For the purposes of these Subdivision Regulations, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(a) "Alley" means a minor right of way providing secondary vehicular access to the side or rear of two or more properties.
(b) "Building line" means the line within the property defining the required minimum distance between any enclosed structure and the adjacent street right of way.
(c) "Cartway" means that portion of the street right of way surfaced for vehicular use.
(d) "Commission" means the Municipal Planning Commission of the City of Dunbar.
(e) "Council" means the Council of the City of Dunbar.
(f) "Easement" means a grant by a property owner of the use, for a specific purpose or purposes, of a strip of land by the general public, a corporation or a certain person or persons.
(g) "Improvements" means those physical changes to the land necessary to produce usable and desirable lots from raw acreage including, but not limited to: grading, paving, curb, gutter, storm sewers and drains, improvements to existing water courses, sidewalks, crosswalks, street signs, monuments, water supply facilities, and sewage disposal facilities.
(h) "Lot" means a tract or parcel of land intended for the transfer of ownership, use or improvement, whether immediate or future.
(i) "Plan, final" means a complete and exact subdivision plan, prepared for official recording as required by statute, to defined proposed streets and other improvements.
(j) "Right of way" means land reserved for use as a street, alley, interior walk, or for other public use.
(k) "Subdivision" means the division of a single lot, tract or parcel of land, or part thereof, into two or more lots, tracts or parcels of land, including changes in street lines or lot lines for transfer of ownership or of building development.
(l) "Subdivider" means the owner, or authorized agent of the owner, of the subdivision.
(m) "Streets":
(1) "Collector streets" means streets, which, in addition to giving access to abutting properties, intercept minor streets and provide routes, carrying considerable volumes of local traffic to community facilities and to local highways as designated on the comprehensive plan map.
(2) "Minor streets" means streets used primarily to provide access to abutting properties.
(3) "Marginal access streets" means minor streets parallel and adjacent to local highways, providing access to adjoining properties and control of intersection with local highways.
(n) "Variance" means an instance where the subdivider can show that a provision of these regulations would cause an unnecessary hardship if strictly adhered to and where, because of topographical or other conditions peculiar to the site, in the opinion of the Planning Commission a departure may be made without destroying the intent of such provisions, the Planning Commission may authorize a variance. Any variance thus authorized is required to be entered in the minutes of Council and the reasoning on which the departure was justified.
(Ord. 208. Passed 6-7-61.)