[Ord. No. 1109, § 1, 12-3-2019]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in the subdivision regulations, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 22-5 of this article, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise.
[Ord. No. 1109, § 1, 12-3-2019]
For interpreting the subdivision regulations, certain terms
are defined as follows:
A passage or way affording generally a secondary means of
vehicular access to abutting properties and not intended for general
traffic circulation.
The City attorney of the City of Butler, Missouri.
The City Council of Butler, Missouri.
The City engineer, engineer consultant or the public works
director of the City of Butler.
The comprehensive or master plan of the City of Butler, whether
in whole or in part, as adopted by the Butler Planning Commission,
approved by the City Council and duly recorded in the office data,
and other descriptive matter, for the physical development of the
City or any portion thereto: including any amendment, extension, or
additions thereof adopted by the City Council indicating the general
locations for major streets, parks, schools, or other public open
spaces, public building sites, routes for public utilities, zoning
districts, or other similar information.
The office of the Bates County Clerk.
A short street having one end open to traffic and being terminated
at the other end by a vehicular turn-around.
Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the dividing,
or subdividing of land into lots or parcels for conveyance within
the scope and application of these regulations.
A grant by the property owner of the use, for a specific
purpose or purposes, of a strip of land by the public, utility companies,
or private individuals.
A major street ordinarily, but not necessarily, designated
as a numbered federal, state or county highway and designed to accommodate
primarily inter-city and rural traffic movements.
Grading, street surfacing, curbs and gutters, sidewalks,
cross-walks, culverts, bridges, water and sanitary and storm sewer
lines, gas, electricity and other utilities, and other required features.
A parcel of land occupied or intended for occupancy by the
building together with its accessory buildings, including open space
for light and air as required by the zoning ordinance.
Any division of land into two or more parcels for the purpose,
whether immediate or future, of transfer or of ownership, and which
does not constitute a subdivision as herein defined.
See comprehensive plan.
Land which may be dedicated or reserved for acquisition for
general use by the public, including parks, recreation areas, school
sites, community or public building sites, and other lands.
The Butler Planning Commission.
The City Administrator of the City of Butler in matters pertaining
to the subdivision of land.
The final plat, plan, map, or drawing, and any accompanying
material which is submitted to the planning commission for the final
approval of a proposed subdivision.
The preliminary or tentative plat or plan, map or drawing
on which the layout and design of a proposed subdivision is submitted
to the planning commission for consideration and tentative approval.
The subdivision regulations of the City of Butler.
A final plan or drawing and any accompanying required data,
the purpose of which is to re-subdivide lots, revise lot lines, easements
or other features on a previously recorded subdivision plat, subject
to administrative approval.
That portion of any street designated for vehicular traffic
and, where curbs are laid, that portion of the street between the
curbs.
A walk for pedestrians at the side of a street.
Streets and roads are classified by function according to
relative importance, and design standards are related to functional
classification. These classifications are as follows:
ARTERIALMAJOR, PRIMARY OR PRINCIPAL — A street or highway primarily intended to provide for high volume, moderate speed and extended trip length traffic movement between major activity centers, with access to abutting property subordinate to major traffic movement.
ARTERIALMINOR OR SECONDARY — A street which interconnects with and augments the major arterial system. The secondary arterial is primarily intended to provide for moderate volume, moderate speed, and short to moderate trip length while providing controlled access to abutting property.
COLLECTORA street which collects and distributes traffic to and from local and arterial street systems. The collector is primarily intended to provide for low to moderate volume, low speed and short length trips while providing access to abutting property.
CUL-DE-SAC or DEAD-END STREETA minor street with only one outlet.
LOCALA street primarily providing direct access to abutting property and designed to accommodate low volume, low speed traffic.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREET or SERVICE ROADA minor street which is parallel and adjacent to an arterial street and which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
The full width between the property lines bounding every
way of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to use by the
public as a matter or right, for vehicular traffic and whether designated
as a street, highway, freeway, expressway, thoroughfare, parkway,
through-way, road, avenue, boulevard, land place, circle, or however
otherwise designated.
The division of a parcel of land into two or more lots, or
other divisions of land; it includes re-subdivision and, when appropriate
to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land
or territory subdivided.
A committee of the planning commission whose members shall
be made up of three members of the planning commission, the City engineer,
and the director of public works and utilities. Two additional members
may be any licensed professionals in areas including, but not limited
to, civil engineering, architecture, and land surveying.
A major street.
A major street so designated in the official thoroughfare
plan.
The official plan of highways, primary and secondary thoroughfares,
parkways and other major streets, including collector streets, adopted
by the Butler Planning Commission, approved by the City Council, and
duly recorded in the office of the county recorder of Bates County.
A defined area of land.
The official zoning ordinance of the City of Butler.
