Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
ACCESS
A way or means of approach to provide vehicular or pedestrian
entrance or exit to a property.
ACCESS CONNECTION
Any driveway, street, turnout or other means of providing
for the movement of vehicles to or from the public roadway system.
ACCESS MANAGEMENT
The process of providing and managing access to land development
while preserving the regional flow of traffic in terms of safety,
capacity, and speed.
ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN (CORRIDOR)
A plan illustrating the design of access for lots on a highway
segment or an interchange area that is developed jointly by the state,
the metropolitan planning organization, and the affected jurisdiction(s).
ACCESS STANDARDS
A ranking system for roadways used to determine the appropriate
degree of access management. Factors considered include functional
classification, the appropriate local government's adopted plan for
the roadway, subdivision of abutting properties, and existing level
of access control.
CARTWAY
That area of road surface from curbline to curbline or between
the edges of the paved or hard surface of the roadway, which may include
travel lanes, parking lanes, and deceleration or acceleration lanes.
CONNECTION SPACING
The distance between connections, measured from the closest
edge of pavement of the first connection to the closest edge of pavement
of the second connection along the edge of the traveled way.
CORNER CLEARANCE
The distance from an intersection of a public or private
road to the nearest access connection, measured from the closest edge
of the pavement of the intersecting road to the closest edge of the
pavement of the connection along the traveled way. (See Appendix A,
Figure I.)
CORRIDOR OVERLAY ZONE
Special requirements added onto existing land development
requirements along designated portions of a public thoroughfare.
CROSS ACCESS
A service drive providing vehicular access between two or
more contiguous sites so the driver need not enter the public street
system.
DEED
A legal document conveying ownership of real property.
EASEMENT
A grant of one or more property rights by a property owner
to or for use by the public, or another person or entity.
FRONTAGE ROAD
A public or private drive which generally parallels a public
street between the right-of-way and the front building setback line.
The frontage road provides access to private properties while separating
them from the arterial street. (See also "service road.")
FUNCTIONAL AREA (INTERSECTION)
That area beyond the physical intersection of two controlled
access facilities that comprises decision and maneuver distance, plus
any required vehicle storage length, and is protected through corner
clearance standards and driveway connection spacing standards.
FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION
A system used to group public roadways into classes according
to their purpose in moving vehicles and providing access.
LOT
A designated parcel, tract, or area of land established by
a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed
or built upon as a unit, which is recognized as a separate legal entity
for purposes of transfer of title, has frontage upon a public or private
street, and complies with the dimensional requirements of this code.
LOT DEPTH
The average distance measured from the front lot line to
the rear lot line.
LOT FRONTAGE
That portion of a lot extending along a street right-of-way
line.
LOT OF RECORD
A lot or parcel that exists as shown or described on a plat
or deed in the records of the County Recorder of Deeds office.
LOT WIDTH
The horizontal distance between side lot lines measured parallel
to the front lot line at the minimum required front setback line.
LOT, CORNER
Any lot having at least two contiguous sides abutting upon
one or more streets, provided that the interior angle at the intersection
of such two sides is less than 135°.
LOT, NONCONFORMING
A lot, the area or dimension of which was lawful prior to
the adoption or amendment of a zoning ordinance, but which fails to
conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is
located by reason of such adoption or amendment.
NONCONFORMING ACCESS FEATURES
Features of the access system of a property that existed
prior to the date of ordinance adoption and do not conform with the
requirements of this Code.
OUTPARCEL
A parcel of land abutting and external to the larger, main
parcel, which is under separate ownership and has roadway frontage.
PARCEL
A division of land comprised of one or more lots in contiguous
ownership.
PEDESTRIAN CROSS ACCESS
A walkway providing pedestrian access between two or more
contiguous sites so that the pedestrian does not mingle with traffic.
PLAT
The map or plan of a subdivision or land development, whether
preliminary or final.
REASONABLE ACCESS
The minimum number of access connections, direct or indirect,
necessary to provide safe access to and from the thoroughfare, as
consistent with the purpose and intent of this code and any applicable
plans and policies of Unity Township.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
Land reserved, used, or to be used for a highway, street,
alley, walkway, drainage facility, or other public purpose.
SERVICE ROAD
A public or private street or road, auxiliary to and normally
located parallel to a controlled access facility, that maintains local
road continuity and provides access to parcels adjacent to the controlled
access facility.
STUB-OUT (STUB STREET)
A portion of a street or cross-access drive used as an extension
to an abutting property that may be developed in the future.
SUBDIVISION
The division or re-division of a lot, tract or parcel of
land by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other
divisions of land, including changes in existing lot lines for the
purpose, whether immediate or future, of lease, partition by the court
for distribution to heirs or devisees, transfer of ownership or building
or lot development; provided, however, that the subdivision by lease
of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres,
not involving any new street or easement of access or any residential
dwelling, shall be exempted.
TEMPORARY ACCESS
Provision of direct access to the controlled access facility
until that time when adjacent properties develop, in accordance with
a joint access agreement or frontage road plan.