For the purposes of this title, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
BLOCK: A piece or parcel of land or group of lots entirely surrounded by public rights of way, streams, railroads or parks, or a combination thereof.
BUILDING LINE: A line between which and the street right-of-way line no building or structure, or portions thereof, shall be erected, constructed or otherwise established.
COMMISSION: The regional planning commission of the county.
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL: An affirmative action by the commission or city council indicating the approval of preliminary plat will be forthcoming upon compliance with certain specified stipulations.
DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN: A preliminary map showing the tentative layout of streets and arrangement of land uses including the location of schools, recreation areas and other community facilities for the entirety of a large landholding of which a portion is to be submitted as a preliminary plat; a map meeting the requirements of section 11-2-2 of this title.
EASEMENT: A grant by the owner of the use of a strip of land by the public, a corporation or persons for specific and designated uses and purposes.
ENGINEERING PLANS: Plans, profiles, cross sections and other required details for the construction of public improvements, prepared in conjunction with the plat and in compliance with standards of design and construction approved by the city council.
EXCEPTIONS: Any parcel of land located within the perimeter of the subdivision but which is not included in the plat.
FINAL APPROVAL: Unconditional approval of the final plat by the city council as evidenced by certification on the plat by the mayor of the city. Final approval constitutes authorization to record the plat.
GENERAL PLAN: The adopted plan, or parts thereof, providing for the future growth and improvement of the city and for the general location and coordination of streets and highways, schools and recreation areas, public building sites and other physical development which shall have been duly adopted by the city council.
LOT: A piece or parcel of land separated from other pieces or parcels by description, as in a subdivision or on a record survey map, or by metes and bounds, for purpose of sale, lease or separate use.
Corner Lot: A lot abutting on two (2) or more intersecting streets.
Double-Frontage Lot: A lot abutting two (2) parallel or approximately parallel streets.
Interior Lot: A lot having but one side abutting on a street.
Key Lot: An interior lot, one side of which is contiguous to the rear line of a corner lot.
LOT DEPTH: The shortest distance measured on a line parallel to the axis of the lot, between points on the front and rear lot lines.
LOT LINE: A line bounding a lot.
Front Lot Line: A line coinciding with the street line; or, in the case of a corner lot, the shortest of two (2) lot lines coinciding with street lines; or, in the case of a double- frontage lot, both lot lines coinciding with street lines.
Rear Lot Line: The lot line opposite and farthest from the front lot line; for a pointed or irregular lot, the rear lot line shall be an imaginary line, parallel to and farthest from the front lot line, not less than ten feet (10') long and wholly within the lot.
Side Lot Line: Any lot line other than a front or rear lot line; in the case of a corner lot, the lot line abutting the side street is designated as the exterior side lot line; all other side lot lines are designated as interior side lot lines.
LOT WIDTH: A. In the case of a rectangular lot or a lot abutting on the outside of a street curve the distance between side lot lines measured parallel to the street or to the street chord and measured on the street chord.
B. In the case of a lot abutting on the inside of a street curve the distance between the side lot lines measured parallel to the street or the street chord at the rear line of the dwelling or, where there is no dwelling, thirty feet (30') behind the minimum front setback line.
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN: A plan prepared by the city to guide the platting of remaining undeveloped parcels in a partially built-up neighborhood so as to make reasonable use of all land, correlate street patterns and achieve the best possible land use relationships.
OFFICIAL STREET AND HIGHWAY PLAN: A plan adopted by the city council which provides for development of a system of major streets and highways.
OWNER: The person holding title by deed to land, or holding title as vendee under land contract, or holding any other title or record.
PARCEL MAP: As defined in the Nevada revised statutes.
PEDESTRIANWAY: A public or private walk through a block from street to street or from a street to a school, park, recreation area or other public facility.
PLAT: A map of a subdivision; the same as "map" as defined in the Nevada Revised Statutes.
Final Plat: A plat of all or part of a subdivision essentially conforming to an approved preliminary plat, prepared in accordance with provisions of subsection 11-2-4B of this title.
Preliminary Plat: A preliminary, tentative map including supporting data, indicating a proposed subdivision development, prepared in accordance with subsection 11-2-3B of this title.
Recorded Plat: A final plat bearing all the certificates of approval required by this title and duly recorded in the county recorder's office.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL: Approval of a preliminary plat by the planning commission. Preliminary approval constitutes authorization to proceed with preparation of engineering plans and the final plat.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS: A set of standards approved by the city council regulating the design and construction of public improvements in the city.
PUBLIC UTILITIES: Underground, aboveground or overhead facilities furnishing to the public electricity, gas, steam, communications, water, drainage, sewage disposal, flood control, irrigation or refuse disposal, owned and operated by any person, city department or board duly authorized by state or city regulations. Public utilities, as used herein, may also refer to such persons, departments or boards as the context indicates.
STREET: Any existing or proposed street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, place, bridge, viaduct or easement for public vehicular access; or, a street shown in a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law; or, a street in a plat duly filed and recorded in the county recorder's office. A street includes all land within the street right of way whether improved or unimproved, and includes such improvements as pavement, shoulders, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, parking spaces, bridges, viaducts, lawns and trees.
Alley: A public way providing secondary vehicular access and service to properties which also abut a street.
Arterial Street: A general term including freeways, expressways and major arterial streets, and interstate state and/or county highways having regional continuity.
Collector Street: A street generally with limited continuity serving the primary function of moving traffic between arterial streets and local streets and the secondary function of providing access to abutting properties.
Cul-De-Sac Street: A short local street having one end permanently terminating in and including a vehicular turning area.
Local Street: A street serving the primary function of providing access to abutting property.
Marginal Access Street: A local street parallel to and abutting an arterial street which provides access to abutting property, intercepts other local streets and controls access to the arterial street.
STREET LINE: A line describing the limits of a street right of way.
SUBDIVIDER: A person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, syndicate, trust or other legal entity that files application and initiates proceedings for the subdivision of land in accordance with the provisions of this title; provided, that an individual serving as agent for such legal entity shall not be deemed the subdivider.
SUBDIVISION: As defined in the Nevada Revised Statutes. (Prior Code § 18A-2)