[Ord. No. 2480, 5-8-2023]
Definitions for the interpretation of these rules and regulations are as follows:
AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES
The use of a tract of land of not less than five (5) acres for the growing of crops, pasturage, nursery, or the raising of livestock and poultry, including the structures necessary for carrying out farming operations and the residence or residences of those owning or operating the premises, a member of the family thereof, or persons employed thereon, and the family thereof, but such use shall not include feedlots.
ALLEY
A public or private right-of-way which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property.
ARTERIAL STREET
A street serving major traffic movements, designed primarily as a traffic carrier between various sections of the City, and which forms part of the through-street network.
BLOCK
A piece or parcel of land entirely surrounded by public highway, streets, streams, railroad rights-of-way, or parks, etc., or a combination thereof.
COLLECTOR STREET
Any street designed primarily for the purpose of gathering traffic from local or residential streets and carrying it to the major street system.
CUL-DE-SAC
A street having one (1) end open to traffic and being permanently terminated by a vehicular turnaround.
DESIGN
The location of streets, alignment of streets, grades and widths of streets, alignment of easements, grades and widths of easements, alignment and rights-of-way for drainage and sanitary sewers, and the designation of minimum lot area, width and length.
EASEMENT
A grant by the property owner to the public, a corporation, or persons, of the use of a strip of land for specific purposes.
ENGINEER
The individual designated by the Board of Aldermen to provide professional engineering services, or to otherwise administer certain provisions of these Regulations.
FINAL PLAT
A plan or map prepared in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations and those of any other applicable local regulation, which plat is prepared to be placed on record in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the County in which any part of the subdivision is located.
GOVERNING BODY
The elected Board of Aldermen of the City of Plattsburg.
IMPROVEMENTS
Street work and utilities that are to be installed, or agreed to be installed by the subdivider on the land to be used for public or private use of the lot owners in the subdivision and local neighborhood traffic and drainage needs, as a condition precedent to the approval and acceptance of the final plat or filing of the record of the survey map thereof.
LOCAL STREET
A street or road which provides primarily for direct access to adjoining properties and is designed to serve minor traffic needs.
LOT
A portion of land in a subdivision, or other parcel of land, intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for development.
MAJOR THOROUGHFARE
A street, highway, or roadway designated as such on the official Major Street Plan.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETS OR FRONTAGE ROADS
A minor street which is generally parallel to or adjacent to a major traffic thoroughfare, highway, or railroad right-of-way and provides access to abutting properties.
PEDESTRIAN WAY
A right-of-way dedicated to public use, which cuts across a block to facilitate pedestrian access to adjacent streets and properties.
PLANNING AREA
That area on a map prepared and maintained for or by the Planning Commission describing the planning area limits.
PLANNING COMMISSION
The City of Plattsburg Planning Commission, unless otherwise specified.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
A map made for the purpose of showing the design of a proposed subdivision and the existing conditions in and around it; this map need not be based on accurate or detailed final survey of the property.
SECRETARY
Secretary of the Planning Commission.
SETBACK LINE or BUILDING LINE
A line on a plat generally parallel to the street right-of-way, indicating the limit beyond which buildings or structures may not be erected or altered except as otherwise provided in the Zoning Regulations.
STREET
A right-of-way, dedicated to the public use, which provides principal vehicular and pedestrian access to adjacent properties.
SUBDIVIDER
A person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association who causes land to be divided into a subdivision for himself/herself or for others.
SUBDIVISION
The division of a tract of land into two (2) or more lots or parcels for the purpose of transfer of ownership or building development, or, if a new street is involved, any division of a parcel of land. The term "subdivision" includes "re-subdivision," and the term "re-subdivision" as used herein shall include any further subdivision of a lot or parcel of land previously subdivided, for sale, use, or other purposes, which varies from the latest approved subdivision of the same.
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
Individual designated by the Board of Aldermen to administer these Regulations.
[Ord. No. 2480, 5-8-2023]
A. 
For the purpose of this Regulation, the following rules shall apply:
1. 
Words and numbers used singularly shall include the plural and the plural, the singular. Words used in the present tense shall include the future.
2. 
The word "persons" includes a corporation, members of a partnership or other business organization, a committee, board, trustee, receiver, agent or other representative.
3. 
The word "shall" is mandatory.
4. 
The word "use," "used," "occupy" or "occupied" as applied to any land or building shall be construed to include the words "intended," "arranged" or "designed" to be used or occupied.