As used in this chapter:
(a) “Easement” means a grant by the property owner of a use of real property by the public or by a public utility for public purposes.
(b) “Improvements” means street pavements, with or without curb and gutter, sidewalks, water mains, sanitary and storm sewers, electric lines and transformers, street trees and other appropriate items.
(c) “Lot” means a portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or development.
(d) “Official Land Use Plan” means the system of thoroughfares, open spaces and land use development patterns adopted by Council, on recommendation of the Planning Commission, on November 7, 1977, as Resolution 77-42, and subsequent amendments thereto. A summary of planning elements may be had in the form of a map titled “Land Use Plan,” which is on display in the Village Council Chambers.
(e) “Plat” means a map and description showing the location, boundaries and ownership of individual properties in conformance with minimum size regulations in place at the time.
(f) “Professional engineer” means a person who has been registered as provided for by Ohio R.C. 4733.01 to 4733.23.
(g) “Replat” means the recombining of land parcels or lots that results in the same or fewer number of total parcels or lots that conform with current minimum size requirements.
(h) “Right-of-way” means the width between property lines of a street or alley, or the area contained within an easement.
(i) “Street” means a thoroughfare as defined by the Official Thoroughfare Plan.
(j) “Subdivision” means a division of a plot, tract or parcel of land into two or more lots or other divisions of land for the purpose, immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or development.
(k) “Surveyor” means a person who is registered by the State of Ohio to perform land surveying functions.
(l) “The practice of engineering” includes any professional service, such as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design or inspection of construction or operation, for the purpose of assuring compliance with drawings or specifications in connection with any public or privately owned utilities, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, works or other projects.
(m) “Uncommon lot” means an irregular shaped lot, typically characterized, but not limited to, a flag or panhandle lot, but may have other uneven lot line features, with a minimum frontage of twenty feet.
The definitions of other terms, not included above, may be sought from Chapter 1284 of the Village of Yellow Springs Zoning Code or other sources deemed appropriate by the Planning Commission. The Commission will be strongly guided by definitional statements in the Subdivision Regulations of Greene County, Ohio, as amended.
(Ord. 91-12. Passed 12-2-91; Ord. 2020-27. Passed 10-19-20; Ord. 2022-10. Passed 4-18-22.)