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

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

“We encourage legislators to learn the facts about Line 3, tour a worksite and meet some of the tribal monitors and the thousands of union workers building Line 3.”

From Seattle Times

Building Line 3 would also enable the emission of as many greenhouse gas emissions as 50 coal-fired power plants.

From The Guardian

Kai noted two red-tailed hawks soaring above the building line along Central Park West, then abruptly stopped midsentence and peered through his binoculars at a yellow-bellied sapsucker and then at a yellow-rumped warbler.

From New York Times