For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
Approved streets. Public or private streets that have been platted pursuant to this chapter and of which construction has been completed and accepted or guaranteed.
Construction plans. Construction plans are engineering details and specifications for the provision of necessary and/or required facilities and improvements. Such facilities and improvements may include but not be limited to public streets, water, sanitary sewer and storm drainage systems.
Manual for the Design and Construction of Water and Waste Water System Extensions for Greenville Utilities Commission. The Manual for the Design and Construction of Water and Waste Water Systems Extensions for Greenville Utilities Commission is incorporated herein as a supplement to the subdivision regulations. Such supplement contains design considerations, submittal requirements, material specifications and project guidelines for water and sanitary sewer system extensions.
Manual of Standard Designs and Details. The Manual of Standard Designs and Details is incorporated herein as a supplement to the subdivision regulations. Such supplement contains engineering designs and details relative to plat layout; storm drainage design; sedimentation control; basins; pipes and manholes; ending walls and retaining walls; street standards; pavement design; ground cover; driveways; parking; stormwater detention and other uniform design standards.
Minor subdivision plats. A “minor subdivision plat” is classified in the following manner:
(1) Involving lots fronting on an existing and/or approved street(s). In interpretation of this section, the term “lots fronting” shall be construed to include condominium and townhouse developments which share common area;
(2) Not involving the dedication or extension of any public street;
(3) Not involving the extension of public sanitary sewer, storm sewer or water lines; and
(4) Not involving the creation of residual parcels or lots.
Planning and Zoning Commission. The body created by City Council in section 9-2-1 of the City Code, pursuant to G.S. 160D-301 and 160D-604, to act as a planning agency for the City Council on planning and zoning matters within the city’s planning and zoning jurisdiction.
Private streets. Streets that have been designated by easement and as such constitute public vehicular areas as provided and regulated by applicable law. Such streets shall be constructed in accordance with the standards specified in the Manual of Standard Designs and Details and shall be maintained by the property owner or pursuant to recorded agreements. No new private streets are allowed for single-family and two-family attached dwellings located on individual lots or on a common lot after August 14, 2014.
Public streets. Streets that have been accepted for permanent maintenance by either the State of North Carolina or the City of Greenville.
Streets. Those areas delineated by dedicated rights-of-way or common property easements designed and constructed as required by this chapter for the purpose of carrying vehicular traffic to and from abutting property.
Subdivision. All divisions of a tract or parcel of land into two or more lots, building sites, or other divisions for the purpose of sale or building development (whether immediate or future) and shall include all divisions of land involving the dedication of a new street or a change in existing streets; but the following shall not be included within this definition nor be subject to the regulations authorized by this chapter:
(1) The combination or recombination of portions of previously subdivided and recorded lots where the total number of lots is not increased and the resultant lots are equal to or exceed the existing standards of the municipality as shown in this chapter. In interpretation of this section, the term “previously subdivided and recorded lots” shall mean approved and recorded pursuant to the subdivision regulations in effect at the time of their creation;
(2) The division of land into parcels greater than ten acres where no street right-of-way dedication is involved. In interpretation of this section, the phrase “where no street right-of-way dedication is involved” shall be construed as meaning that any such parcels shall be served by an approved public street;
(3) The public acquisition by purchase of strips of land for the widening or opening of streets; and
(4) The division of a tract in single ownership whose entire area is no greater than two acres into not more than three lots, where no street right-of-way dedication is involved and where the resultant lots are equal to or exceed the standards of the municipality as shown in this chapter.
(5) The division of a tract into parcels in accordance with the terms of a probated will or in accordance with intestate succession under G.S. Chapter 29.
Subdivision Review Board. The membership of the Board is as follows: the Director of Planning and Development Services, the Director of Engineering and Inspections and the General Manager of the Greenville Utilities Commission, or their respective designated representative. The Board has the authority to approve minor and final subdivision plats as well as soil erosion and sedimentation control plans.
Thoroughfares. Public streets designed and intended to carry intra-city and inter-city traffic. Such streets are designated as either major or minor “thoroughfares” as shown on the Highway Map of the Comprehensive Transportation Plan as amended.
(Ord. No. 1941, § 1, passed 1-12-1989; Ord. No. 2432, § 1, passed 3-12-1992; Ord. No. 2516, § 1, passed 9-14-1992; Ord. No. 06-75, § 1, passed 8-10-2006; Ord. No. 14-049, § 10, passed 8-14-2014; Ord. 19-045, § 1, passed 9-12-2019; Ord. No. 21-032, § 1, passed 6-21-2021; Ord. No. 23-040, § 1, passed 5-11-2023)