[R.O. 2011 § 405.010; Ord. No.
1161 § 1, 11-18-2013]
The following terms as used in this Chapter shall have these
prescribed meanings:
APPROVED STREET
A way for vehicular traffic, including any designated as
a freeway, highway, boulevard, parkway or however otherwise designated,
which has been duly accepted for maintenance by the Missouri State
Highways and Transportation Commission, the 20th Judicial Circuit
Court, or the Board of Aldermen of the City of Owensville, or a private
street improved to the standards of this Chapter.
BUILDING LINE
A line on a plat between which line and street or private
place no building or structures may be erected.
COMMISSION
Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Owensville,
Missouri.
EASEMENT
A right to use another person's property, but only for a
limited and specifically named purpose.
IMPROVEMENT PLANS
The engineering plans showing types of materials and construction
details for the facilities to be installed in, or in conjunction with,
a subdivision.
IMPROVEMENTS
Site grading or any street, curb and gutter, sidewalk, drainage
ditch, sewer, catch basin, newly-planted tree, water main, off-street
parking area, or other facility or structure necessary for the general
use of property owners in a subdivision.
MAJOR STREET
A street of substantial continuity which serves or is intended
to serve fast or large volumes of traffic, including all County and
State highways in the City of Owensville and the streets designated
as major streets on the land use plan for Owensville.
METES AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION
A description of real property not by reference to a lot
or block shown on a recorded subdivision plat, but in terms of a known
point and the bearings and distances of the lines forming the boundaries
of the property.
MINOR STREET
A street used primarily for access to abutting property.
PLAT
A map, chart or drawing, drawn to scale, of a tract of land
to be subdivided showing such information as required elsewhere in
this Chapter.
PLAT, FINAL
The final survey, map, descriptions, and certificates indicating
the subdivider's plan of the subdivision which, if approved, may be
filed with the Gasconade County Recorder of Deeds.
SUBDIVISION
The division of a lot, tract, or parcel of land into two
(2) or more lots, plots, sites or other division of land, for the
purpose of either immediate or future sale or of building development.
It also includes resubdivision of land or lots. See also "minor subdivision."
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
A tract of land consisting of five (5) acres or less of land
proposed for subdivision or resubdivision into four (4) or less lots.