For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DEVELOPER. Any individual, firm, or group who undertakes the development of an area of land.
DEVELOPMENT. Applying for a building permit, making a physical change in the use or appearance of land, dividing land into two or more parcels (including partitions and subdivisions), or creating or changing a street or private road.
PRIVATE ROAD. A private way solely for the benefit of access to a lot, tract, or parcel which does not abut a public street.
RESERVE BLOCK. A strip of land, usually one foot in width, reserved across the end of a street or alley and terminating at the boundary of a subdivision, or a strip of land between a dedicated street of less than full width and adjacent acreage, in either case, reserved or held for future street extension or widening.
STREETS. A right-of-way which provides access to adjacent properties for vehicular, pedestrian, public utilities, and other such uses. The term STREET shall include such designations as highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, court, place, or other such terms. A right-of-way 20 feet or less in width shall not be recognized as a STREET. STREETS within the city shall fall under the following classifications.
(1) ARTERIAL. A thoroughfare or arterial of considerable length primarily for intercommunication between large areas and with a roadway designed to handle a large volume of traffic.
(2) COLLECTOR. A street accumulating traffic from residential streets and routing it to an arterial street.
(3) CUL-DE-SAC. A short (as hereinafter designated), dead end street with vehicular turn around at the present dead end.
(4) RESIDENTIAL STREET. A street used exclusively for access to abutting properties.
(Ord. 352, passed 6-8-1992)