Definitions. For the purposes of this Chapter, the terms used herein
are defined as follows:
ALLEY
A permanent serviceway, dedicated to public use primarily
for utility or vehicular service access to the rear or side of properties
otherwise abutting on a street.
BLOCK
An area of land entirely bounded by streets, highways or
ways, except alleys, pedestrian ways, or exterior boundaries of a
subdivision unless such exterior boundary is a street, highway or
way, or a combination of streets, public parks, cemeteries, railroad
rights-of-way, bulk headlines, or shorelines or waterways, or corporate
boundary lines.
BUILDING
Any structure, whether temporary, semipermanent or permanent,
designed or intended for the support, enclosure, shelter, or protection
of persons or property.
CAMPER or TRAVEL TRAILER
A vehicle or structure designed and constructed in such manner
as will permit temporary occupancy as living and sleeping quarters
as is primarily required during camping or vacation travels. Such
facility has identical characteristics to a mobile home in that it
can be conveyed on the streets; however, in no way is it intended
to become a permanent residence.
CAMPGROUND or TRAVEL TRAILER PARK
Any plot of ground upon which a camper or travel trailer
is located regardless of whether or not a charge is made for such
accommodation. However, such definition shall not include storage
of one (1) personal camper or travel trailer upon the property of
the owner.
CITY
As hereinafter referred shall mean Aurora, Missouri.
COMMISSION
Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Aurora, Missouri.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The plan or any portion thereof, adopted by the Commission
for the coordinated physical development of Aurora, Missouri, including,
among other things, plans and programs regarding the location, character
and extent of highways, transportation routes, bridges, public buildings,
schools, parks, forests, wildlife refuges, dams and projects affecting
the conservation of natural resources.
CUL-DE-SAC
A short street, having only one (1) end open for vehicular
traffic, and the other permanently terminated by a full turnaround
for vehicles.
DESIGN
The arrangement of land for easements, lots, and rights-of-way,
including materials, alignment, grade, and width of these elements.
EASEMENT
A grant by the property owner to a person, corporation, or
the public of the right to the use of designated land area for specified
purposes.
FLOOD HAZARD AREA
All land subject to periodic inundation from overflow of
natural waterways when subjected to the maximum possible run-off from
three (3) inches of rain per hour as calculated by approved engineering
methods.
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 physical structures and facilities to be installed,
both in or in conjunction with the plat.
IMPROVEMENTS
Refers to such street work, streetlight signs, and utilities,
including water, sewer, electric, gas and stormwater, to be installed
or agreed to be installed, in total or in part, by the subdivider
on land to be used for public or private streets and easements, as
are necessary for the general use of 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 thereof.
LOT
A parcel of land intended to be separately owned, rented,
developed, or otherwise used as a unit.
LOT AREA
The total horizontal area within the boundaries of a lot,
exclusive of any land designated for roadway purposes.
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.
MASTER PLAN
The comprehensive plan made and adopted by the Planning and
Zoning Commission of the City of Aurora.
MOBILE HOME (TRAILER)
Any vehicle or structure so designed and constructed in such
manner as will permit permanent occupancy thereof as living and sleeping
quarters for one (1) or more persons, or the conduct of any business
or profession, occupation, or trade, or use as a selling or advertising
device, and so designed that it is or may be mounted on wheels and
conveyed on highways or streets, propelled or drawn by its own or
other motive power, excepting a device used exclusively upon stationary
rails or tracks.
MOBILE HOME PARK: (TRAILER PARK)
Any area, tract, site, or plot of ground on which a mobile
home occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes is located or intended
to be located regardless of whether or not a charge is made for such
accommodation. Such definition includes all buildings used or intended
to be used as a part of the equipment or facilities thereof.
MOBILE HOME SPACE
A plot of ground within a mobile home park designed for the
accommodation of one (1) mobile home.
NET AREA
The entire area within the boundary lines of the site, less
the area of any street right-of-way.
PARKING LANE
An auxiliary lane of a roadway, used primarily for vehicular
parking.
PARKING SPACE
An area set aside, either on an individual lot or on any
other portion of a subdivision, which is reserved for vehicular parking.
PEDESTRIAN WAY
A right-of-way dedicated to public use which cuts across
a block to facilitate pedestrian access to adjacent streets and properties.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, association, partnership, or corporation.
PLAT
A map showing the design of a subdivision and the existing
conditions. The design shall include all trafficways, utilities, drainage
provisions, and appurtenances.
PUBLIC WATER COMPANY
Any person, company, corporation, or institution who has
a written permit from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources
to supply water for domestic purposes to the public.
RECREATION OR PLAYGROUND CENTER
A usable parcel of land suitably drained, free of stagnant
pools of water, with sufficient soil to support the growth of plant
material, and containing a variety of recreational facilities.
ROADBED
The graded portion of a street, upon which the base course,
surface course, shoulders, and medium are constructed.
ROADWAY
The portion of a street, including shoulders, for vehicular
usage.
SETBACK LINE
The line generally parallel to the front, side, or rear lot
line establishing the minimum space to be provided as the front, side,
or rear yard.
SLOPE
The degree of natural inclination of the existing ground
which is used as the basis for determining the hillsides.
STREET
A general term denoting a public or private way for the purpose
of vehicular travel. The term includes all facilities which normally
occur within the right-of-way; it shall also include such other designation
for a street as: a highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road,
pike, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, drive, court, or as otherwise
designated, but excluding an alley or a way for pedestrian use only.
STREET CLASSIFICATIONS
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HIGHWAYS — A street or road of great continuity with either
a single roadway or a dual roadway which serves or is intended to
serve major traffic flow and is designated in the master plan or is
otherwise designated as a limited access highway or freeway, highway,
boulevard, parkway, or other equivalent term to identify those streets
comprising the basic street system.
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THOROUGHFARES — A street or road of considerable continuity
which serves or is intended to serve principal traffic flow between
separated areas or districts and which is the main means of access
to the residential street or roadway system.
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MARGINAL ACCESS STREETS OR FRONTAGE ROADS — A minor street
which is generally parallel to or adjacent to a major traffic thoroughfare
highway or railroad right-of-way and provides access to abutting properties.
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STREET, COLLECTOR
A street which carries or is proposed to carry intermediate
volumes of traffic from minor streets to major streets, and which
may or may not be continued.
STREET, MINOR
A street of limited continuity used primarily for access
to abutting properties, providing for minimum speeds and traffic volumes.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed, which requires permanent or temporary
location on the ground or is attached to something having a permanent
or temporary location on the ground.
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
as herein defined. The term "subdivider" shall include any agent of
any subdivider.
SUBDIVISION
Any land improved or unimproved, or any portion thereof,
shown on the last preceding tax roll as a unit or as contiguous units,
which is divided into two (2) or more lots, plots, sites or other
divisions of land for the purpose of offering for sale, lease or development,
including resubdivision. "Subdivision" includes the division or development
of residential and non-residential zoned land, including planned developments,
whether by deed, metes and bounds description, map, plat or other
recorded instrument and the dedication, opening or widening of any
proposed or existing right-of-way for a public or private street.
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
A division of land into two (2) but not more than four (4)
lots, which does not include any new streets, improvements, sewer
extensions, easements, or rights-of-way; a division of land in which
each parcel is five (5) acres or more in area, and which does not
include any new streets, improvements, sewer extensions, easements,
rights-of-way, or other provisions for public areas and facilities;
the division of land held by a bona fide partnership in existence
for two (2) or more years upon dissolution thereof, a division of
land among the immediate members of a family for personal use which
does not include any new streets, improvements, sewer extensions,
easements, or rights-of-way.
UNITS
An area within a trailer or mobile home park, court, or camp
of not less than two thousand (2,000) square feet of unoccupied space
designated for the exclusive use of not more than one (1) automobile
and one (1) trailer or mobile home.
YARD
Any open space located on the same lot with a building or
structure, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground up, except
for any accessory buildings or projections as are permitted on the
lot.
YARD, FRONT
A yard extending across the front of a lot between the side
yard lines and being the minimum horizontal distance between the street
line and the front building line.
YARD, REAR
A yard extending along the rear of a lot between the side
yard lines and being the minimum horizontal distance between the rear
lot line and the rear building line.
YARD, SIDE
A yard extending along each side of a lot between the front
yard line and the rear yard line and being the minimum horizontal
distance between the side lot line and the side building line.