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LOT Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory buildings, together with such open spaces as are required, having not less than the minimum area, width and depth required for a lot in the district in which such land is situated and having frontage on a street or other means of access as may be determined by the Planning Board to be adequate as a condition of the issuance of a building permit for a building on such land. LOT FRONTAGE The distance measured across the width of the lot at the front lot line or the proposed building front line. LOT, CORNER A lot located at the junction of and fronting on two or more intersecting streets. All corner lots shall be deemed to have two front yards, two side yards and no rear yard. NONRESIDENTIAL USE All uses of land and buildings except single-family and two-family dwellings. OPEN SPACE That portion of a lot that is open, unobstructed and unoccupied from the ground upward and includes permeable walkways not used by vehicles, landscaping, uncovered patios, and uncovered recreation facilities. Recreation buildings may be included as part of a common open space. OWNER An individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, corporation, or company holding title to the property. PARAPET WALL That portion of a building wall that rises above the level of the roof. PARKING AREA OR LOT An off-street area containing one or more parking spaces, with passageways and driveways appurtenant thereto. PARKING FACILITY Includes all required off-street parking spaces, loading areas, stacking spaces, aisles, driveways and landscaping as required in this chapter. PARKING SPACE An off-street space used for the temporary location of one licensed motor vehicle, not including access driveways. PAVING Ground surface covered with materials including but not limited to cobblestones, clay-fired bricks, concrete precast paver units, poured concrete with or without decorative surface materials, blacktop, or other asphaltic or rubber mixture which may include sand or gravel as an ingredient and which creates a hard surface. A graded natural surface or one covered with rolled stone or overlaid with loose gravel is not considered a paved surface. PEDESTRIAN-ORIENTED