(a) Jurisdiction. The rules and regulations governing plats and subdivisions of land contained herein shall apply within the corporate limits of the Village of West Jefferson.
(b) Definitions. Certain words and phrases as used or found in this Ordinance are defined for the purpose of this Ordinance, as hereafter set forth in this chapter.
(1) BLOCK. A piece or parcel of land entirely surrounded by public highways, streets, streams, railroad right-of-way, or parks, etc. or a combination thereof.
(2) DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE. Position, created by the Charter, over the Department of Public Service and supervises issuance of Building and Zoning permits, and other assigned duties.
(3) BUILDING SET-BACK LINE. A line established in the Zoning Ordinance, generally parallel to a street delineating the minimum allowable distance between the street right of way and the front of a structure.
(4) CLERK. Clerk of the Village Council of the Village of West Jefferson.
(5) COMMISSION. Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village of West Jefferson.
(6) COUNCIL. Council of the Village of West Jefferson.
(7) EASEMENT. A grant by the property owner, or owners, of the use of a strip of land for a specific purpose or purposes.
(8) ENGINEER. The Engineer of the Village of West Jefferson.
(9) FINAL PLAT. The drawing of all or a portion of a subdivision which is submitted to the Village Planning and Zoning Commission for action in accordance with Chapter 1179.
(10) IMPROVEMENTS. Any addition to the natural state of land which increases its value or utility, including buildings, street pavements, with or without curb and gutter, sidewalks, crosswalks, water mains, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, street trees, street lighting, public utilities, and other appropriate items.
(11) LOT. A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for building development, together with the required open spaces and having frontage on a public street.
(12) OTHER PERTINENT TERMS. As defined in the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of West Jefferson.
(13) PARK AND PLAYGROUND PLAN. The plan of parks, playgrounds or other open public grounds adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(14) PLAT. Means a map of a tract or parcel of land made by a licensed land surveyor.
(15) PRELIMINARY PLAT. The drawing indicating the proposed layout of a subdivision which is submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission in accordance with Chapter 1173.
(16) RIGHT OF WAY. The strip of land lying between property lines of a street; also a parkway, alley or easement dedicated or otherwise acquired for use by the public.
(17) ROADWAY. The portion of a street available for vehicular traffic.
(18) SIDEWALK. A paved area intended principally for use of pedestrians.
(19) STREET. For the purpose of this Ordinance, any avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, alley, or other way for vehicular and/or pedestrian traffic shown upon a plat duly approved, filed and recorded in the office of the County Recorder, shall be known as a street. It includes the land between the street boundary lines, whether improved or unimproved. Streets shall be classified as follows:
A. FREEWAY. A divided multi-lane highway for through traffic with all cross roads separated in grade and with full control of access.
B. PRIMARY STREET. A street which carries vehicular traffic of a state or federal highway route.
C. SECONDARY STREET. A street which is expected to carry large amounts of vehicular traffic usually not of origin or destination primarily in the properties abutting such street. A street intended to serve and to provide access to neighborhoods or sub-neighborhoods.
D. CUL-DE-SAC. A minor street having only one end open for motor traffic, the other end being permanently terminated by vehicular turnaround.
E. SERVICE ROAD. A street parallel with a limited access highway to afford abutting property owners access to such highway, but only at specific points.
(20) STREET LINE. The boundary line (sometimes referred to as the property line) between a lot and the area dedicated or otherwise acquired for street purposes.
(21) STREET PLAN. The official plan of major streets adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(22) SUBDIVISION.
A. 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 purpose, 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 and where the lots resulting are not reduced below minimum sizes required by law, shall be exempted; or
B. 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 leaseholders or as easements for the extension and maintenance of public sewer, water, storm drainage or other public facilities.
(23) WALKWAY. A dedicated public right of way limited to pedestrian traffic.
(24) ZONING. Regulations and limitations, by districts, of the height, bulk and location, including percentage of lot occupancy, building setback lines, and area and dimensions of yards, courts and other open spaces, and the uses of buildings and other structures and of the premises in such districts.
(Ord. 22-089. Passed 12-5-22.)