(1) Interpretations of Terms or Words. For the purpose of these Regulations, certain words or terms used herein shall be interpreted as follows:
A. "Persons" includes a firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, company or corporation as well as an individual.
B. The present tense includes the future tense, the singular number includes the plural and the plural number includes the singular.
C. "Shall" is a mandatory requirement, "may" is a permissive requirement and "should" is a preferred requirement.
(2) "Abutting property" means physically touching or bordering on; sharing a common property line.
(3) "Alley" means a minor street used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or side of properties abutting on another street.
(4) "Applicant" means the owner of land proposed to be subdivided or his representative. Used synonymously with subdivider, developer and owner.
(5) "Arterial street" means a highway primarily for through traffic carrying heavy loads and large traffic volumes usually on a continuous route.
(6) "Block" means a tract of land bounded by streets or by a combination of streets and public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights of way, shorelines of waterways or boundary lines of municipalities.
(7) "Building line" means a line established by the township zoning resolution, generally parallel with and measured from the street right of way edge, defining the limits of a yard in which no building may be located.
(8) "Collector street" means a thoroughfare, whether within a residential, commercial or other type of development, which primarily carries traffic from local streets to arterial streets, including the principal entrance and circulation routes within residential subdivisions.
(9) "County Recorder" means the Cuyahoga County Recorder.
(10) "County Sanitary Engineer" means the Cuyahoga County Sanitary Engineer.
(11) "Cul-de-sac" means a local street of relatively short length with one end open to traffic and the other end terminating in a vehicular turnaround.
(12) "Culvert" means a transverse enclosed drain that channels under a bridge, street or driveway or other man-made obstruction.
(13) "Dead-end street" means a street temporarily having only one outlet for vehicular traffic and intended to be extended or continued in the future.
(14) "Density" means a unit of measurement; the number of dwelling units per acre of land.
(15) "Developer". See "Applicant".
(16) "Double frontage lot". See "Through lot".
(17) "Easement" means authorization by a property owner for the use by another, and for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property.
(18) "Engineer" means a person registered to practice professional engineering by the State Board of Registration as specified in Ohio R.C. 4733.14.
(19) "Final plat" means the drawing on which the applicant's plan of subdivision is presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission for approval.
(20) "Halfstreet" means a street where one side is improved and developed while leaving the other side vacant, unimproved and undeveloped due to space limitations or topography in the subdivision.
(21) "Improvements" means any drainage ditch, sewer, water line, roadway, parkway, sidewalk, pedestrianway, tree lawn, off-street parking area or other facility for which the local government may ultimately assume the responsibility for maintenance and operation.
(22) "Improvement plans" means the maps or drawings showing the specific location and design of improvements to be installed in the subdivision in accordance with the requirements specified in these Regulations.
(23) "Local street" means a street primarily for providing access to residential, commercial or other abutting property.
(24) "Location map." See "Vicinity map".
(25) "Lot split." See "Minor subdivision".
(26) "Marginal access street" means a local or collector street, parallel and adjacent to an arterial or collector street, providing access to abutting properties from arterial or collector streets.
(27) "Minor subdivision" (also known as a "lot split") means a parcel of land along an existing public street, not involving the opening, widening or extension of any street or road and involving no more than five lots after the original tract has been completely subdivided.
(28) "Monuments" means permanent concrete, stone or iron markers used to establish definitely all lines of the plat of a subdivision, including all lot corners, boundary lines, corners and points of change in street alignment.
(29) "Open space" means an area open to the sky which may be on the same lot with a building. The area may include, along with the natural environmental features, swimming pools, tennis courts and any other recreational facilities that the Planning and Zoning Commission deems permissive. Streets, structures for habitation and the like shall not be included.
(30) "Pad" means a building site prepared by artificial means, including but not limited to, grading, excavating or filling, or any combination thereof.
(31) "Parking space, off-street" means an area adequate for parking an automobile with room for opening doors on both sides, together with properly related access to a public street or alley and maneuvering room, but shall be located totally outside of any street or alley right of way.
(32) "Performance bond" or "surety bond" means an agreement by the subdivider with the County for the amount of the estimated construction cost guaranteeing the completion of physical improvements required by these Regulations.
(33) "Plat" means the map, drawing or chart on which the developer's plan of subdivision (preliminary) is presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission for approval and, after such approval, to the County Recorder (final) for recording.
(34) "Public way" means an alley, avenue, boulevard, bridge, channel, ditch, easement, expressway, freeway, highway, land, parkway, right of way, road, sidewalk, street, subway, tunnel, viaduct, walk or other ways in which the general public or a public entity have a right, or which are dedicated, whether improved or not.
(35) "Right of way" means a strip of land taken or dedicated for use as a public way. In addition to the roadway, it normally incorporates the curbs, lawn strips, sidewalks, lighting and drainage facilities, and may include special features (required by the topography or treatment) such as grade separation, landscaped areas, viaducts and bridges.
(36) "Setback line" means a line established by the Subdivision Regulations and/or Zoning Ordinance (Resolution), generally parallel with and measured from he lot line, defining the limits of a yard in which no building, other than accessory building or structure may be located above ground, except as may be provided in such codes. (See "Yards.")
(37) "Sewers, central or group" means an approved sewage disposal system which provides a collection network and disposal system and central sewage treatment facility for a single development, community or region.
(38) "Sidewalk" means that portion of the road right of way outside the roadway, which is improved for the use of pedestrian traffic. (See "Walkway".)
(39) "Subdivider". See "Applicant."
(40) "Subdivision 1" 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 partitioning 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, shall be exempted; or
(41) "Subdivision 2" means the improvement of one or more parcels of land from 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 lease holders, or as easements for the extension and maintenance of public sewer, water, storm drainage or other public facilities. See "Minor subdivision".
(42) "Sublots" means the parcels of land which result from the subdivision process on a plat intended for future private use. Sublots on recorded plats are assigned permanent parcel numbers by the County Recorder.
(43) "Surveyor" means any person registered to practice surveying in the State.
(44) "Thoroughfare, street or road" means the full width between property lines bounding every public way of whatever nature, with a part thereof to be used for vehicular traffic.
(45) "Through lot" means a lot other than a corner lot with frontage on more than one street. Through lots abutting two streets may be referred to as double front lots.
(46) "Tract" means the entire land area proposed for subdivision by the applicant.
(47) "Uniform Design Standards" means a set of standards for sewerage improvements adopted by the Village Engineer and Administrator, among others.
(48) "Vicinity map" means a drawing located on the plat which sets forth by dimensions or other means the relationship of the proposed subdivision or use to other nearby developments or landmarks and community facilities and services within Cuyahoga County in order to better locate and orient the area in question.
(49) "Walkway" means a dedicated public way, five feet or more in width, for pedestrian use only, whether along the side of a road or not.
(50) "Watershed" means the drainage basin in which the subdivision drains or that land whose drainage is affected by the subdivision.
(Ord. 1988-25. Approved by voters 11-8-88.)