[Ord. of 8-4-2008]
In general, words and terms used in these standards shall have their customary dictionary meanings. More specifically, certain words and terms used herein are defined as follows:
A device for radiating or receiving radio waves and which is situated on a permanent foundation.
That land in a parcel which is left over after all deductions made under the net residential area or acreage calculations have been made.,
A wastewater disposal system that receives wastewater from two or more structures. A "centralized" system may have a private sewer collection system flowing into a larger septic tank or it may have building drains flowing into individual smaller septic tanks. The wastewater, after receiving primary treatment in the septic tank or tanks, may be pumped or gravity-fed to a single subsurface disposal field or several fields on a common land area.
Any part or element of the overall plan and policy for development of the City of Old Town, Maine, as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes Amended, Title 30-A, § 4314, and all amendments and revisions thereto.
Drawings showing the location, profile, grades, size and type of drains, sewers, water mains, underground power and telephone ducts, pavements, cross sections of streets, miscellaneous structures, etc.
An access route or right-of-way to any single-family dwelling or to a duplex, triplex or fourplex building, except where such buildings are developed as part of a larger subdivision.
The authorization of a property owner for the use by another, and for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property.
A consulting engineer licensed by the State of Maine.
The City Engineer duly appointed by the City Manager.
The final drawings on which the subdivider's plan of the subdivision is presented to the Board for approval and which, if approved, shall be filed for record with the City and the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds.
The City Council of the City of Old Town, Maine.
The area of a parcel which is suitable for development as determined by the Planning Board shall be calculated by subtracting the following from the total or gross acreage of a parcel:
Total acreage that is used for street and sidewalk rights-of-way.
Portions of the parcel containing slopes over 35%.
Portions of the parcel shown to be within the 100-year floodplain and floodway as designated on Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) maps.
Portions of the parcel located in the Resource Protection District.
Portions of the parcel covered by surface water bodies.
Where the extent of unsuitability in a specific case requires interpretation, the Planning Board shall be guided by whether or not the potentially unsuitable area could be incorporated and used in parcel if the entire tract were developed as a traditional minimum-size subdivision.
The number of units per net residential acre.
The time of submission of a preapplication plan, preliminary plan or final plan shall be considered the submission date of the application for such plan approval to the Board, complete and accompanied by any required fee and all data required by these standards.
Land set aside for passive and/or active use, including recreation purposes, preservation of environmentally sensitive areas, common open space in an open space subdivision, undevelopable land and buffers.
A subdivision wherein each principal building does not occupy a lot meeting the minimum dimensional requirements of Section 111 of the Zoning Ordinance for the district in which it is located, but where the overall net residential density (number of dwelling units per acre or number of nonresidential lots, exclusive of streets) does not exceed that established in Section 111 of the Zoning Ordinance.
Includes a firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, company or corporation as well as an individual.
The Planning Board of the City of Old Town, Maine, created under Title 30-A, § 3001, of the Maine Revised Statutes, as amended, and the Old Town Code of Ordinances Chapter 13.
The preliminary drawing indicating the proposed layout of the subdivisions, to be submitted to the Board for its consideration.
The division of an existing subdivision, but does not include the moving of interior lot lines as long as the lots remain in conformity with existing Zoning Ordinance lot requirements and no new lots are created..
Areas identified on sand and gravel aquifer maps published by the Maine Geological Survey which are favorable for the development of ground water supplies from sand and gravel deposits.
A paved way for pedestrian traffic which is constructed parallel to a road.
Includes such ways as alleys, avenues, boulevards, highways, roads, streets and other rights-of-way. The term "street" shall also apply to areas on subdivision plans designated as "streets," etc.
The division of a tract or parcel of land as defined in 30-A M.R.S.A. § 4401 et seq., as amended.