As used in these Regulations:
(1) “Alley.” (See Thoroughfare.)
(2) “Block” means a unit of property entirely surrounded by public highways and streets, railroad rights-of-way, waterways, or other barriers, or combination thereof.
(3) “Buffer area” means a strip or parcel of land, privately restricted or publicly dedicated as open space located between a residential development and other incompatible use for the purpose of protecting and enhancing the residential environment.
(4) “Building Line.” (See Setback Line.)
(5) “Community facilities” means existing, planned, and proposed parks, playgrounds, schools, other public lands and buildings of the Village for which these Regulations are in effect.
(6) “Comprehensive Development Plan” means a plan, which may consist of several maps, data, policies, and other descriptive matter, for the physical development of the Village which has been adopted by the Village to indicate the general location for proposed physical facilities including housing, industrial and business uses, major streets, parks, schools, public sites, and other similar information.
(7) “Construction drawings” means a complete set of engineering drawings drawn to scale containing, but not limited to, grading plans, street plans and profiles, cross-sections, sanitary sewer plans and profiles, water main plans and profiles, storm sewer plans and profiles, a complete topographical layout of all existing appurtenances and structures located within the right-of-way, and any other requirement as outlined in the Village of Ada Design Criteria and Construction Standards and Drawings.
(8) “Corner Lot.” (See Lot.)
(9) “Cul-de-sac.” (See Thoroughfare.)
(10) “Dead end street.” (See Thoroughfare.)
(11) “Dedication” means the appropriation of land to the Village by its owner for any public use.
(12) “Developer” means any person, subdivider, partnership or corporation, or duly authorized agent who constructs or contracts to construct improvements on subdivided land.
(13) “Development.” (See Subdivision.)
(14) “Development area” means any contiguous (abutting) area owned by one person or operated as one development unit and used or being developed for commercial, industrial, residential, or other purposes upon which earth-disturbing activities are planned or underway.
(15) “Easement” means authorization by a property owner for the use by another, and for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property.
(16) “Engineer” means any person registered to practice professional engineering by the State Board of Registration as specified in the Ohio Revised Code.
(17) “Final plat.” (See Plat.)
(18) “Improvements” means street pavement or resurfacing, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, pedestrian walkway, water lines, sanitary and storm sewers, landscaping, and other related matters normally associated with the development of land into building sites.
(19) “Inspect”, “inspection” mean the visual observation of construction to permit the Village or their representative to render his or her professional opinion as to whether the contractor is performing the services in a manner indicating that, when completed, the services will be in accordance with the Village of Ada Subdivision Regulations, Construction Standards and Drawings, and Design Criteria. Such observations shall not be relied upon in any part as acceptance of the services, nor shall they relieve any party from fulfillment of customary and contractual responsibilities and obligations.
(20) “Lot” means a piece or parcel of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a principal building or a group of such buildings and its accessory buildings and uses, and having frontage on an improved public or private street.
A. “Corner” means a lot located at the intersection of two (2) or more streets.
B. “Through Frontage” means a lot other than a corner lot with frontage on more than one (1) street. Through lots abutting two (2) streets may be referred to as double frontage lots.
C. “Interior” means a lot with only one (1) frontage on a street.
(21) “Lot area” means the computed area contained within the lot lines.
(22) “Lot line”:
A. “Front” means a street right-of-way line forming the boundary of a lot.
B. “Rear” means the lot line that is most distant from, and is, or is most parallel with, the front lot line. If a rear lot line is less than 15 feet long, or if the lot comes to a point at the rear, the rear lot line shall be a line at least 15 feet, lying wholly within the lot, parallel to the front lot line.
C. “Side” means a lot line which is neither a front lot line nor a rear lot line.
(23) “Maintenance surety” means a surety by a subdivider or developer with the Village for the amount of ten percent (10%) of the performance surety guaranteeing the maintenance of the physical improvements according to the plans and specifications within the time prescribed.
(24) “Minor subdivision.” (See Subdivision.)
(25) “Monuments” means permanent concrete or iron markers used to establish definite lines of the plat of a subdivision, including all lot corners, boundary line corners, and points of change in street alignment and shall comply with the State of Ohio Minimum Standards for Boundary Surveys.
(26) “Official Thoroughfare Plan” means the part of the Comprehensive Development Plan which sets forth the location, alignment, and dimensions of existing and proposed streets and thoroughfares.
(27) “Parcel” means a piece of land that cannot be designated by lot number.
(28) “Performance surety” means a surety by a subdivider or developer with the Village for the amount of the estimated construction cost guaranteeing the completion of physical improvements according to the plans and specifications within the time prescribed.
(29) “Planning Commission” means the Village of Ada Planning Commission, which also serves as the Zoning Board of Appeals.
(30) “Plat” means a map of a tract or parcel of land, made from a survey by a registered surveyor in the State of Ohio.
A. “Preliminary Plat” means a plat showing all requisite details of a proposed subdivision submitted to the Planning Commission for purpose of preliminary consideration, prepared in conformance with these Regulations.
B. “Final Plat” means a plat of all or part of a subdivision providing substantial conformance to the Preliminary Plat of the subdivision prepared in conformance with these Regulations and suitable for recording by the County Recorder.
(31) “Protective covenant” means a restriction on the use of all private property within a subdivision, to be set forth on the plat and/or incorporated in each deed, for the benefit of the property owners, and to provide mutual protection against undesirable aspects of development which would tend to impair stability of values.
(32) “Public reservation” means a portion of a subdivision which is set aside for public use and made available for public use or acquisition.
(33) “Public utility” means a firm, association, syndicate, corporation, co-partnership, municipal authority or public agency, board or commission, duly authorized to furnish, and furnishing under governmental regulations, to the public: facilities, products, or services such as gas, electricity, sewage disposal, communication, telephone, transportation, water, etc.
(34) “Public walkway” means a right-of-way dedicated for the purpose of a pedestrian access through residential, commercial, and industrial areas, and located so as to connect to two or more streets, or a street and a public land parcel.
(35) “Replats/vacation plats.” Alteration, modification or adjustment of existing lots, lot lines, property lines or right-of-way lines, and/or vacation thereof within the Village shall require Planning Commission and Village Council approval.
(36) “Right-of-way” means land reserved, used, or to be used for a street, alley, walkway, or other public purpose.
(37) “Setback line” means a line established by the Zoning Regulations, generally parallel with and measured from the lot line, defining the limits of a yard in which no portion of any principal structure other than an accessory building may be located, except as may be provided in said Zoning Regulations.
(38) “Sketch plan” means an informal plan or sketch showing the existing features of a site and its surroundings and the general layout of a proposed subdivision which can be presented to the Planning Commission for informal discussions.
(39) “Street.” (See Thoroughfare.)
(40) “Subdivider.” (See Developer.)
(41) “Subdivision” means the division of any parcel of land shown as a unit or as contiguous units on the last preceding tax roll, into two or more parcels, sites, or lots, any one of which is less than five (5) acres, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership, provided however, that (1) the division or partition of land into parcels of more than five (5) acres not involving any new streets or easements of access shall be exempted, and (2) the sale or exchange of parcels between adjoining lot owners where such sale or exchange does not create additional building sites, shall be exempted or the improvement of one or more parcels of land for residential, commercial, or industrial structures or groups of structures involving the division or allocation of land for the opening, widening, or extension of any street or streets; except private streets serving industrial structures the division or allocation of land as open spaces for common use by owners, occupants, or lease holders, or as easements for the extension and maintenance of public sewer, water, storm drainage, or other public facilities.
A. “Major subdivision” means the division of a lot or parcel of land into more than five (5) lots or parcels, and/or the creation or establishment of new streets or roadways by the division of a lot or parcel of land.
B. “Minor subdivision” means the division of a lot or parcel of land along an existing public thoroughfare into not more than five (5) lots or parcels not establishing a new street or roadway.
(42) “Surveyor” means any person registered to practice surveying by the State Board of Registration as specified in the Ohio Revised Code.
(43) “Thoroughfare”, “Street”, or “Road” means the full width between property lines bounding every public way of any nature, with a part thereof to be used for vehicular traffic and designated as follows:
A. “Alley” means a right-of-way used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or side of properties abutting on another street.
B. “Arterial Street” means a general term denoting a highway primarily for through traffic carrying heavy loads and large volumes of traffic, usually on a continuous route.
C. “Collector Street” means a thoroughfare, whether within a residential, industrial, commercial, or other type of development, which primarily carries traffic from local streets to arterial streets or to other collector streets, including the principal entrance and circulation routes within residential subdivisions.
D. “Cul-de-sac” means a local street with one end open to traffic and the other end terminating in a vehicular turnaround.
E. “Dead-end Street” means a street temporarily having only one outlet for vehicular traffic and intended to be extended or continued in the future.
F. “Local Street” means a street designed to provide access to abutting property and to discourage through traffic.
G. “Loop Street” means a type of local street, each end of which terminates at an intersection with same arterial or collector street, and whose principal radius points of the 180° system of turns are not more than 1000 feet from said arterial or collector street, nor normally more than 600 feet from each other.
(44) “Variance” means a modification of the strict terms of the relevant Regulations where such modification will not be contrary to the public interest and where owing to conditions peculiar to the property, and not the result of the action of the applicant, a literal enforcement of the Regulations would result in unnecessary and undue hardship.
(45) “Vicinity map” means a drawing located on the plat which sets forth, by dimensions or other means, the relationship of the proposed subdivision or use to other nearby development or landmarks and community facilities and services within the Village in order to better locate and orient the area in question.
(46) “Village Administrator” means a person appointed by Council to handle the Administration of the Village. The Village Administrator may appoint an authorized representative to administer the Regulations.
(47) “Zoning Board of Appeals” means the Village of Ada Zoning Board of Appeals which is the Planning Commission.
(48) “Zoning Enforcement Officer” means the person designated by the local government to enforce the Zoning Ordinance.
(49) “Zoning Regulations” means the Zoning Ordinance for the Village which regulates the use of land by districts or zones and as the same may be amended or supplemented.