For the purpose of these regulations certain terms are defined as follows:
ALLEY. A public right-of-way which yields secondary access to a lot.
CITY ENGINEER. The city engineer of the City of Bowling Green, or his or her authorized representative. The city engineer shall be an employee of the city holding the title either as a primary duty title if a city engineering department is established, or holding such designation in addition to his or her primary duty title if no city engineering department is established. If no employee of the city holds the title, then the city engineer shall be the Public Works Director or his or her authorized representative and/or the Utilities Director or his or her authorized representative, as the context may require. If no employee of the city holds the title, then inspections, reviews, and approvals for subdivisions under these regulations must be obtained from both the Public Works Director or his or her authorized representative and the Utilities Director or his or her authorized representative.
COLLECTOR STREET. A street designed to collect traffic from local streets and direct it to intersections with major streets. It is designed to serve both a traffic movement function and a service of access to abutting land uses.
CONSERVATION EASEMENT. A voluntary restriction placed by the property owner on a piece of property to protect the resources, both natural and man- made, associated with the parcel. The restriction is either voluntarily sold or donated by the landowner, and constitutes a legally binding agreement concerning land use taking place on the property.
CUL-DE-SAC. A terminating street with provision for vehicular turning at its end. Such turning shall be continuous and is usually accomplished by constructing a circle at the end of the street.
DEAD-END STREET. A terminating street without access to another public right-of-way or without providing for turning of vehicles.
DEVELOPER. An individual, firm, association, group, syndicate, partnership, corporation, trust, or any other legal entity commencing proceedings under these regulations to effect a subdivision of land hereunder for himself, herself or for another.
EASEMENT. Authorization by a property owner for the use by another, and for specified purposes, of any designated part of his or her property.
IMPROVEMENTS. Street paving or resurfacing, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, water lines, sewer lines, storm drains, street lights, flood control and drainage facilities, utility lines, communication and cable television lines, landscaping, and other related matters normally associated with the development of raw land into building sites.
LOCAL STREET or MINOR STREET. A street designed primarily for service of access to abutting properties and land uses rather than for through traffic movement.
LOT. A parcel of land occupied or intended for occupancy by a use permitted in this chapter, including one main building together with its accessory buildings, the open space and parking spaces required by this chapter, and having its principal frontage upon a street open to the public.
LOT OF RECORD. A lot which is part of a subdivision recorded in the office of the county recorder, or a lot or parcel described by metes and bounds, the description of which has been so recorded.
MAJOR STREET. Such street shall be those streets designated as such in the master plan as approved by the City Council. Major streets in the city shall include the following:
Wooster Rd. | Napoleon Rd. | Gypsy Lane |
Mercer Rd. | Manville Ave. | Thurstin St. |
Main St. | Sand Ridge Rd. | Wintergarden Rd. |
Conneaut Ave. | Haskins Rd. | Pearl St. |
Van Camp Rd. | Poe Rd. |
ORIGINAL TRACT. A parcel of land, under single, joint, or common ownership, from which a subdivision of less than ten acres has not been made.
PLACE. A private access or drive easement, whose location and design have been approved by the Planning Commission of the city and whose right-of-way and roadway conforms to layout and design standards for a local street as contained in these regulations.
PLANNING COMMISSION. The Planning Commission of the city.
PLAT. A final drawing indicating a subdivision of land into lots for sale or transfer of ownership. Such drawing shall indicate property boundaries, dimensions, public and private roads, building setback lines, and other elements as specified in these regulations.
PLATTING COMMISSIONER. The Department of Planning Director. He or she shall provide regulations governing platting of all lands and perform other duties as prescribed in the Ohio Revised Code.
PLATTING PROCESS. The submission of a preliminary drawing of a subdivision containing more than five lots or the opening or extension of a public street for review for conformance with these regulations and approval by the Planning Commission of the city.
STREET. A public right-of-way which offers the primary means of access to abutting lots.
SUBDIVISION.
(1) The division of any parcel of land shown as a unit or as contiguous units on the last preceding county auditor’s tax duplicate and/or exempt property records 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. However, the division or partition of land into parcels of five acres or more 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.
(2) 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. The division or allocation of land as open spaces for common use by owners, occupants, or leaseholders or as easements for the extension or maintenance of public sewers, water storm drainage, or other public facilities.
SUBMISSION OF PLAT. The preliminary drawing, construction plans, and final plat submitted and dated upon acceptance of drawings by the platting commissioner as meeting the requirements and specifications contained in these regulations and the payment of required fees. The date of acceptance shall be the filing date for the plat.
THOROUGHFARE PLAN. The official plan of highways, primary and secondary, thoroughfares, and parkways adopted by the Planning Commission as part of the master plan of the city.
UTILITIES. Includes the following: water lines, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, gas lines, telephone poles or cable, electric poles, or cable and cablevision.
VICINITY MAP. A map to scale, included on the preliminary drawing indicating the proposed site and showing all streets within one-half mile of the proposed site.
WIDTH. The width of a parcel is measured at the right-of-way line. In the case of a cul-de-sac lot or a lot on a curve, the frontage is measured at the front yard setback line.
YARD. An open space at grade lying between a structure and the adjoining lot lines.
(1980 Code, § 151.04) (Ord. 3704, passed 6-5-1978; Am. Ord. 7001, passed 7-15-2002)