Terms used in this chapter have the following meanings:
1. “Building line” means a line on a plat between which line and a street, alley, or private place no building or structure may be erected.
2. “City Engineer” means the City Engineer of the City of Denison, Iowa.
3. “Commission” means the City Planning and Zoning Commission.
4. “Developer” means the person, firm, or corporation subdividing land.
5. “Lot” means a portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership or for building development.
6. “Metes and bounds” means the method used to describe a tract of land so that it can be recorded in the County Recorder’s office, as contracted with the description of a part of a properly approved and recorded subdivision plat by the lot and block number.
7. “Plat” means a map, drawing, or chart on which the subdivider’s plan of the subdivision is presented and which the subdivider submits for approval and intends in final form to record.
8. “Street widths” means the horizontal distance between property lines.
9. “Subdivision” means: (i) the division of any tract or parcel of land into three or more lots, sites, or parcels; (ii) establishment or dedication of a road, highway, street, or alley through a tract of land; (iii) re-subdivision of land heretofore divided or platted into lots, sites, or parcels; provided, however, the sale or exchange of small parcels of land to or between adjoining property owners, where such sale or exchange does not create additional lots and where such lots are already improved, developed, and owned by different persons, shall not be considered as a subdivision of land.
10. “Erosion Control Plan” means the Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan, or Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), to be performed by a civil engineer, landscape architect, or otherwise qualified individual and to be consistent with the construction Best Management Practices included in the Iowa Statewide Urban Designs and Specifications (SUDAS) program and the Iowa Construction Site Sediment and Erosion Control Manual and submitted for final subdivision plat approval to be reviewed, upon submittal and prior to final approval, by the City Engineer.
(Ord. 1372 – Jan. 10 Supp.)