For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. A minor right-of-way dedicated to public use which gives a secondary means of vehicular access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting a street and which may be used for public utility purposes.
BLOCK. A parcel of land intended to be used for urban purposes which is entirely surrounded by public streets, highways, railroad rights-of-way, public walks, parks or greenstrips, rural land, drainage channels, or a combination thereof.
BUILDING LINE or SETBACK LINE. A line or lines designating the area outside of which buildings may not be erected.
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.
GENERAL PLAN. The Comprehensive Development Plan for the Arapaho area which has been officially adopted to provide long-range development policies for the area subject to urbanization in the foreseeable future and which includes, among other things, the plan for land use, land subdivision, circulation, and community facilities.
LOT. A subdivision of a block or other parcel intended as a unit for the transfer of ownership or for development.
LOT, CORNER. A lot located at the intersection of and abutting on two or more streets.
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE. A lot which runs through a block from street to street and which has two non-intersecting sides abutting on two or more streets.
LOT, REVERSE FRONTAGE. A double frontage lot which is to be developed with the rear yard abutting a major street and with the primary means of ingress and egress provided on a minor street.
PLANNING COMMISSION. The Town of Arapaho Planning Commission.
PLAT, FINAL. A map of land subdivision prepared in a form suitable for filing of record with necessary affidavits, dedications, and acceptances and with complete bearings and dimensions of all lines defining lots and blocks, streets and alleys, public areas, and other dimensions of land.
PLAT, PRELIMINARY. A map of a proposed land subdivision showing the character and proposed layout of the tract in sufficient detail to indicate the suitability of the proposed subdivision of land.
STREET. Any public or private right-of-way which affords the primary means of access to abutting property.
STREET, COLLECTOR. A minor street which collects traffic from other minor streets and serves as the most direct route to a major street or a community facility.
STREET, CUL-DE-SAC. A minor street having one end open to vehicular traffic and having one close-end terminated by a turnaround.
STREET, FRONTAGE OR SERVICE. A minor street auxiliary to and located on the side of a major street for service to abutting properties and adjacent areas and for control of access.
STREET, MAJOR. An arterial street which is designated on the Major Street Plan or Expressway Plan.
STREET, MINOR. A street whose primary purpose is to provide access to adjacent properties and which is designed so that its use by arterial traffic will be discouraged.
SUBDIVIDER. Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity acting as a unit subdividing or proposing to subdivide land as herein defined.
SUBDIVISIONS. The division or re-division of land into two or more lots, tracts, sites, or parcels for the purpose of transfer of ownership or for development or the dedication or vacation of a public or private right-of-way or easement.
TOWN. The Town of Arapaho, Oklahoma.
TOWN BOARD. The Board of Trustees of the Town of Arapaho.
(Prior Code, § 18-105)