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These words shall have the following meanings for the purposes of this chapter:

A. “Canopy” means a cover over a sidewalk providing protection from the rain, which is constructed of durable, permanent materials.

B. “Director” means the director of the Auburn department of planning and development.

C. “Green roof” means a roof designed with principles of environmental sustainability, involving the use of vegetation and storm water collection and cleaning. It may or may not be accessible.

D. “Health club” means a use that offers exercise and recreational activities for tenants and/or the general public, either with or without a fee.

E. “Parking, below grade” means any portion of a structure containing parking that is located below the average finished grade around a building.

F. “Parking, structured” means parking contained within an enclosed building, designed to appear like it is part of the larger building complex, or a freestanding structure devoted exclusively to above-grade parking.

G. “Performing space” means any interior or exterior area designated for live performing and entertainment.

H. Public art” means any form of painting, mural, mosaic, sculpture, or other work of art, so long as it can be appraised as a work of art and its value as such documented, displayed on the exterior of a building, at or near the pedestrian entrance, or on a public plaza, and visible to users of the public right-of-way at all times.

I. “Public meeting room” means a space that can be used by the general public and having a capacity of at least 50 people. It may operate under a reservation or nominal fee system and must be easily accessible from a lobby or plaza.

J. “Public plaza” means an open space that is visible and accessible to the public at all times, predominantly open to the sky, and for use principally by people, as opposed to merely a setting for the building.

K. “Street level retail” means uses providing goods and services, including food and drink, adjacent to, visible from, and directly accessible from the public sidewalk.

L. “Water feature” means a fountain, cascade, stream, fall, pond of water, or combination thereof, that serves as a focal point, located outside of a building, publicly visible and accessible, and active during daylight hours. (Ord. 6287 § 2, 2010; Ord. 6071 § 6 (Exh. A), 2007.)