When used in this Part 2, certain words and terms shall have the meanings as herein defined. Words and terms not herein defined shall have their customary dictionary definitions. The term "shall" is mandatory. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the singular number include the plural and those used in the plural number include the singular. Words used in the present tense include the future.
A parcel of land entirely surrounded by streets or highways
or by a combination of streets, highways, parks or railroad rights-of-way.
The official City plan or any part thereof for the City of
Walhalla adopted and approved in accordance with the provisions of
Act No. 487, South Carolina Acts of 1967.
A grant by the property owner of the use for a specific purpose
of a strip of land by the general public, a corporation or a certain
person or persons.
A registered professional engineer in good standing with
the South Carolina Board of Registration.
A change in land characteristics through redevelopment, construction,
subdivision into parcels, condominium complexes, apartment complexes,
commercial parks, shopping centers, industrial parks, mobile home
parks or similar developments for sale, lease or any combination of
owner and rental characteristics.
A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended
for transfer of ownership or for building purposes.
The Planning Commission of Walhalla, South Carolina.
A map or drawing upon which the subdivider's plan of the
subdivision is presented for approval.
A way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as an avenue, boulevard, thoroughfare, road, highway, expressway, lane, alley or other way; and for the purposes of this Part 2, streets are divided into the following categories:
THOROUGHFAREThose streets designated as freeways, arterials or collectors on the preliminary thoroughfare plan of the City of Walhalla.
MINOR COLLECTORA street within a subdivision used to carry traffic from minor streets to thoroughfares, including principal entrance and circulation streets of a subdivision.
MINOR OR LOCAL STREETA street used primarily for access to the abutting properties.
ALLEYA minor way used for service access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
CUL-DE-SACA minor street having one end open to traffic and one end terminating in a vehicular turnaround.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETA minor street parallel and adjacent to major streets and which provides access to abutting properties with protection from through traffic.
An individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership,
trust or any other legal entity commencing proceedings under these
regulations to effect a subdivision of land hereunder for himself,
itself or for another.
A division of a tract or parcel of land into two or more
lots, building sites or other divisions. The land is divided for sale,
lease or building development, whether immediately or in the future.
The definition includes all divisions involving a new street or change
in existing streets. It includes resubdivisions involving the further
division or relocation of lot lines of any lot or lots within a previously
approved or recorded subdivision. The definition covers the alteration
of any streets or the establishment of any new streets within any
previously approved or recorded subdivision as well as combinations
of lots of record. The following exceptions are included within this
definition only for the purpose of requiring that the local planning
agency be informed and have a record of the subdivisions:
Combining or recombining portions of previously platted lots
where the total number of lots is not increased and the resultant
lots are equal to the ordinance standards.
Dividing land into parcels of five acres or more where no new
street is involved. The Planning Commission must receive plats of
these exceptions as information and indicate that fact on the plats.
Combining or recombining entire lots of record where no new
street or change in existing streets is involved.
A registered land surveyor in good standing with the South
Carolina Board of Registration.
The officially adopted Zoning Ordinance, City of Walhalla, South Carolina. (See Part 1 of this chapter.)
