All property, including Ashburn Farm common area, which immediately borders, or has a direct view of an applicant’s property.   

The philosophy of beauty.

A change; modification or adjustment the act or process of altering.

The concrete area that begins at the street curbs and extends to the asphalt driveway is called the “Apron”.  This portion of the driveway must be very strong to resist damage from heavy vehicles that might use the driveway to turn around.

A vertical, decorative latticework structure usually used for supporting plantings.  It typically has two sides and a top and allows passage of an individual through it.

Attic ventilation is the traditional way of controlling temperature and moisture in an attic.  Ventilating an attic reduces temperature swings.

Is a term for what belongs to and goes with something else, the accessories or things usually conjoined with the substantive matter in question.

A roof like structure, often made of canvas or plastic, that serves as a shelter, as over a  window, door, or deck.

Baluster

The upright portion of the row of supports for a deck or porch railing.

Board-on-Board

(Fence Style)

A fence consisting of posts, horizontal and vertical slats in which the vertical members are fastened to alternating sides of the rails, with a rail cap fastened along the top.  Also known as alternating board.

Building Restriction Line (BRL)

The line established by the setback requirements, which separates the buildable portion of the lot from the portion into which non-exempt structures must not encroach.  BRLs usually appear on property plans.

Clothesline

A clothesline or washing line is any type of string, rope, cord, or twine that has been stretched between two points, above the level of the ground. Clothing that has recently been washed is hung along the line to dry, using clothes pegs or clothespins. Washing lines are attached either from a post or a wall.

Column

A vertical support or decorative element consisting of a base, shaft and capital, usually cylindrical.

Compost

A mixture of various decaying organic substances, as dead leaves or manure, used for fertilizing soil.

Deciduous

Means "temporary" or "tending to fall off" and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally. In a more specific sense deciduous means the dropping of a part that is no longer needed or falling away after its use is finished.

Dormer Window

A vertically framed window that projects from a sloping roof and has a roof of its own.

Double Line Fencing

Two fences that run parallel in close proximity with one another.

Drainage

The act or process of draining or a system of drains, artificial or natural.

EAA

Exterior Alteration Application

Easement

A right held by to make use of the land of another for a limited purpose, as right of passage.

Eave

The overhang at the lower edge of the roof that usually projects out over the walls.

Egress

A means or place of going out; an exit.

Elevation

A two dimensional drawing or representation of an exterior face of a building in its entirety. (rear elevation, side elevation, front elevations, etc.)

Erosion

The process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc.

Exterior              

Outer; being on the outer side of your house.

Fascia

Facing band along the top of a wall just below the roof.

Flashing

Aluminum or other materials used to make the joint between attached home roofs, or similar transitional edges, weather-tight.

Flue

A pipe, tube, or channel for conveying hot air, gas, steam, or smoke, as from a furnace or fireplace to a chimney.

Gable

The triangular portion of the end of a dwelling formed by the slope of the roof and the top of the uppermost story.

Gazebo              

A six-sided standalone structure with a roof.

Gutter

The trough that serves as the water removal component of roofing, mounted along the lowest edges of a roof.              

Hardscape

The part of a building's grounds consisting of structures, such as patios, retaining walls, and walkways, made with hard materials.

Hot Tub

A wooden tub, usually large enough to accommodate several persons that is filled with hot aerated water and often equipped with a thermostat and whirlpool: used for recreation or physical therapy and often placed out of doors, as on a porch or deck.

Ingress

A means or place of entering; entryway.

Lamppost

A post, usually of metal, supporting a lamp that lights your front yard.

Landscaping

To improve the appearance of (an area of land) by planting trees, shrubs, plants, flowers or grass, or altering the contours of the ground.

Lattice

A one-dimensional structure of open crossed strips of wood used as a screen or support.

Maintenance

The act of maintaining or the state of being maintained.  The work of keeping something in proper condition; upkeep.

Mount Vernon (Fence Style)

A style of picket fence with a scoop/scallop cut along the top edge of the fence, without a rail cap fastened along the top.     

Mullions & Muntins

The wood strips or simulated wood strips making up a grid, creating the framework for panes of glass in a window or giving the illusion of panes of glass.  Also referred to as grilles or divided lights.

Patio

An area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging or dining.

Pergola

A structure, similar to an arbor with lattice roofing.  Most commonly used as a deck feature for hanging and supporting plantings.

Picket (Fence Style)

A fence consisting of posts, horizontal rails and narrow vertical slats with a comparable space between slats, fastened to the same side of the rails with no rail cap fastened along the top.

Pipestem (Driveway)

A pipestem driveway is a shared driveway for several houses. The driveway is a private stem off a street or cul-de-sac that the homeowners are jointly responsible for.

Plane (Side, Rear, Front)

Diagram of Rear Plane Line, Front Plane Line, Side Plane Line.  Double-Click on the image to enlarge for better viewing.  Use your browser's back button to return to this page.

Plat  (Site Plan)

A legal scale drawing representing a piece of land that constitutes a property lot.  This document is obtained at the owner’s property settlement or closing.  If you do not have a copy of your plat, contact the lending institution from which the mortgage was obtained. (Sometimes also referred to as "Site Plan").

Pond

A small body of water artificially formed.

Rakeboards

Diagonal trim running alongside edge of roof shingles. 

Ridgeline

A line formed along the highest points of a ridge.

Right of Way

This buffer zone between the end of a building lot and the actual roadway is called the right-of-way. It is often owned by the local, state or federal government or it is protected with legal easements so that utilities can be extended to reach all property owners along the roadway.

Roof Ridge Vent           

An opening along the peak of the roof used for ventilation purposes.

Satellite Dish

A dish antenna used to receive and transmit signals relayed by satellite.

Seal Coating

Seal Coating is a thin asphaltic treatment used to protect pavement surfaces mostly from aging. Seal Coating is a thin layer and works well as void fillers. It is mostly used for parking lots, pipestems and driveways.

Sidelite (Window)

A window at the side of a door or another window.

Services

An act of helpful activity; help; aid; to do someone a service.  The providing or provider of accommodation and activities required by the public or the performance of duties or the duties performed as occupation.

Site Plan

See “Plat”.

Soffit

The finished underside of an eave, usually aluminum or vinyl, and may be solid or perforated.

Transom

A window opening above a door or the horizontal division or crossbar in a window.

Trellis

A lattice structure on which vines and plants grow.

Trim

All framing around windows and doors, including decorative mantles, pediments and other edging on outside of the house.