As used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section, unless the context in which they are used clearly requires otherwise.
ALLEY. A minor way (public or private) that is used primarily for vehicular access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
APPLICANT. Any person applying for any permit, approval or decision governed or required by this chapter.
BLOCK. That property abutting one side of a street and lying between the two nearest intersections or intercepting streets on subdivided land.
CITY COUNCIL. The governing body of the City of Page, Arizona.
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. A commercial development is defined as any residential development larger than a single-family detached residence on a single lot, and any commercial or industrial building or development for sale or lease. All commercial developments and all major subdivisions require the review and approval by the Site Plan Review Committee before any building permits can be submitted for review, and before any preliminary or final plats can be reviewed by the P & Z Commission or City Council for approval.
CONSTRUCTION PLANS. The set of documents which will govern the development and/or construction of buildings, structures, infrastructure, and development sites, whether located on a single lot or subdivision, which includes the following:
(1) CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS. Specific and detailed graphical representation of the work which will be completed in constructing a building, structure or a lot for development.
(2) CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS. Written directions coordinated with the construction drawings, which detail materials, construction methods, quantities of work and/or design specifications.
CUL-DE-SAC. A local street, one end of which is closed and consists of a circular turn around.
DIRECTOR/PLANNING DIRECTOR. The Director of the City Planning and Zoning Department.
EASEMENT. Is a right to use a portion of the land of another for a special purpose or public use such as, by way of example, vehicular or transportation access, drainage, or public utilities.
ENGINEERING STANDARDS. For the development of subdivisions, streets, and all public utilities and infrastructure, the City of Page engineering design and construction standards for development are in accordance with the most current adopted editions of the International Building Codes (IBC), the International Residential Codes (IRC), the appropriate Fire, Electrical and Plumbing Codes, the City of Page Zoning Code, the Maricopa Association of Governments Standard Specifications and Details for Public Works Construction (MAG SPECS), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements, as may be required and as amended from time to time.
LOT. A single tract or piece of property located in a recorded subdivision having frontage on a publicly dedicated and accepted street or a private road approved by the city that is described and denoted as such. A lot also includes a parcel of land, shown in the records of the Coconino County Assessor's office, divided to be used separately from other parcels of property by description, as on a recorded survey map or by metes and bounds for purposes of sale, lease or separate use in a legal manner pursuant to all state, county and city requirements for the development and proposed use of that property.
LOT, CORNER. A lot having frontage on two public streets which intersect at a corner of the lot.
LOT, DOUBLE-FRONTAGE. A lot which abuts a street on two opposing ends. The rear lot line shall be established as that side of the lot that abuts an arterial street, highway or other disadvantaged use.
MAJOR SUBDIVISION.
(1) Improved or unimproved land or lands divided for the purpose of financing, sale or lease, whether immediate or future, and whether zoned as residential, commercial or industrial, into:
(a) Four or more lots, tracts or parcels of land;
(b) If a new street is involved, any such property which is divided into two or more lots, tracts, or parcels of land; or
(c) Any such property, the boundaries of which have been fixed by a recorded plat, which is divided into more than two parts.
(2) SUBDIVISION also includes any condominium, cooperative, community apartment, townhouse, or similar project containing two or more parcels, in which an undivided interest in the land is coupled with the right of exclusive occupancy of any unit located within the subdivision, but plats of such projects need not show the buildings or the manner in which the buildings or airspace above the property shown on the plat are to be divided. Subdivision does not include the following:
(a) The sale or exchange of parcels of land to or between adjoining property owners if such sale or exchange does not create additional lots.
(b) The partitioning of land in accordance with other statutes regulating the partitioning of land held in common ownership.
(c) The leasing of apartments, offices, stores, or similar space within a building or trailer park, nor to mineral, oil, or gas leases.
MINOR SUBDIVISION. The same as major subdivision but with three lots or less and not including any streets, more commonly known as land splits or combinations, and boundary line adjustments between lots, and not involving more than three lots, unless the result of the combination is three lots or less.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION (P & Z COMMISSION). The designated advisory agency to the City Council on all matters pertaining to planning and zoning cases and development of the city, including current and long-range planning. Serves as the steering committee for any updates and rewrites to the City Subdivision and Zoning Codes and the City General Plan, all of which are amended from time to time, as required by state statutes and as development needs and/or trends dictate.
PLAT/SURVEY. Means a map drawn by a land surveyor or civil engineer licensed in the State of Arizona to draw a single lot or multiple lots onto a map where all lots are bound by property boundary lines, and it may or may not include streets and other rights-of-way, easements, building setbacks, contour lines, floodplains, topographical issues, dimensions, where everything has been surveyed in the filed for accuracy.
RIGHT(S)-OF-WAY. A public way established or dedicated for public purposes by duly recorded plat, deed, grant, governmental authority, or by operation of the law.
SKETCH PLAT. Means a drawing sketched by hand which is preparatory to a preliminary plat, site or development plan, which are drawn by land surveyors or engineers, for the purpose of a pre-application meeting for discussions with all involved parties to demonstrate meeting development requirements established by the city through this chapter, the Zoning Codes and/or other city documents, plans and maps.
(Ord. 692-22, passed 5-11-2022)