For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. Public or private ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the backs or to the sides of properties which otherwise abut on the street.
ARTERIAL STREET. Designed or utilized primarily for high vehicular speeds or for heavy volumes of traffic.
BLOCK. A tract of land bounded by streets, or by a combination of streets, public parks, railroad rights-of-way, shoreline of waterways, or municipal boundaries.
CENTRAL WATER SYSTEM. A community water system, including treatment and distribution established by the developer to serve a subdivision in the outlying area.
CENTRAL SEWERAGE SYSTEM. A community sewer system, including collection and treatment facilities established by the developer to serve a development in the outlying area.
COLLECTOR STREET. A road intended to move traffic from local streets to arterial.
CITY. Municipality of Garretson, South Dakota.
CITY COUNCIL. The City Council as duly elected.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The master plan or general plan for the development and improvement of the city, as adopted by the City Council. (Note: As an interim measure, SDCL § 11-6-26 provides for the use of a major street plan in lieu of a COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, until a COMPREHENSIVE PLAN is adopted.)
CUL-DE-SAC. A local street with one end open to traffic and the other end terminated by a turn-around.
EASEMENT. Authorization by a property owner for the use by another, for specific purposes, for any designated part of his or her property.
FINAL PLAT. The map or plan or record of a subdivision and any accompanying material as described in this chapter.
FRONTAGE. The side of a lot abutting on a street regarded as the front of the lot.
FRONTAGE ROAD. A minor street which runs parallel or adjacent to arterial streets and highways and which serves to reduce the number of access points.
IMPROVEMENTS. Street grading, street surfacing, curb and gutter, water mains and lines, sanitary sewers, natural gas mains and lines, storm drainage facilities, culverts, or other such installations as designated by the City Council. All IMPROVEMENTS shall be properly bonded.
LOT. A portion of a subdivision intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or development.
LOCAL STREET. A minor street which is designed and used primarily for access to abutting properties.
PERFORMANCE BOND. Any form of security or assurance, including cash deposit, surety bond, collateral, property, or instrument of credit, in an amount and form satisfactory to the City Council.
PLANNING COMMISSION. The Planning Commission of the city.
PRELIMINARY PLAT. The preliminary drawing or drawings indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision to he submitted to the Planning Commission for approval.
REGISTER OF DEEDS. County agent responsible for maintaining records according to state law including, but not limited to: receiving and recording deeds; quit claim deeds; contract for deeds; addendums; extensions; powers of attorney; plats; easements; terminations of life estates or joint tenancy; corner records; and underground lines.
SUBDIVIDES. A person, corporation, partnership, association, or any group who prepares or causes to be prepared a subdivision plat.
SUBDIVISION. A parcel (or parcels) which has been divided into two or more separate units for the purpose of subsequent sale or building development. SUBDIVISION includes the division or development of residential and nonresidential zoned land, whether by deed, metes and bounds, lease, map, plat, or other recorded instrument.
UTILITIES. Electric transformers, switch boxes, telephone pedestals and telephone boxes, cable television boxes, traffic control boxes, including the generation, transmission, and/or distribution of electricity, gas, steam communications, and water, and the collection and treatment of sewage and solid waste.
(Ord. 529, passed 2-8-1999)