In this chapter the following terms have the meanings indicated. Any term not defined in this chapter shall have the meaning as defined in Chapter 215, Zoning, or any other chapter of the Code. Any term not defined in the Code in any chapter shall have its generally accepted meaning.
American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials.
Lying near or close to; adjacent implies that the two objects
are not widely separated, though they may not actually touch; lots
separated by a street shall be considered adjacent.
Two or more parcels that share a common property line or
point of intersection of two property lines.
An area within a two-family or multifamily dwelling arranged
or designed as one dwelling unit.
A portion of a single-family dwelling that shall provide
complete, independent living facilities for sleeping, eating, cooking
and sanitation within the main dwelling unit, but which is separate
from the main dwelling unit's cooking, bathroom, and living areas.
The Town of New Windsor Board of Zoning Appeals.
Separately described parcel legally created in accordance with Chapter 215, Zoning, or its predecessor law which allows or would have allowed, without a variance, the construction of a single-family dwelling; or if in the VC, EC, LI or NB District, allows or would have allowed without a variance the construction of a building to house any principal permitted use. The term does not imply that such lot has met or will meet Health Department standards and requirements for water and sewer or other applicable governmental approvals which shall be obtained prior to the granting of a building permit.
The vertical distance from grade plan to the height of the
highest roof surface.
The Carroll County Bureau of Development Review or its successor
agency.
The Code of Maryland Regulations.
The Town of New Windsor Planning and Zoning Commission.
Two or more parcels sharing a common property line for a
minimum of 50 feet.
The Carroll County Board of Commissioners or its designee.
The date of the written approval letter from the Chair or
Secretary of the Commission.
The Design Manual, Volume 1, Roads and Storm Drains. The
manual used by the Carroll County Department of Public Works for the
engineering of roads and storm drains.
A dwelling unit, excluding a mobile home, on the same lot
as the primary dwelling unit, physically separated from the primary
dwelling unit. A detached accessory dwelling unit shall provide complete
independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent
facilities for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.
An individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or other entity
that undertakes or participates in the activities covered by this
chapter.
Streams, stream buffers, one-hundred-year floodplains, habitats
of threatened and endangered species, steep slopes, carbonate rock
areas, reservoir watersheds, use III waters, wellhead buffers, and
wetlands.
A grant by a property owner for the use of land for a specific
purpose by another person or for the protection of an environmental
resource area.
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
A drawing of any portion of the subdivision which is desired
to be made an official record in the Land Records of Carroll County,
and which may be all or a portion of an approved preliminary subdivision
plan.
That portion of a lot which abuts a public street or road.
The Maryland Department of the Environment.
A project shown on the duly adopted Town of New Windsor Master
Plan.
A master drawing of a subdivision prepared for the overall
planning of a property intended to be subdivided.
A public works agreement.
That line that is the required minimum distance from the
street right-of-way line or any other lot line that establishes the
area within which a structure may not be erected or placed.
The area secured by easement beyond the right-of-way limits
for the purpose of flattening or constructing slopes, side ditches,
or stream changes.
Areas with slopes greater than 25%.
Part of a watercourse, either naturally or artificially created,
that contains intermittent or perennial base flow of groundwater origin,
but not including ditches that convey surface runoff exclusively from
storm events.
The division of any tract or parcel of land into two or more
lots or parcels for immediate or future sale or lease or for building
development. Any division of land involving a new street or involving
property identified by the Town of New Windsor as all or a part of
a planned public project shall be a subdivision. This term does not
include a conveyance to a state, federal, or local government or to
a public utility if for utility right-of-way purposes; or a transfer
to an adjoining property owner if the transfer is made with the following
statement in the deed: "The existing property shall be considered
merged under the Subdivision Regulations of the Town of New Windsor
with the existing property of the grantee. Such land conveyed is not
intended for development, other than accessory structures, and in
order to be eligible for development requires approval under the then
applicable governmental regulations."
A lot which was legally divided subsequent to August 4, 1981,
and which is described on a lawfully recorded subdivision plat.
A drawing of the subdivision showing lots, streets, and other
information which may be required by this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter, as may be amended, and any
previous subdivision regulations as were adopted from time to time
in accordance with applicable laws and which were applicable to any
development which received Planning Commission approval prior to January
1, 2005.
Any natural or artificial stream, river, creek, ditch, channel,
canal, conduit, culvert, drain, waterway, gully, ravine or wash, including
any adjacent area that is subject to inundation from overflow or flood.
An area which extends a minimum of 100 feet around any existing
or proposed community water supply well or well site, unless modified
by the Commission, as may be designated on the adopted Water and Sewer
Master Plan or the County Comprehensive Plan, or identified during
the development process.
