For the purpose of these Subdivision Regulations certain terms are defined as follows:
(a) “Block” means a tract of land bounded by streets.
(b) “City” means the City of Bedford Heights, Ohio.
(c) “Council” means the Council of the City.
(d) “Commission” or “Planning Commission” means the Planning Commission of the City.
(e) “Crosswalk” means a right of way, dedicated to public use, which cuts across a block to facilitate pedestrian access to adjacent streets and properties.
(f) “Easement” means a grant by the property owner for the use of a strip of land by the public, a corporation or persons for specific purposes.
(g) “Engineer” means the Municipal Engineer.
(h) “Lot” means a portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for development.
(i) “Master Plan” means a comprehensive plan for future community development prepared by or for the Planning Commission, and adopted by it, indicating its recommendations for the use of private land; the general street system; transits and transportation systems; utility systems; public open spaces and building; zoning; control of land subdivision; rehabilitation areas; and other Municipal elements.
(j) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Planning Commission.
(k) “Service drive” means a passage or way affording generally a secondary means of vehicular access to abutting properties and not intended for general traffic circulation.
(l) “Street” means a right of way, dedicated to public use, which provides vehicular and pedestrian access to adjacent properties and is classified as follows:
(1) “Business and industrial street” means a street that can be expected to handle heavy traffic by providing through traffic movement in areas zoned for business, commercial or industrial uses.
(2) “Main thoroughfare” means a street of primary importance and/or of considerable continuity and which will collect traffic from collector and minor streets.
(3) “Collector street” means a street which serves or is intended to serve as a collector of traffic from several minor streets and is the principal means of access to the main thoroughfare or road system.
(4) “Minor street” means a street which is used primarily for access to abutting residential properties.
(5) “Cul-de-sac” means a permanent dead-end street not over 600 feet in length, having a turning circle at the closed end.
(m) “Subdivision” means either 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 acres, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or building development, provided, however, that the division or partition of land into parcels of more than five acres not involving any new streets or easements of access, and 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; or 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 facilities.
(n) “Subdivision Regulations” or “these Regulations” means that part of Ordinance 72-13, passed July 11, 1972, codified herein as Title One of Part Eleven Planning and Zoning Code.
(Ord. 72-13. Passed 7-11-72.)