Plate line definition
Plate line means a horizontal structural member, such as a timber, that provides the bearing and anchorage for the trusses of a roof or the rafters.
Plate line as used in this Ordinance shall mean tThe point at which any part of the roof structure first touches, or bears upon, an external Wall.
Plate line means the point at which any part of the main roof structure first touches or bears upon an external wall.
More Definitions of Plate line
Plate line means the eight (8) Modules that comprise a part of the Initial Modules and used to manufacture plates.
Plate line means the top of the highest horizontal framing member or solid wall of a building or structure or part thereof, upon which roof beams or ceiling rafters rest. Features excluded from measurement under this definition shall include gable ends, sloping roofs, parapet walls and other vertical extensions which are normally controlled by limits on roof height as set forth in this section.