For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUILDING. Any temporary or permanent structure having a roof or other covering, and designed, built or intended for the shelter or enclosure or partial enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or movable property of any kind. Where independent units with separate entrances are divided by appropriate fire separations, each unit shall be deemed a building.
BUILDING PERMIT. The permit required for new residential or non-residential construction and/or additions to buildings pursuant to the Code of the City of Mansfield.
CITY. The City of Mansfield, Texas.
CITY COUNCIL. The City Council of Mansfield, Texas.
DEPARTMENT. The city Department of Parks and Recreation.
DEVELOPER. The owner of land proposed for subdivision or development or an authorized representative of the owner. A subdivider is a developer.
DEVELOPMENT. Any activity that requires the submission of a plat or plan for development, or the securing of a permit, or any manmade change to real estate, including, but not limited to, construction of a building or structure, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation, drilling operations, or storage of equipment or materials. The subdivision of land is development.
DIRECTOR. The superior official of the Parks and Recreation Department, or its successor agency, for the City of Mansfield or his or her authorized representative.
DWELLING UNIT. A building or portion of a building which is arranged, occupied or intended to be occupied as living quarters and includes facilities for food preparation and sleeping (includes structures for single-family residences, multi-family, senior living, and senior assisted living facilities).
FLOODPLAIN. Any land area inundated by the base flood.
FLOODWAY or REGULATORY FLOODWAY. The channel of a watercourse and the adjacent floodplain that must be reserved to convey the base flood without cumulatively increasing the base flood elevation more than a designated height.
LEVEL OF SERVICE. The standards and guidelines that define service areas based on population and are used to support investment decisions related to parks, facilities and amenities.
LOT. A designated parcel tract or area of land established by a plat to be separately owned, used, developed or built upon.
NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. A park of approximately five to ten acres accessible to residents who live within a half-mile radius of the park. Neighborhood parks should be designed to service a specific neighborhood area and may include the following: multipurpose trails, open space buffer areas, active recreation for team or individual sports, playgrounds with unitary rubber safety surfacing, picnic areas with grills, pavilions and similar uses. (Refer to the Park, Recreation, Open Space and Trails Master Plan for a more detailed description, recreation activity menu and an example of a typical neighborhood based park).
NON-RESIDENTIAL. A use other than residential including, but not limited to, commercial, industrial, office, retail, institutional and a religious institution.
OPEN SPACE. Areas remaining free of buildings, structures or other improvements.
PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE. A fee assessed to an applicant to offset the pro-rata costs for the development of amenities and improvements as a result of the new residential development.
PARKS MASTER PLAN. The official adopted Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Trails Master Plan for the City of Mansfield and amendments thereto, including policies or development strategies in the city’s Comprehensive Plan.
PLAT. A map, plan or drawing of a subdivision established and provided for in the city’s Subdivision Ordinance. A plat may be a preliminary plat, final plat, replat, amending plat, minor plat, plat vacation, or other plat.
PROPERTY. A legally described parcel of land capable of development pursuant to applicable city ordinances and regulations.
OWNER. A person who has a fee simple ownership in land, or a person acting on behalf of or through authority granted by the owner.
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. The development of any property for a dwelling or dwellings, other than motels, hotels, shelter used temporarily for transients, or other similar uses.
SUBDIVISION. The division of a tract situated within the city or the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction into two or more parts for the purpose of sale, lease or development. A division of a tract includes a division regardless of whether it is made by using a metes and bounds description in a deed of conveyance or a contract for a deed, by using a contract of sale or other executory contract to convey, or by using any other method, shall include a replat and a one-lot plat. A division of land into parts greater than five acres, where each part has access and no public improvement is being dedicated, shall not constitute the subdivision of land.
TRAILS MASTER PLAN. The long-range plan that guides the creation of a network of trails, sidewalks, and bike routes that connect the entire city.
(Ord. OR-2227-21, passed 11-8-21)