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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

You'd be surprised at the number of people in the building line anxious to oblige me.

From The Roll-Call by Bennett, Arnold