Definitions. For this chapter, certain terms and words are hereby
defined:
ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES
Infrastructure and services provided by the government sufficient
to meet the current and projected need.
ADMINISTRATIVE SUBDIVISION
The replatting, redefining, or reboundarying of two or more
existing lots, tracts, or parcels that does not result in any additional
lots.
ALLEY
A narrow public thoroughfare, not exceeding 18 feet in width,
which provides a secondary means of vehicular access to abutting properties,
and which is not intended for general circulation.
BONDING
The act of providing a financial surety instrument, e.g.,
a bond, to cover the cost of the construction or installation of infrastructure
and other required improvements in the event of a default.
COLLECTOR STREET
A street that is intended to collect traffic from the minor
streets within a neighborhood, or a portion thereof, and distribute
such traffic to arterial roads and provide access to properties abutting
thereon.
CONCEPT PLAN (also known as SKETCH PLAN)
A sketch of the property, drawn to an appropriate scale,
showing the boundaries, general topography, important physical features,
and other significant information, as well as the proposed scheme
for development of the property, including the proposed street and
lot locations, areas to be reserved for public use, and proposed improvements.
CORNER LOT
A lot contiguous to two intersecting streets and having access
to both streets.
CROSSWALKWAY
A public way, intended for pedestrian use and excluding motor
vehicles, which cuts across a block to furnish improved access to
adjacent streets or properties.
CUL-DE-SAC
A minor street having but one end open for vehicular traffic
and with the other end permanently terminated by a turnaround or backaround
for vehicles.
DEDICATION
The deliberate setting aside or appropriation of land by
its owner for any general and public uses, reserving to the owner
no other rights than are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment
of the public uses to which the property has been devoted.
EASEMENT
An area of land for which the owner grants a right of use
to someone else for one or more designated purposes, which purposes
are consistent with the owner's general property rights.
ENGINEER
The Engineer of the Town of Denton.
EXISTING LOT
A lot of record which exists at the time the application
for administrative subdivision is filed.
FINAL PLAT
A plan or map prepared per the provisions of this regulation
and those of any other applicable local regulation and is prepared
to be placed on record in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Caroline County.
FLAG LOT
The shape of a property, where access to a road is provided
along the long, narrow "flagpole," and the usable land itself is the
rectangular "flag" at the end of the pole. A "flagpole" shall have
a minimum width of 50 feet.
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)
A system that captures, integrates, stores, analyzes, manages,
and displays data linked to location and merges cartography, statistical
analysis, and database technology.
GREENWAY
A long, narrow piece of land that is often used for recreation
and pedestrian and bicycle traffic.
GROWTH ALLOCATION
The number of acres of land in the Critical Area that the
Town of Denton may use, or the county may allocate to municipal jurisdictions
to create new Intensely Developed Areas and new Limited Development
Areas. The growth allocation acreage is 5% of the total Resource Conservation
Area acreage in Denton at the time the Critical Area Commission approved
Denton's original Critical Area Program, not including tidal wetlands,
plus additional acres included from the county's calculated amount
5% of Resource Conservation Area that existed when the Critical Area
Commission approved Caroline County's original Critical Area Program
(that the Town may request, and the county may allocate).
IMPROVEMENTS
Those physical additions, installations, and changes, such
as streets, curbs, sidewalks, water mains, sewers, drainage facilities,
public utilities, and other appropriate items required to render land
suitable for the use proposed.
LOCAL ACCESS STREET
A street that is primarily used to gain access to the property
bordering it.
LOT
A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended
for building development, whether immediate or future, and having
access to a street. Also used interchangeably with "plot."
LOT AREA
The total horizontal area within the lot lines of the lot.
LOT DEPTH
The horizontal distance between the front and rear building
lot lines.
LOT WIDTH
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured
at the required front and rear building setback lines.
MAJOR COLLECTOR
Relatively low-speed, low-volume street that provides circulation
within and between neighborhoods and is intended for collecting trips
from local access streets.
MINOR COLLECTOR
Relatively low-speed, lower-volume-than-major-collector street
that provides circulation within and between neighborhoods and is
intended for collecting trips from local access streets.
PARCEL
Used interchangeably with "lot," although a parcel may include
more than one lot. Also used interchangeably with "plot."
PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (PRD)
A development constructed on a tract of at least five acres under single ownership planned and developed as an integral unit and consisting of single-family detached residences combined with either duplex, townhouse, or multifamily residences, or all the above, all developed under Chapter
128, Article
XIII (Density and Dimensional Regulations).
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD)
Development of a mixture of commercial and residential units
based on a unified master plan on a single site or adjoining sites
under a single entity's control.
PLANNING STAFF
Members of the Town of Denton Department of Planning and
Codes Administration.
PLAT
A plan or map of a piece of land.
PLOT
Used interchangeably with "lot."
PRELIMINARY PLAT
A map made to show the design of a proposed subdivision and
the existing conditions in and around it.
PRIVATE STREET
An improved right of way which is not a component of the
Town, County, State, or Federal road systems.
[Added 3-7-2024 by Ord. No. 751]
REGULATIONS
The whole body of regulations, text, charts, diagrams, notations,
and references contained or referred to in this chapter.
RESULTING LOT
A lot which will exist if the application for administrative
subdivision is approved.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
A strip of land designated for the use of a road, highway,
driveway, alley or walkway, or any drainage or public utility purpose
or other similar uses.
ROADWAY
That portion of a street or highway available and intended
for use by motor vehicle traffic.
SERVICE DRIVE or SERVICE ROAD
A minor street, also called a "frontage road," is a local
access street running parallel to and adjacent to an arterial road
or major collector that provides access to abutting properties and
restricts access to the arterial or major collector road.
STREET
A public or private thoroughfare that affords the principal
means of access to abutting properties, whether designated as a freeway,
expressway, highway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, circle,
or however otherwise designated.
STREET LINE
A dividing line separating a lot, tract, or parcel of land
and an adjacent street, and referred to as a "right-of-way line."
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, individual, contract purchaser (option holder),
firm, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company,
estate, trust, or any other group or combination, acting as a unit,
dividing, or proposing to divide land to constitute a subdivision
as defined herein, and including any agent of the subdivider.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any tract or parcel of land into two or more
plots, parcels, lots, or sites for the purpose, whether immediate
or future, of transfer of ownership or building development. The term
shall include resubdivision and, where appropriate to the context,
shall relate to the process of subdividing or to the land subdivided.
SUBDIVISION, ARCHITECTURALLY INTEGRATED OR CLUSTER
A subdivision in which approval is obtained not only for the division of land into lots but also for a configuration of principal buildings to be located on such lots. The plans for an architecturally integrated or clustered subdivision shall show the dimensions, height, and location of all such buildings to the extent necessary to comply with the purpose and intent of architecturally integrated or clustered subdivisions as outlined in Chapter
128, Zoning.
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
A subdivision that does not involve any of the following:
the creation of more than three lots; the creation of any new public
streets; the extension of a public water or sewer system; or the installation
of stormwater management improvements through one or more lots to
serve one or more other lots.
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC)
A team of Town staff members, no more than two Planning Commission
members and Town professionals for the explicit reason of reviewing
proposed plan submittals.
UTILITY EASEMENT
A utility company's right to access and control the portion
of another person's land near utility facilities and structures (i.e.,
utility poles, transformers, overhead or underground electrical lines).