For the purpose of this chapter, the terms used herein are defined
as follows:
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
A Master Plan for the future growth, protection and development
of the Incorporated Village of the Branch, affording adequate facilities
for housing, transportation, comfort, convenience, public health,
safety and general welfare for its population.
CROSSWALK or WALKWAY
A right-of-way dedicated to public use to facilitate pedestrian
access through a subdivision.
CUL-DE-SAC
A short dead-end street terminating in a vehicular turnaround
area.
EASEMENT
A restriction established in a real estate deed to permit
the use of land by the public, a corporation or particular persons
for specified uses.
LAND PARTITION
A division of land into two or more lots which does not require
a new street to be constructed, or the division of a deep parcel of
land to create only one new building lot on an improved private road.
LIMITED ACCESS AND PLANTING AREA
An area designed to control access to public rights-of-way
or other public areas and to suitably screen private properties abutting
them.
LOT
The unit or units into which land is divided with the intention
of offering such units for sale, either as undeveloped or developed
sites, regardless of how they are conveyed. "Lot" shall also mean
parcel, plot, site or any similar term.
MAJOR STREET
A street within a subdivision or subdivisions designed to
have considerable continuity and traffic capacity and which, serving
as an artery, collects traffic from the minor streets and guides it
to the primary and secondary highways.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREET
A street located on a separate right-of-way parallel to and
in the vicinity of a primary or secondary highway, designed to provide
access to abutting properties without interrupting highway traffic
except at recognized intersections and access points.
MINOR STREET
A street designed to provide access to abutting properties
within a limited area such as a neighborhood.
PRIMARY HIGHWAY
A highway, generally under the jurisdiction of the state
or county, designed principally to provide for high-speed through
traffic between centers of development such as commercial centers,
industrial areas and concentrated residential communities both within
and outside the Incorporated Village of the Branch.
SECONDARY HIGHWAY
A highway similar to a primary highway, generally under the
jurisdiction of the Village, but designed for traffic between important
centers of development within the Incorporated Village of the Branch
and as a highway link to the primary highway system.
SUBDIVISION
A division of land into two or more lots with or without
streets.