[CC 1990 §20-44; Ord. No. 341, 5-9-2001]
A.
The
following regulations have been adopted by the City Planning Commission
and the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Belle, Missouri, to provide
for the harmonious development of Belle, for the coordination of streets
within subdivisions with other existing or planned streets, for adequate
open spaces for traffic, recreation, light, and air, for an appropriate
distribution of population and traffic, and for installation of physical
improvements which will tend to create conditions favorable to health,
safety, convenience and prosperity.
B.
It
is recommended that each subdivider confer with the City Planning
Commission or Building Inspector before preparing the preliminary
plan in order that he/she may become familiar with the requirements
of these regulations, as they apply to the land proposed to be subdivided.
[CC 1990 §20-45; Ord. No. 341, 5-9-2001]
For the purpose of these regulations, certain words and terms
are herewith defined:
A line on a plat between which line and a street no building
or structure may be erected.
The City Planning Commission of Belle, Missouri.
A minor street with only one (1) outlet and culminated by
a turnaround.
A grant by the property owner of the use, for a specific
purpose, of a strip of land by the general public, a corporation,
or a certain person or persons.
A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended
for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership
or for building development.
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 Belle and the streets designated as
major streets on the land use plan for Belle.
A street used primarily for access to abutting property.
The singular includes the plural and the plural includes
the singular.
A surety bond or cash deposit made out to the City of Belle
in an amount equal to the full cost of the improvements which are
required by these regulations, said cost being estimated by the Director
of Public Works or City Attorney and said surety bond or cash deposit
being legally sufficient to secure to the City of Belle that the said
improvements will be constructed in accordance with these regulations.
That portion of the street available for vehicular traffic,
and where curbs are laid, the portion from face to face of curbs.
Is mandatory and not directory.
All property dedicated or intended for public or private
use for access to abutting lands or subject to public easements therefor,
and whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway,
throughway, expressway, road, avenue, lane, place, circle, or however
otherwise designated.
Any person, 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 includes any agent of the subdivider.
The division of any parcel of land shown as a unit or as contiguous
units on the last preceding tax roll into two (2) or more parcels,
sites, or lots, any one (1) of which is less than five (5) acres,
for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership;
provided however, that the division or partition of land into parcels
of more than five (5) acres not involving any new streets or easements
of access, and the sale or exchange of parcels between adjoining lot
owners, where such sale or exchange does not create additional building
sites shall be exempt; or
The improvement of one (1) or more parcels of land for residential,
commercial or industrial structures or groups of structures involving
the division or allocation of land for opening, widening or extension
of any street or streets, except private streets serving industrial
structures; the division or allocation of land as open spaces for
common use by owners, occupants or lease holders or as easements for
the extension and maintenance of public sewer, water, storm drainage
or other public facilities.
