As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls,
used or intended to be used for the shelter or enclosure of persons,
animals or property. Included shall be all manufactured homes and
trailers to be used for human habitation.[1]
The remaining portions of a floodplain which are located
outside of the floodway as indicated in the Flood Insurance Study
(FIS) dated May 16, 2008, and the accompanying maps or the most recent
revision thereof as issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.[2]
PRIMARY FLOOD-FRINGEThose portions of the flood-fringe area for which detailed hydrologic information is available.
SECONDARY FLOOD-FRINGEThose portions of the flood-fringe area for which incomplete hydrologic information is available. However, one-hundred-year flood elevations are provided in the NFIP study. (In this area, there shall be demonstration that a proposed use, when combined with all other existing and anticipated uses, will not increase the water surface elevation of the one-hundred-year flood more than one foot.)
The one-hundred-year flood area as indicated in the Flood
Insurance Study (FIS) dated May 16, 2008, and the accompanying maps
or the most recent revision thereof as issued by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency.[3]
The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent
land areas required to carry and discharge a one-hundred-year flood.
The areas identified as "floodway" in the Flood Insurance Study (FIS)
dated May 16, 2008, and the accompanying maps or the most recent revision
thereof as issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.[5]
Any man-made, immovable item that becomes part of, is placed
upon or is affixed to real estate.
[Added 1-9-2007 by Ord. No. 479]
The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous
lots, tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
A group of two or more residential or nonresidential
buildings, whether proposed initially or cumulatively, or a single
nonresidential building on a lot or lots, regardless of the number
of occupants or tenure; or
The division or allocation of land or space,
whether initially or cumulatively, between or among two or more existing
or prospective occupants by means of or for the purpose of streets,
common areas, leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features.
A subdivision of land; provided, however, that
"land development" shall not include:
The conversion of an existing single-family
detached dwelling or single-family semidetached dwelling into not
more than three residential units, unless such units are intended
to be a condominium.
The addition of an accessory building, including
farm buildings, on a lot or lots subordinate to an existing principal
building.
The addition or conversion of buildings or rides
within the confines of an enterprise which would be considered an
amusement park. For purposes of this subsection, an "amusement park"
is defined as a tract or area used principally as a location for permanent
amusement structures or rides. This exclusion shall not apply to newly
acquired acreage by an amusement park until initial plans for the
expanded area have been approved by proper authorities.
A voluntary negotiating process in which parties in a dispute
mutually select a neutral mediator to assist them in jointly exploring
and settling their differences, culminating in a written agreement
which the parties themselves create and consider acceptable.
Persons who provide expert or professional advice, including
but not limited to architects, attorneys, certified public accountants,
engineers, geologists, land surveyors, landscape architects or planners.
[Added 1-9-2007 by Ord. No. 479]
A flood having an average frequency of occurrence on the
order of once in 100 years and as indicated in the Flood Insurance
Study (FIS) dated May 16, 2008, and the accompanying maps or the most
recent revision thereof as issued by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency.[6]
The one-hundred-year flood elevation as indicated in the
most recent revision of the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) dated May
16, 2008, and the accompanying maps or the most recent revision thereof
as issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.[7]
A public right-of-way for vehicular or other traffic, whether
designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway,
road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place or alley or however otherwise
designated, and for the purpose of this chapter shall be classed as
follows:
ARTERIAL STREETSThose streets which traverse through the municipality and are used primarily for through, fast or heavy traffic.
COLLECTOR STREETSThose streets which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets, including principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for major circulation within such development.
MINOR STREETSThose streets which are used primarily for access to the abutting properties.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETSMinor streets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
ALLEYSMinor ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
Anything constructed or erected on the ground or attached
to the ground, including but not limited to buildings, factories,
sheds, cabins, mobile homes and similar items.
A person, copartnership or corporation owning land in the
municipality, for which a subdivision and/or land development application
is filed and processed under the provisions of this chapter.
The division or redivision of a lot, tract or parcel of land
by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions
of land, including changes in existing lot lines for the purpose,
whether immediate or future, of lease, partition by the court for
distribution to heirs or devisees, transfer of ownership or building
or lot development; provided, however, that the subdivision by lease
of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres,
not involving any new street or easement of access, for residential
dwelling shall be exempted.
MAJOR SUBDIVISIONThe division of any lot, tract or parcel of land or parcels of land which abut a street of insufficient width or require that a street be laid out through unimproved land or the division of any lot, tract or parcel of land into five or more lots, tracts or parcels of land, including changes in street lines or lot lines, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or of building development.
MINOR SUBDIVISIONThe division of any lot, tract or parcel of land or a part thereof into fewer than five lots, tracts or parcels of land, including changes in street lines or lot lines, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or of building development, where such division, change or transfer does not abut a street of insufficient width and does not require that a street be laid out through unimproved land. No parcel of land held in single or separate ownership at the time of application for a minor subdivision may be further subdivided into an aggregate of five or more lots, tracts or parcels of land at any time subsequent to that date except in accordance with the requirements for a major subdivision.
A map showing the elevations of the ground by contours or
elevations.
An inventory of the source, quantity, yield and use of groundwater
and surface water resources within the municipality.
