For the purpose of this chapter, certain words
and terms used herein shall be interpreted or defined as follows:
A.
Words used in the present tense include the future,
words in the singular number include the plural, and the plural the
singular, unless the natural construction of the word indicates otherwise.
B.
The word "lot" includes the word "parcel."
C.
The word "shall" is mandatory.
D.
The word "approve" shall be considered to be followed
by the words "or disapprove."
E.
The word "herein" means "in these regulations."
F.
Any reference to "this chapter" includes all ordinances
amending or supplementing the same.
G.
Joint ownership of any type among persons shall be
construed as the same owner.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The representative of the Town Council who has been appointed
by the Town Council to serve as the agent of the Council for the administration
of this chapter. The administrator may be, but is not limited to,
the Town Clerk or the Town Manager, Town Superintendent, Town Secretary,
etc., if officially designated as such.
A permanent service way providing a secondary means of vehicular
access to the side or rear of abutting properties and not intended
for general traffic circulation.
The owner of land proposed to be subdivided or his representative
authorized in writing; a subdivider.
A person licensed to practice as such in the Commonwealth
of Virginia.
A road designated as such by the Virginia Department of Transportation.
An angular direction measured from one position to another
using reference lines.
A tract of land bounded by streets or by a combination of
streets and public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, shorelines
of waterways or boundary lines of municipalities.
Any form of security, including a cash deposit, surety bond,
collateral, property or instrument of credit, in an amount and form
satisfactory to the governing body. All bonds shall be approved by
the Town's attorney whenever a bond is required by these regulations.
Any structure built for the support, shelter or enclosure
of persons, animals, chattels or movable property of any kind, and
includes any structure.
A building or structure in which the principal use of a lot
is carried out.
The minimum distance which a building is from the front boundary
line or front lot line.
A road determined by the Virginia Department of Transportation
as being a collector road.
The Planning Commission of the Town of Stanley.
A community sewer system, including collection and treatment
facilities, established by the developer to serve a subdivision.
A private water company formed by a developer to serve a
community development. It includes water treatment and distribution
facilities.
The Town of Stanley Comprehensive Plan.
The Town Council of Stanley, Virginia.
A local street with only one outlet and having an appropriate
turnaround for a safe and convenient reserve traffic movement.
The deliberate appropriation of land by its owner for any
general and/or public use, reserving to himself no other rights than
those that are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment of
the public uses to which the property has been devoted.
Authorization by a property owner of any designated part
of his property for use by another for a specified purpose.
The application of the reviewing and/or approving authority's
stamp and the signature of the appropriate authority to the record
plat.
A person licensed to practice as such in the Commonwealth
of Virginia.
The final map or plan of a subdivision and any accompanying
material, as described in these regulations.
A classification of roads established by the Virginia Department
of Transportation to determine the function of such roads.
The Town Council of the Town of Stanley.
The slope of a road, street or other right-of-way, specified
in percentage terms.
A street, generally parallel to and adjacent to a property
line, having a lesser right-of-way width than normally required.
The Health Department of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The legally designated health authority of the State Health
Department for Page County, or his authorized representative.
The resident engineer for Page County employed by the Virginia
Department of Transportation.
A freeway or expressway providing a trafficway for through
traffic, in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting property
or lands and other persons have no legal right to access to or from
the same except at such points and in such manner as may be determined
by the Virginia Department of Transportation.
All required utilities and facilities as specified in this
chapter, including but not limited to streets, storm and sanitary
sewers and water lines.
A septic tank, seepage tile sewage disposal system or any
other sewage treatment device approved by the State Health Department.
The area or territory subject to the legislative control
of the governing body of the Town of Stanley.
A person licensed to practice as such in the Commonwealth
of Virginia.
A person licensed to practice as such in the Commonwealth
of Virginia.
A road so designated by the Virginia Department of Transportation.
A tract, plot or portion of a subdivision or other parcel
of land intended as a unit for the purpose of transfer of ownership
or for building development.
A lot abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection.
The shortest side fronting upon a street shall be considered the front
of the lot, and the longest side fronting upon a street shall be considered
the side of the lot.
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot
lines.
A lot other than a corner lot.
A lot which has been recorded among the land records in the
office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Page County.
An interior lot having frontage on two streets.
The mean horizontal distance between the side lot lines.
See "building, main."
A permanent steel pin and/or iron identifying marker meeting the requirements and specifications of this chapter. See § 170-28.
Any person, group of persons, firm or firms, corporation
or corporations or any other legal entity having legal title to or
sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided
under these regulations.
See "half street."
A bond with surety and/or cash deposit, approved by the governing
body and Town Attorney, in an amount equal to the full cost of improvements
required by these regulations and providing for completion of said
improvements within a definite period.
The Planning Commission of the Town of Stanley, Virginia.
Includes the terms "map," "plot," "replat" or "replot" a
map; a map or plan of a tract or parcel of land which is to be or
which has been subdivided. When used as a verb, "plat" is synonymous
with "subdivide."
The preliminary drawing or drawings, described in these regulations,
indicating the proposed manner or layout of the subdivision to be
submitted to the Planning Commission for preliminary approval.
Any tract, lot or parcel of land or several of the same collected
together for the purpose of subdividing.
Any drainage ditch, roadway, parkway, sidewalk, pedestrianway,
tree, off-street parking area, lot improvement or other facility for
which the local government may ultimately assume the responsibility
for maintenance and operation or which may affect an improvement for
which local government responsibility is established. All such improvements
shall be properly bonded if required.
The copy of the final plat which contains the original endorsements
of the Planning Commission and the Town Council and which is intended
to be recorded with and meets the requirements of the County Clerk
of the Circuit Court.
A change in a map of an approved or recorded subdivision
plat if such change affects any street layout on such map or area
reserved thereon for public use, or any lot line thereon, or if it
affects any map or plan legally recorded as a subdivision prior to
the adoption of any regulations controlling subdivisions.
See "lot, reverse frontage."
A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a
street, crosswalk, railroad, road, electric transmission line, oil
or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, shade trees
or for another special use. The usage of the term "right-of-way" for
land-platting purposes shall mean that every right-of-way hereafter
established and shown on a final plat is to be separate and distinct
from the lots or parcels, adjoining such right-of-way and not included
within the dimensions or areas of such lots or parcels. Rights-of-way
intended for streets, crosswalks, water mains, sanitary sewers, storm
drains, shade trees or any other use involving maintenance by a public
agency shall be dedicated to public use by the maker of the plat on
which each right-of-way is established.
A street.
Any present or future transfer of ownership or possessory
interest in land, including contract of sale, lease, devise, intestate
succession or transfer of an interest in a subdivision or part thereof,
whether by metes and bounds, deed, contract, plat, map, lease, devise,
intestate succession or other written instrument.
See "building (setback) line."
A sketch preparatory to the preparation of the preliminary
plat to enable the applicant to save time and expense in reaching
general agreement with the Planning Commission as to the form of the
plat and the objectives of these regulations.
A strip of land, other than private driveways serving a single
structure, subject to vehicular and/or pedestrian traffic providing
means of access to property; also designated as road, lane, drive,
avenue, right-of-way, highway, boulevard, trail, court, place, terrace,
etc.
Any street shown on any subdivision plat recorded in the
office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, whether such street is constructed
or not.
The unrestricted use of a specified area or right-of-way
for ingress and egress to two or more abutting properties.
A public right-of-way, generally parallel with and contiguous
to a major highway, primarily designed to promote safety by eliminating
pernicious ingress and egress to the major highway right-of-way by
providing safe and orderly points of access to the major highway.
The total width of the strip of land dedicated or reserved
for public travel, including roadway, curb and gutter, sidewalks,
planting strips and, where necessary, utility easements.
See "building."
The process of creating new lots to establish a subdivision.
An individual, corporation, proprietor, trust, trustee, joint
venture, registered partnership or other entity owning any tract,
lot or parcel of land to be subdivided, or a group of two or more
persons or entities owning any tract, lot or parcel of land to be
subdivided who have given their power of attorney to one of their
group or to another individual or entity to act on their behalf in
planning, negotiating for, in representing or executing the legal
requirements of the subdivision regulations; the applicant.
The division of a parcel of land into three or more lots
or parcels of less than five acres each for the purpose of transfer
of ownership or building development, or, if a new street is involved
in such division, any division of a parcel of land. The term includes
resubdivision and, when appropriate to the context, shall relate to
the process of subdividing or to the land subdivided, and solely for
the purpose of recordation of any single division of land into two
lots or parcels, a plat of such division shall be submitted for approval
in accordance with § 15.1-475 of the Code of Virginia.[1]
Any person who represents or acts for or on behalf of a subdivider
or applicant in selling, leasing or developing, or offering to sell,
lease or develop, any interest, lot, parcel, unit, site or plat in
a subdivision, except an attorney-at-law whose representation of another
person consists solely of rendering legal services.
A person licensed as such by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.
[1]
Editor's Note: Title 15.1 of the Virginia
Code was repealed by Acts 1997, c. 587, effective 12-1-1997. For the
provisions of former § 15.1-475, see now §§ 15.2-2258
through 15.2-2261.
