For the purpose of these subdivision regulations, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:
(a) Block: The property abutting one (1) side of a street and lying between the two (2) nearest intersecting streets (crossing or terminating) or between the nearest such street and railroad right-of-way, un-subdivided acreage, river or live stream; or between any of the foregoing and any other barrier to the continuity of development or corporate boundary lines of the City.
(b) Crosswalkway: A right-of-way, dedicated to public use fifteen (15) feet or more in width, which cuts across a block to facilitate pedestrian access to adjacent streets and properties.
(c) Cul-De-Sac (Court): A local street of relatively short length with one (1) end open to traffic and the other end terminating in a vehicular turn-around.
(d) Easement: A grant by the property owner of the use of a strip of land by the public, a corporation or persons for specific purposes.
(e) Improvements: Street pavements, with or without curb or gutter, sidewalks, crosswalkways, water mains, sanitary and storm sewers, street trees and other appropriate items.
(f) Lot: A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for development.
(g) Official Plan: A plan or plans adopted by the Planning Commission and deposited with the Clerk of Council, showing the plan of development of major streets, parks, schools, public grounds and similar facilities within the corporate limits of Perrysburg or within the territory within three (3) miles of such corporate limits.
(h) Plat: A map of a tract or parcel of land showing an owner's subdivision plan which is submitted for approval and which, in final form, is intended for record.
(i) Street: A right-of-way dedicated to public use, for the purpose of providing vehicular and pedestrian access to abutting properties, which right-of-way may be designated as follows:
(1) Alley. “Alley” means a strip of land, dedicated to public use, less than twenty-five (25) feet in width between property lines, used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or side of a property. No new alley will be approved.
(2) Collector Street. "Collector street" means a street, whether within a residential, industrial, commercial, or other type of development, which primarily carries traffic from local streets to arterial streets, including the principal entrance and circulation routes within residential subdivisions.
(3) Cul-De-Sac. "Cul-de-sac" means a local street of relatively short length with one (1) end open to traffic and the other end terminating in a vehicular turn-around.
(4) Dead-End Street. "Dead-end street" means a street temporarily having only one (1) outlet for vehicular traffic and intended to be continued in the future.
(5) Local Street. "Local street" means a street primarily for providing access to residential or other abutting property.
(6) Marginal Access Street. "Marginal access street" or "frontage street" means a local or collector street, parallel and adjacent to an arterial or collector street, providing access to abutting properties and protection from arterial and collector streets.
(7) Minor Arterial Street . "Minor arterial street" means a street designated to carry medium volumes of traffic with street intersections at grade and with a minimum of six hundred (600) feet between the intersections.
(8) Principal Arterial Street. "Principal arterial street" means a street designated to carry large volumes of traffic with a minimum number of intersections at grade and providing limited access to adjacent properties. Limited access means the authority to control access is exercised to give preference to through traffic.
(j) Subdivision:
(1) The division of any parcel of land shown as a unit or as contiguous units on the last preceding tax roll into two (2) or more parcels, sites or lots, any one (1) of which is less than five (5) acres, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership; or
(2) The allocation of land for the opening, widening or extension of any street or streets, except private streets serving industrial structures, or
(3) 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 a public sewer, water, storm drainage, or other public facility.
(4) The following transfers are not subdivisions:
A. The division of land into parcels of more than five (5) acres not involving any new streets or easements of access.
B. The sale or exchange of parcels between adjoining lot owners where such sale or exchange does not create additional building sites, except where Section 1295.04 relative to resubdivisions is applicable.
(k) Subdivision Regulations: "Subdivision Regulations" means Chapter 1295, as amended, codified herein as Part Twelve – this Zoning Code.
(Ord. 23-2006. Passed 3-7-06.)