For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADMINISTRATOR. The City Manager or designee duly appointed and charged with enforcement of this chapter.
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW COMMITTEE. A committee made up of representatives from various city departments, as designated by the City Manager.
BLOCK. An area of land within a subdivision that is entirely bounded by a street or by streets and the exterior boundary or boundaries of the subdivision, or a combination of the above with a river or lake.
BUTT LOTS. Any lot, or lots, at the end of a block, located between two corner lots.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. A compilation of policy statements, goals, text, standards and maps for guiding the physical, social and economic development, both public and private, of the municipality and its environs, as defined in the Minnesota Metropolitan Land Planning Act, M.S. §§ 473.851 to 473.868, and includes any unit or part of such plan separately adopted and any amendment to such plan or parts thereof.
EASEMENT. A grant by an owner of land for the specific use of the land for a public or quasi-public purpose.
FINAL PLAT. The final map, drawing, or chart on which the subdivider's plan of a subdivision is presented to the City Council for approval and which, if approved, will be submitted to the County Recorder or Registrar of Titles.
LOT. A parcel or portion of land in a subdivision or plat of land, separated from other parcels or portions by description as on a subdivision or record of survey map, for the purpose of sale or lease or separate use thereof.
OWNER. Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, co-partnership, corporation, trust or any other legal entity having proprietary interest in the land being subdivided under this chapter.
PLANNING COMMISSION. The Planning Commission of the City of Brooklyn Park.
PEDESTRIAN WAY or WALKWAY. A public right-of-way across or within a block to provide access for pedestrians.
PRELIMINARY PLAT. A tentative map, drawing, or chart of a proposed subdivision meeting requirements herein enumerated.
REVERSE FRONTAGE LOT (DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOT). A lot extending between two streets with vehicular access which may be limited to one street at the time of subdividing.
STREETS AND ALLEYS.
(1)
STREET. A public way for vehicular traffic whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, collector, collector parkway, minor collector and minor collector parkway, throughway, road, arterial, minor arterial, avenue, lane, place, or however otherwise designated. The width of a street is measured between right of way lines.
(2)
COLLECTOR STREET. A street which carries traffic from subdivision streets to arterial streets. It includes the principal access streets to a residential development and streets for circulation within such a development.
(3)
CUL-DE-SAC. A short, minor street having only one outlet and a vehicular turnabout.
(4)
FRONTAGE ROAD. A minor street which is somewhat parallel and adjacent to a minor arterial or higher functional classification and which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
(5)
SUBDIVISION STREET. A street of limited continuity used primarily for access to the abutting properties and the local needs of the neighborhood.
(6)
PRIVATE STREET. A street serving as vehicular access to two or more parcels of land which is not dedicated to the public but is owned by one or more private parties.
(7)
ALLEY. A minor way of providing secondary vehicular access to the side or rear of two or more properties abutting on a street.
(8)
MINOR ARTERIAL AND COLLECTORS. Streets designated on the comprehensive plan and used primarily by fast moving traffic at heavy volumes as traffic arteries for intercommunication between and among neighborhoods and other large areas. These streets are so designated for the purposes of applying the subdivision design standards found in § 151.056 of this chapter.
(9)
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL STREET. A street designed for the primary purpose of serving industrial, multiple residential, or commercial property.
(10) MINOR COLLECTOR. A street which connects neighborhoods within subregions and which carries traffic from subdivision streets to the nearest major streets; however, traffic levels on a minor collector cannot reasonably be expected to exceed 3,000 ADT due to certain roadway design elements intended to reduce speeds and discourage use by through traffic.
SUBDIVIDER. Any person commencing proceedings under this chapter to effect a subdivision of land for that person or for others.
SUBDIVISION. The division of an area, parcel or tract of land into two or more parcels, tracts, lots, or long-term leasehold interests where the creation of the leasehold interest necessitates the creation of streets, roads, or alleys, for residential, commercial, industrial, or other use or any combination thereof, except those divisions when a new street is being created by a governmental agency which results in a division of a parcel of land. The term includes resubdivision and, when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land subdivided or for adjustments in boundary lines.
('72 Code, § 345:02) (Am. Ord. 1984-447(A), passed 4-9-84; Am. Ord. 1992-705, passed 9-14-92)