Terms not defined here may be defined elsewhere in the City of Overland Park Zoning Ordinance. In such case, the definition contained in the Zoning Ordinance shall be used. Certain terms in this Code are used in very specific ways, often excluding some of the meanings of common usage. Where there is an apparent conflict or contradiction, the definition herein shall prevail.

Shopfront (Storefront). That portion of the Ground Story Façade Fenestration intended for marketing or merchandising of Commerce uses and allowing visibility between the sidewalk and the interior space. For Regulating Plan designated General Urban and General Storefront frontages, the Shopfront (including the window glass and supporting structure - frames, sills, muntins, mullions, lintels, etc., whose vertical framing elements are not more that 7 inches in cross section) may encroach up to 2 feet into the dooryard. Shopfronts have a minimum 50% Fenestration level.

Effective on: 1/1/1901