For the purpose of this article, the following terms, phrases, words
and other [their] derivations shall have the meaning ascribed to them
in this section:
Alley.
A minor public right-of-way, not intended to provide the
primary means of access to abutting lots, which is used primarily
for vehicular service access to the back or sides of properties otherwise
abutting on a street.
City.
The City of Hubbard, Texas.
Crosswalk way.
A public right-of-way, four feet (4') or more in width between
property lines, which provides pedestrian circulation.
Cul-de-sac.
A street having but one (1) outlet to another street, termination
of the opposite end by a vehicular turnaround.
Developer.
This term may be determined by the city to be synonymous
with subdivider.
Engineer.
A person duly authorized under the provisions of the Texas
Engineering Registration Act, as heretofore, or hereafter amended,
to practice the profession of engineering. The term “city engineer”
shall apply only to such registered professional engineer or firm
of registered professional consulting engineers that has been specifically
designated as such by the city council.
Final plat (also record plat or filing plat).
The one official and authentic map of any given subdivision
of land prepared from actual field measurement and staking of all
identifiable points by a surveyor or engineer with the subdivision
location referenced to a survey corner and all boundaries, corners
and curves of the land division sufficiently described so that they
can be reproduced without additional references. Angular measurements
and bearings shall be accurate to the nearest minute. Distances shall
be accurate to the nearest one-tenth (1/10th) of a foot.
Land planner.
Persons other than surveyors or engineers who also possess
and can demonstrate a valid proficiency in the planning of residential,
commercial, industrial and other related developments; such proficiency
after having been acquired by education in the field of landscape
architecture or other specialized planning curriculum and/or by actual
experience and practice in the field of land planning.
Lot.
An undivided tract or parcel of land having frontage on a
public street and which is, or in the future may be offered for sale,
conveyance, transfer or improvement, which is designated as a district
[distinct] and separate tract, and which is identified by a tract
or lot number or symbol in a duly approved subdivision plat which
has been properly filed of record.
Pavement width.
The portion of a street available for vehicular traffic.
Where curbs are laid, it is the portion between the face of curbs.
Person.
Any individual, association, firm, corporation, governmental
agency or political subdivision.
Preliminary plat.
The phrase “preliminary plat” shall be any plat
of any lot, tract or parcel of land that is not to be recorded of
record, but is only a proposed division of land for review and study
by the city. It shall include topography and drainage features.
Shall, may.
The word “shall” is always mandatory. The word
“may” is merely directory.
Street.
A public right-of-way, however designated, which provides
vehicular access to adjacent land:
(1)
Major thoroughfares (also arterial streets, primary thoroughfares,
etc.) provide vehicular movement from one neighborhood to another,
to distant points within the urban area or to freeways or highways
leading to other communities;
(2)
Collector streets (also feeder streets, secondary thoroughfares,
etc.) provide vehicular circulation within neighborhoods and from
minor streets to major thoroughfares. Due to similarity of traffic
volume and wheel loadings, streets through commercial and industrial
areas are frequently constructed to same design as collector streets;
(3)
Local residential streets (also minor thoroughfares or streets,
etc.) are primarily for providing direct vehicular access to abutting
residential property.
Subdivider.
Any person, partnership, association, firm, corporation or
any agent thereof, dividing or proposing to divide land so as to constitute
a subdivision as that term is defined herein. In any event, the term
“subdivider” shall be restricted to include only the owner,
equitable owner or authorized agent of such owner or equitable owner,
of land sought to be subdivided.
Subdivision.
The word “subdivision” or “addition”
shall be any division of any lot, tract or parcel of land into two
(2) or more lots or sites for the purpose, whether immediate or future,
of sale or of building development or transfer of ownership. It also
includes resubdivision or replatting of land, lots or tracts. Division
of land for agricultural purposes, in parcels of five (5) acres or
more shall not be included within this definition, unless any such
division of five (5) acres or more includes the planning or development
of a new street or access easement.
Surveyor.
A licensed state land surveyor or a registered public surveyor,
as authorized by state statutes to practice the profession of surveying.
Utility easement.
An interest in land granted to the city, to the public generally,
and/or to a private utility corporation, for installing and maintaining
utilities across, over or under private land, together with the right
to enter thereon with machinery and vehicles necessary for the maintenance
of said utilities.