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Loading Space: An area used for loading or unloading of vehicles, located
entirely on private property with a minimum vertical clearance of 4.0 meters and
provided with permanent independent access.
Main Building: Building used for the main or prime functional use within the plot.
Marked Crossing: A crosswalk or other identified path intended for pedestrian
use in crossing a vehicular way.
Mechanical Services Floor: Floor allocated fully for accommodating mechanical
and electrical equipment required for the building. Part thereof neither shall be
permitted for another purpose nor shall not be included in calculating the floor
ratio.
Motel: A building or part of a development / building containing no less than
10 bedrooms and thus providing board and lodging for a fee with a number of
shared bathrooms.
Neighborhood (surroundings): Any adjacent piece of land excluding roads and
alleyways.
Net Area: The floor area within the inside perimeter of the outside walls of a
building considering the deductions for hallways, stairs, closets, thickness of
interior walls, columns or other features.
N.O.C.: No Objection Certificate.
Occupancy: The purpose for which a building or portion thereof is used or
intended to be used.
Office: A workstation with a minimum area of 10.0 square meters.
Off Street Parking: An area of open land other than a road used or intended to
be used to provide space for the parking of motor vehicles. This includes parking
spaces, loading spaces, maneuvering aisles and other areas providing access to
parking or loading spaces.
O.T.S.: Open to Sky
Owner: Natural or corporate person in whose name the plot of land or building is
registered whether in his / its capacity as landlord or possessor or tenant.
Pantry: A place for preparing light snacks and should not replace the kitchen in
the residential units.
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Parcel: Any contiguous areas, sites, plots or portions of land under common
ownership.
People With Disability: Refer to related Trakhees-CED Codes.
Permanent Building: A building or structure that is intended to remain in place
for at least one calender year for a permanent use and constructed by non-
demountable structural elements.
Platform: The raised area within a building used for the presentation of music
plays or other entertainment.
Plot: A piece or parcel of land separated from other parcels by a specific number
and location, being occupied by a legally permissible project or development.
Plot Area: The total area of a plot within the plot limits as measured on a
horizontal plane.
Plot Frontage: The front of a plot shall be construed to be the portion nearest to
the street for determining requirements on corner plots and through plots. All
sides of a plot adjacent to streets shall be considered frontage.
Private Garages: An enclosed accessory building attached or detached to
be used for storage of motor vehicles used by the occupants of the principal
building.
Project: The construction of a permanent building, or any other civil work on a
leased property including any modifications or installations in pre-built facilities.
Public Use: Describes interior / exterior rooms or spaces that are made available
to the general public. Public use may be provided at a building/facility that is
privately or publicly owned.
Public Utility: Any person, firm, corporation, municipal board duly authorized
under the Emirates’ regulations to supply public electricity, gas, steam,
communications, water, drainage, flood control, irrigation, garbage / trash
disposal / sewage disposal.
Regulations: “Building Regulations & Design Guidelines” and other regulations
issued by the “Authority”.
Road Demarcation: The legal line separating the road or street and the plot
abutting, also known as the edge of the road.
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