For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly states or requires a different meaning.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE. The line within a property defining the required minimum distance between any building and the adjacent right-of-way or lot.
CUL-DE-SAC or MINOR DEAD-END ROAD. A road permanently terminated by a turnaround or deadend.
DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOT. A lot within front and rear street frontage.
LOT. A plot, tract, or parcel of land or any number of contiguous plots, tracts, and parcels of land in single ownership with or without improvements.
MARGINAL ACCESS ROAD. A minor (service) road which parallels and is immediately adjacent to a primary road or highway, which provides access to the properties abutting it and which separates the abutting properties from high-speed vehicular traffic.
OFFICIAL MAPS OR PLANS. Any maps or plans officially adopted by the Board of Commissioners as a guide for the development of the town.
PRIMARY ROAD. A road designed to carry heavy volumes of vehicular traffic.
ROAD. A right-of-way for vehicular traffic. The word ROAD shall include the word STREET.
SECONDARY or COLLECTOR ROAD. A road designed to carry medium volumes of vehicular traffic, to provide access to the primary road and to provide access to abutting properties.
SUBDIVIDER. Any person, owner, broker, surveyor, engineer, planner, corporation, partnership or the like who subdivides or develops any land deemed to be a subdivision as defined in this section.
SUBDIVISION. Any division of a tract or parcel of land into two or more lots, building sites, or other divisions, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or building development, including any division of land involving the dedication of a new street or a change in existing streets; provided, that the following shall not be included within this definition, nor shall they be subject to the regulations prescribed by this chapter:
(1) The combination or recombination of portions of previously platted lots where the total number of lots is not increased and the resultant lots are equal to the standards of the town;
(2) The division of parcels of land into parcels greater than ten acres where no street right-of-way dedicating is involved;
(3) The public acquisition by purchase of strips of land for the widening or opening of streets;
(4) The division of a tract in single ownership where the entire area of which is no greater than two acres into not more than three lots, if no street right-of-way dedication is involved and if the resultant lots are equal to the standards of the town.
(Am. Ord. 18-3, passed 6-14-21)