16.08.010: DEFINITIONS:
The following words and phrases used in this title shall have the respective meanings hereinafter set forth, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
ADMINISTRATIVE LAND USE AUTHORITY (ALUA): A committee consisting of the Planning Commission Chair or a delegated member of the Planning Commission, the Vice Planning Commission Chair or a delegated member of the Planning Commission, two members of the Public Works, the City Recorder, and the City Engineer.
ALLEY: A public thoroughfare less than twenty six feet (26') wide.
BLOCK: The land surrounded by streets and other right of way other than an alley, or land which is designated as a block on any recorded subdivision plat.
BONA FIDE DIVISION OR PARTITION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES: The division of a parcel of land into three (3) or more lots or parcels which is or is intended to be used in the immediate future for a legitimate and acceptable agricultural purpose. Such agricultural purpose must be economically feasible and otherwise qualify as a bona fide agricultural use. The division of land for the purpose of building, for commercial or residential development, or for investment purposes, whether immediate or future, shall not constitute a bona fide division or a partition of agricultural land for agricultural development purposes. This will include five (5) acres minimum and must meet the greenbelt amendment of Weber County.
CITY: The city of Farr West, Utah.
CITY COUNCIL: The city council of the city of Farr West, Utah.
CITY ENGINEER: Any registered civil engineer appointed by the city council to accomplish the objectives of this title, provided that no such person may serve the city and a subdivider in the city simultaneously where he or she would have to check his own work or the work of a member of his firm in connection with any subdivision in the city.
CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS: A set of standard drawings and specifications entitled “public works standards and technical specifications of Weber County” (adopted September 21, 1989).
EASEMENT: That portion of a lot or lots reserved, granted or arising in behalf of and for the present or future use by a person or agency other than the legal owner or owners of said property or properties. The easement may be for use under, over or above the lot or lots.
FINAL PLAT: A drawing of a proposed subdivision drawn accurately to scale, which has thereon all measurements, data, certificates and dedications required for final approval and acceptance by the proper agencies and for the recording in the office of the county recorder.
HALF STREETS: That portion of a street within a subdivision comprising one-half (1/2) the required right of way width upon which improvements in accordance with one-half (1/2) of an approved typical street cross section are constructed. (See section 16.28.010 of this title.)
IMPROVEMENT PLAN: A plan to complete permanent infrastructure on the subdivision that is essential for the public health and safety, that is required for human occupation, or that is required by applicable law and that an applicant must install in accordance with public installation and inspection specifications for public improvements and as a condition of recording a subdivision plat.
LAND USE AUTHORITY: An individual, board, or commission appointed or employed by a municipality to make land use decisions.
LOT: A parcel of land comprising a unit within a subdivision of a unit of land for building development or transfer of ownership together with such yards, open spaces, lot width and area as required by the zoning ordinance of the city of Farr West, having frontage of no less than twenty feet (20') upon a street, lot right of way or right of way approved by the appeal authority defined in title 2, chapter 2.28 of this code.
LOT RIGHT OF WAY: An easement of not less than twenty feet (20') wide reserved by the lot owners as private access to serve the lots through which it passes.
MAJOR STREET PLAN: A plan, labeled “major street plan of the city of Farr West”, approved by the city council.
MASTER PLAN: A plan, labeled “master plan of Farr West”, including maps or reports or both, which has been approved by the planning commission and the city council as required by law.
OFFICIAL MAP: Prohibited under Utah Code Annotated section 10-9-306, as amended. Municipalities may not adopt official maps nor may they be used to unconstitutionally prohibit development of property designated for eventual use as a public street.
PARCEL OF LAND: A contiguous quantity of land, in the possession of, or owned by, or recorded as the property of the same claimant or person.
PERSON: Any individual, corporation, partnership, firm or association of individuals however styled or designated.
PLANNING COMMISSION: The Farr West City planning commission.
PLAT, generally: An instrument subdividing property into lots as depicted on a map or other graphic representation of land that a licensed professional land surveyor makes and prepares in accordance with §10-9a-603 or §57-8-13 of Utah State Code (as amended).
PRELIMINARY PLAT: A drawing drawn to scale representing a proposal as to a method of subdividing a tract, lot or parcel of land but which does not require the certificates and dedications necessary for acceptance by the council. This definition does not apply to chapter 16.14 of this Title.
PROTECTION STRIP: A strip of land bordering both the boundary of a subdivision and a street within the subdivision for the purpose of controlling the access of property owners abutting the subdivision, to the street.
STREET: A thoroughfare which has been dedicated or abandoned to the public and accepted by proper public authority, or a thoroughfare not less than twenty six feet (26') wide which has been made public by right of use and which affords the principal access to the abutting property.
   1.   Collector Street:
A street, existing or proposed, of considerable continuity which is the main means of access to the major street system.
   2.    Cul-De-Sac Street:
A minor terminal street provided with a turnaround.
   3.   Major Street:
A street, existing or proposed, which serves or is intended to serve as a major trafficway and is designated on the master street plan as a controlled access highway, major street, parkway or other equivalent term to identify those streets comprising the basic structure of the street plan.
   4.   Marginal Access Street:
A minor street which is parallel to and adjacent to a limited access major street and which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
   5.   Minor Street:
A street, existing or proposed, which is supplementary to a collector street and of limited continuity which serves or is intended to serve the local needs of a neighborhood.
   6.   Private Street:
A thoroughfare within a subdivision which has been reserved by dedication unto the subdivider or lot owners to be used as private access to serve the lots platted within the subdivision and complying with the adopted street cross section standards or by the city and maintained by the subdivider or other private agency.
SUBDIVIDER: An individual, corporation or registered partnership owning or controlling any tract, lot or parcel of land to be subdivided or a group of two (2) or more persons owning any tract, lot or parcel of land to be subdivided who have given their power of attorney to one of their group or to another individual to act on their behalf in planning, negotiating for, representing or executing the purpose of the subdivision.
SUBDIVISION: Any land that is divided, subdivided, or proposed to be divided into two or more lots or other division of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, for offer, sale, lease, or development either on the installment plan or upon any and all other plans, terms, and conditions.
   1.   Subdivision includes:
      a.   The division or development of land, whether by deed, metes and bounds description, devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument, regardless of whether the division includes all or a portion of a parcel or lot; and
      b.   Except as provided below, divisions of land for residential and nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural, and industrial purposes.
   2.   Subdivision does not include:
      a.   A bona fide division or partition of agricultural land for the purpose of joining one of the resulting separate parcels to a contiguous parcel of unsubdivided agricultural land, if neither the resulting combined parcel nor the parcel remaining from the division or partition violates an applicable land use ordinance;
      b.   A boundary line agreement recorded with the County Recorder’s Office between owners of adjoining parcels adjusting the mutual boundary in accordance with §10-9a-524 of Utah State Code (as amended) if no new parcel is created;
      c.   A recorded document, executed by the owner of record revising the legal descriptions of multiple parcels into one legal description encompassing all such parcels or joining a lot to parcel;
      d.   A boundary line agreement between owners of adjoining subdivided properties adjusting the mutual lot line boundary in accordance with §10- 9a-524 and §10-9a-608 of Utah State Code (as amended) if no new dwelling lot or housing unit will result from the adjustment and the adjustment will not violate any applicable land use ordinance;
      e.   A bona fide division of land by deed or other instrument if the deed or other instrument states in writing that the division is in anticipation of future land use approvals on the parcel or parcels does not confer any land use approvals, and has not been approved by the land use authority;
      f.   A parcel boundary adjustment;
      g.   A lot line adjustment;
      h.   A joining of one or more lots to a parcel;
      i.   A road, street, or highway dedication plat;
      j.   A deed or easement for a road, street, or highway purpose; or
      k.   Any other division of land authorized by law.
SUBDIVISION, MINOR: The division of a tract or parcel of land into three (3) or less building sites, tracts or lots, each accessible by an existing public street.
SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE: A committee consisting of the Mayor, the Planning Commission Chair or a delegated member of the Planning Commission, the Vice Planning Commission Chair or a delegated member of the Planning Commission, two members of the Public Works, and the City Engineer.
UTILITIES: Culinary water lines, pressure and gravity irrigation lines, sanitary and storm sewer lines, electric power and telephone transmission lines, underground conduit and junction boxes.
VICINITY PLAN: A vicinity plan shall be drawn to scale and shall show a representation of the blocks and streets of the proposed subdivision and their relationship to existing and proposed streets and to existing and proposed utilities. Size of such utilities shall also be shown.
   1.   A vicinity plan and a written statement explaining the intent of the subdivider can then be prepared for review by the planning commission prior to submission of the preliminary plat. Two (2) copies of each are required.
   2.   The vicinity plan should be based on or referenced to a published street, highway, USGS or zoning map and should show the relationship of the proposed residential development to the community facilities which serve or influence it, such as traffic arteries, commercial or industrial areas, schools, parks, etc., within one mile of the boundaries of the proposed subdivision. Consideration should be given to proposed future as well as existing facilities in the area.
   3.   The written statement should be in sufficient detail that the intent of the subdivider is clear to those persons who review the proposal for the city.
ZONING ORDINANCE: The zoning ordinance of the city of Farr West as adopted and amended by the city council of the city of Farr West. (Ord. 2024-06: Ord. 13-05: Ord. 06-01 §§ 1, 2: Ord. 97-19 § 1: Ord. 97-11 § 1: Ord. 93-04: Ord. 93-02: Ord. 89-003 § 3)