The Building Owners and Managers Association International is a federation of 93 BOMA U.S. associations, BOMA Canada and its 11 regional associations and 13 BOMA international affiliates. Founded in 1907, BOMA represents the owners and managers of all commercial property types. Its mission is to advance the interests of the entire commercial real estate industry through advocacy, education, research, standards and information.
Term: Bank (Top of, Bottom of)
Definition:
The terms shore, bank, and water's edge, applied to navigable, non-tidal bodies of water, are synonymous as lines of demarcation and that the physical evidence to be sought in defining these lines may be described as follows: (a) Edge of the water in its natural condition. (b) Utmost border of dry land. (c) A line dividing the bed from the banks. (d) The water's edge. (e) An over-riding condition throughout that such lines of demarcation must be related to or governed by the water, (i) In its natural condition, (ii) Where its presence and action are common and usual in ordinary years.
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Term: Base Line
Definition:
A line surveyed under the instructions of the Minister before the 28th day of March, 1956, that is shown on the original plan thereof and deemed to have been made by competent authority and is true and unalterable and deemed to be defined by the original posts or blazed trees in the survey thereof.
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Term: Bed of Lake/Stream
Definition:
The bed of a body of water is the land covered so long by water as to wrest it from vegetation, or as to mark a distinct character upon the vegetation where it extends into the water or upon the soil itself.
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Term: Best Evidence
Definition:
The best evidence of a monument's original position is a continuous chain of history by acceptable records, dating back to the time of the original monumentation. A
found monument without background history is of little value as evidence; and, a set monument is worthless if unidentifiable in the future.
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Definition:
Structural, non-structural and managerial techniques that are recognized to be the most effective and practical means to control non-point source pollutants yet are compatible with the productive use of the resource to which they are applied. BMPs are used in both urban and agricultural areas.
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Any additions or alterations made to a unit by a unit owner. These are not covered by the condominium corporation's master insurance policy and must be separately insured against under a unit owner's policy (similar to a tenant's rental package).
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Term: Blazed Line
Definition:
Trees that stand within an axe handle length of and on either side of the line.
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Term: Block
Definition:
1. Unit of land created by a Registered Plan similar to lot;
2. Colloquial description of area of land contained within surrounding streets;
3. Unique mapped area in registry office records containing up to 9999 parcels with unique Property Identification Numbers.
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Term: Board and Batten
Definition:
A method for siding in which the spaces between horizontal or vertical boards are covered by thinner strips called battens
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Term: Board Fence
Definition:
A fence constructed of wood posts, usually with vertical boards nailed to cross braces.
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Term: Bored Well
Definition:
A well drilled with a large truck-mounted boring auger, usually 12 inches or more in diameter and seldom deeper than 100 feet.
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Term: Borehole
Definition:
A general term for any narrow shaft drilled in the ground, either vertically or horizontally. Constructed for many different purposes, including: extraction of water or fluid (e.g., oil) or gases (e.g., natural gas or methane), for a geotechnical investigation, for an environmental site assessment.
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Term: Boundaries Act Plans
Definition:
Plans that show boundaries confirmed (certified) under the authority of the Boundaries Act in Ontario.
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Term: Boundary Survey
Definition:
A survey made to establish or to re-establish one or more boundary lines.
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Term: Brackets
Definition:
Ornamental supports, usually of wood or pressed metal, which appear at the cornice line of a building. They may be incised into a scrolled pattern or be more simply moulded and are common to all Italinate style buildings, but often appear with other styles as well.
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Term: Broken Concession
Definition:
A concession is any boundary of which is broken in whole or in part by a lake or river.
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Term: Broken lot
Definition:
An irregular lot or a regular lot whose area is diminished or increased by a natural or artificial feature shown on the original plan.
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