For the purpose of this Title Three the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings ascribed to them respectively:
(a) "BUILDING SETBACK LINE." A line establishing the limits of a yard which abuts a street and in which no building is located.
(b) "COMMISSION."
The City Planning Commission.
(c) "COMPREHENSIVE PLAN." The mapped or written proposals for the future development of the City and affected adjacent areas.
(d) "COUNCIL." The City Council.
(e) "DWELLING UNIT."
A building or portion thereof designed exclusively for residential occupancy by one family and having cooking facilities.
(f) "EASEMENT." A grant by the property owner for the use of a strip of land by the public, a corporation or other persons for specific purposes.
(g) "IMPROVEMENTS."
The grading, draining, utilities, sanitary and storm sewers, water mains, pavement, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, street and traffic signs, street lights, street trees, landscaping, and the appropriate appurtenances required to render land suitable for the use proposed.
(h) "LOT" or "PARCEL." A division of land separated or proposed to be separated from other divisions of land by description on a recorded subdivision plat or recorded survey map or by metes and bounds for purpose of sale, lease, or separate use.
(i) "LOT, CORNER." A lot at the point of intersection of and abutting on 2 intersecting streets.
(j) "LOT, DOUBLE-FRONTAGE." A lot other than a corner lot, that abuts more than one street.
(k) "LOT LINES." The boundaries of a lot.
(l) "MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS."
Any subdivision that does not meet the requirements of a minor subdivision.
(m) "MINOR SUBDIVISION." A division of a parcel of land along an existing public street or road, not involving the opening, widening, or extending of any street or road and involving not more than 5 lots after the original tract has been completely subdivided.
(n) "PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY." A dedicated public right-of-way limited to pedestrian use.
(o) "PLAN, PRELIMINARY." A drawing of a major subdivision which, if approved, permits proceeding with the preparation of the final plat.
(p) "PLAT, FINAL." A final tracing of all or a portion of a subdivision in its complete survey information which, if approved, may be transferred and recorded.
(q) "PUBLIC UTILITY." Any person, firm, corporation, or governmental agency furnishing to the public, under regulations, electricity, gas, sewer, water, telephone, transportation, steam, cable television, or other similar public services.
(r) "STREET, PUBLIC." A right-of-way, dedicated to public use, which provides vehicular and pedestrian access to adjacent properties.
(s) "STREET, PRIVATE." A right-of-way which provides vehicular and pedestrian access to residential, commercial, or industrial structures or groups of structures and which will not be dedicated.
(t) "STREET, CUL-DE-SAC." A local street having one end open to vehicular traffic and the other end permanently closed with a vehicular turnaround.
(u) "STREET, DEAD-END." A street temporarily having only one outlet for vehicular traffic, but intended to be extended or continued in the future and provided with a vehicular turnaround on a temporary easement.
(v) "SUBDIVIDER." Any individual, firm, association, corporation, trust, or legal entity, including agents, commencing proceedings under these subdivision regulations to subdivide land.
(w) "SUBDIVISION."
(1) The division of any parcel of land shown as a unit or as contiguous units on the last preceding tax roll into 2 or more parcels, sites, or lots, any one of which is less than 5 acres, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership. However, the division or partition of land into parcels of more than 5 acres not involving any new streets or easements of access and the sale or exchange of parcels between adjoining lot owners, where the sale or exchange does not create additional building sites, shall be exempted; or
(2) 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 extending of any street, except private streets serving industrial structures, or 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.
(x) "SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS." Ordinance 2007-222, passed January 10, 2008, as amended, codified herein as Title Three of this Part Eleven - Planning and Zoning Code.
(Ord. 2007-222. Passed 1-10-08.)