For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. A minor right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access to the side or rear of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
ARTERIAL STREET. See STREET, ARTERIAL, as defined below.
BOARD. The Planning and Zoning Board of the city.
BUILDING. Includes STRUCTURE and shall be construed as if followed by the phrase, "or part thereof."
BUILDING LINE. See SETBACK LINE, defined below.
COLLECTOR STREET. See STREET, COLLECTOR, defined below.
CUL-DE-SAC. A minor street intersecting another street at one end and terminated at the other end by a vehicular turnaround.
DEVELOPER. A person or his agent, who undertakes the activities covered by the regulations provided in this chapter, particularly drawing up a subdivision plat showing the layout of the land and the public improvements therein. Inasmuch as the subdivision plat is merely a necessary means to the end of assuring a satisfactory development, the term SUBDIVIDER is synonymous with the term DEVELOPER, even though the persons involved in successive stages of the project may vary.
EASEMENT. A right-of-way granted for limited use of private property for a public or quasi-public purpose.
EXCAVATION. The digging, stripping, or removal, by any process, of natural materials or deposits from their natural state and location. EXCAVATION shall not include digging for foundations, fences, or structures where no materials are removed from the premises except surplus not required for backfill or grading of the premises.
EXPRESSWAY STREET. See STREET, EXPRESSWAY, defined below.
FINAL PLAT. A complete and exact subdivision plan, prepared for official recording as required by statute, to identify and define property rights, dedications, and public improvements.
FLOOD CRITERIA. The minimum elevation to which street center line grades shall be constructed. The FLOOD CRITERIA for a particular area shall be that established by the local control districts and the Hollywood Reclamation District, its successors and assigns.
HALF STREET or PARTIAL STREET. A street, generally parallel and adjacent to the boundary line of a tract, having a lesser right-of-way width than required for a full width street or type involved.
HEALTH OFFICER. The Director of the County Health Department.
IMPROVEMENTS, PUBLIC. See PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, as defined below.
LOT. A tract or parcel of land identified as a single unit in a subdivision, and intended for transfer of ownership, use, or improvement.
LOT DEPTH. The horizontal distance between the front and rear lines of a lot.
LOT WIDTH. The horizontal distance between the side lines of a lot at the front building line, or at the front lot line where no front setback is required.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREET. See STREET, MARGINAL ACCESS, defined below.
MAY. May is permissive; shall and will are mandatory and not merely directory.
MINOR STREET. See STREET, MINOR, defined below.
MULTIPLE DWELLING. A building which provides separate living quarters for three or more families.
PARTIAL STREET. See HALF STREET, defined above.
PLAT, FINAL. See FINAL PLAT, defined above.
PRELIMINARY PLAT. A tentative subdivision plan, in lesser detail than a final plat, showing approximately proposed street and lot layout as a basis for consideration prior to preparation of a "final plat".
PLAT SKETCH. An informal plan not necessarily to scale, indicating salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the general layout of a proposed subdivision.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. Includes street pavement, with or without curbs and gutters; sidewalks; alley pavement; walkway pavement; drains; street signs; street name signs; streets; or trees.
REVERSE FRONTAGE. A lot extending between and having frontage on a major traffic street and a minor street and with no vehicular access from the major traffic street.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. Land reserved, used, or to be used for a street, alley, walkway, drainage facility, or other public purpose.
SETBACK LINE or BUILDING LINE. The line within a property defining the required minimum distance between any enclosed structure and the adjacent right-of-way.
SHALL. See MAY, defined above.
SIGHT DISTANCE. The minimum extent of unobstructed vision in a horizontal or vertical plane along a street from a vehicle located at any given point on the street.
STREET. Includes avenue, boulevard, parkway, court, highway, lane, roadway, and expressway.
(1) STREET, ARTERIAL. A street or highway used primarily for fast and heavy traffic traveling considerable distances.
(2) STREET, COLLECTOR. A street which, in addition to giving access to abutting properties, carries traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets and highways, including the principal entrance street of a residential development and streets for circulation within the development.
(3) STREET, EXPRESSWAY. A street or highway intended for fast and heavy traffic traveling considerable distances, on which points of ingress and egress are limited and crossings are separated.
(4) STREET, MARGINAL ACCESS. A minor street parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets, highways, or expressways, which provides access to abutting property and protection from through traffic.
(5) STREET, MINOR. A street used primarily for access to abutting properties.
SUBDIVIDER. See DEVELOPER, defined above.
SUBDIVISION. The division of land into two or more lots or parcels for the purpose of transfer of ownership or development. If a new street is involved, any division of any parcel of land and a tract of land upon which a hotel, an apartment, or a multiple dwelling is to be constructed.
WALKWAY. A right-of-way intended primarily for pedestrians, excluding self-propelled vehicles, which cuts across a block to improve circulation and access to adjacent streets, services, or properties.
WATERCOURSE. Includes channel, creek, ditch, drain, dry run, spring, stream, and canal, but does not include a lake, pond, or pool without outlet.
WATERWAYS. Canals, ditches, ponds, lakes, or other watercourses whether naturally formed or created for the purpose of obtaining landfill, storage, or natural, pumped, or excess storm water runoff, or for drainage of adjacent land.
WILL. See MAY, defined above.
('69 Code, § 14-2) (Ord. 69, passed 11-5-62; Am. Ord. 127, passed 11-15-65; Am. Ord. 489, passed 1-22-79; Am. Ord. 2021-02, adopted 3-17-21; sought to be reconsidered, Commission passed 4-21-2021)