CROSSWALK: A right of way dedicated to public use which cuts across a block to facilitate pedestrian access to adjacent streets and properties.
CUL-DE-SAC OR DEAD-END STREET: A short street having one end open to traffic and being terminated by a vehicle turnaround.
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT: An agreement between Twin Falls County and the developer which sets out the manner in which real property will be improved.
DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOT: A lot fronting on two (2) nonintersecting streets.
EASEMENT: A right of use, falling short of ownership, and usually for a certain stated purpose.
IMPROVEMENTS: Changes in the physical characteristics of the land within the subdivision and/or those facilities which serve the purpose of adding to the general usability of the land.
OWNER: The individual, form, association, syndicate, partnership, or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest or legal title in the land to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings under this Title.
PEDESTRIANWAY: A strip of land dedicated to the public use for foot traffic only.
PLANNING COMMISSION: The County of Twin Falls, Idaho Planning Commission.
PLAT: The drawing, map or plan of a subdivision, cemetery, town site or other tract of land, or a replatting of such, including certifications, descriptions, and approvals.
RESERVED STRIP OR EASEMENT: An area of land shown on a plat and intended to serve as access to streets or alleys but not intended for dedication to the public.
SHALL: Is mandatory.
STREET, ARTERIAL: A street used primarily for through traffic.
STREET, MARGINAL ACCESS: A minor street parallel to and adjacent to a major street providing access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
STREET PLUG: An area of land not intended for a building lot and not to be dedicated to the public, lying between the end of a dedicated street or alley and the boundary of the subdivision.
STREET, RESIDENTIAL: A street used exclusively for access to abutting properties.
SUBDIVIDER: Any individual, firm or group who undertakes the subdividing of a lot, tract or parcel of land for the purpose of transfer or ownership or development and including changes in street or lot lines.
SUBDIVISION: The result of an act of dividing an original lot, tract or parcel of land into more than three (3) parts for the purpose of transfer of ownership or development. However, this Title shall not apply to any of the following:
A. An adjustment of lot lines as shown on a recorded plat which does not reduce the area, frontage, width, depth or building setback lines of each building site below the minimum zoning requirements, and does not change the original number of lots in any block of the recorded plat.
B. An allocation of land in the settlement of an estate of a decedent or a court decree for the distribution of property.
C. The unwilling sale of land as a result of legal condemnation as defined and allowed in the Idaho Code.
D. Widening of existing streets to conform to a comprehensive plan.
E. The acquisition of street rights of way by a public agency in conformance with a comprehensive plan.
F. The exchange of land for the purpose of straightening property boundaries which does not result in the change of the present land use.
G. Land divided into parcels all of which are forty (40) acres in the Agricultural Zone (A) or one hundred sixty (160) in the Agricultural Range Preservation Zone (ARP).
H. One division of land on an agricultural unit forty (40) acres in the Agricultural Zone (A) or one hundred sixty (160) in the Agricultural Range Preservation Zone (ARP) for ag-exemption.
Residential subdivisions are not permitted in the agricultural, airport, Commercial or Industrial zones. Residential subdivisions are permitted in the Rural Residential Zone.
In platted subdivisions, one acre minimum lot size may allow slight variation for inclusion of right-of-way easements at health department discretion.
A minimum lot description shall recognize a plus or minus five percent (±5%) variation.
SURVEYOR: The County shall choose and require a legally qualified surveyor to perform land surveying in Idaho to sufficiently check the plat and computations thereon to determine that the requirements herein are met, and said surveyor shall certify such compliance on the plat. For performing such service the County shall collect from the subdivider an appropriate fee as set by the County Commission. (Ord. 21, 12-1-1998)