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Entrance: Any access point to a building, portion of a building or facility used for
the purpose of entering. An entrance includes the approach walk, the vertical
access leading to the entrance platform, the entrance platform itself and the
entry door(s) or gate(s).

Exhibit: A space or portable structure used for the display of products or services.
Court
Yard Egress: An exit.
Court
Yard
Facade: The face of a building.
Facility: All or any portion of the buildings, structures, site improvements,
complexes, equipment, roads, walks, passageways, parking lots or other real/
All Sides Bounded Three Sides Bounded personal property located at the site.
Figure-1 Court Yard Definition Fence: A barrier constructed by the use of woods, metals, blocks, bricks, stone
and other materials.
Curb: A raised edge on a roadway, a concrete floor slab or roof accessory.
Floor Height: Distance between designated flooring level and the flooring level of the
DCR: Development Control Regulation. next floor.

Developer: Shall mean the lessee or his authorized agent who submits an Floor Area Ratio/F.A.R: The division of the gross floor area of the building or a
application to the “Authority” on his client’s behalf. number of buildings, by the total plot area.

District: Same as “Zone”. It is an area of land with a particular designated use. Frontage: That portion of a plot that abuts a road.

Driveway: An access to a required off-street parking and loading facility area. Gate/Reference Level: It is the level of the finished floor of the first step of the
entrance at the plot edge.
E.H.S: Environment, Health and Safety Division - TRAKHEES.
Garbage Room: The location of the room to be approved by the Authority, whether
Emirate: Emirate of Dubai. to be within the plot limits or to be within the building enclosure for the purpose
of holding, prior to disposal of, waste generated in the building.
Engineer: The person authorized to prepare the design and/or supervise
construction work from the Authority. Guard’s Room: A room, residential unit or an annex located within the plot limits
or it might be located within the building enclosure with a minimum area of 6.5
Embellishments (Ornaments): Elements added to the building for aesthetic square meters with sanitation facility.
purposes. They are expressive and symbolic.
Guesthouse: An accessory of the building for housing of temporary guests, with
Element: An architectural or mechanical component of a Building / Facility / no kitchen and not intended for rent or lease.
Space or Site.
Gross Area: Is the sum of the floor areas of a building included within the exterior
Elevation: A view showing the image of one side of the building.
walls for all stories or areas that house floor surfaces including attics, basements,
Elevator Lobby: A space allocated for the ingress and egress of people to the penthouses, mechanical room etc.
elevator cars, with the minimum clearance width of 2.4 meters.
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