city limits
Municipality's official border
City limits are the official boundaries marking where a city's jurisdiction ends.
Within city limits, municipal laws apply and city services operate.
The phrase often appears in contexts of arrival or departure: We crossed the city limits around midnight.
Something outside the city limits falls under county or other jurisdiction instead.
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- unincorporatedNot legally chartered
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- enteringGoing into a place
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
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- Columbia SCColumbia, Midlands, USC, statehouse, Granby
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- bordersborder, boundary, border crossing, national borders, boundary line
- city termsmayor, zoning laws, urban sprawl, public works, incorporation
- limitslimit, limitation, upper limit, lower limit, storage limit
- local placesneighborhood, suburb, village, borough, township
city limitsunincorporated area
Region lacking municipal governance
countryside · rural area · open country · hinterland · extraterritorial
city limitscity center
Urban area's main district
downtown · downtown core · urban core · central business district · town center
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