As used in Part Eleven, Title Two, Subdivision Regulations of the Village of Gibsonburg, certain terms and words are hereby defined. Terms not defined in this section, or in Title One, Zoning Ordinance, Section 1103.02
, have the meaning customarily assigned to them.
(1) BIKEWAY: A pathway, which may or may not be separated from streets, designed specifically to be used by bicyclists and pedestrians.
(2) BRIDGE: A structure having a clear span equal to or greater than 10 feet designed to convey vehicles and/or pedestrians over a watercourse, railroad, public or private right-of-way or any depression.
(3) CATCH BASIN: An inlet designed to intercept and redirect surface waters.
(4) CONCEPTUAL PLAN: An informal drawing which depicts a developer’s intention for subdivision or development of property.
(5) CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS: The current local regulations establishing construction standards for subdivisions.
(6) COUNTY ENGINEER: The Sandusky County Engineer.
(7) COVENANT: A written promise or pledge between the owners of the plat agreeing to performance of certain acts or requiring or preventing certain uses of property.
(8) CULVERT: A transverse closed drain that is used to convey water in an open channel through an embankment such as a roadway.
(9) CUL-DE-SAC: A street having only one end open to traffic and the other end terminating in a vehicle turnaround.
(10) CURB CUT: The opening along the curb line at which point vehicles may enter or leave the roadway.
(11) CURB LEVEL: The established grade of the curb in front of the mid-point of a lot.
(12) DEAD-END STREET: A street having only one outlet for vehicular traffic.
(13) DEDICATION: The transfer of property by the owner for a public use and the acceptance of it by a unit of government.
(14) DEED RESTRICTIONS: A restriction on the use of land usually set forth in the deed, running with the land and binding on subsequent owners of the property.
(15) DEVELOP: To do any work upon land that is capable of serving as a subdivision or development of building sites in the future.
(16) DEVELOPER: Any individual, sub-divider, firm, association, syndicate, partnership, corporation, trust, or any legal entity commencing proceedings under these regulations to effect a subdivision of land.
(17) DEVELOPMENT: Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate.
(18) DRAWING: The drawing, map, or chart on which the developers plan for a subdivision is presented to the Planning Commission for conceptual or preliminary approval.
(19) DRIVEWAY: A vehicular access used to provide access from a street to dwelling units or commercial and industrial buildings or parking lots.
(20) ENGINEER: Any person registered to practice professional engineering by the State Board of Registration as outlined in Section 4733.14 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(21) ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT: A survey of potential contamination of a site from previous or current activity on the site or adjacent property.
(22) FILL: Soil, rock, earth, sand, gravel, or any other material which may be deposited or placed onto or into the ground.
(23) FILLING: The act of depositing or dumping of any fill onto or into the ground, except common household gardening and ground maintenance.
(24) FINAL PLAT: The final map, drawing or chart of a subdivision prepared in conformance with these Regulations and in suitable format for recording by the Sandusky County Recorder.
(25) FLAG LOT: A lot meeting minimum frontage requirements and where access to the public road is across a narrow strip of land extending from the larger portion of the lot. The panhandle is an access corridor to lots or parcels located behind lots or parcels with normally required frontage.
(26) FLOOD, 100 YEAR: The temporary inundation of normally dry land areas by a flood that is likely to occur once every 100 years.
(27) IMPERVIOUS SURFACE: Any material that prevents absorption of water into the ground.
(28) IMPROVEMENTS: Street pavement or resurfacing, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, water lines, sanitary sewer lines, storm sewer lines, storm drains, street lights, flood control and drainage facilities, utility lines, landscaping, and other related matters normally associated with the development of raw land into building sites.
(29) INTERSECTION: The location where two or more roadways cross at grade.
(30) LOT SPLIT: A division of a parcel of land not within a platted subdivision that does not create an additional building lot and which is for the transfer of land between adjoining property owners.
(31) LOT MINIMUM AREA: The area of a lot computed exclusive of any public right- of-way.
(32) LOT MEASUREMENTS: The depth of a lot shall be the horizontal distance between the front lot line and rear lot line, measured in a general direction parallel with its side lot lines, exclusive of any public right-of-way.
The width of a lot shall be the distance between the lines connecting front and rear lot lines at each side of the lot.
(33) LOT OF RECORD: A lot that is part of a subdivision recorded in the office of the Sandusky County Recorder, or a parcel of real estate described by metes and bounds, the description of which has been so recorded.
(34) MAINTENANCE BOND: An agreement by a sub-divider or developer with the Village guaranteeing the maintenance of a physical improvements for a specific period of time.
(35) MAINTENANCE GUARANTEE: A form of financial security accepted by the Village as a guarantee that the completed improvements required as a part of a developers application will be maintained for a specific period of time following completion of improvements and acceptance by the Village.
(36) METES AND BOUNDS: A method of describing the boundaries or land by directions (bounds) and distance (metes) from a known point or reference.
(37) MIDBLOCK CROSSING: A non-vehicular right-of-way, publicly owned, cutting across a block in order to provide pedestrian access to adjacent street or property.
(38) MINOR SUBDIVISION: A division of a parcel of land that does not require a plat to be approved by the Planning Commission in accordance with Section 711.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(39) MONUMENTS: Permanent concrete or iron markers capped with registered surveyors name and registration number used to establish definitely all lines of the plat of a subdivision, including all lot corners, boundary line corners, and points of change in street alignment.
(40) OEPA: The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
(41) ODOT: The Ohio Department of Transportation.
(42) OPEN SPACE, PUBLIC: Any parcel or area of land conveyed or otherwise dedicated to the Village for public use and employment.
(43) OWNER: Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, co-partnership, corporation, trust or any other legal entity having title to or sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided under these regulations.
(44) PAD: A building site prepared by artificial means, including but not limited to grading, excavation or filling, or any combination thereof.
(45) PARKS AND RECREATIONAL LAND AREA: Any land area to be used for public or private recreation purposes.
(46) PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY: A right-of-way of varying widths with a 4 to 5 foot wide sidewalk, which cuts across a block to facilitate access to adjacent streets and properties.
(47) PERFORMANCE BOND: A type of surety issued by an insurance company and posted by a sub-divider or developer guaranteeing the completion of physical improvements according to plans and specifications approved by the Planning Commission within the time prescribed by the sub-divider’s agreement. If the work is not performed, the insurer promises to complete the work or pay damages up to the amount of the bond.
(48) PERSON: Any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation or organization.
(49) PLAT: A map representing a tract of land showing the boundaries and location of individual properties, streets and improvements.
(50) PRELIMINARY PLAN: The initial proposal, including narrative and site development, intended to provide the Planning Commission with an understanding of the manner in which the site will be developed.
(51) PRIVATE STREET: A street that has not been officially accepted by the Village.
(52) PUBLIC WAY: An alley, avenue, boulevard, bridge, channel, ditch, easement, highway, land, parkway, right-of-way, road, sidewalk, street, viaduct, walk, or other way in which the general public or public entity have a right, or which is dedicated, whether improved or not.
(53) REGULATIONS: Subdivision Regulations of the Village of Gibsonburg, Ohio.
(54) REPLAT: A subdivision or plat, which has previously been platted or subdivided with lots or parcels of land. A replat may include all or any part of a previous subdivision or plat.
(55) RESERVES: Lots or parcels of land within a subdivision that are intended for future development.
(56) RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITY: The Village Council and Planning Commission are responsible for reviewing and approving or disapproving a request.
(57) REVIEWING AGENCY: Any person or agency employed by the Village of Gibsonburg through the authority of Village Council to review existing or proposed development, uses or variances.
(58) RUNOFF: The portion of rainfall, melted snow, irrigation of water that flows across ground surface and eventually is returned to a water body.
(59) SANITARY SEWERS: A waste water treatment system as defined by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and approved by the Village of Gibsonburg, which provides a collection network and a central wastewater treatment facility for the community.
(60) SANITARY ON-SITE SEWERS: A septic tank or similar installation on an individual lot which utilizes an aerobic or anaerobic bacteriological process or equally satisfactory process for the treatment of sewage and provides for the proper and safe disposal of the effluent.
(61) SIDEWALKS: A portion of the road right-of-way, outside the traffic way, improved for the use of pedestrian traffic.
(62) SLOPE: The deviation of a surface from the horizontal, usually expressed in percent or degrees or ratio, i.e., 3:1.
(63) STORM SEWERS: A conduit that collect and transports runoff.
(64) STORM WATER PERMIT: Environmental Protection Agency NPDES permit required for construction sites addressing erosion control procedures, and specifically including Notice of Intent Application and Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan.
(65) SUB-DIVIDERS CONTRACT: A contract entered into by the applicant and the Village by which the applicant promises to complete the required public improvements within the subdivision within specified time period following plan approval.
(66) SUBDIVISION: The division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into 2 or more lots, tracts, parcels, or other divisions of land for sale, development or lease whether immediate or in the future; or
The improvements of one or more parcels of land for residential, commercial, or industrial structures or groups of structures involving the division or allocation of land for the opening, widening, or extension of any street or streets except private streets serving industrial structures; the division or allocation of land as open spaces for common use by owners, occupants, or lease holders, or as easements for the extension and maintenance of public sanitary sewers, water lines, storm drainage or other public features.
(67) SUBDIVISION REPLAT: Any alteration of lot boundaries within a previously approved and recorded subdivision plat.
(68) SURETY: A performance bond, certified check, or irrevocable letter of credit.
(69) SURVEYOR: Any person registered to practice professional surveying by the State Board of Registration as specified in Section 4733.14 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(70) THOROUGHFARE: A public or private way which affords the principal means of access to abutting property.
(71) TREELAWN: The area between the back of the street curb and the front of the sidewalk.
(72) VICINITY MAP: A drawing located on the plat which sets forth by dimensions or other means the relationships of the proposed subdivision or use to other nearby developments or landmarks and community facilities and services within the Village in order to better locate and orient the area in question.
(73) WALKWAY: A public way for pedestrian use only, whether located along the side of a road or not.
(74) WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, PUBLIC: The collection, treatment, storage, and distribution of potable water from source to consumer.
(75) WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, ON SITE: A well or other similar installation on an individual lot which provides a water supply to any structures or uses upon the lot.
(76) WATERSHED: The drainage basin, catchments or other area of land that drains water, sediment and dissolved materials to a common outlet at some point along a stream channel. (Ord. 31-2007. Passed 12-20-07.)