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ARTICLE 6. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS San Marcos, Texas Gallery: a Private Frontage conventional for Retail use wherein the Facade is aligned close to the Frontage Line with an attached cantilevered shed or lightweight colonnade overlapping the Sidewalk. See Table 5.3. Green: a Civic Space type for unstructured recreation, spatially defined by landscaping rather than building Frontages. See Table 3.4. Greenfield: an area that consists of open or wooded land or farmland that has not been previously developed. Greenway: an Open Space Corridor in largely natural conditions that may include trails for bicycles and pedestrians. Growth Division: one of three Divisions where development is permitted by Right in the SmartCode, two for New Communities and one for Infill. See Article 2. Hamlet: See CLD. (Syn: cluster, settlement.) Highway: a rural and suburban Thoroughfare of high vehicular speed and capacity. This type is allocated to the more rural Transect Zones (T -1, T -2, and T -3). Home Occupation: non - Retail Commercial enterprises. The work quarters should be invisible from the Frontage, located either within the house or in an Outbuilding. Permitted activities are defined by the Restricted Office category. See Table 5.4. House: an Edgeyard building type, usually a single - family dwelling on a large Lot, often shared with an Accessory Building in the back yard. (Syn: single.) Infill: noun - new development on land that had been previously developed, including most greyfield and brownfield sites and cleared land within Urban- ized areas. verb- to develop such areas. Inn: a Lodging type, owner - occupied, offering 6 to 12 bedrooms, permitted to serve breakfast in the mornings to guests. See Table 5.7. Lawn: ground, as around a house or in a garden or park, that is covered with turfgrass and is kept mowed. Layer: a range of depth of a Lotwithin which certain elements are permitted. See Table 6.1. LDC: San Marcos Land Development Code as Adopted Lightwell: A Private Frontage type that is a below -grade entrance or recess designed to allow light into basements. See Table 5.3. (Syn: light court.) Linear Pedestrian Shed: A Pedestrian Shed that is elongated along an important Mixed Use Corridor such as a main street. A Linear Pedestrian Shed extends approximately 1/4 mile from each side of the Corridor for the length of its Mixed Use portion. The resulting area is shaped like a lozenge. (Syn: elongated pedestrian shed.) Liner Building: a building specifically designed to mask a parking lot or a Parking Structure from a Frontage. Live -Work: a Mixed Use unit consisting of a Commercial and Residential SMARTCOOE VERSION 10 SC65