Definitions. For the purpose of these regulations,
the terms used herein are defined as follows:
ALLEY
A public way which affords only a secondary means of access
to property abutting thereon, or which is less than twenty (20) feet
wide.
AREA, GROSS
The entire area within the boundary lines of the proposed
subdivision, including the area to be dedicated for street and alley
right-of-way and public use.
AREA, NET
The entire area within the boundary lines of the proposed
subdivision, less the area to be dedicated for street and alley right-of-way
and public use.
BENCHMARK
A definite point of known elevation and location and of more
or less permanent character.
BUILDING LINE
A line on a plat between which line and the street right-of-way
no portion of the building may be erected, excluding landings, open
balconies and roof overhangs.
CUL-DE-SAC
A short, minor local street, having only one (1) end open
for vehicular traffic and the other permanently terminated by a turnaround
for vehicles.
DEAD-END STREET
A street having only one (1) end open for vehicular traffic.
DESIGN
The arrangement of land for easements, lots and right-of-way;
including materials, improvement, alignment, grade, and width of these
elements.
DEVELOPER
That person, firm or corporation by whom a tract will be
divided and improved pursuant to the requirements of this Chapter.
EASEMENT
A grant by a property owner to the public, a corporation,
or a person of the use of land for a specific purpose.
ENGINEER
A professional engineer registered in the State of Missouri.
HILLSIDE AREA
An area with an average slope of twenty percent (20%) or
more, and a cross slope from twenty percent (20%) to forty percent
(40%).
HILLSIDE STREET
A street in which the cross slope of the existing ground
exceeds fifteen percent (15%) and the center line slope exceeds fifteen
percent (15%).
IMPROVEMENT PLANS
The engineering plans showing types of materials and construction
details for the improvements, excluding dwelling units, to be installed
during development of the subdivision or mobile home park, prepared
by a professional engineer.
IMPROVEMENTS
Streets, sidewalks, pedestrianways, curbs, guttering, water
mains, gas mains, electric utilities, storm sewers, sanitary sewers,
sewage treatment facilities, monuments, landscaping, street lights,
and other similar items.
LAND SURVEYOR
A land surveyor registered in the State of Missouri.
LOT
A parcel of land occupied or intended for occupancy by a use permitted in Chapter
405, including one (1) main building together with its accessory buildings, the open spaces and parking spaces required by the Zoning Code, and having its principal frontage upon a street or upon an officially approved place.
LOT, CORNER
A lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets at their intersection.
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE
A lot having a frontage on two (2) non-intersecting streets
as distinguished from a corner lot.
LOT, FRONTAGE
For the purpose of this regulation is the boundary line between
a lot and the street right-of-way on which the lot fronts.
MOBILE HOME PARK DISTRICT
A Mobile Home Park District is any parcel of land consisting
of three (3) or more acres upon which two (2) or more mobile homes,
occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes are located, regardless
of whether or not a charge is made for such accommodation. A "mobile
home space" means the area within a Mobile Home District designed
for the accommodation of one (1) mobile home.
PAVEMENT/PAVED
An all-weather, dust free, hard surface of asphalt, concrete
or the like for travel or parking.
PEDESTRIANWAY
An easement or right-of-way dedicated to public use to facilitate
pedestrian access to adjacent streets, roadways, and properties.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, association, partnership or corporation.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
Any tract or division of land which qualifies as either a
major or minor subdivision and requires the construction of streets
or improvements per Table A, set out in Section
510.020(B).
ROADBED
The graded portion of a street, upon which the base course,
surface course, shoulders and median are constructed.
ROAD, COUNTY
A term denoting a tract of land which is used primarily for
the purpose of vehicular movement and includes all of the facilities
and improvements within the right-of-way. This tract of land must
be or have been a legally established public road as prescribed by
law.
ROADWAY
The portion of a street or road, including shoulder, intended
for vehicular usage. (See "Street.")
SETBACK LINE
The line parallel to the front, side, or rear lot line establishing
the minimum space to be provided as the front, side, or rear yard.
SLOPE AND/OR GRADE
The rate of deviation of the ground surface from the horizontal
surface, as expressed in percentages.
STREET
A public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal
means of access to abutting property.
STREET, COLLECTOR
A street which carries or is proposed to carry intermediate
volumes of traffic from roads or highways to minor streets, and which
may or may not be continuous and serves minor population centers not
feasibly served by the arterial routes.
STREET, MAJOR
A street designed or utilized primarily for high vehicular
speeds or for heavy volumes of traffic on a continuous route, with
intersections at grade, and which may have direct access to abutting
properties, and on which geometric design and traffic control measures
are used to expedite the safe movement of through traffic.
STREET, MINOR
A street used primarily for access to abutting properties,
providing for minimum speeds and traffic volumes and the street is
either a dead-end, or if continuous, short and serves areas of low
population.
STREET, MINOR II
A street used primarily for access to six (6) or less abutting
residential lots only, providing for minimum speeds and traffic volumes
and the street is dead-end with a cul-de-sac and with no on-street
parking at any time.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
more or less permanent location on the ground or attached to something
having a permanent location on the ground, including, but without
limiting the general inclusiveness of the foregoing, advertising signs,
billboards, backstops for tennis courts and pergolas.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
estate, or other group or combination acting as a unit, dividing or
proposing to divide land in a manner that constitutes a subdivision
or mobile home park as herein defined. The term "subdivider" shall
include any agent of any subdivider.
SUBDIVISION
The division of a parcel of land into two (2) or more lots,
or other divisions of land; it includes resubdivision and, when appropriate
to the content, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land
or territory subdivided.
TRACT
An area or parcel of land which the developers intend to
subdivide and improve, or to cause to be subdivided and improved,
pursuant to the requirements of this Chapter.
TRAVELED WAY
That portion of a street used for the movement of vehicles,
exclusive of shoulders and auxiliary lanes.
YARD
An open space at grade between a building and the adjoining
lot lines, unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a structure
from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided herein. In measuring
a yard for the purpose of determining the width of a side yard, the
depth of a front yard or the depth of the rear yard, the minimum horizontal
distance between the lot line and the main building shall be used.
YARD, FRONT
A yard extending across the front of a lot and being the
minimum horizontal distance between the street or place line and the
main building or any projections thereof other than the projections
of the usual uncovered steps, uncovered balconies, or uncovered porch.
On corner lots, the front yard shall be considered as being parallel
to the street upon which the lot has its least dimension.
YARD, REAR
A yard extending across the rear of a lot and being the required
minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the rear
of the main building or any projections thereof other than the projections
of uncovered steps, unenclosed balconies, or unenclosed porches. On
all lots, the rear yard shall be in the rear of the front yard.
YARD, SIDE
A yard between the main building and the side line of the
lot, and extending from the required front yard to the required rear
yard, and being the minimum horizontal distance between a side lot
line and the side of the main building or any projections thereof.