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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.


building line British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

The main building line is withdrawn from the lower, or southerly front, to extend the façade on that side. 

From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney

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