For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. A public thoroughfare, which affords only secondary means of vehicular access to abutting property. An ALLEY shall be not less than 20 feet or more than 30 feet in width.
BLOCK. Property abutting on one side of a street and lying between the two nearest intersecting or intercepting streets, or nearest intersecting or intercepting street and railroad right-of-way or waterway.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE. The line nearest the front and across a lot establishing the minimum open space to be provided between the front of buildings and structures and the front lot line.
COMMISSION. The Plan Commission.
COUNTY. Whitley County, Indiana.
LOT. A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for development.
MASTER PLAN. The complete plan, or any of its parts, for the development of the town prepared by the Plan Commission and legally adopted.
PLAT. A map or chart indicating the subdivision or resubdivision of land, intended to be filed for record.
STREET. A public thoroughfare, whether designated as a street, highway, parkway, road, avenue, lane, boulevard, or however otherwise designated, 50 feet or more in width between property lines, which affords the principal means of vehicular access to abutting property.
SUBDIVISION. A division of a lot, tract, or parcel of land into two or more lots or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or development, including all changes in street or lot lines. Divisions of land for agricultural purposes in parcels of five or more acres not involving any new street or easement of access shall not be interpreted as a SUBDIVISION. The term includes resubdivision and, when appropriate to the context, shall relate to the process of subdividing or to the land subdivided.
TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. The unincorporated portions within the planning jurisdictional area of the town.
THOROUGHFARE PLAN. The part of the master plan which sets forth the location, alignment, and dimensions of existing and proposed public streets, highways, and other thoroughfares.
TOWN. The Town of South Whitley, Indiana.
(Prior Code, § 153.01) (Ord. 1-PC-1956, passed 1-28-1957)