[Ord. No. 755 Exhibit D § 510.010, 10-13-1997]
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Words used in the present tense shall include the future; the singular number shall include the plural and the plural the singular; the word "building" shall include the word "structure"; the word "shall" is mandatory; the word "may" is permissive.
B. AREA, GROSS AREA, NET ARTERY BARRIER (NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL) BENCHMARK BUILDING LINE CUL-DE-SAC DEAD-END STREET DESIGN DEVELOPER EASEMENT ENGINEER HILLSIDE AREA HILLSIDE STREET IMPROVEMENT PLANS IMPROVEMENTS LAND SURVEYOR LOT LOT, CORNER LOT, DOUBLE-FRONTAGE LOT, FRONTAGE MOBILE HOME PARK DISTRICT PAVEMENT/PAVED PEDESTRIANWAY PERSON PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ROADBED ROAD, COUNTY ROADWAY SETBACK LINE SLOPE and/or GRADE STREET STREET, COLLECTOR STREET, MAJOR STREET, MARGINAL ACCESS or SERVICE ROAD STREET, MINOR STRUCTURE SUBDIVIDER SUBDIVISION TRACT TRAVELED WAY YARD YARD, FRONT YARD, REAR YARD, SIDE
Definitions. For the purpose of this Chapter, the terms used herein are defined as follows:
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.
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.
A public way which affords only a secondary means of access to property abutting thereon, or which is less than twenty (20) feet wide.
Any street, highway, river, pond, canal, railroad, levee, embankment or screening by a fence or hedge.
A definite point of known elevation and location and of more or less permanent character.
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.
A short, minor local street, having only one (1) end open for vehicular traffic and the other permanently terminated by a turnaround for vehicles.
A street having only one (1) end open for vehicular traffic.
The arrangement of land for easements, lots and right-of-way, including materials, improvement, alignment, grade, and width of these elements.
That person, firm or corporation by whom a tract will be divided and improved pursuant to the requirements of this Chapter.
A grant by a property owner to the public, a corporation, or a person of the use of land for a specific purpose.
A professional engineer registered in the State of Missouri.
An area with an average slope of twenty percent (20%) or more, and a cross slope from twenty percent (20%) to forty percent (40%).
A street in which the cross slope of the existing ground exceeds fifteen percent (15%) and the centerline slope exceeds fifteen percent (15%).
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.
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.
A land surveyor registered in the State of Missouri.
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 Chapter 405, and having its principal frontage upon a street or upon an officially approved place.
A lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets at their intersection.
A lot having a frontage on two (2) non-intersecting streets as distinguished from a corner lot.
The boundary line between a lot and the street right-of-way on which the lot fronts.
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.
An all-weather, dust free, hard surface of asphalt, concrete or the like for travel or parking.
An easement or right-of-way dedicated to public use to facilitate pedestrian access to adjacent streets, roadways, and properties.
Any individual, firm, association, partnership or corporation.
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,[1] set out in Section 510.020(B).
The graded portion of a street, upon which the base course, surface course, shoulders and median are constructed.
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.
The portion of a street or road, including shoulder, intended for vehicular usage. (See "street.")
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.
The rate of deviation of the ground surface from the horizontal surface as expressed in percentages.
A public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property.
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.
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.
A minor street parallel and adjacent to major streets, roads or highways, providing access to abutting properties.
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.
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.
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.
The division of a parcel of land into two (2) or more lots, or other divisions of land; it includes re-subdivision and, when appropriate to the content, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land or territory subdivided.
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.
That portion of a street used for the movement of vehicles, exclusive of shoulders and auxiliary lanes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Editor's Note: Said table is included as an attachment to this Chapter.