For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY or SERVICE DRIVE. A passage or way affording generally a secondary means of vehicular access to abutting properties and not intended for general traffic circulation.
CITY COMMISSION. The legislative body of the city.
COMMISSION. The Planning Commission of the city.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The master plan or development plan which has been adopted by the Planning Commission as specified in Public Act 285 of 1931, being M.C.L.A. §§ 125.3831 through 125.3851, as amended.
IMPROVEMENTS. Street construction and surfacing, curb and gutter, water mains, storm and sanitary sewers, sidewalks, walkways, graded outlawns and bridges or culverts.
LOCAL STREET. A street intended to serve and to provide access to neighborhoods or sub-neighborhoods.
MAJOR STREET AND THOROUGHFARE PLAN. The master plan of highways, major streets and parkways adopted by the Planning Commission.
MAJOR STREET, HIGHWAY, PARKWAY. A street or road which serves or is intended to serve as a major traffic way and is designated in the major street plan.
MUNICIPALITY or MUNICIPAL. The City of Auburn.
PLANNER. The planning consultant or Planning Commission.
SUBDIVIDE or SUBDIVISION. The partitioning or dividing of a parcel or tract of land by the proprietor thereof or by his or her heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors or assigns for the purpose of sale, or lease of more than one year, or of building development, where the act of division creates five or more parcels of land each of which is ten acres or less in area; or five or more parcels of land each of which is ten acres or less in area are created by successive divisions within a period of ten years.
SUBDIVIDER. Includes the plural as well as the singular and may mean either a natural person, association, partnership, corporation or a combination of any of them.
(1991 Code, § 5.331)