In this Chapter 104, the following definitions describe the meaning of the terms used in the road ordinance:
American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials.
A way or means of approach to provide physical entrance onto
a property.
Americans with Disabilities Act.
A public or private right-of-way that connects two or more
streets and is intended to provide access to the rear or side of a
building or lot. It is intended for local traffic only.
An improvement to include, but not be limited to, interior
street trees, recreational facilities, focal point plantings, sidewalks,
trails, fences, and streetlighting.
Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance; refer to Section 7-1.05
of the Calvert County Zoning Ordinance.
The written affirmative action on a project by County agencies.
A design or construction plan, or similar document that has
been marked to display and certify field-verified locations and elevations
of all required features.
The layers of asphalt material placed on a subbase or a subgrade
to support a surface course.
That portion of roadway construction which includes, but
is not limited to, roadway excavation, fill, ditches, storm drain
construction, roadway subbase material; sediment control measures,
stabilization, and base course of asphalt.
The Board of County Commissioners of Calvert County, Maryland.
Any structure, with a span of at least 20 feet that provides
a traveled way.
Written permission issued by the Division of Inspections
and Permits, or its successor, for the construction of a new structure
or repair, alteration or addition to an existing structure.
A signed document which states that the material or work
complies with the applicable specifications and includes the actual
test results to confirm the statement.
The process of cutting or removing trees, ground cover, or
stumps, with or without removal of the associated roots.
An access area, measuring between 50 feet and 75 feet wide
by between 50 feet and 75 feet long, commonly owned by adjoining lot
owners created to provide access to lots.
Culvert County, Maryland.
Any road accepted into the County maintenance system prior
to the enactment of this chapter, constructed under the authority
of the Department of Public Works, or constructed by others with construction
approval and deed dedication accepted by Calvert County.
A paved, circular turnaround area at the closed end of a
local road.
Any structure, not classified as a bridge, which provides
an opening under any traveled way.
The distance below a dam where the depth of flow would increase
within the floodplain as a direct result of a dam failure.
A legal document conveying ownership of or interest in real
property.
The Department of Public Works, Calvert County, Maryland.
A selected speed used to determine the various geometric
design features of a roadway.
Any activity, other than normal agricultural or forestry
activity, which materially affects the existing condition or use of
any land or structure.
The Director of Public Works for Calvert County, Maryland,
or its successor, or duly authorized representative.
The limit of land area disrupted or impacted by construction
activities.
A long narrow excavation in the earth for carrying off excess
water.
Culvert, bridge, storm sewer, catch basin, canal, ditch,
subsurface drain, and any structure or watercourse designed to convey
surface or other waters.
A private area providing access for vehicles to a parking
space, dwelling, garage, or other structure.
SINGLE-FAMILYA residential building on a permanent foundation, containing one dwelling unit occupied by one family.
DWELLING, ATTACHED: DUPLEX, TRIPLEX, FOURPLEX, OR TOWNHOUSEAttached dwelling units, separated by a vertical division wall, each of which has direct access to the ground level. The first floor enclosed living area is on the ground level, or may be elevated above the dwelling unit's private parking or storage space on the ground level. These units do not have horizontal separation from any other residential unit or attachment to any nonresidential use or parking garage.
DWELLING-ATTACHED: MULTIFAMILYA residential building on a permanent foundation containing three or more dwelling units, such as an apartment complex, condominiums, etc.
One or more rooms forming a single habitable unit with facilities
for living, sleeping, cooking and sanitation.
A grant by the property owner of the use of their land by
another party.
A division of the Calvert County Department of Public Works.
A professional engineer or professional land surveyor licensed
by the State of Maryland through the Board of Registration of Professional
Engineers and Land Surveyors.
Any act by which soil, earth, sand, rock, or any similar
material is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced,
relocated, or bulldozed.
A single-family residential development within which lots
are designated to be conveyed only to family members of lineal descent
or ascent, being parent, child, grandchild or grandparent of the grantor.
Any act by which soil, earth, sand, gravel, rock, or any
similar material is deposited, placed, pushed, pulled, or transported,
or the material used to complete this act.
The Calvert County Department of Finance and Budget, or its
successor.
A professional engineer licensed by the State of Maryland
through the Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land
Surveyors with expertise and training in geotechnical engineering.
Any act by which soil is cleared, stripped, stockpiled, excavated,
scarified, filled, or any combination thereof.
Removing from the ground and disposing of stumps, roots,
brush, and debris at an approved facility.
A sloping or modified surface from the level of the sidewalk
or curb to the level of the road that is designed to accommodate persons
who may have difficulty in making the required step up or down from
curb level to road level in accordance with ADA standards.
A surface that has been compacted or covered with a layer
of material so that it is resistant to infiltration by water.
A division of the Calvert County Department of Planning and
Zoning.
The representative of the Calvert County Department of Public
Works who reviews construction tasks for the purpose of determining
compliance with this chapter.
A parcel or portion of a larger parcel or subdivision, whether buildable or not. A contiguous area of land separated from other areas of land by separate description, including a recorded deed, a subdivision plat, or record of survey map, or by metes and bounds, for purpose of sale, lease, transfer of ownership, or separate use; or as defined by Calvert County Zoning Ordinance, Section 12-01, as amended from time to time.
An agreement executed by a permittee covering maintenance
aspects of public roads and storm drainage construction, stormwater
management facilities, utilities, and amenities.
Maryland Department of the Environment, or its successor.
Maryland State Highway Administration, or its successor.
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices published by the
Federal Highway Administration, most current edition.
Natural Resource Conservation Service of Calvert County,
Maryland.
An area along or adjacent to a stream or body of water, except
tidal waters, that is capable of storing or conveying floodwaters
during a one-hundred-year frequency storm event, or a one-hundred-year
flood.
Any area depicted as "My" soils on the Calvert County Soil Survey
Maps. It can be revised based on a hydrologic study or on-site soil
survey.
A rain event having a one-percent chance of occurring in
any given year; also referred to as the base or one-hundred-year flood.
An individual, firm, association, syndicate; partnership,
or corporation having legal title to a piece of land.
A unit of land identified by the Maryland Department of Assessments
and Taxation as a separate entity for description purposes; may include
an aggregation of lots, blocks, sections, or phases.
An artificial surface placed upon a traveled way, typically
consisting of bituminous concrete (hot mix asphalt) or Portland cement
concrete materials.
A profile of all courses of material placed above the earthen
subgrade.
A person, partnership, corporation, association, syndicate,
trust, any other legal entity, who has applied for or obtained a permit
for construction.
The Calvert County Department of Planning and Zoning, or
its successor.
The Calvert County Planning Commission, or its successor.
A private right-of-way for the purpose of providing access
to no fewer than three single-family residential lots or parcels and
no more than seven single-family residential lots or parcels.
A division of the Calvert County Department of Public Works.
An agreement executed by a permittee covering financial aspects
and construction of approved subdivisions containing improvements
which shall remain the responsibility of the property owners.
An agreement executed by a permittee covering financial aspects
and construction of approved subdivisions containing improvements,
some of which may be deeded to Calvert County for ownership and maintenance.
The final plat of a subdivision that is recorded in the land
records of Calvert County.
A wall designed to resist the lateral displacement of soil
or other materials.
A strip of land acquired by reservation, dedication, forced
dedication, prescription or condemnation and intended to be occupied
or currently occupied by a road, crosswalk, railroad, electric transmission
lines, oil or gas pipeline, water line, sanitary or storm sewer and
other similar uses.
Generally, the right of one to pass over the property of another.
Generally, a road is a vehicular way constructed within a public
or private right-of-way (also known as "avenue," "drive," "circle,"
"street," "highway," "thoroughfare" or other similar terms, but not
driveways, lanes, or alleys).
When applying setbacks, the term "road" refers to the right-of-way.
Setbacks shall be measured from the edge of the right-of-way unless
other means of measurement are specified.
Road classifications.
RESIDENTIAL/LOCALA low-volume road providing access to abutting properties with limited through traffic. These roads convey traffic to a higher functional type road.
RESIDENTIAL COLLECTORA road that accumulates traffic from local roads and conveys it to higher classification roads.
MINOR COLLECTORA road for linking residential developed areas and larger communities with points of interest, such as town centers, parks, agricultural areas, to higher classification roads:
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIALA road that accommodates traffic traveling directly to commercial or industrial sites.
MAJOR COLLECTORA road interconnecting to a principal road.
TOWN CENTER BOULEVARDA localized minor collector with scenic attributes typically designated as "parkways."
The technical design documents, prepared by a professional
engineer or surveyor, depicting how a roadway is to be constructed.
That portion of a lot or parcel of land which joins the publicly
or privately maintained road surface or existing right-of-way line.
A type of intersection or junction characterized generally
by a circular shape in which vehicular traffic flows almost continuously
around a central island to which entering traffic must yield.
Please refer to the Calvert County Zoning Ordinance and maps
adopted thereby, as amended from time to time.
A private access and travel way serving a maximum of two
lots.
The portion of an access which lies within the right-of-way,
between the edge of the roadway and the property line, for use in
common by two properties.
A legal, recorded document establishing the perpetual maintenance
responsibilities for users of common access drives, private lanes,
and shared driveways.
A portion of the right-of-way outside of the travel lanes
that is contiguous with the traveled way for emergency use and for
lateral support of base and surface courses.
A traveled way constructed for the use of pedestrians.
A line of unobstructed vision at a road or driveway intersection
defined by a continuous line of sight between points.
The deviation of a surface from the horizontal, usually expressed
in percent or degrees.
The protection of exposed soils from erosion by the application
of various vegetative or structural means.
A point of access from a state-maintained road, street, or
highway approved by the Maryland State Highway Administration.
The control of water originating from a precipitation event
in order to prevent adverse impacts of runoff on the water and land
resources of Maryland, characterized by:
QUANTITATIVE CONTROLA system of measures that control the increased volume and rate of surface runoff caused by man-made changes to the land; and
QUALITATIVE CONTROLA system of measures that reduces or eliminates pollutants that might otherwise be carried by runoff.
As defined in the Calvert County Stormwater Management Ordinance, § 123-4, as amended from time to time.
A linear planting of trees that parallel the direction of
a road.
Bridges, culverts, catch basins, drop inlets, retaining walls,
cribbing, manholes, endwalls, buildings, sewers, service pipes, underdrains,
foundation drains, steps, fences and other features not otherwise
classified.
The layers of specified or selected material of designed
thickness placed on a subgrade to support a base course or surface
course.
The foundation for the pavement section typically consisting
of soils, or enhanced soils, depending upon existing conditions and
road classification.
Includes, but is not limited to, a certificate of guarantee
as defined in § 1-203 of the Insurance Article of the Annotated
Code of Maryland.
The top course of pavement designed to accommodate the traffic
load.
A paved area at the closed end of a local road to facilitate
traffic movement.
The existing configuration of the earth's surface, including
the relative relief, elevation, and position of land features.
The Calvert County Treasurer's Office.
An excavation made for the purpose of installing or removing
pipes, drains, catch basins, etc., which is later backfilled.
A document issued by Inspections and Permits allowing the
occupancy or use of a building and certifying that the structure or
use has been constructed or will be used in compliance with all the
applicable County codes, ordinances and regulations.
A privately, publicly, or cooperatively owned line, facility
or system for producing, transmitting, or distributing communications,
cable television, power, electricity, light, heat, gas, oil, crude
products, water, steam, waste, stormwater not connected with roadway
drainage, or any other similar commodity, including signal systems
or streetlights, which directly or indirectly serves the public.
A division of the Calvert County Department of Public Works,
or its successor.
