As used in these Subdivision Regulations:
(a) Alley means any public or private way which normally provides rear or side access to properties abutting on other streets.
(b) Building line or setback line means a line generally parallel to a street or front lot line defining the limits of a front yard in which no structure may be placed above ground.
(c) Crosswalk means a right of way, dedicated to public pedestrian use, which cuts across a long block.
(d) Cul-de-sac means a dead-end street of short length having one end open to traffic and the other end terminating in a vehicular turnaround.
(e) Easement means a grant by the property owner of the use of a strip of land for specified purposes by the public, a corporation or certain persons.
(f) Improvements includes pavements, with or without curbs or gutters, grading, surfacing, walks, crosswalks, water mains, sanitary and storm sewers, street trees and other appropriate items.
(g) Loop street means a U-shaped street or court.
(h) Lot means a portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for building development.
(I) Master Plan means a comprehensive plan for future community development prepared by or for a planning and platting commission and adopted by it, indicating its recommendations for the uses of private land, the general street system, transit and transportation systems, utility systems, public open spaces and buildings, zoning, control of land subdivision, rehabilitation areas and other municipal elements.
(j) Minor road means a road or street, usually of limited length, which provides access to abutting properties and is intended to serve local or neighborhood needs.
(k) Official map means a map prepared by an authorized planning commission and adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission, which shows the accurate location of the lines of existing roads or streets, roads or streets shown on adopted mapped street or road plats, roads or streets shown on recorded land subdivision plats, existing public open spaces, and proposed roads or streets and public open spaces that are in conformity with the Master Plan. After adoption of the official map by the Planning and Zoning Commission, all streets or roads shown on approved and recorded final plats are automatically added to the official map which may also be added to or modified by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(l) Planning and Zoning Commission means the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Ravenna, County of Portage, State of Ohio, having jurisdiction over the area in which the proposed subdivision is located, as defined in Ohio R.C. 711.09 and 711.10.1.
(m) Plat means the map, drawing or chart on which the developer's plan of a subdivision is presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission for approval and, after such approval, to the County Recorder for recording.
(n) Primary road means a road which is primarily a major traffic artery connecting major communities and districts serving comparatively large volumes of traffic. This includes boulevards, parkways and limited access highways.
(o) Reserve strip means a strip of land controlling access to or egress from other property, including land dedicated to public use, or to or from any street or alley, or having the effect of restricting or damaging the adjoining property for subdivision purposes, or which will not be taxable or assessable for special improvements.
(p) Right of way means a strip of land taken or dedicated for use as a public way, measured across from property line to property line. In addition to the roadway, it normally incorporates the curbs, planting strips, sidewalk, lighting and drainage facilities, and may include special features required by the topography or treatment, such as grade separation, landscaped areas, viaducts and bridges.
(q) Road means a strip of land for the accommodation of traffic, which normally provides vehicular and pedestrian access to adjacent properties. Road means street.
(r) Roadway means the portion of the right of way included between the outside edges of the shoulders.
(s) Secondary road means a road which serves district traffic, connecting minor roads to the primary or major highway system and to district centers, preferably outside or bounding neighborhoods.
(t) Sidewalk means that portion of the road right of way, outside the roadway, which is paved for the use of pedestrian traffic. It does not include the planting strip, if any.
(u) Street. See Road.
(v) Subdivision means the division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two or more lots, plats, sites or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or building development, including all changes in road or lot lines. However, divisions of land for agricultural purposes in parcels of more than five acres, not involving any new road or easement of access, shall be exempted.
(Ord. 1958-27. Passed 3-3-58.)