For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. Biltmore Forest Town Board of Commissioners.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE. 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. Front setback lines shall be measured from the street line.
CORNER LOT. A lot abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection.
CUL-DE-SAC. A street permanently terminated by a turn-around.
EASEMENT. A grant by the property owner of use, by the public, a corporation, or person(s), of a strip of land for specified reasons.
INDIVIDUAL SEWER SYSTEM. Any septic tank or ground absorption system serving a single source or connection and approved by the County Sanitarian.
INDIVIDUAL WATER SYSTEM. Any well or spring used to supply a single connection.
LOT. 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 words PLOT or PARCEL.
PLANNING COMMISSION. Biltmore Forest Planning Commission.
PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM. Any sewer system owned and operated by the Town of Biltmore Forest or the Metropolitan Sewerage District in Buncombe County. Plans for public sewer system extensions serving two or more connections to a public system shall be approved by the State Division of Environmental Management.
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM. The water system operated by the Town of Biltmore Forest. Water systems serving 15 or more residential connections or serving more than 25-year-round residents are classified as public water supplies, and plans and specifications must be approved by the State Division of Environmental Health. Also, water supply systems serving from two to 14 connections shall be regulated by the County Board of Health and plans shall be approved by the Buncombe County Health Department, Environmental Health Section.
REGISTERED ENGINEER. A professional engineer who has been duly registered and licensed as a professional engineer pursuant to G.S. Ch. 89C.
REGISTERED LAND SURVEYOR. A person duly registered to practice land surveying pursuant to G.S. Ch. 89C.
RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. A group residential development where more than one principal building is proposed to be constructed on a single tract or a clustered housing development or any residential complex containing at least six or more units, shall be deemed a RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. (PUD). Multi-family structures shall have no less than three, three dwelling units per structure. Residential units within a RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT development may include single-family detached or attached units, townhouse developments, condominiums, and other multi-family type residential units, excluding time-sharing units, mobile homes, and mobile home parks.
SHALL. The word SHALL is always mandatory and not merely directory.
STREET. A dedicated right-of-way intended for vehicular traffic, which affords the principal means of access to abutting properties.
STREET LINE. The edge of the roadway pavement.
SUBDIVIDER. Any person, firm, or corporation who subdivides or develops any land deemed to be a subdivision as herein defined.
SUBDIVISION. As defined by state, law 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 as defined by state law shall not be included within this definition nor be subject to the subdivision regulations of this chapter; however, divisions (1) through (4) below are regulated through the town’s zoning ordinance.
(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 chapter.
(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.
(4) The division of a tract of land in single ownership whose entire area is no 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 chapter.
SUBDIVISION ADMINISTRATOR. An official or designated person of the Town of Biltmore Forest responsible for assisting in the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
(Ord. passed 7-17-1984)