For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDON, ABANDONING, ABANDONMENT. Any one of the methods as set forth in this article whereby the Council may dispose of streets or portions of streets no longer necessary for public use as streets.
ABUTTING. Two or more lots or parcels of land sharing a common boundary line.
CITY. City of Apache Junction, a municipal corporation.
COST. The actual cost of:
(1) Right-of-way acquisition;
(2) Construction of the public street improvements as determined by the construction contract price or by actual costs if work was not performed under contract;
(3) Inspection, testing and permit fees;
(4) Engineering fees required for the preparation of plans and specifications; or
(5) Other incidental fees required to complete the improvements.
COUNCIL. The Council of the City of Apache Junction.
DEVELOPMENT. Construction of residential, commercial or industrial projects or major additions or alterations to existing structures and includes new buildings or structures on property having existing buildings or structures situated thereon. When such property is zoned for agricultural or single-family residential use at the time of assessment, subsequent DEVELOPMENT shall require a change of use or purpose (construction of buildings or structures on vacant, undeveloped property is considered a change of use of purpose).
EASEMENT. An interest in a defined area of land granted to or owned by another that entitles its holder to specific limited uses or purposes, such as, but not limited to, ingress and egress.
EXTINGUISHMENT. The term in which the roadway portion of a federally patented easement, or a private easement, is relinquished to the owner of the underlying property resulting in elimination of the public’s right to use in perpetuity.
GRANTEE. Recipient of the interest conveyed by the grantor.
OWNER. The person who has the right to possess and use real property to the exclusion of others.
PERSON. Any individual, corporation, partnership, company, firm, association and any other form of organization who may carry on business, foreign or domestic, or their successors or assigns, or the agent of any of the aforesaid.
PROPERTY OWNER. The individual, corporation, partnership, trust or other legal entity
that owns property.
RIGHT-OF-WAY, Land which by deed, conveyance, agreement, easement, dedication or process of law is reserved for or dedicated to the general public for street, highway, alley, public utility, pedestrian walkway, bikeway, drainage or other purposes.
ROADWAY. All or part of any platted or designed public street, highway, alley, lane, parkway, avenue, road, sidewalk, public utility easement or other public way, whether or not it has been used as such.
STREETS. The full width of the right-of-way, easements or federally patented easements and any road, street, highway, alley, land or pedestrian walkway used by or for the general public, whether or not the road, street, highway, alley, land or pedestrian right-of-way has been improved or accepted for maintenance by the city.
(Ord. 1424, passed 6-19-2016)