(a) For the purpose of these Subdivision and Development Regulations the following terms are defined:
(1) "Alley” or “service street” means a local right of way publicly owned primarily for service access to the back or sides of properties.
(Ord. 27-95. Passed 9-6-95.)
(2) "Arterial street" means a street primarily for through traffic carrying heavy loads and large volume of traffic usually on a continuous route.
(3) "Block" means a parcel of land bounded on at least one side by a street and on the other sides by a natural or manmade barrier or property line.
(4) "Boulevard" means a street containing two lanes in each direction of travel each with a minimum width of twelve feet separated by a traffic island. Traffic islands shall have a minimum width of eight (8) feet measured from the back of curb to the back of curb.
(5) "Building line" means the line within the property defining the required minimum distance between any structure and the adjacent street right of way.
(6) "Collector street" means a street, whether within a residential, industrial, commercial, or other type of area, which primarily carries traffic from local streets to arterial streets, including the principal entrance and circulation routes within residential subdivisions.
(7) "Commission" means the Planning Commission of the Municipality.
(8) "Cul-de-sac" means a street having one end open to vehicular traffic and a vehicular turn around provided on the other end.
(9) "Double-frontage lot" or "reverse-frontage lot" means a lot with front and rear street frontage.
(10) "Easement" means a right of way granted for limited use of land for public or quasi-public purpose.
(11) "Engineer, County" means the County Engineer of Licking County.
(12) "Engineer, Municipal" means the full-time or consulting Engineer of the Municipality.
(13) "Improvement" means a physical addition or alteration to land that may be necessary to service or accommodate lots.
(14) "Local street" means a street primarily for the purpose of providing access to residential, commercial and other abutting property.
(15) "Lot" means a parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership, development, improvement and/or dedication.
(16) "Lot area" means the area contained within the property lines of the individual parcels of land as shown on a subdivision plat, excluding space within any street or right of way, but including the area of any easement.
(17) "Municipality" means the Municipality of Granville, Ohio and its inhabitants.
(18) "Plat, preliminary" means a tentative subdivision plan, in lesser detail than the final plat, indicating the proposed layout of a subdivision as a basis for consideration prior to the preparation of the final plat.
(19) "Plat, final" means a complete and exact subdivision plan prepared for official recording as required by statute.
(Ord. 21-95. Passed 8-2-95.)
(20) “Private drive”, “private road”, “service drive”, “service road”, “driveway”, or any other “way” not classified as a “street” means a local privately owned right of way for access to or through private property.
(Ord. 27-95. Passed 9-6-95.)
(21) "Street" means a public right of way designed for the purpose of moving people and goods or for the provision of access to private property.
(22) "Subdivider" or "developer" means an owner or a person authorized as the agent for an owner for whom subdivision plans are being or have been made.
(23) "Subdivision" means:
A. The division of any parcel of land shown as a unit or as contiguous units on the last preceding tax roll, into two 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 or development. Such division must be surveyed and platted, 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.
B. The improvement of any parcel or parcels of land for residential, commercial or industrial structures or groups of structures which requires the opening, widening or extension of any street or streets. Such improvement must be surveyed and platted.
C. 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 sewer, water, storm drainage or other public facilities. Such division or allocation must be surveyed and platted.
(24) "Sketch plan" means a draft or sketch showing contemplated development.
(25) "Subdivision and Development Regulations" or "Regulations" means Ordinance 21-95, adopted August 2, 1995, as amended, which is codified as Title I of this Part Eleven
- Planning and Zoning Code.
(26) "Traffic Impact Study" means a study prepared by a registered engineer to determine the impact of proposed development on the municipal streets.
(27) "Village Planner" means the Municipal Administrative Officer appointed by the Manager whose duties include the enforcement and administration of the provisions of these Subdivision and Development Regulations.
(Ord. 21-95. Passed 8-2-95.)