London By-law PS-6, s. 1.1 — In this by-law,

In this by-law,

“building” means any permanent structure used or intended to be used for the shelter, accommodation or enclosure of persons, animals or goods, but shall not include a lawful boundary wall or fence; “City” means The Corporation of the City of London; “corner lot” means a lot situated at the intersection of and abutting upon two streets, or upon two parts of the same street, the adjacent sides of which street or streets, (or, in the case of a curved corner, the tangents at the street extremities of the side lot lines) contain an angle of not more than 135 degrees. In the case of a curved corner, the corner of the building lot shall be that point on the lot line abutting a street nearest to the point of intersection of the said tangents; “corner visibility triangle” means a triangular area formed within a corner lot by the intersecting lot lines abutting the streets or the projections thereof and a straight line connecting them 5.4 metres (17.7 feet) from their point of intersection; “Council” means the Council of the City; “driveway visibility triangle” means a triangular area formed by the intersection of the lateral limit of the travelled portion of a driveway and the street line or sidewalk (if existing) or the projections thereof, and a straight line connecting them 2.7 metres ( 8.9 feet) from their point of intersection; “effective ground level” means the highest level of the ground within 1.0 m (3 ft 3

• in) horizontally in any direction from the point being considered; “fence” includes a railing, wall, line of posts, wire, gate, boards, pickets or other similar substances, used to enclose or divide in whole or in part a yard or other land, to establish a property boundary, or to provide privacy; and includes any hedge or grouping of shrubs used for the same purpose located in corner visibility triangle or driveway visibility triangle; “height” means the distance measured from the effective ground level where the fence posts are embedded to the top of the said fence or posts; provided that where a fence is located on top of a retaining wall, "height” means the vertical distance measured between the top of the retaining wall and the highest point of the fence or posts; “lot line” means the line formed by the boundary of any lot; “Officer” means a Municipal Law Enforcement Officer whose duties include the enforcement of this by-law, and a Police Officer; “privacy screen” means a visual barrier used to shield any part of a yard from view from any adjacent parcel or highway; “residential zone“ means any land zoned Residential under the City’s zoning by-law; “yard” means an open, uncovered space on a lot appurtenant to a building and unoccupied by buildings or structures; “Zoning By-law” means any by-law administered by the City passed pursuant to section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, or a predecessor or successor thereof, as may be amended from time to time.