For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. Right-of-way providing a secondary means of access and service to abutting property.
BLOCK. Group of lots existing within well defined and fixed boundaries, usually being an area surrounded by streets or other physical barriers.
BOARD. Any board appointed by a municipality, county commission or state agency, such as the planning and zoning board, area planning board or the governing board of a drainage district.
CUL-DE-SAC. Street terminated at the end by a vehicular turnaround.
DEVELOPER. Person who applies for approval of a subdivision plat.
EASEMENT. Any strip of land created by a subdivider for public or private utilities, drainage, sanitation or other specified uses.
GOVERNING BODY. Board of county commissioners or the legal governing body of a county, municipality, town or village of the state.
IMPROVEMENTS. Includes street pavements, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, water mains, sanitary sewers, storm sewers or drains, street names, signs, landscaping, permanent reference monuments (P.R.M.s), permanent control points (P.C.P.s), or any other improvement required by law.
LAND SURVEYOR. Land surveyor registered under F.S. Ch 472 who is in good standing with the Board of Land Surveyors.
LOT. Includes tract or parcel and means the least fractional part of subdivided lands having limited fixed boundaries.
PLAT. Map or delineated representation of the subdivision of lands, being a complete and exact representation of the subdivision, together with other information in compliance with all applicable requirements.
PUBLIC UTILITY. Includes any public or private utility, such as, but not limited to, storm drainage, sanitary sewers, electric power, water service, gas service or telephone line, whether underground or overhead.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. Land dedicated, deeded, used or to be used for street, alley, walkway, boulevard, drainage facility, access for ingress and egress, or other purposes by the public or private parties.
STREET. A public or private thoroughfare which affords any means of access to property. This definition shall include any accessway, such as a street, road, lane, highway, avenue, boulevard, alley, parkway, viaduct, circle, court, terrace, place or cul-de-sac and also includes all of the land lying between the right-of-way lines as delineated on a plat showing such streets, whether improved or unimproved, but shall not include those accessways such as easements and rights-of-way intended solely for limited utility purposes, such as electric power lines, gas lines, telephone lines, water lines, drainage and sanitary sewers and easements of ingress and egress.
SUBDIVISION. Platting of real property into three or more lots, parcels, tracts, tiers, blocks, sites, units or any other division of land, and includes establishment, of new streets and alleys, additions and resubdivisions and, when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the lands or area subdivided.
SURVEY DATA. All information shown on the face of a plat that would delineate the physical boundaries of a subdivision and any parts thereof.
(Ord. 1-90, passed 1-31-1991)