The following terms shall have, throughout these Regulations, the meaning herein given. Words used in the singular include the plural. Words used in the present tense include the future tense. The word "shall" is mandatory; the words "should" and "may" are directory and shall be complied with unless waived.
(a) "Access drive" means a private way used to serve one dwelling and which cuts onto a local street.
(b) "Commission" means the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village established pursuant to Article VII, Section 8, of the Charter of the Village.
(c) "Council" means the legislative body of the Village.
(d) "Developer" means any individual, firm, association, corporation, trust or any other legal entity, including his or her agents, commencing proceedings under these Regulations to effect a subdivision or resubdivision of land for himself or herself or for another.
(e) "Drainage way" means the land required for construction of stormwater sewers or drainage ditches, or required along a natural stream or watercourse.
(f) "Easement" means a grant by a property owner to anyone of the use of land for a specific purpose or a restriction on the use of land for a specific purpose. (Ord. 2362. Passed 10-9-89.)
(g) "Easement for access" means an easement for access, for the purposes set forth in Section 1163.02 of the Zoning Code, which shall be at least thirty feet wide with an eighteen-foot wide paved roadway, improved in accordance with regulations for pavements in streets, and any such easement for access shall serve not more than two lots. For the purpose of yard and lot area measurements, such easement for access shall form a part of such side yard or lot area as required by the Zoning Code. (Ord. 3054. Passed 4-11-00.)
(h) "Final plat" means the final map of all or a portion of a subdivision which, if approved, may be recorded.
(i) "Lot" and "parcel" mean a division of land separated from other divisions by description on a recorded subdivision plat or recorded survey map, or by metes and bounds, for purposes of sale, lease or separate use.
(j) "Map" means a drawing showing geographic, topographic or other physical features of the land.
(k) "Plan" means a drawing of a proposed design or of work to be performed.
(l) "Plat" means a map of a lot, tract or subdivision on which the lines of each element are shown by accurate distances and bearings.
(m) "Preliminary plan" means a drawing for the purpose of study of a subdivision and which, if approved, permits proceeding with the preparation of the final plat.
(n) "Setback line" means a line established by the Zoning Code which may be included on a subdivision plat, defining the limits of the parcel from adjoining parcels and in which no structure may be located.
(o) "Street" means an avenue, highway, road or other way proposed for vehicular traffic and any existing State, County, Township or Village street or way shown upon a plat heretofore duly approved, filed and recorded in the office of the County Recorder. The term includes the land between the street right-of-way lines, whether improved or unimproved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, sidewalks, division strips or other areas within the street lines. Streets shall be classified as follows:
(1) "Major street" means a street which is primarily for moving fast or heavy traffic.
(2) "Local street" means a street primarily for access to abutting residential properties and to serve local needs.
(p) "Subdivision" and the verb "to subdivide" mean:
(1) The division of any parcel of land shown as a unit or as contiguous units on the last preceding tax roll, into three or more parcels, sites or lots, any one of which is less than five acres, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership, provided, however, that the division or partition of land into parcels of more than five acres not involving any new streets or easements of access, and the sale or exchange of parcels between adjoining lot owners, where such sale or exchange does not create additional building sites, shall be exempted; or
(2) The improvement of one or more parcels, sites or lots of land for residential or commercial structures or groups of structures involving the division or allocation of land for the opening, widening or extension of any street or streets; the division or allocation of land as open spaces, for common use by owners, occupants or lease holders, or as easements for access or for the extension and maintenance of water, storm drainage or other public facilities.
(q) "Village" means the Village of Gates Mills.
(Ord. 2362. Passed 10-9-89.)