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UPTOWN D2 DISTRICT FORM-BASED CODE January 26, 2016 Street wall. A masonry wall set back not more than eight inches from the REQUIRED BUILDING LINE which assists in the definition of the sTREET-sPACE in the absence of a building. See the BUILDING ENVELOPE STANDARD fOr height and gate SpeCiflCatl01"1S. Townhouse/Small Apartment Frontage Building. Building form and functions resulting from/as determined by the BUILDING ENVELOPE STANDARDS IndlCated On thS REGULATING PLAN. Tree lawn. A continuous strip of soil area-typically covered with grass, other vegetation, bridging pavement, or sometimes porous pavers-located between the back of curb and the sidewalk, and used for planting sTREET TREES and configured to foster healthy STREET TREE root systems. TREE LAwN dimensions are specified in the street type specification. Use, Civic. Community uses including: meeting halls; libraries; schools; police and fire stations; post offices (RETAIL operations only, no primary distribution facilities); places of worship; museums; cultural, visual and performing art centers; transit centers; government functions open to the public; and, other similar uses. Use, Commerce. COMMERCE uses shall be considered to encompass all of the by-right and special uses included in the NMU and GMU zoning districts of the City of Portsmouth Zoning, and all of the civic usES defined above, except transit centers. Use, Light Industrial. For the purpose of this Code, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL US2S shall be considered to encompass all of the uses allowed by-right and with a special use permit in the IL zoning districts of the City of Portsmouth Zoning Ordinance. Use, Residential. RESIDENTIAL uses shall be considered to encompass all of the uses allowed by-right and with a special use permit in the RESIDENTIAL zoning districts as defined in the NR, GR, UR, and UR-H zoning districts City of Portsmouth Zoning Ordinance. Use, Retail. Includes the following: Retail sales Establishments wherein the primary use is the sale of merchandise for use or consumption by the immediate purchaser. Retail service. Establishments providing services, as opposed to products, to the general public, including restaurants, hotels and motels, finance, real estate and insurance, travel agencies, health and educational services, and galleries; as well as personal services as defined in the City of Portsmouth Zoning. Workshop Frontage Building. Building form and functions resulting from/as determined by the BUILDING ENVELOPE STANDARDS IndlCated On the REGULATING PLAN. 80