STREET

A STREET is:

(a) a way shown on the City Map; or

(b) a way designed or intended for general public use, connecting two ways shown on the City Map, that:

(1) performs the functions usually associated with a way shown on the City Map;
(2) is at least 50 feet in width throughout its entire length; and
(3) is covenanted by its owner to remain open and unobstructed throughout the life of any BUILDING or USE that depends thereon to satisfy any requirement of this Resolution; or

(c) any other open area intended for general public use and providing a principal means of approach for vehicles or pedestrians from a way shown on the City Map to a BUILDING OR OTHER STRUCTURE that:

(1) performs the functions usually associated with a way shown on the City Map;
(2) is at least 50 feet in width throughout its entire length;
(3) is approved by the City Planning Commission as a STREET to satisfy any requirement of this Resolution; and
(4) is covenanted by its owner to remain open and unobstructed throughout the life of any BUILDING or USE that depends thereon to satisfy any requirement of this Resolution; or

(d) any other public way that on December 15, 1961, was performing the functions usually associated with a way shown on the City Map; or

(e) a COVERED PEDESTRIAN SPACE that directly links two parallel or substantially parallel ways shown on the City Map, for which a FLOOR AREA bonus may be awarded or was awarded pursuant to a prior definition of such amenity, that may, by certification of the City Planning Commission, be deemed to be a STREET, provided the Commission finds that:

(1) no portion of such space is located within 50 feet of the intersection of two ways shown on the City Map;
(2) such space is unobstructed for a minimum width of 15 feet and a minimum height of 15 feet, except for enclosures at the entrances;
(3) such space is located at an elevation no more than five feet above or below CURB LEVEL; and
(4) the space functions as a STREET providing access to another STREET, shops and other USES, and that such access is graphically and visually evident to the pedestrian.

All provisions of this Resolution shall continue to be applicable to such space without being modified, varied or affected by the qualification of such space as a STREET.

The City Planning Commission may prescribe appropriate conditions and safeguards to achieve public utilization of the STREET.

For purposes of paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this definition, a PRIVATE ROAD, or a driveway that serves only to give vehicular access to an ACCESSORY parking or loading facility, or to allow vehicles to take on or discharge passengers at the entrance to a BUILDING, shall not be considered a STREET.