arrêté d’alignement

English translation: setback ordinance, alignment ordinance...

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French term or phrase:arrêté d’alignement
English translation:setback ordinance, alignment ordinance...
Entered by: Guy Bray

00:50 Jul 10, 2003
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Construction / Civil Engineering / construction
French term or phrase: arrêté d’alignement
in a list of documents to be supplied by the employer in a building contract, along with survey records
Guy Bray
United States
Local time: 12:56
something like
Explanation:
municipal building alignment ordinance
municipal frontage line ordinance
municipal building line ordinance
municipal building setback ordinance

frontage line - A building line on a street where there is no setback

building line - The frontage line of a property on street

setback - A withdrawal of the building line from the street frontage, either at ground level or for the upper storeys of a tall building. It is required by town planning laws, to ensure that enough daylight reaches the street.
[Scott/Penguin Dict of Building]

buidling line - Line that defines the extent of a building beside a road so as to ensure adequate sight lines [BSI]

I've only Googled for one of my options above, finding 84 "setback alignment"
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Bourth (X)
Local time: 21:56
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Thanks again, you seem to be everywhere I want to be. I'm going with setback ordinance in this case, but they all look good.

Happy to help if you ever need something in my specialties.

Regards,

Guy
http://members.atanet.org/guybray

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5decree of alignement
Sanaa Omrany
5something like
Bourth (X)


  

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decree of alignement


Explanation:
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Sanaa Omrany
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spelling! Thanks, but it's more than that, I think.
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Comment: spelling! Thanks, but it's more than that, I think.

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something like


Explanation:
municipal building alignment ordinance
municipal frontage line ordinance
municipal building line ordinance
municipal building setback ordinance

frontage line - A building line on a street where there is no setback

building line - The frontage line of a property on street

setback - A withdrawal of the building line from the street frontage, either at ground level or for the upper storeys of a tall building. It is required by town planning laws, to ensure that enough daylight reaches the street.
[Scott/Penguin Dict of Building]

buidling line - Line that defines the extent of a building beside a road so as to ensure adequate sight lines [BSI]

I've only Googled for one of my options above, finding 84 "setback alignment"

Bourth (X)
Local time: 21:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4135
Grading comment
Thanks again, you seem to be everywhere I want to be. I'm going with setback ordinance in this case, but they all look good.

Happy to help if you ever need something in my specialties.

Regards,

Guy
http://members.atanet.org/guybray
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