(1) “Block” means piece or parcel of land entirely surrounded by public highways, public streets, railroad right-of-way, parks, streams, lakes or bodies of water, or a combination of aforesaid bounds.
(2) “Building line” See Setback Line.
(3) “Building site” means that portion of the lot or parcel of land upon which the building and appurtenance are to be placed, or are already existing including adequate areas for sewage disposal, clearance, proper drainage and appropriate easements.
(4) “Clerk” means the Fiscal Officer of the Village of West Unity, Ohio.
(5) “Village Engineer” means the Engineer appointed by the Village Council to represent the interests of the Village of West Unity, Ohio.
(6) “Crosswalk” means a right-of-way which cuts across a block to facilitate access to adjacent streets and properties.
(7) “Developer” means any person, partnership or corporation or duly authorized agent who constructs or contracts to construct improvements on subdivided land.
(8) “Easement” means a grant by the property owner for specified use of said land to a corporation, partnership, person or persons, or to the public.
(9) “Final plat” means the final map, drawing or chart on which the subdivider’s plan is presented to the Planning Commission for approval and which, if approved, will be submitted to the Recorder of Williams County.
(10) “Flood plain” means that portion of a river or creek valley adjacent to the drainage channel which is periodically covered with water when the river or creek overflows its bank during flood stage.
(11) “Housing development” means a systematically built group of houses or apartment buildings, especially one that includes community facilities.
(12) “Improvements” means street improvements, with or without curb or gutter, sidewalks, crosswalks, water mains, sanitary and storm sewers, street trees and other appropriate items.
(13) “Location map” means a drawing at a reduced scale which shows legibly, by dimension and/or other means, enough area beyond the bounds of the proposed subdivision to locate and orient the subdivision within the Village of West Unity and the relationship of the site to the community facilities which serve or influence the property.
(Ord. 1990-9. Passed 2-7-91.)
(14) “Lot” mean a parcel of land of sufficient size to meet minimum zoning requirements for frontage on an improved public street, use, coverage and area, and yards and other open spaces
(Ord. 1996-12. Passed 6-27-96.)
(15) “Master Plan” means the comprehensive plan (which may consist of several maps, date, etc.) or any portion thereof, made and adopted by the Planning Commission of any incorporated city or village which 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.
(16) “Neighborhood unit” means a neighborhood development as a district adhering to the principle that it should have social homogeneity among its residents and contain its own elementary school, local business district, churches, clubs, recreation area, and be bounded, not traversed, by major thoroughfares or major streets as hereinafter defined.
(17) “O.D.O.T.” means Ohio Department of Transportation.
(18) “Official map” means a map prepared by an authorized Planning Commission and adopted by the County Commissioners or a Village Council, which shows the accurate location of the lines of existing roads or streets, roads or streets shown on subdivision plats, existing public open spaces, and proposed roads or streets and public open spaces that are in conformity with the Master Plan. After adoption of the official map by the County Commissioners or Council, all streets or roads shown on approved and recorded final plats are automatically added to the official map, which may also be added to or modified by the Planning Commission or County Commissioners.
(19) “Official highway plan” means a plan designating a system of principal or major streets and highways for traffic intercommunication.
(20) “Owner” means any individual, firm, association, syndicate, co-partnership, corporation, trust, or any other legal entity having sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to subdivide the same under the Subdivision Regulations.
(21) “Pad” means a building site prepared by artificial means, including grading, excavation, or filling, or any combination thereof.
(22) “Park and playground plan” means a long-range plan of parks, playgrounds, or other open public grounds adopted by the Planning Commission.
(23) “Performance bonds or surety bonds” means an agreement by a subdivider or developer to the Village of West Unity for the amount of the estimated construction cost guaranteeing the completion of physical improvements according to plans and specifications within the time prescribed by the subdivider’s agreement.
(24) “Planning Commission or Commission” means the Planning Commission of the Village of West Unity, Ohio.
(25) “Plat” means the map, drawing, or chart on which the developers plan of subdivision is presented to the Planning Commission and Village Council for approval and, after such approval, to the County Recorder for recording.
(26) “Preliminary plat” means the preliminary plan, drawing or chart indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision.
(27) “Village Solicitor” means the official legal counsel of the Village of West Unity, Ohio.
(28) “Reserves” means parcels of land within a subdivision that are intended for future use.
(29) “Reserve strip” means a strip of land controlling access to or egress from other property (including land dedicated to public use), or to or from any street or alley, or having the effect of restricting or damaging the adjoining property for subdivision purposes, or which will not be taxable or accessible for special improvements. (Ord. 1990-9. Passed 2-7-91.)
(30) “Right-of-Way” means the strip of land taken or dedicated for use as a public way, measured across from property line to property line. In addition to the roadway, it normally incorporates the curbs, planting strips, sidewalks, lighting, and drainage facilities, and may include special features (required by the topography or treatment) as grade separation, landscaped areas, viaducts, and bridges. The “Right-Of-Way” will be in accordance with and established by the Williams County Plat maps.
(Ord. 05-2009. Passed 4-23-09.)
(31) “Roadway” shall be considered as the portion of the right-of-way included between the outside edges of the shoulders.
(32) “Setback line” means a line indicating the minimum horizontal distance between the street easement or right-of-way line and buildings or any projection thereof other than steps or permanently open porches, unless otherwise specifically defined.
(33) “Sidewalk” means that portion of the road right-of-way, outside the roadway, which is paved for the use of pedestrian traffic. It does not include the planting strip, if any.
(34) “ Street, highway or road” means a way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a street, arterial highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, freeway, road, boulevard, avenue, lane, place, or however otherwise designated.
A. Primary road or arterial highway: A thoroughfare primarily for through traffic, providing for major movements of traffic within and between urban centers and connecting principal traffic generators within municipalities and important rural routes.
B. Secondary road or highway: A highway which serves inter-district traffic between urban and rural centers and provides traffic connections between primary roads or major arterial highways.
C. Major Streets: Are those local thoroughfares which carry cross-town traffic from several neighborhoods, thereby servicing several residential collector streets.
D. Collector street: A thoroughfare whether within a residential, industrial, commercial or other type of development, which carries traffic from minor streets to arterial highways or major streets, including the principal entrance streets of residential developments and primary circulation routes within such developments.
E. Minor local streets or roads: Local or neighborhood thoroughfares primarily providing for access to abutting properties.
F. Marginal access streets: A minor street which is parallel and adjacent to an arterial street and provides access to abutting properties and protection from major streets or thoroughfares.
G. Cul-de-sac: A minor street of relatively short length with only one outlet and terminating in a vehicular turnaround.
H. Loop street: A U-shaped street, or court.
I. Alley: Minor ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
(35) “Subdivider” means any individual, firm, association, syndicate, co-partnership, corporation, trust or any other legal entity commencing proceedings under the Subdivision Regulations to effect a subdivision of land hereunder for himself or for another.
(36) “Subdivision” means:
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 (5) acres for the purposes, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership, provided that the division or partition of land into parcels of more than five (5) 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; 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 lease holders, or as easements for the extension and maintenance of public sewer, water, storm drainage or other public facilities.
(Ord. 1990-9. Passed 2-7-91.)