For the purpose of this title, certain words and terms are hereby defined as follows:
ALLEY: A public right of way which affords a secondary means of access to abutting property.
BLOCK: An area of land within a subdivision that is entirely bounded by street, or by streets and the exterior boundary or boundaries of the subdivision, or a combination of the above with a river or a lake.
BOULEVARD: The portion of the street right of way between the curb line and the property line.
BUILDING: Any structure built for the support, shelter, or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or property of any kind, and includes any structure.
CITY COUNCIL: The governing body of the city of Frazee.
CITY OR FRAZEE: The city of Frazee, Minnesota.
CITY PLANNING COMMISSION: The city of Frazee planning commission.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The group of maps, charts and texts that make up the comprehensive long range plan of the city.
CUL-DE-SAC: A minor street or road with only one outlet and having an appropriate terminal for the safe and convenient reversal of traffic movement.
DESIGN STANDARDS: The specifications to land owners or subdividers for the preparation of plats, both preliminary and final, indicating among other things, the optimum, minimum or maximum dimensions of such items as rights of way, blocks, easements and lots.
EASEMENT: A grant by a property owner for the use of land for the purpose of constructing and maintaining drives and utilities, including, but not limited to, wetlands, ponding areas, sanitary sewers, water mains, electric lines, telephone lines, storm sewers, or storm drainageways and gas lines.
FINAL PLAT: A drawing or map of a subdivision, meeting all of the requirements of the city and in such form as required by Becker County for the purposes of recording.
INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM: A facility for receiving or treating sewage which is not a part of or connected to a public sewer system.
LOT: A parcel or portion of land of at least sufficient size to meet minimum zoning requirements for use, coverage and area, and to provide such yards and other open spaces herein required. Such lot shall have frontage on an improved public street.
LOT AREA: The total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot exclusive of any portion of the right of way of any public roadway.
LOT DEPTH: The distance between the midpoint of the front line and the midpoint of the rear lot line.
LOT IMPROVEMENT: Any building, structure, place, work of art, or other object, or improvement of the land on which they are situated constituting a physical betterment of real property, or any part of such betterment.
LOT LINE: The property line bounding a lot except where any portion of a lot extends into the public right of way, the line of such public right of way shall be the lot line.
LOT LINE, FRONT: That boundary of a lot which abuts an existing or dedicated public street, and in the case of a corner lot, it shall be the shortest dimension on a public street.
LOT LINE, REAR: That boundary of a lot which is opposite to the front lot line. If the rear lot line is less than ten feet (10') in length, or if the lot forms a point at the rear, the rear lot line shall be a line ten feet (10') in length within the lot, parallel to, and at the maximum distance from the front lot line.
LOT LINE, SIDE: Any boundary of a lot which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line.
LOT WIDTH: The maximum horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a lot measured parallel to the front lot line and at the rear of the required front yard setback.
METES AND BOUNDS: A method of describing property lines by means of their direction and distance from an easily identifiable point.
PARCEL: An area of land established by plat, metes and bounds, registered land survey, auditor's plat, or other acceptable means and separated from other parcels or portions by said description for the purpose of sale, lease, or separation.
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS: Public lands and open spaces in the city of Frazee dedicated or reserved for recreation purposes.
PEDESTRIANWAY: A public or private right of way across a block or within a block to provide access for pedestrians and which may be used for the installation of utility lines.
PERCENTAGE OF GRADE: On street centerline, means the distance vertically (up or down) from the horizontal in feet and tenths of a foot for each one hundred feet (100') of horizontal distance.
PRELIMINARY PLAT: A tentative drawing or map of a proposed subdivision meeting the requirements herein enumerated.
PROTECTIVE COVENANTS: Contracts made between private parties as to the manner in which land may be used, with the view to protecting and preserving the physical and economic integrity of any given area.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT: Any drainage ditch, roadway, parkway, sidewalk, pedestrianway, tree, lawn, off street parking area, lot improvements, or other facility for which the city may ultimately assume the responsibility for maintenance and operation, or which may affect an improvement for which local government responsibility is established.
RIGHT OF WAY: Land dedicated and publicly owned for use as a street or for other public purposes.
SETBACK: The distance between a building and the property line nearest thereto.
STREET: A public right of way affording primary access by pedestrians and vehicles to abutting properties, whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, road, avenue, boulevard, place or however otherwise designated.
STREET WIDTH: The shortest distance between lines of lots delineating the street's right of way.
STREETS; COLLECTOR STREETS: Those streets which are used primarily for access to abutting properties and for local traffic movement.
STREETS; THOROUGHFARES OR ARTERIAL STREETS: Those streets carrying larger volumes of traffic and intended to provide for collection and distribution of traffic between highways and collector streets.
SUBDIVIDER: Any individual firm, association, syndicate, copartnership, corporation, trust or other legal entity having sufficient proprietary interests in the land sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to subdivide the same under this title.
SUBDIVISION: A described tract of land which is to be or has been divided into two (2) or more lots or parcels, any of which resultant parcels is less than five (5) acres in area, for the purpose of transfer of ownership or building development, or, if a new street or road is involved, any division of a parcel of land. The term includes resubdivision and, where it is appropriate to the context, relates either to the process of subdividing or to the land subdivided.
TANGENT: A straight line that is perpendicular to the radius of a curve where a tangent meets a curve.
VERTICAL CURVE: The surface curvature on a road or highway centerline located between lines of different percentage of grade. (Ord. 139, 4-11-2011)
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