For the purpose of this chapter, certain numbers, abbreviations, terms, and words used herein shall be used, interpreted, and defined as set forth in this section.
A. 
Unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, words used in the present tense include the future tense; words used in the plural number include the singular; the word "herein" means "in these regulations"; the word "regulations" means "these regulations."
B. 
A "person" includes a corporation, a partnership, and an incorporated association of persons such as a club; "shall" is always mandatory; a "building" includes a "structure"; a "building" or "structure" includes any part thereof; "used" or "occupied" as applied to any land or building shall be construed to include the words "intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied."
C. 
Words and terms not defined herein shall be interpreted in accord with their normal dictionary meaning and customary usage.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ADT
Average daily trips.
AISLE
An accessway between rows of parking spaces or islands which provides internal vehicular passage through a parking lot.
ALLEY
A public right-of-way affording secondary means of access to abutting property.
APPLICANT
The owner of land proposed to be subdivided or his representative. Consent shall be required from the legal owner of the premises.
APPROVED FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAN
A plat plan that has met all the requirements according to this chapter and has been approved by the Mayor and Town Council, has the Town Seal and Mayor's signature attesting approval, and is intended for recordation with the Sussex County Recorder of Deeds.
[Added 12-18-2007 by Ord. No. 07-16]
APPROVED MASTER PLAN
Refer to the "approved final subdivision plan."
[Added 12-18-2007 by Ord. No. 07-16]
APPROVED PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAN
The preliminary drawing or drawings indicating the proposed manner or layout of the subdivision, meeting the requirements of this chapter and containing all the conditions established by the Planning and Zoning Commission and given their recommendation approval.
[Added 12-18-2007 by Ord. No. 07-16]
APPROVED SCHEMATIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Refer to the "approved preliminary subdivision plan."
[Added 12-18-2007 by Ord. No. 07-16]
BLOCK
The property fronting on one side of a street and lying between two intersecting streets or otherwise limited by a railroad right-of-way, a live stream, an unsubdivided tract, or other physical barrier of such nature as to interrupt the continuity of development.
BOULEVARD or DUAL LANE STREET
Any street which has two separate roadways divided by an island or grass plot, and designated for one-way traffic on each roadway.
BUILDING LINE
A line parallel to the street line and distant from it at least the minimum depth of the required front yard.
CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
An employee of the Town of Millville designated as the primary point of contact for any person interested in subdividing property.
COLLECTOR STREET
A street which is designed to collect traffic from the minor streets within a subdivision or a portion thereof and to distribute such traffic to major thoroughfares.
CONCEPT PLAN
That sketch or line drawing providing general information, including information such as subdivision plot dimensions, location in respect to Town streets, distances to nearest utilities, present land use and existing structures and also names of owners, land uses and existing structures of adjacent properties.
COUNTY
Sussex County, Delaware.
CROSSWAY
A public way intended for pedestrian use and excluding motor vehicles, which cuts across a block in order to furnish improved access to adjacent streets or properties.
CUL-DE-SAC
A minor street having only one end open for vehicular traffic and with the other end permanently terminated by a turnaround or back around for vehicles.
EASEMENT
A strip of land for which the owner grants a right of use to someone else for one or more designated purposes, which purposes are consistent with the general property rights of the owner.
ENGINEER
An individual technically qualified and legally qualified in the State of Delaware to practice the profession of civil engineering and who is registered to do so in the State of Delaware.
FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT
The plat to be given final approval by the Town Council which includes all changes, additional information, and requirements imposed by the Millville Town Council. The final plat is recorded in the Sussex County Recorder of Deeds' office.
HEALTH OFFICER
The Health Officer of the state responsible for Sussex County.
INSPECTION CONSULTANT
An individual hired to oversee and certify that all improvements meet standards prescribed by this chapter.
LOCAL STREET
See "minor street."
LOT
A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended for the transfer of ownership or for building development, whether immediate or in the future. It shall have frontage upon a street and be described by metes and bounds.
LOT AREA
The total horizontal area within the lot lines of the lot. Minimum lot: 14,000 square feet.
LOT DEPTH
The average horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.
LOT LINE
The boundary line of the lot.
LOT, REVERSED FRONTAGE
A key lot or the first lot to the rear of a corner lot, the front lot line of which is a continuation of the side lot line of the corner lot and fronting on the street that intersects the street upon which the corner lot fronts and/or that faces the street upon which the side of a corner lot abuts.
LOT WIDTH
The shortest horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured along the required building setback line.
MAJOR COLLECTOR STREET
Any street which serves to carry traffic to or from several minor streets and connects them to other collector streets or to arterial highways, which usually does not serve the primary function of providing access to abutting properties, and which serves more than 300 lots but not more than 500 lots or handles a traffic volume of more than 3,000 ADT but not more than 5,000 ADT.
MAJOR THOROUGHFARE
A street or highway so designated on the Major Thoroughfare Plan of the State of Delaware.
MINOR COLLECTOR STREET
Any street which serves to carry traffic to or from several minor streets, and connects them to other collector streets or to arterial highways, and serves 50 to 300 lots or handles a traffic volume of 500 to 3,000 ADT. Typically principal entrance streets of residential subdivisions are minor collector streets.
MINOR STREET
Any street which is primarily used to serve local traffic or abutting lots, and handles a traffic volume of less than 500 ADT.
PRELIMINARY PLAN
The preliminary drawing or drawings described in these regulations, indicating the proposed manner or layout of the subdivision to be submitted to the Town Council for approval.
PUBLIC WORKS AGREEMENT
Agreement executed between the developer and the Town covering terms and conditions related to construction of roads and other infrastructure in approved developments.
RECORDER OF DEEDS
The Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex County, Delaware.
REGULATIONS
The whole body of regulations, text, charts, diagrams, notations, and references contained or referred to in this chapter.
RESIDENTIAL, DETACHED LOT STREET
A street serving traffic from primarily residential detached lots.
RESIDENTIAL, TOWNHOUSE STREET
A street serving traffic primarily from townhouse lots.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
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 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.
ROADWAY
The portion of a street or highway available for and intended for use by motor vehicle traffic.
SERVICE DRIVE
A minor street which is parallel to and adjacent to a major thoroughfare, and which provides access to abutting properties and restricts access to the major thoroughfare.
STREET (GENERAL)
A public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting properties, and whether designated as a freeway, expressway, highway, road, avenue, boulevard, land, place, circle, or however otherwise designated.
STREET CLASS
Road class to be determined as either minor, minor collector, or major collector in accordance with the respective definitions given in this section.
STREET LINE
A dividing line separating a lot, tract, or parcel of land and a contiguous street; also referred to as a "right-of-way line."
STREET TYPE
Road type to be determined as residential (townhouse or detached), commercial, industrial, or dual lane roads in accordance with the respective definitions given in this section.
SUBDIVIDER
Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, estate, trust, or any other group or combination, acting as a unit, dividing or proposing to divide land so as to constitute a subdivision as defined herein, and including any agent of the subdivider.
SUBDIVISION
The division of a parcel of land into two or more lots or parcels for the purpose of transfer of ownership or building development, or, if a new street is involved, any division of a parcel of land. The term includes resubdivision and, when appropriate to context, shall relate to the process of subdividing or to the land subdivided.
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
Any subdivision containing not more than four lots fronting on an existing state, county or municipal street not involving the creation of any new street, and not requiring the extension of any Town, county or private utilities.