[R.O. 1997 §405.010; Ord. No. 1088 §3, 12-9-1991]
All plans, plats, or replats of land laid out in building lots, hereafter made for each subdivision or each part thereof lying within the corporate limits of the City of Cassville, Missouri, shall be prepared, presented, and recorded as herein described.
[R.O. 1997 §405.020; Ord. No. 1088 §3, 12-9-1991]
The purpose and intent of this Chapter is to provide for the harmonious development of the incorporated areas of the City; to provide for the proper location and width of streets, building lines, open spaces, safety and recreational facilities, utilities, drainage, and for the avoidance of congestion of population through requirements of minimum lot width, depth, and area, and the compatibility of design; to require and fix the extent to which and the manner in which streets shall be graded and improved, and water, sewers, drainage, and other utility mains and piping or connections or other physical improvements shall be installed; and to provide for and secure to the Board of Aldermen the actual construction of such physical improvements.
[R.O. 1997 §405.030; Ord. No. 1088 §3, 12-9-1991]
A. 
Rules For Interpretation Of Definitions. For the purpose of this regulation, the following rules shall apply:
1. 
Words and numbers used singularly shall include the plural and the plural, the singular. Words used in the present tense shall include the future.
2. 
The word "persons" includes a corporation, members of a partnership or other business organization, a committee, board, trustee, receiver, agent or other representative.
3. 
The word "shall" is mandatory.
4. 
The words "use," "used," "occupy" or "occupied," as applied to any land or building, shall be construed to include the words "intended," "arranged" or "designed" to be used or occupied.
B. 
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.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
The elected Board of Aldermen of the City of Cassville.
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.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETS or FRONTAGE ROADS
A minor street which is generally parallel to or adjacent to a major traffic thoroughfare or highway and provides access to abutting properties.
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.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
The City of Cassville Planning and Zoning Commission, unless otherwise specified.
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.
[R.O. 1997 §405.040; Ord. No. 1088 §3, 12-9-1991]
The owner or owners of any land located within the jurisdiction of this Chapter subdividing said land into two (2) or more lots and blocks or tracts or parcels, for the purpose of laying out any subdivision, suburban lots, building lots, tracts, or parcels or any owner of any land establishing any street, alley, park, or other property intended for public use or for the use of purchasers or owners of lots, tracts, or parcels of land fronting thereon or adjacent thereto, shall cause a plat to be made in accordance with this Chapter.
[R.O. 1997 §405.050; Ord. No. 1088 §3, 12-9-1991]
A. 
This Chapter shall not apply in the following instances:
1. 
A change in the boundary between adjoining land which does not create an additional or a substandard lot.
2. 
Land used for streets, a drainage easement, or other public utilities subject to local, State or Federal regulations, where no new street or easement of access is involved.
3. 
Whenever any lot, parcel, or tract of land located within the area governed by this Chapter has been subdivided, re-subdivided, or re-platted prior to the adoption of this Chapter.
4. 
Any transfer by operation of law.
5. 
Land which is to be used for cemetery purposes.
6. 
The division of any parcel with forty (40) acres or more for the purpose of dividing an agricultural tract from a parcel or lot existing prior to the adoption of this Chapter, provided that no subdivided lot is less than five (5) acres in area.
[R.O. 1997 §405.060; Ord. No. 1088 §3, 12-9-1991]
All plans, plats, or replats of land laid out in building lots, and the streets, alleys, or other portions of the same intended to be dedicated for public use, or for the use of purchasers or owners of the lots fronting thereon or adjacent thereto, shall be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission for its consideration, and its recommendation shall be submitted to the Board of Aldermen for their official consideration and action.