(a) Certain words and phrases as used or found in these Subdivision Regulations are defined, for the purpose of these Regulations, as hereafter set forth in this chapter.
(1) "Board of Public Affairs" means the Board of Public Affairs of the Village of Carrollton.
(2) "Building setback line" means a line established in the Zoning Ordinance, generally parallel to a street delineating the minimum allowable distance between the street right-of-way and the front of a structure.
(3) "Clerk" means the Clerk-Treasurer of the Village of Carrollton.
(4) "Commission" means the Planning Commission of the Village of Carrollton.
(5) "Council" means the Council of the Village of Carrollton.
(6) "Easement" means a grant by the property owner, or owners, of the use of a strip of land for a specific purpose or purposes.
(7) "Engineer" means the Engineer of the Village of Carrollton.
(8) "Final plat" means the drawing of all or a portion of a subdivision which is submitted to Council and the Planning Commission for action in accordance with Chapter 1107.
(9) "Improvements" means any addition to the natural state of land which increases its value or utility, including buildings, street pavements, with or without curb and gutter, sidewalks, crosswalks, water mains, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, street trees, street lighting, public utilities and other appropriate items.
(10) "Lot" means a portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for building development, together with the required open spaces and having frontage on a public street.
(11) "Other pertinent terms" means as defined in the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Carrollton.
(12) "Park and open space plan" means the plan of parks, playgrounds or other open public grounds adopted by the Planning Commission.
(13) "Plat" means a map of a tract or parcel of land made by a licensed land surveyor.
(14) "Preliminary plat" means the drawing indicating the proposed layout of a subdivision which is submitted to the Planning Commission in accordance with Chapter 1105.
(15) “Right-of-way” means the strip of land lying between property lines of a street; also a parkway, alley or easement dedicated or otherwise acquired for use by the public.
(16) “Roadway” means the portion of a street available for vehicular traffic.
(17) "Sidewalk" means a paved area intended principally for use of pedestrians.
(18) "Street" means, for the purpose of this chapter, any avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, alley or other way for vehicular and/or pedestrian traffic shown upon a plat duly approved, filed, and recorded in the office of the County Recorder, shall be known as a street. It includes the land between the street boundary lines, whether improved or unimproved. Streets shall be classified as follows:
A. "Freeway" means a divided multi-lane highway for through traffic with all crossroads separated in grade and with full control of access.
B. "Primary street" means a street which carries vehicular traffic of a State or Federal highway route.
C. "Secondary street or collector street primarily used for fast and heavy traffic" means a street which carries or is expected to carry large amounts of vehicular traffic usually not of origin or destination primarily in the properties abutting upon the street. A street intended to serve and to provide access to neighborhoods or subneighborhoods.
D. "Minor streets" means one which carries or is designed to carry vehicular traffic usually originating or terminating in properties abutting the street.
E. "Industrial street" means one which is designed to carry heavy vehicular traffic primarily serving industrial establishments.
F. "Private street" means a strip of privately-owned land providing access to abutting properties.
G. "Cul-de-sac" means a minor street having only one end open for motor traffic, the other end being permanently terminated by vehicular turnaround.
H. "Service road" means a street parallel to a limited access highway to afford abutting property owners access to such highway, but only at specific points.
(19) "Street line" means the boundary line (sometimes referred to as the property line) between a lot and the area dedicated or otherwise acquired for street purposes.
(20) "Street plan" means the official plan of major streets adopted by the Planning Commission.
(21) "Subdivision" means the division of any parcel of land shown as a unit or as contiguous units on the last preceding tax roll, 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, provided, however, that the division or partition of land into parcels of more than five acres 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 and where the lots resulting are not reduced below minimum sizes required by law, shall be exempted; or 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 and maintenance of public sewer, water, storm drainage or other public facilities.
(22) “Walkway” means a dedicated public right-of-way limited to pedestrian traffic.
(23) "Zoning" means regulations and limitations, by districts, of the height, bulk and location, including percentage of lot occupancy, building setback lines, and area and dimensions of yards, courts and other open spaces, and the uses of buildings and other structures and of the premises in such districts. (Ord. 1973-10. Passed 1-8-74.)