For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE. A line within a lot or other parcel of land, so designated on the plat of the proposed subdivision, between which line and the adjacent boundary of the street upon which the lot abuts the erection of a building is prohibited.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The group of maps, charts, and texts that make up the Comprehensive Guide Plan of the city.
CUL-DE-SAC. A minor street having one open end and being permanently terminated by a vehicle turn-around.
DESIGN STANDARDS. The specifications to land owners or subdividers for the preparation of plats, both preliminary and final, indicating among other things the optimum, minimum or maximum dimensions of such items as rights-of-way, blocks, easements and lots.
LOT. A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended for building development or for transfer of ownership.
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE. An interior lot which has a pair of opposite lot lines along 2 substantially parallel streets.
OFFICIAL MAP. A map adopted within the Comprehensive Municipal Plan showing existing streets, proposed future streets and the area needed for widening of existing streets of the city; it may also show the location of existing and future public lands and facilities within the city.
PARKS and PLAYGROUNDS. Public lands and open spaces dedicated or reserved for recreation purposes.
PERCENTAGE OF GRADE. The rise or fall of a slope in feet and tenths of a foot for each 100 feet of horizontal distance. The center line of a street shall be used to determine the street rise of grade.
PEDESTRIAN WAY. A public or private right-of-way across a block or within a block to provide access, to be used by pedestrians and which may be used for the installation of utility lines.
STREET. A public right-of-way affording primary access by pedestrians and vehicles to abutting properties, whether designated as a street, highway or thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, avenue, boulevard, place or however otherwise designated.
STREET, THOROUGHFARES. Arterial streets which are used primarily for heavy traffic and serving as an arterial traffic way between the various districts of the community.
STREET, COLLECTOR. Those that carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of thoroughfares and highways, including the principal entrance streets of residential districts.
STREET, MINOR. Those which are used primarily for access to abutting properties.
STREET, MARGINAL ACCESS. Minor streets which are parallel and adjacent to thoroughfares and highways and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
STREET WIDTH. The shortest distance between lines of lots delineating the street right-of-way.
STREET, PRIVATE. A private right-of-way affording access by pedestrians and vehicles which is under individual rather than municipal control.
TANGENT. A straight line departing from a curve which is perpendicular to the radius of that curve.
VARIANCE. A modification of the provisions of this chapter, as applied to a specific piece of property.
VERTICAL CURVE. The surface curvature on a street center line located between lines of different percentage of grade.
(1998 Code, § 11.01)