The following terms shall have, throughout this text, the meaning herein given:
(a) General Terms.
(1) Words used in the singular include the plural.
(2) Words used in the present tense include the future tense.
(3) The word "shall" is to be interpreted as mandatory; the word "may" as directory and complied with unless waived.
(4) "Municipality" means the City of Pepper Pike.
(5) "Commission" means the City Planning Commission of the City.
(6) "Council" means the legislative body of the City.
(7) "Developer" means any individual, firm, association, corporation, trust or other legal entity, including his, her or its agents, commencing proceedings under these Regulations to effect a subdivision or resubdivision of land for himself, herself or itself or for another.
(b) Specific Terms.
(1) "Building line" means a line established by the Zoning Code which may be included on the subdivision plat, defining the limits of the front yard in which no structure may be located.
(2) "Drainage way" means the land required for construction of storm water sewers or drainage ditches, or required along a natural stream or watercourse.
(3) "Easement" means a grant by a property owner of the use, for a specific purpose, of land by the general public, a corporation or another person.
(4) "Final plat" means the final map of all or a portion of a subdivision which, if approved, may be recorded.
(5) "Lot, parcel" means a division of land separated from other divisions by description on a recorded subdivision plat or on a recorded survey map, or by metes and bounds for purposes of sale, lease or separate use.
(6) "Map" means a drawing showing geographic, topographic or other physical features of the land.
(7) "Plan" means a drawing of a proposed design or of work to be performed.
(8) "Plat" means a map of a lot, tract or subdivision on which the lines of each element are shown by accurate distances and bearings.
(9) "Preliminary plan" means a drawing for the purpose of study of a subdivision and which, if approved, permits proceeding with the preparation of the final plat.
(10) "Street" means an avenue, highway, road, thoroughfare, boulevard, parkway or other way proposed for vehicular traffic and any existing State, County, Township or City street or way shown upon a plat heretofore duly approved, filed and recorded in the office of the County Recorder. The term includes the land between the street right-of-way lines, whether improved or unimproved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, sidewalks, division strips or other areas within the street lines. Streets shall be classified as follows:
A. "Cul-de-sac" means a street with only one permanent outlet.
B. "Limited-access highway (freeway)" means a strip of public land devoted to movement of traffic, not providing access to the abutting properties.
C. "Local street" means a street primarily for access to abutting residential properties and to serve local needs.
D. "Major street or thoroughfare" means a street which is primarily for moving fast or heavy traffic between large or intensively developed districts.
E. "Marginal access street" means a local street providing access to lots which abut or are adjacent to a limited-access highway or major street.
F. "Parkway" means a roadway running through a strip of public park land, to which right of access may or may not be permitted.
G. "Pedestrian way" means a dedicated public right of way limited to pedestrian traffic.
H. "Private street" means a strip of private land providing access to abutting properties.
I. "Right of way" means a strip of land measured between property lines, dedicated for use by the public.
J. "Roadway" means the portion of a street available for vehicular traffic, including parking lanes.
K. "Secondary or collector street" means a street supplementary to and connecting major streets to local streets and to district centers.
L. "Tree lawn" means the portion of a street right of way between the edge of the pavement or curb and the public sidewalk or property line.
(11) "Subdivision" and "to subdivide" mean:
A. The division of any parcel of land, shown as a unit or as contiguous units on the last preceding tax roll, into two or more parcels, sites or lots, any one of which is less than five acres, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership, provided, however, that the division or partition of land into parcels of more than five acres not involving any new streets or easements of access, and the sale or exchange of parcels between adjoining lot owners, where such sale or exchange does not create additional building sites, shall be exempted; or
B. The improvement of one or more parcels of land for residential, commercial or industrial structures or groups of structures involving the division or allocation of land for the opening, widening or extension of any street or streets, except private streets serving industrial structures; the division or allocation of land as open spaces for common use by owners, occupants or lease holders or as easements for the extension and maintenance of public sewer, water, storm drainage or other public facilities.
(Ord. 1962-8. Passed 2-21-62; Ord. 1966-64. Passed 10-19-66.)