building line

noun

1. (on a building lot) a line within, or coinciding with, the property line, beyond which it is illegal to build.

building line

noun

1. the boundary line along a street beyond which buildings must not project

Example Sentences

Positioned along the route, Jodi Singsime and her family pulled themselves away from the curb, back toward the building line.

From Washington Post

Save to this extent, no power is given by the general law to a district council to prescribe a building line.

From Project Gutenberg

Mechanics of all descriptions, and particularly those in the building line, are much wanted here, and in other towns in Michigan.

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The main building line is withdrawn from the lower, or southerly front, to extend the façade on that side.

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At the south end of this passage was a door leading to the dairy-house, which was on the building line 150 feet away.

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The house was to be on the building line, and both Polly and I thought it should have attractive features.

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