For the purpose of these regulations, certain terms used herein are defined as follows:
ALLEY: A minor right of way dedicated to public use, which gives a secondary means of vehicular access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting a street and which may be used for public utility purposes.
BICYCLE LANE: That portion of a roadway set aside and appropriately designated for the use of bicycles.
BICYCLE PATH: A surfaced facility physically separated from motor vehicle traffic.
BLOCK: A parcel of land, intended to be used for urban purposes, which is entirely surrounded by public streets, highways, railroad rights of way, public walks, parks or greenstrips, rural land or drainage channels or a combination thereof.
BUILDING LINE OR SETBACK LINE: A line or lines designating the area outside of which building(s) may not be erected.
CITYHOUSE: One of a series of two (2) or more attached dwelling units, separated from one another by continuous, vertical party walls without openings from basement floor to the roof deck and tight against the walls or through the roof and which are intended to have ownership transferred in conjunction with a platted lot.
COMPREHENSIVE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN: The comprehensive plans for physical development for the city which are officially adopted to provide long-range development policies for the area subject to urbanization in the foreseeable future and which includes, among other things, the plan for land use, land subdivision, circulation and community facilities.
DEVELOPMENT: The erection or construction of buildings; or the erection or construction of any additions to existing buildings where outer walls are added or altered as to location, but not including alterations or remodeling of buildings where the outer walls are not added or altered as to location.
DEVELOPMENT DENSITY: Development falling within the following categories:
A. Low: Two (2) or less dwelling units per acre.
B. Medium: 2.1 to 4.5 dwelling units per acre.
C. High: Over 4.5 dwelling units per acre.
EASEMENT: A grant by the property owner to the public, a corporation, or persons, of the use of a strip of land for specific purposes.
FINAL PLAT CHECKLIST: An administrative worksheet used in conference with the applicant to verify completion of necessary items prior to submission of a final plat.
LOT: A subdivision of a block or other parcel intended as a unit for the transfer of ownership or for development.
LOT, CITYHOUSE: A lot shown on a cityhouse plat and intended as the site of a single attached dwelling unit.
LOT, CORNER: A lot located at the intersection of and abutting on two (2) or more streets.
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE: A lot which runs through a block from street to street and which has two (2) nonintersecting sides abutting on two (2) or more streets.
LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT: A relocation of the lot lines of two (2) or more lots included in a plat which is filed of record, for the purpose of making necessary adjustments to building sites.
LOT, REVERSE FRONTAGE: A double-frontage lot which is to be developed with the rear yard abutting a major street and with the primary means of ingress provided on a local street.
LOT SPLIT: Any division or redivision of land under single ownership either by metes and bounds or plat description, into not more than three (3) parcels. Such division may be for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership.
LOT SPLIT CHECKLIST: An administrative worksheet used in conference with the applicant to verify completion of necessary items prior to submission of a lot split application and plat.
LOT SPLIT PLAT: A map describing a lot split.
OFF-SITE IMPROVEMENTS: Any utility, structure, or modification of topography which is, or shall be, located within, under, or over a right of way or easement of record and which is, or shall be, owned or maintained by other than the individual owner or owners of developed real estate.
OWNER'S CERTIFICATE AND DEDICATION: A notarized statement by the owners of the land being subdivided certifying that they are the sole owners, all streets and alleys shown on the plat are dedicated to the public use, and all easements for utilities and drainage are reserved as shown on the plat.
PLANNED GROWTH AREA: That area generally encompassing the previously developed and rapidly developing urban area as depicted on the comprehensive plan map.
PLANNING COMMISSION: The city planning commission.
PLAT, CERTIFICATES: The various statements required by these regulations to be placed on final plats and instruments of conveyance showing various approvals and affidavits.
PLAT, FINAL: A map of a land subdivision prepared in a form suitable for filing of record with necessary affidavits, dedications and acceptances, and with complete bearings and dimensions of all lines defining lots and blocks, streets and alleys, public areas and other dimensions of land.
PLAT, PRELIMINARY: A map of proposed land subdivision showing the character and proposed layout of the tract in sufficient detail to indicate the suitability of the proposed subdivision of land.
PLAT, SKETCH: A map of a proposed subdivision which indicates in general the area to be subdivided, the street layout, lots and blocks, and the general nature of improvements and which may be prepared in freehand pencil form.
RESTRICTIVE COVENANT: A condition upon the ownership of land which is contracted between seller and buyer and may involve other parties when enacted as a part of a plat.
RIGHT OF WAY: A strip of land dedicated in fee simple or by easement to be occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, crosswalk, railroad, road, electric transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, or for another public utility or special use.
RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE: A boundary or dividing line between a lot, tract or parcel of land and a contiguous street easement. Also it is a line between public and private ownership responsibility.
RURAL AND SUBURBAN AREA: All that part in the incorporated area of the city which is not included within the defined planned growth area.
STREET: Any public or private right of way which affords the primary means of access to abutting property.
STREET, ARTERIAL: A major street which is designated on the transportation plan, official city plan or as may be designated by ordinance and which is designed to carry intercity traffic and to relate the various neighborhoods within the city.
STREET, COLLECTOR: A local street which collects traffic from other local streets and serves as the most direct route to a major street or a community facility.
STREET, CUL-DE-SAC: A local street having one end open to vehicular traffic and having one closed and terminated by a turnaround.
STREET, FRONTAGE OR SERVICE: A local street auxiliary to and located on the side of a major street for service to abutting properties and adjacent areas and for control of access.
STREET, LOCAL: A street whose primary purpose is to provide access to adjacent properties and which is designed so that its use by arterial traffic shall be discouraged.
STREET, MAJOR: An arterial street primarily for traffic movement and secondarily for providing direct access to abutting property.
SUBDIVIDER: Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity, acting as a unit, subdividing or proposing to subdivide land as herein defined.
SUBDIVISION: The division or redivision of land into two (2) or more lots, tracts, sites or parcels for the purpose of transfer of ownership or for development, or the dedication or vacation of a public or private right-of-way easement. (Prior Code, Chapter 16, as amended; amd. Ord. 1989-13, 12-21-1989; Ord. 1994-10, 4-7-1994)