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building line

American

noun

(on a building lot) a line within, or coinciding with, the property line, beyond which it is illegal to build.

building line British

noun

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

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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

We left the laboratory on the run, too fast to notice that just around the building line at the corner stood a limousine with shades drawn.

From The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

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