building line

American  

noun

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

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building line British  

noun

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

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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 • Nov. 22, 2021

More than just building line chemistry, or as Hakstol has referred to it, camaraderie, the finale also was the last chance to build in systems before the games matter.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2021

Its vertical slab interrupts the building line along East 54th Street.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most developers wish the state would simply decree a building line.

From Time Magazine Archive

This done they drove other nails in each batter board six inches outside of the building line to locate the outside of the footing, and removed the lines to these nails.

From Hidden Treasure by Simpson, John Thomas