For the purpose of this subchapter, certain words or terms used herein shall be defined as follows:
BUILDING SETBACK LINE. Shall mean a line delineating the minimum allowable distance between the property line and a building on a lot, within which no building or other structure shall be placed except as otherwise provided.
CORNER LOT. Shall mean a lot abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection.
CUL-DE-SAC. Shall mean a street permanently terminated by a turn-around.
DOUBLE-FRONTAGE LOT. Shall mean a continuous lot of the same depth as the width of a block containing two tiers of lots and which is accessible from both of the streets upon which it fronts.
EASEMENT. Shall mean a grant by the property owner for use, by the public, a corporation, or person(s) of a strip of land for specified reasons.
INDIVIDUAL SEWER SYSTEM. Shall mean any septic tank, privy or other facility serving a single source or connection and approved by the County Sanitarian.
INDIVIDUAL WATER SYSTEM. Shall mean any well, spring, stream or other source used to supply a single connection.
LOT. Shall mean a portion of a subdivision or any other parcel of land intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for development or both. The word LOT includes the word "plot" or "parcel."
OFFICIAL MAPS or PLANS. Shall mean any maps or plans officially adopted by the Town Council as a guide for the development of the town.
PLANNING BOARD. Shall mean the Beech Mountain Planning Board.
PRIVATE DRIVEWAY. Shall mean a private access way serving three or fewer lots, building sites or other divisions of land and not intended to be public ingress or egress. Road maintenance, garbage collection and snow removal are not supplied by the town to properties located on private driveways.1
PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM. Shall mean any sewer system owned and operated by the Town of Beech Mountain.
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM. Shall mean any water system owned and operated by the Town of Beech Mountain.
SHALL. Is always mandatory and not merely directory.
SINGLE-TIER LOT. Shall mean a lot which backs upon a limited access highway, a railroad, a physical barrier, or a non-residential use and to which access from the rear of the lot is usually prohibited.
STREET. Shall mean a dedicated right-of-way intended for vehicular traffic.
SUBDIVIDER. Shall mean any person, firm or corporation who subdivides or develops any land deemed to be a subdivision as herein defined.
SUBDIVISION. Shall mean all divisions of a tract or parcel of land into two or more lots, building sites, or other divisions, for the purpose of sale or building development, whether immediate or future, and shall include all divisions of land involving the dedication of a new street or a change in existing streets; but the following shall not be included within this definition nor be subject to the regulations of this subchapter:
(1) The combination or recombination of portions of previously subdivided and recorded lots where the total number of lots is not increased and the resultant lots are equal to or exceed the standards of the town as required by this subchapter.
(2) The division of land into parcels greater than ten acres where no street right-of-way dedication is involved.
(3) The public acquisition by purchase of strips of land for the widening or opening of streets or for public transportation system corridors.
(4) The division of a tract of land in single ownership whose entire area is not greater than two acres into not more than three lots, where no street right-of-way dedication is involved, and where the resultant lots are equal to or exceed the standards of the town as required by this subchapter.
(5) The division of a tract into parcels in accordance with the terms of a probated will or in accordance with interstate succession under G.S. Ch. 29.
(1989 Code, Title V, Ch. 51, Art. XVIII, § 1804) (Ord. passed 6-4-1985; Ord. 2021-03, passed 6-8-2021)
Editor's note:
1 Definition added by amendment June 4, 1985.