Letter B.
Columbus City Codes § 3303.02
in effect3303.02 - Letter B.
"Banner" means a non-rigid cloth, canvas, or plastic graphic, other than a flag, displaying on-premises or off-premises copy.
"Bar" means an establishment used primarily for the dispensing, or sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink for on-site consumption.
"Bikeway" means a facility that explicitly provides for bicycle travel. A bikeway may vary from a completely separated facility to simple signed streets as follows:
(a) "Shared-use path" (Class I Bikeway) means a bikeway outside the traveled way and physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an open space or barrier and either within the street or highway right-of-way or within an independent alignment. A shared-use path also may be used by pedestrians, including skaters, joggers, users of manual and motorized wheelchairs, and other authorized motorized and non-motorized users.
(b) "Bike lane" (Class II Bikeway) is a marked lane contiguous to a travel lane within a roadway for the exclusive or semi-exclusive operation of bicycles in the same direction as the adjacent travel lane. The bike lane is physically separated from motor vehicle traffic by painted lines, pavement coloration, curbing, parked vehicles or other barriers.
(c) "Bike route" (Class III Bikeway) utilizes existing streets and roads. No separation of motor vehicle and bicycle traffic is provided as only signs are present to indicate the course of the bike route.
"Billboard" means an off-premises sign which consists of one or more sign faces primarily intended by the sign owner to be available for sale, lease or rental for the purpose of promoting any business or other activity which is not situated on the same property as the billboard or of promoting any product or service which is not primarily available on the same property as the billboard; and incidentally used for the display of public service messages.
"Breezeway" means a roofed, weather-protected, non-habitable space connecting a dwelling and a detached garage.
"Building" means any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, or any series of structures separated only by "fire separations" but contained under a common roof or within common walls, and requiring a building permit in accordance with Title 41 of the Building Code that is used for shelter, occupancy, enclosure, or support of persons, animals, or property.
"Building line" means a clearance line limiting the approach to a lot line of a building or structure, exclusive of open porches, steps, terraces, walkways, or as otherwise provided in this Zoning Code.
"Building service equipment" means any electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating or air conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, or hydronic system.
(Ord. 2837-96 § 2 (part); Ord. 1425-01 § 3 (part); Ord. 1143-02 § 1 (part); Ord. 546-03 § 1 (part); Ord. 1987-2008 Attach. 1 (part); Ord. No. 1182-2014, § 2, 6-16-2014; Ord. No. 1200-2017, § 1, 6-12-2017; Ord. No. 1871-2023, § 1, 7-31-2023; Ord. No. 2526-2025, § 1, 11-24-2025)
Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT33ZOCO_CH3303DE_3303.02LEBFetched: 10/27/2026