As used in this title, unless it is apparent from the context that different meanings are intended, the words and phrases below shall have the following meanings. For the purpose of this title, words used in the present tense include the future, the singular number includes the plural, the word "shall" is mandatory and directory, the word "building" includes a structure.
"Abut"means to border on a given line, e.g., a given street right-of-way.
"Applicant"means any person who makes application to the Planning Official or Commission for approval of a subdivision or partition plat.
"Building lines"means the lines indicated on the subdivision plat or otherwise described, limiting the area upon which structures may be erected.
"City"means the City of Yamhill, Oregon, including its officers, agents and employees.
"Comprehensive plan"means a plan adopted by Ordinance No. 350, or as amended, as a guide in the growth and improvement of the City, including modifications or refinements which may be made from time to time.
"Dwelling unit"means a building, or portion of a building, that has independent living facilities including provisions for sleeping, cooking and sanitation, and that is designed for residential occupancy by a group of people.
"Easements"means a grant of the right to use a strip of land for specific purposes.
"Lot"means a unit of land that is created by a subdivision of land or tract of land having a frontage upon a street occupied or to be occupied, by a building or unit group of buildings and its accessory buildings, together with such yards or open spaces as required by this title.
Lot, corner."Corner lot" means a lot at least two adjacent sides of which abuts streets other than alleys, provided the angle on intersection of the adjacent streets does not exceed 135 degrees.
Lot, through."Through lot" means a lot having frontage on two parallel streets other than alleys.
"Master plan"means a map or layout that establishes the long-term development of a subdivision, planned unit development or future partitioning potential of larger parcels.
"Owner"means the owner of record of real property as shown on the latest tax rolls or deed records of the County, or a person who is purchasing a parcel of property under written contract, or an authorized agent of the owner or contract purchaser.
"Parcel"means a unit of land that is created by a partitioning of land.
"Partition"means the division of an area or tract of land into two or three parcels within a calendar year and when such area or tract of land exists as a unit or contiguous units of land under single ownership at the beginning of such year. "Partition land" does not include division of land resulting from lien, foreclosure; divisions of land resulting from the creation of cemetery lots; and divisions of land made pursuant to a court order, including, but not limited to, court orders in proceedings involving testate or intestate successions; and "partition land" does not include any adjustment of a lot line by the relocation of a common boundary where an additional parcel is not created and where the existing parcel reduced in size by the adjustment is not reduced below the minimum lot size established by any applicable zoning requirement.
"Partition plat"means and includes a final map and other writing containing all the descriptions, locations, specifications, provisions and information concerning a partition.
"Person"means an individual firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, syndicate or any legal entity, and including any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof.
"Planning Official"means the Yamhill City Administrator or an official designated by the Yamhill City Administrator with authority to administer the provisions of this title.
"Plat"means the final map, diagram, drawing, replat, and other writing containing the description, location, specifications, dedications, provisions and other information concerning a subdivision, replat, or partition plat.
"Replat"means the act of platting the lots, parcels, and easements in a recorded subdivision or partition plat to achieve a reconfiguration of the existing subdivision or partition plat or to increase or decrease the number of lots in the subdivision.
"Right-of-way"means the area between boundary lines of a street or dedicated easement.
"Roadway"means the portion or portions of a street right-of-way developed for vehicle traffic.
"Sidewalk"means a pedestrian walkway with permanent surfacing.
"Street"means the entire width between the boundary lines of a public way provided for vehicular and pedestrian traffic, and the placement of utilities and including "road," "highway," "lane," "place," "avenue," "alley," or similar designations.
(1) "Alley"means a narrow street through a block primarily for access by service vehicular to the back or side of properties fronting on another street.
(2) "Arterial"means a street of considerable continuity which is primarily for intercommunication among large areas.
(3) "Collector"means a street supplementary to the arterial street system and a means of intercommunication between this system and smaller areas; used partly by through traffic and partly for access to abutting properties.
(5) "Half-street"means a portion of the width of a street, usually along the edge of a subdivision where the remaining portion of the street could be provided in another subdivision.
(6) "Marginal access street"means a minor street parallel and adjacent to a major arterial street providing access to abutting properties, but protected from through traffic. Also known as a "frontage road."
(7) "Minor street"means a street intended primarily for access to abutting properties.
"Subdivide land"means to divide land into four or more lots within a calendar year.
"Subdivision"means either an act of subdividing land of an area or a tract of land subdivided.
"Subdivision plat"means and includes a final map and other writing containing all the descriptions, locations, specifications, dedications, provisions and information concerning a subdivision.
"Townhouse"means a dwelling unit constructed in a row of two or more attached units where each dwelling unit is located on an individual lot or parcel and shares at least one common wall with an adjacent unit, also commonly called a "single-family attached dwelling," "row house" or "common-wall house."
(Ord. 467 §1, 2002; Ord. 545, 7/9/2025)