For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. A public right-of way which affords a secondary means of access to abutting property.
BLOCK. An area of land within a subdivision that is entirely bounded by streets, or by streets and the exterior boundary of boundaries of the subdivision, or a combination of the above with a river or lake.
BUILDING PERMIT. The building permit required under the Building Code of the city.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. Refers to the group of maps, charts and texts that make up the Comprehensive Guide Plan of the city.
DESIGN STANDARDS. The specifications to land owners or subdividers for the preparation plats, both preliminary and final, indicating among other things, the optimum, minimum or maximum dimensions of the items as right-of-way, blocks, easements, and lots.
EASEMENT. A grant by a property owner for the use of a strip of land for the purpose of constructing and maintaining utilities, including, but not limited to, sanitary sewers, water mains, electric lines, telephone lines, TV and FM transmission lines, storm sewer or storm drainage ways, gas lines, or roadways.
EASEMENT, SLOPE. A grant by a property owner for the use of a strip of land for the purpose of constructing a slope or grade transition from the existing property grade to a new street grade.
FINAL PLAT. A drawing or map of subdivision, meeting all the requirements of the city and in the form as required by the county for purposes of recording.
INTERSECTION, STREET. The point of crossing or meeting of 2 or more streets.
LOT. One unit of a recorded plat or subdivision, which has frontage on a public street and is used or intended to be used as a building site under the terms of this chapter.
OWNER. Includes the plural as well as the singular, and where appropriate shall include a natural person, partnership, firm, association, public or private corporation, or a combination of any of them.
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS. Public lands and open spaces in the city dedicated or reserved for recreation purposes.
PEDESTRIAN WAY. A public or private right-of-way across a block or within a block to provide access, to be used by pedestrians and which may be used for the installation of utility line.
PERCENTAGE OF GRADE. The rise or fall of a slope in feet and tenths of a foot for 100 feet of horizontal distance. The centerline of a street shall be used to determine the street rise of grade.
PRELIMINARY PLAT. A tentative drawing or map of a proposed subdivision meeting requirements herein enumerated.
PROTECTIVE COVENANTS. Contracts made between private parties as to the manner in which land may be used, with the view to protecting and preserving the physical and economic integrity of any given area.
STREET. A public right-of-way affording primary access by pedestrians and vehicles to abutting properties, whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, avenue, boulevard, place, or however otherwise designated.
STREET, COLLECTOR. Those that carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of thoroughfares and highways, including the principal entrance streets of residential districts as shown on the Comprehensive Plan.
STREET, MARGINAL ACCESS. Minor streets which are parallel and adjacent to thoroughfares and highways, and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
STREET, MINOR. Those which are used primarily for access to abutting properties.
STREET, PRIVATE. A private right-of-way affording access by pedestrians and vehicles which is under individual rather than municipal control.
STREET, THOROUGHFARES. Arterial streets which are used primarily for heavy traffic and serving as an arterial trafficway between the various districts of the community, as shown on the Comprehensive Plan.
STREET WIDTH. The shortest distance between lines of lots delineating the street right-of-way.
SUBDIVISION. A described tract of land which is to be or has been divided into 2 or more lots or parcels, any of which resultant parcels is less than 5 acres in area, for the purpose of transfer or ownership or building development, or, if a new street is involved, any division of a parcel of land. The term includes resubdivision and, where it is appropriate to the context, relates either to the process of subdividing or to the land subdivided.
TANGENT. A straight line departing from a curve which is perpendicular to the radius of that curve.
TRACT. A parcel of land intended for division or development of subdivision.
U.S.G.S. DATUM. Refers to United States Geodetic Survey Datum.
VERTICAL CURVE. The surface curvature on a street centerline located between lines of different percentage of grade.
(Ord. 239, § 1504, passed 1-22-2000)