[Ord. No. 484-02 Art. I §1, 8-19-2002; Ord. No. 668 §1, 11-7-2011]
These regulations constitute and may be referred to as "The
City of Strafford Subdivision Ordinance".
[Ord. No. 484-02 Art. I §2, 8-19-2002; Ord. No. 668 §1, 11-7-2011]
The rules and regulations governing plats of subdivisions of
land and lot splits contained herein shall apply within the corporate
limits of the City of Strafford in accordance with the provisions
of Chapter 89, RSMo., and amendments thereto.
[Ord. No. 484-02 Art. I §3, 8-19-2002; Ord. No. 668 §1, 11-7-2011]
For the purposes of interpreting these regulations, certain
words and terms are defined as follows:
A public way which extends only secondary means of access
to abutting property and not intended for general traffic circulation.
A tract of land entirely surrounded by public highways, streets,
waterways or rail right-of-ways, etc., or any combination thereof.
The City of Strafford.
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Strafford, Missouri.
That person officially designated by the Board of Aldermen
as the engineer of the City of Strafford.
The Strafford Planning and Zoning Commission.
The long-range or master plan and its associated elements
of the City of Strafford adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission
and Board of Aldermen containing analysis, recommendations and policies
for the community's population, economy, housing, transportation,
environmental features, community facilities and land use.
The County of Greene.
The office of Greene County Clerk.
A short street having one (1) end open to traffic and being
terminated at the other end by a vehicular turnaround.
A person who is responsible for any undertaking that requires
an approved use permit, conditional use permit, special use permit
or sign permit.
A grant by the property owner of the use, for a specific
purpose or purposes, of land to the general public, utility companies
or private individuals.
Grading, street surfacing, curbs and gutters, sidewalks,
crosswalks, culverts, bridges, water, sanitary and storm sewers, lines,
and other utilities, and other required features.
A parcel of land whose boundaries have been established by
some legal instrument such as a recorded deed or a recorded map and
which is recognized as a separate legal entity for purposes of transfer
of title.
A lot recognized as legal under the provisions of this Chapter.
Land which may be dedicated or reserved for acquisition for
general use by the public, including parks, recreation areas, school
sites, community or public building sites, and other such areas that
shall be deemed necessary.
A complete and exact subdivision plat, prepared for official
recording as required by Statute and ordinances of the City of Strafford
to define property boundaries and proposed streets and other improvements
and otherwise meeting the requirements of a final plat as prescribed
herein.
A preliminary plat for a subdivision shall be a formal plan,
drawn to scale, indicating prominent existing features of a tract
and its surroundings and the general layout of the proposed subdivision
and otherwise meeting the requirements for a preliminary plat as prescribed
herein.
A general drawing or sketch and discussion showing the general
layout and characteristics of the proposed subdivision and otherwise
meeting the requirements of a pre-application sketch as prescribed
herein.
The land opened, reserved or dedicated for a street, walk,
alley or other public purpose.
A public or private way, including the full width between
the property lines bounding every way of whatever nature, for the
purpose of passage or travel by motor vehicles. Streets are further
classified by the functions they perform as follows:
A street primarily intended to provide for high volume, moderate
speed traffic and moderate to extended trip length traffic movement
between major traffic movement and is subject to the necessary control
of entrances and exits.
A street which collects and distributes traffic to and from
local and arterial street systems and is primarily intended to provide
for low to moderate volume, low speed and short length trips while
also providing access to abutting properties.
A street primarily providing direct access to abutting properties
and designed to accommodate low volume, low speed traffic.
Streets which contain scenic open spaces and combine the
functions of aesthetics and movement of traffic.
Streets of considerable continuity which are intended to
serve major movements of traffic from minor traffic generators, providing
service to specific traffic destinations and easy movement from one
neighborhood area to another within the City.
The horizontal distance between the outside edges of a street's
pavement, including any curbing and guttering, measured at right angles
to the street's centerline.
A person, firm or corporation undertaking the subdividing
or resubdividing of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two (2) or
more lots, or other subdivisions of land for the purpose of transfer
of ownership or development, whether immediate or future, including
all changes in street and lot lines.
A subdivision of land shall be deemed to be the division
of any parcel or tract into two (2) or more parcels, sites or lots,
any one (1) of which contains less than five (5) acres for the purpose,
whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or development,
provided however, that the following shall not constitute a subdivision:
the sale or exchange of parcels of and between owners of adjoining
property if additional lots are not thereby created and the lots resulting
are not reduced below the size required by law.
Any subdivision other than a minor subdivision.
A subdivision that does not involve any of the following:
[Ord. No. 1010, 8-21-2023]
An official ordinance within the City of Strafford with regulations
and requirements and procedures for the establishment of subdivision
controls.
