For the purpose of these Regulations, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(a) "Alleys." See "Streets and alleys."
(b) "Block." A piece or parcel of land entirely surrounded by public highways, streets, streams, railroad rights of way, parks and the like, or a combination thereof.
(c) "City." The City of Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio.
(d) "Clerk." The Clerk of Council of the City of Wapakoneta.
(e) "Council" or "City Council." The City Council of Wapakoneta.
(f) "County." Auglaize County, State of Ohio.
(g) "Director of Public Service and Safety." The Director of Public Service and Safety of the City.
(h) "Final plat." The final map, drawing or chart on which the subdivider's plan of subdivision is presented to the Planning Commission for approval, and which, if approved, will be submitted to the Recorder of Auglaize County.
(i) "Law Director" or "City Director of Law." The City Director of Law or legal advisor of the City.
(j) "Lot." A parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership or building development, having its full frontage on a public street.
(k) "Master Plan." The comprehensive plan (which may consist of several maps, data and the like), or any portion thereof, made and adopted by the City Planning Commission, which plan shows the general location and extent of physical facilities, including major streets and main thoroughfares, parks, schools and other public open spaces and public building sites.
(l) "Official Map." The map established by the Planning Commission showing the streets, highways and parks theretofore laid out, adopted and established by law and any amendments thereto adopted by the Planning Commission or additions thereto resulting from the approval of subdivision plats by the Planning Commission and the subsequent filing of the approved plats.
(m) "Official Thoroughfare Plan." The officially adopted plan designating a system of principal or major streets for traffic intercommunication.
(n) "Owner." Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership, corporation, trust or other legal entity having sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to subdivide the same under these Regulations.
(o) "Planning Commission" or "Commission." The Planning Commission of the City.
(p) "Preliminary plan." The preliminary map, drawing or chart indicating the proposed layout of a subdivision.
(q) "Street width." The shortest distance between the lines delineating the right of way of a street.
(r) "Streets and alleys." Streets and alleys are defined as follows:
(1) "Alley." A minor way which is access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
(2) "Arterial street" or "major thoroughfare" or "major street." A principal or heavy traffic street of considerable continuity and used primarily as a traffic artery for intercommunication among large areas.
(3) "Collector street." A street which carries traffic from minor streets to arterial or major streets, including the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within such a development.
(4) "Cul-de-sac" or "dead-end street." A minor street with only one outlet.
(5) "Marginal access street." A minor street which is parallel and adjacent to an arterial street and which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
(6) "Minor street." A street used primarily for access to abutting properties.
(7) "Street." A way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place or otherwise, used primarily for vehicular service.
(s) "Subdivider." Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership, corporation, trust or other legal entity commencing proceedings under these Regulations to effect a subdivision of land hereunder for himself or herself or for another.
(t) "Subdivision."
(1) The division of any parcel of land shown as a unit or as contiguous units on the last preceding tax roll, into two or more parcels, sites or lots, any one of which is less than five acres, for the purposes, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership, provided, however, that the division or partition of land into parcels of more than five acres not involving any new streets or easements of access, and the sale or exchange of parcels between adjoining lot owners, where such sale or exchange does not create additional building sites, shall be exempted.
(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 extension of any street or streets, except private streets serving industrial structures; 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.
(Ord. 2133. Passed 10-18-59; Ord. 85-61. Passed 12-18-85.)