Definitions. Definitions for the interpretation
of these rules and regulations are as follows:
AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES
The use of a tract of land of not less than five (5) acres
for the growing of crops, pasturage, nursery, or the raising of livestock
and poultry, including the structures necessary for carrying out farming
operations and the residence or residences of those owning or operating
the premises, a member of the family thereof, or persons employed
thereon, and the family thereof, but such use shall not include feedlots.
ALLEY
A public or private right-of-way which affords only a secondary
means of access to abutting property.
ARTERIAL STREET
A street serving major traffic movements, designed primarily
as a traffic carrier between various sections of the County, and which
forms part of the through-street network.
BLOCK
A piece or parcel of land entirely surrounded by public highway,
streets, streams, or parks, etc., or a combination thereof.
COLLECTOR STREET
Any street designed primarily for the purpose of gathering
traffic from local or residential streets and carrying it to the major
street system.
CUL-DE-SAC
A street having one (1) end open to traffic and being permanently
terminated by a vehicular turnaround.
DESIGN
The location of streets, alignment of streets, grades and
widths of streets, alignment of easements, grades and widths of easements,
alignment and rights-of-way for drainage and sanitary sewers, and
the designation of minimum lot area, width and length.
EASEMENT
A grant by the property owner to the public, a corporation,
or persons, of the use of a strip of land for specific purposes.
ENGINEER
The City Engineer or designated engineering consultant.
FINAL PLAT
A plan or map prepared in accordance with the provisions
of this regulation and those of any other applicable local regulation,
which plat is prepared to be placed on record in the office of the
Recorder of Deeds of the City in which any part of the subdivision
is located.
IMPROVEMENTS
Street work and utilities that are to be installed, or agreed
to be installed by the subdivider on the land to be used for public
or private use of the lot owners in the subdivision and local neighborhood
traffic and drainage needs, as a condition precedent to the approval
and acceptance of the final map or filing of the record of the survey
map thereof.
LOCAL STREET
A street or road which provides primarily for direct access
to adjoining properties and is designed to serve minor traffic needs.
LOT
A portion of land in a subdivision, or other parcel of land,
intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for development.
MAJOR THOROUGHFARE
A street, highway, or roadway designated as such on the official
Major Street Plan.
PEDESTRIANWAY
A right-of-way dedicated to public use, which cuts across
a block to facilitate pedestrian access to adjacent streets and properties.
PLANNING AREA
That area on a map prepared and maintained for or by the
Planning and Zoning Commission describing the planning area limits.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
A map made for the purpose of showing the design of a proposed
subdivision and the existing conditions in and around it; this map
need not be based on accurate or detailed final survey of the property.
SECRETARY
Secretary of the Planning and Zoning Commission.
SETBACK LINE or BUILDING LINE
A line on a plat generally parallel to the street right-of-way,
indicating the limit beyond which buildings or structures may not
be erected or altered except as otherwise provided in the Zoning Regulations.
STREET
A right-of-way, dedicated to the public use, which provides
principal vehicular and pedestrian access to adjacent properties.
SUBDIVIDER
A person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association
who causes land to be divided into a subdivision for himself/herself
or for others.
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 context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land
or territory subdivided.
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
Secretary to the Planning and Zoning Commission, or other
individual as designated by the Board of Aldermen.