For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. A minor vehicular way used primarily to serve as an access way to the back or side or properties otherwise abutting on a street.
BLOCK. That property abutting one side of a street and lying between the two nearest intersecting streets, or between the nearest street and railroad right-of-way, unsubdivided acreage, river or live stream; or between any of the foregoing and any other barrier to the continuity of development.
CUL-DE-SAC or COURT. A minor street of short length, having one end open to traffic and being permanently terminated by a vehicular turn-around.
DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS. The regulations and specifications of the department, prepared pursuant to this chapter and governing the nature, extent, installation, construction, inspection, and supervision of improvements and lands within new subdivisions.
DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. The engineering plans and specifications filed by and certified by a registered professional engineer, relating to all public improvements, utilities, and grading within (and outside, if required) a proposed subdivision as the same are proposed by the proprietor and required by the ordinances of the city, the subdivision regulations adopted by the Planning Commission, and the department regulations adopted hereunder.
EASEMENT. A quantity of land set aside or over which a liberty, privilege, or advantage is granted by the owner to the public, corporation, or some particular person or part of the public for specific use and purposes, and shall be designated a public or private easement, depending on the nature of the user.
FINAL PLAT. A map of all or part of a subdivision prepared and certified as to its accuracy by a registered engineer or land surveyor. Such maps must meet the requirements of the Plat Act, Public Act 288 of l967, being M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 - 560.293 as amended, and be suitable for recording by the Wayne County Registrar of Deeds.
IMPROVEMENTS. Streets, pavements, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, crosswalks, water mains, sanitary and storm sewers, street trees, and other additions to the natural state of land which increases its value, utility, or habitability.
LOT. A parcel of land separated from other parcels on a preliminary or recorded plat for the purpose of sale, lease, or separate use.
MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. An arterial street of great continuity which is intended to serve as a large-volume traffic way for both the immediate city area and region beyond, and may be designated in the city's major thoroughfare plan as a major thoroughfare, parkway, expressway, or equivalent term to identify those streets comprising the basic structure of the street plan.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREET. A minor street parallel and adjacent to a major thoroughfare, and which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
MASTER PLAN. The comprehensive plan including graphic and written proposals indicating the general locations recommended for the streets, parks, schools, public buildings, zoning districts, and all physical developments of the city, and includes any unit or part of the plans separately adopted, and any amendments to the plan or parts thereof adopted in principle or under Public Act 285 of 1931, being M.C.L.A. §§ 125.31 through 125.45, as amended, by the Planning Commission.
MINOR STREET. A street supplementary to a secondary street intended to serve the local needs of a neighborhood and of limited continuity, used primarily as an access to abutting residential properties.
OUTLOT. A platted parcel within a subdivision, which is a lettered lot, designated for public use, such as a school or park site.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACT. Public Act 285 of l931, being M.C.L.A. §§ 125.31 - 125.45, as amended.
PLAT ACT. Public Act 288 of l967, being M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 - 560.293, as amended.
PRELIMINARY PLAT. A map indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision in sufficient detail to provide adequate basis for review and to meet the requirements and procedures set forth hereinafter.
PUBLIC RESERVATION. A portion of a subdivision which is set aside for public use and made available for public use and acquisition.
PUBLIC UTILITY. A firm, corporation, or municipal authority providing gas, electricity, telephone, sewer, water, or other services of a similar nature.
SECONDARY THOROUGHFARE. A street intended to serve as a major means of access from minor streets to major thoroughfares and has considerable continuity within the framework of the city's major thoroughfare plan.
STREET. A right-of-way dedicated to public use, which provides vehicular and pedestrian access to adjacent properties whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, road, avenue, lane, or however otherwise designated. Includes the land between right-of-way lines, whether improved or unimproved, and may comprise pavement, curbs and gutters, shoulders, sidewalks, parking areas, lawn areas, and other areas within the right-of-way lines.
SUBDIVIDER. Includes the plural as well as the singular and may mean a person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or any legal combination of them or any other legal entity proceeding under these regulations to effect a subdivision of land for himself or for another.
SUBDIVISION. The partitioning or dividing of a parcel or tract of land by the proprietor thereof or by his heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors, or assigns for the purpose of sale or lease of more than one year, or of building development, where the act of division creates five or more parcels of land (each of which is ten acres or less in area) by successive divisions within a period of ten years.
TURN-AROUND or PLACE. A short boulevard permanently terminated by a vehicular turn- around.
(‘83 Code, § 151.02) (Ord. 70-008, passed 7-27-70)