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. . . characteristics, as mapped and described in available county soil surveys or other technical reports, unless appropriate design and construction techniques and farming practices are used in accordance with the provisions of article VI, division 12, ofthis chapter. Where specific information is not available, steep slopes are lands having slopes over 12 percent, as measured over horizontal distances of 50 feet or more, that are not bluffs. Storefront means that portion of the facade from the sidewalk to the head of the entrance door. Story means that portion of the building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the next floor above it or, if there is no floor above it, the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it. Streets and alleys: Alley means a public right-of-way which is used primarily for secondary vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties abutting on a street. Arterial street means a street or highway with access restrictions designed to carry large volumes oftraffic between various sectors of the city or county and beyond. Collector street means a street which carries traffic from minor streets to arterials. Cul-de-sac means a minor street with only one outlet and having an appropriate turnaround for the safe and convenient reversal of traffic movement. Marginal access street means a minor street which is parallel and adjacent to an arterial street and which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic. Minor street means a street of limited continuity which is used primarily for access to abutting properties. Private street means a street serving as vehicular access to two or more parcels of land which is not dedicated to the public but is owned and maintained by one or more private parties. Street means a public right-of-way accepted, or a private right-of-way approved by public authority pursuant to the requirements set forth for private streets under division 3 of article V of this chapter, which provides a legal primary means of public access to abutting property. The term "street" includes the term "highway," "thoroughfare," "arterial," "parkway," "collector," "avenue," "drive," "circle," "road," "boulevard" or any other similar term describing an entity complying with the requirements set forth in this definition. Street width means the shortest distance between the lines delineating the right-of-way of a street. Stringcourse means an area/band that is located at the second floor line separating the lower facade from the upper facade. It shall be created with a reveal and/or change in the brick pattern (i.e. a soldier course). Structural alteration means any change or addition, other than incidental repairs, to the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders or foundations, which would prolong the building's life. Structure, as used in article VI of this chapter, means anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires more or less permanent location on the ground or attachment to something having a permanent location on the ground. When a structure is divided into separate parts by an unpierced wall, each part shall be deemed a separate structure. 22