For the purpose of this title, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivatives shall have the meanings given herein unless their context clearly indicates that they are intended to have some other meaning:
Words used in the present tense include the future; the plural includes the singular; the word "shall" is always mandatory, the word "may" denotes a use of discretion in making a decision.
ALLEY: A passage or way, open to public travel and dedicated to public use, affording generally a secondary means of vehicular access to abutting lots and not intended for the general traffic circulation.
BLOCK: A parcel of land bounded on all sides by street rights of way, railroad rights of way, waterways, parks, unsubdivided acreage or a combination thereof.
BUILDING INSPECTOR: The building inspector of the city of Hayden Lake.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE: A line at the minimum distance as prescribed by this title and/or other ordinances of the city between any property line or recorded easement requiring setback, and the closest point of the foundation of any building or structure related thereto.
CITY: The city of Hayden Lake, Idaho.
CITY CLERK OR CLERK: The city clerk of the city of Hayden Lake.
CITY COUNCIL OR COUNCIL: The city council of the city of Hayden Lake.
CITY ENGINEER: The city engineer of the city of Hayden Lake.
DEDICATION: The deliberate appropriation of land by its owner for any general or public use, reserving unto himself no other right than such as are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment of the public uses to which the property has been appropriated. Dedications shall take effect only upon recordation of the approved plat and the specific acceptance by the city council.
DEVELOPMENT PLAN: A plan or drawing of a planned unit development submitted to the city (see definitions Preliminary Development plan and Final Development Plan).
DIVISION OF LAND: Any transaction or action, not otherwise exempt as provided for under the provisions of this title, which alters or affects the shape, size or legal description of any part of an owner's land as defined herein. Rental or lease of a building, facility or structure which does not alter or affect the legal description of an owner's land shall not constitute a division of land.
EASEMENT: A grant by a property owner to specific persons or to the public to use land for a specific purpose or purposes.
FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN OR FDP: The plan of a plat for a planned unit development, prepared for filing for record with the county recorder and containing those elements and requirements as set forth for final development plans in this title.
FINAL PLAT: The plan of a plat, subdivision or dedication, or any portions thereof, prepared for filing for record with the county recorder and containing those elements and requirements as set forth for final plats in this title.
LOT: A fractional part of subdivided lands having fixed boundaries being of sufficient area and dimension to meet minimum requirements of this title and the zoning title 2 for width and area. The term shall include tracts, parcels, sites or divisions. A lot shall be considered as all continuous land under single ownership unless legally platted or short platted. Property bisected by a dedicated public road shall not be deemed contiguous.
OFFICIAL MAP: The map established by the city council showing the streets, highways and parks theretofore laid out, adopted and established by law and any amendments thereto adopted by the city council or additions thereto resulting from the approval of subdivision plats and the subsequent filing of such approved plats.
OWNER: Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership, corporation, trust or any other legal entity having sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to subdivide the same under this title.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT: A unified development adhering to a comprehensive development plan and located on a single tract of land or, on two (2) or more tracts of land which may be separated only by a street or other right of way, whose approval would serve to implement the city comprehensive plan, and which is subject to the planned unit development regulations herein.
PLAT, REGULAR: A division of land which produces more than three (3) lots, or which contains a dedication for a new public right of way.
PLAT, SHORT: A division of land which produces three (3) or fewer lots, and which contains no dedication of a new public right of way, except that existing right of way may be widened within a short plat.
PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN OR PDP: The preliminary plan of a planned unit development indicating the proposed layout of streets, common area, lots and other elements of a plat which shall serve as a basis of the city council's approval or disapproval of the general layout of the planned unit development.
PRELIMINARY PLAT: The preliminary map, drawing or chart indicated for the proposed layout of streets, blocks, lots and other elements of a plat or subdivision which shall serve as a basis of the city council's approval or disapproval of the general layout of the plat or subdivision.
STREET: A way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place or however otherwise designated.
Arterial Street: A fast or heavy traffic street of considerable continuity and used primarily as a traffic artery for intercommunication among large areas.
Collector Street: A street which carries traffic from minor streets to arterial streets, including the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within such a development.
Cul-De-Sac Or Dead End Street: A minor street with only one outlet.
Marginal Access Street: A minor street which is parallel and adjacent to arterial streets and which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
Minor Street: A street used primarily for access to the abutting properties.
SUBDIVIDER OR DEVELOPER: Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, corporation, trust or any other legal entity commencing proceedings under this title to effect a subdivision of land hereunder for himself or for another.
SUBDIVISION: An area of land which has been divided into two (2) or more lots, tracts, parcels or division of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or for building development, including all designations in street line, alley line, public area boundaries, lot lines easement, rights of way, pavement width, curb lines, location and size of utilities, location and size of land areas to be dedicated.
ZONING RESTRICTIONS: The restrictions contained in the zoning ordinance of the city 3 . (Ord. 119, 5-3-1994)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See section 1-10-1 of this code. |
| 2 | 1. See title 9 of this code. |
| 3 | 1. Title 9 of this code. |