For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms and words used herein shall be used, interpreted and defined as follows.
ALLEY. A roadway easement which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property and is not intended for general traffic circulation.
ARTERIAL STREET. A street connecting widely separated areas and designed to carry a large volume of traffic which may be fast, heavy or both. ARTERIAL STREETS are sometimes referred to as major thoroughfares, freeways and the like, and are usually numbered state or federal highways.
AUTHORIZED AGENT. One who is acting as representative for, or by the authority of the subdivider.
BLOCK. A piece of land bounded on one or more sides by streets or roads.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. The Board of County Commissioners; County Board of Commissioners; the governing body of the County of Pasquotank, North Carolina.
BUFFER STRIP. An area of land that shall not be developed, required to separate land uses deemed incompatible, front yard setbacks and side yards are examples of buffers. In some cases additional screening, landscaped or otherwise, may be required.
CAMA. The Coastal Area Management Act of 1974, being G.S. §§ 113A-100 et seq.
COLLECTOR STREET. A street which serves as the connecting street system between local residential streets and the thoroughfare system.
CORNER LOT. A lot which occupies the interior angle at the intersection of two street lines. The street line forming the least frontage shall be deemed the front of the lot except where the two street lines are equal, in which case, the owner shall be required to specify which is the front when requesting a building permit.
CUL-DE-SAC. A short street having one end open to traffic and the other end being permanently terminated and a vehicular turn-around provided.
DEDICATION. A gift, by the owner, or a right to land for a specified purpose or purposes. Because a transfer of property rights is entailed, dedication must be made by written instrument and is completed with an acceptance.
DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. A statement prepared and signed by the subdivider and the buyer of the subject real estate, fully and completely disclosing the status (whether public or private) of the street upon which the lot fronts. The statement shall also include an explanation of the consequences and responsibility as to maintenance and construction of proposed roadways.
DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOT. A continuous (through) lot which is accessible from both streets upon which it fronts.
EASEMENT. A grant by the property owner for use by the public or others of a strip of land for specified purposes.
FAMILY SUBDIVISION. The division of a tract of land as a gift to a naturally or legally defined child, stepchild, grandchild, step-grandchild or parent of a property owner.
FREEWAY, EXPRESSWAY or PARKWAY. Divided multi-lane roadway designed to carry large volumes of traffic at relatively high speeds. A FREEWAY providing for continuous flow of vehicles with no direct access to abutting property or streets and with access to selected crossroads provided via connecting ramps. An EXPRESSWAY is a divided highway with full or partial control of access and generally with grade separations at major intersections. A PARKWAY is a highway for noncommercial traffic with full or partial control of access and usually located within a park or a ribbon of park-like development.
FRONTAGE ROAD. A street that is parallel to a fully or partially access controlled street, which functions to provide controlled access to adjacent land.
HALF STREET. A street whose center line coincides with a subdivision plat boundary with one-half the street right-of-way width being contained within the subdivision plat. Also, any existing street to which the parcel of land to be subdivided abuts on only one side.
IMPROVEMENTS. The construction of infrastructure required by this chapter to obtain final plat approval. Infrastructure shall consist of, but not be limited to, water mains, fire hydrants, roadways, surface drainage improvements and artificial drainage improvements.
INTERIOR LOT. A lot other than a corner lot with only one frontage on a street.
LOCAL RESIDENTIAL STREET. Cul-de-sacs, loop streets less than 2,500 feet in length or streets less than one mile in length that do not connect thoroughfares or serve major traffic generators, and do not collect traffic from more than 100 dwelling units.
LOCAL STREET. A local street is any link, not part of a higher-order urban system, which serves primarily to provide direct access to abutting land and access to higher systems.
LOT. A portion of a subdivision or any other parcel of land intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for development, or both. The word LOT includes the word parcel or plot.
LOT OF RECORD. A lot which is a part of a subdivision, a plat of which has been recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of the county prior to the adoption of this chapter or a lot described by metes and bounds, the description of which has been so recorded prior to the adoption of this chapter.
MAJOR COLLECTOR. A road which serves major intra-county travel corridors and traffic generators, and provides access to the arterial system.
MAJOR THOROUGHFARES. Major thoroughfares consist of interstate, other freeway and expressway links, and major streets that provide for the expeditious movement of volumes of traffic within and through urban areas.
MINOR ARTERIAL. A rural link in a network joining cities and larger towns, and providing intrastate and intercounty at relatively high overall travel speeds with minimum interference to through movement. This network would primarily serve traffic.
MINOR COLLECTOR. A road which provides service to small local communities and links locally important traffic generators with their rural hinterland.
MINOR STREET. A street whose primary function is to provide access to abutting properties and is designed to discourage use by through traffic. MINOR STREETS may also be referred to as neighborhood streets.
MINOR THOROUGHFARES. Minor thoroughfares are important streets in the urban system and perform the function of collecting traffic from local access streets and carrying it to the major thoroughfare system by facilitating a minor through traffic movement, and may also serve abutting property.
OFFICIAL MAPS OR PLAN (LAND DEVELOPMENT PLAN OR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN). Any maps or plans officially adopted by the County Board of Commissioners as a guide for the development of the county.
OPEN SPACE. An area (land and/or water) generally lacking in human-made structures and reserved for enjoyment in its unaltered state.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. A land development project comprehensively planned as an entity via a unitary site plan which permits flexibility in building siting, mixtures of building types and land uses, recreational areas and usable open spaces and the preservation of significant natural features. Included within this definition shall be PLANNED UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS and PLANNED UNIT NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS or combination thereof.
PLANNING BOARD. The Planning Board of Pasquotank County.
PLAT. A map or plan delineating a tract or parcel of land to be subdivided, land to be dedicated for public use or right-of-way for street or utility purposes. The word PLAT shall include the terms map, plot and plan.
PLAT, FINAL. A map of land subdivision prepared in a form suitable for filing of record with necessary affidavits, dedications, acceptances and with complete bearings and dimensions of all lines defining lots and blocks, streets, public areas and other dimensions of land, as prescribed by this chapter.
PLAT, PRELIMINARY. A map of proposed land subdivision showing the character and proposed layout of the tract in sufficient detail to indicate the suitability of the proposed subdivisions of land, as prescribed by this chapter.
PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL. A rural link in a network of continuous routes serving corridor movements having trip length and travel density characteristics indicative of substantial statewide or interstate travel and existing solely to serve traffic. This network would consist of interstate routes and other routes designed as PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS.
PRIVATE DRIVEWAY. A roadway serving two or fewer lots, building sites or other division of land and not intended to be public ingress or egress.
PRIVATE STREET. An undedicated private right-of-way which affords access to abutting properties and requires a subdivision streets disclosure statement in accordance with G.S. § 136-102.6.
PUBLIC SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM. A system serving two or more dwelling units and approved by the Pasquotank County Health Department and the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development.
RECREATION AREA or PARK. An area of land or combination of land and water resources that is developed for active and/or passive recreation pursuits with various human-made features that accommodate such activities.
RESERVATION. A reservation of land not involving the transfer of property rights. It simply constitutes an obligation to keep property free from development for a stated period of time.
RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR STREET. A local access street which serves as a connector street between local residential streets and the thoroughfare system. RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR STREETS typically collect traffic from 100 to 400 dwelling units.
REVERSED FRONTAGE LOT. A lot on which the frontage is at right angles or approximately right angles (interior angles less than 135 degrees) to the general pattern in that area. A REVERSED FRONTAGE LOT may also be a corner lot, an interior lot or a through lot.
SETBACK LINE. A line located a minimum horizontal distance from the right-of-way line of any street or road parallel thereto, between which and the right-of-way line no structure (to include steps, eaves, gutters and similar fixtures) shall be erected or altered. SETBACK LINES are also located a minimum horizontal distance from lot boundary lines parallel thereto, between which and the lot boundary line no structure (to include steps, eaves, gutters and similar fixtures) shall be erected or altered.
SHALL. The act referred to is always mandatory and not merely directory.
SINGLE-TIER LOT. A lot which backs upon a limited access highway, a railroad, a physical barrier or another type of land use, and to which access from the rear is usually prohibited.
STREETS. A right-of-way dedicated to the public for vehicular traffic.
STRUCTURE. Anything constructed or erected including, but not limited to, buildings which requires on, above or below the surface of the land or attachment to something having permanent location on the land.
SUBDIVIDER. Any person, firm or corporation who subdivides or develops any land deemed to be subdivision as defined in this chapter.
SUBDIVISION. All divisions of a tract or parcel of land that does not qualify as an exempt subdivision according to § 155.185.
SUBDIVISION ADMINISTRATOR. The person appointed by the County Commissioners to administer the provisions of this chapter.
TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE (TRC). A committee whose purpose is to review, comment and make recommendations on the technical aspects of all major site plans and subdivision plats.
THROUGH LOT or A DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOT. A lot other than a corner lot with frontage on more than one street. THROUGH LOTS abutting two streets may be referred to as DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOT.
(Ord. passed 4-17-1989; Ord. 2, passed 8-17-1992; Ord. 5, passed 8-16-1993; Ord. 6, passed 3-1-1995; Ord. 7, passed 7-17-1995; Ord. 10, passed 12-21-1998; Ord. 17, passed 11-21-2005; Ord. 21, passed 7-9-2007)