(A) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(B) The definitions for terms defined in the Subdivision Act, M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 to 560.293 shall control in the interpretation of this chapter unless indicated to the contrary in this section.
ALLEY. A minor service street used primarily to provide secondary vehicular access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting upon a street.
BLOCK. Property abutting one side of a street and lying between the two nearest intersecting streets or between the nearest such street and railroad right-of-way, unsubdivided acreage, river or live stream; or between any of the foregoing and any other barrier to the continuity of development.
BOULEVARD STREET. A street developed to two two-lane, one-way pavements separated by a median.
CITY PLANNER or CONSULTING PLANNER. The Staff Planner or Consulting Planner of the city.
COLLECTOR STREET. A street intended to serve as a major means of access from minor streets to major thoroughfares which has considerable continuity within the framework of the major thoroughfare plan.
COMMISSION. The Planning Commission of the City of Memphis.
CLERK. The City Clerk.
CUL-DE-SAC STREET. A short minor street having one end permanently terminated by a vehicular turn-around.
EASEMENT. A grant by the owner of the use of a strip of land by the public, a corporation or persons, for specific uses and purposes, to be designated as a PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EASEMENT depending on the nature of the use.
ENGINEER or CONSULTING ENGINEER. The City Engineer.
FILING DATE. For the purpose of these regulations, the filing date shall be the initial meeting date at which the plan for preliminary plat (stage 1), preliminary plat (stage 2), tentative or final plat review appears on the Planning Commission or City Council’s regular meeting agenda.
FINAL PLAT. A map of all or part of a subdivision providing substantial conformance to the preliminary plat (stage 2) of the subdivision prepared in conformance with the requirements of the Subdivision Act, M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 to 560.293 and this chapter and suitable for recording by the County Register of Deeds.
IMPROVEMENTS. Grading, street surfacing, curb and gutter, sidewalks, crosswalks, water mains and lines, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, culverts, bridges, utilities and other additions to the natural state of land which increases its value, utility or habitability.
LOT. A measured portion of a parcel or tract of land, which is described or fixed in a recorded plat.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREET. A minor street parallel and adjacent to a major thoroughfare which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
MAJOR STREETS OR THOROUGHFARE PLAN. The part of the Master Plan which sets forth the location, alignment and dimensions of existing and proposed streets and thoroughfares.
MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. An arterial street of great continuity which is intended to serve as a large volume traffic-way for both the immediate city areas and region beyond, and may be designated in the city’s major thoroughfare plan as a major thoroughfare, parkway, expressway or equivalent term to identify those streets comprising the basic structure of the street plan.
MASTER PLAN. The comprehensive land use plan for the city, including graphic and written proposals indicating the general locations recommended for the streets, parks, schools, public buildings, zoning districts, and all physical developments of the city, and includes any unit or part of such plan separately adopted, and any amendments to such plan or parts thereof duly adopted by the Planning Commission.
MINOR STREET. A street of limited continuity used primarily for access to abutting residential properties.
PARCEL or TRACT. A continuous area or acreage of land which can be described as provided for in the Subdivision Act, M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 to 560.293.
PLAT. A map or chart of a subdivision of land.
PRELIMINARY PLAT (STAGE 1). A map indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision in sufficient detail to provide adequate basis for review and to meet the requirements and procedures set forth in this chapter.
PRELIMINARY PLAT (STAGE 2). A map showing the salient features of a proposed subdivision submitted to an approving authority for purposes of preliminary consideration prepared in conformance with the Subdivision Act, M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 to 560.293.
PROPRIETOR. A natural person, firm, association, partnership, corporation or combination of any of them which may hold any ownership interest in land, whether recorded or not.
STREET. Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, viaduct, alley or other way which is an existing state, county or municipal roadway; or a street or way shown in a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law or approved by official action or, a STREET or way on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the County Register of Deeds. A street includes the land between the street lines, whether improved or unimproved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, sidewalks, parking areas and lawns.
TURN-AROUND. A short boulevard street permanently terminated by a vehicular turn-around.
SUBDIVISION ACT. The Subdivision Control Act, Public Act 288 of 1967, being M.C.L.A. §§ 560.101 through 560.293, as amended.
SUBDIVISION. The partitioning or dividing of a parcel or tract of land by the proprietor thereof, or by his or her heirs or assigns, for the purpose of sale or lease of more than one year or building development where the act of division creates five or more parcels of land, each of which is ten acres or less in area or five or more parcels of land, each of which is ten acres or less in area are created by successive divisions within a period of ten years.
ZONING CHAPTER. Chapter 150 of the city code.
(1979 Code, § 5.273) (Ord. 45, passed 6-6-1972)