Medford Revised Ordinances § 94-8.4 (Zoning — Short Term Rentals) § 94-12.0

Buffer strip: Either a continuous landscaped area at least five feet in width containing a screen
of plantings which are not less than three feet in width, nor more than three feet
on centers and which, so as to maintain a dense year round screen, contains plantings
at least 50 percent of which are evergreens or a wall or fence of uniform appearance
all modules of which are at least 50 percent opaque when viewed in elevation.

Building: A combination of any materials, whether portable or fixed, having a roof, to form
a structure for the shelter of persons, animals or property. For the purpose of this
definition "roof" shall include an awning or any similar covering, whether or not
permanent in nature. The word "building" shall be construed where the context allows
as though followed by the words "or part or parts thereof."

Building, accessory: A building devoted exclusively to a use accessory to the principal use of the lot.

Building, attached: A principal building separated from another principal building on one or both sides
either by a vertical party wall or walls or by a solid contiguous wall or walls without
any side yards.

Building, detached: A principal building which is substantially separated by yards or courts from any
other principal structure.

Building, principal: Any building devoted to a principal use or, for determining the dimensional requirements
of this chapter in the case of an open principal use, the area of any building and
of the lot devoted to such principal use exclusive of parking, loading, and access
drives.

Child care center: A child care center, as that term is defined in M.G.L.A. c. 15D, § 1A.