Definitions

Site bordering a highway, rail line or a railyard : a property bordering the right-of-way of a highway, a rail line or a railyard. Also a property located less than 100 metres from a highway, a rail line or a railyard and separated by a roadway or a park, or by both a roadway and a park.

Advertising module : an advertising sign whose surface area is equal to or less than 2.5 m².

Advertising sign : a sign, such as an advertising module or billboard, placed on a property that is located elsewhere than the business, product, service or property being advertised.

Billboard : an advertising sign whose surface area is greater than 2.5 m².

Mechanical equipment : an electric, plumbing, heating or air conditioning device and duct, such as a thermopump, an electricity or gas meter, a ventilation duct or an air conditioning device, with the exception of a single, removable air conditioning device.

Large- or medium-sized commercial project : a property including a retail establishment whose floor space is 4,000 m² or greater as well as a property that includes more than one retail establishment whose floor space is 1,000 m² or greater.

Public thoroughfare : a public space reserved for vehicular and pedestrian traffic, and which provides access to adjacent lots, excluding alleys.

Parking area in front of a building : parking lots located in a space between the limits of a lot bordering a public thoroughfare and the facade of a building, including any projections.