§ 27-245. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Alley means a minor way, dedicated to public use, which is used primarily for vehicular access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.

Block means a tract of land subdivided into lots or parcels.

Comprehensive plan means the duly adopted comprehensive plan for the city, including the major street plan and subsequent amendments.

Cul-de-sac means a street having one end open to traffic and being terminated by a vehicle turnaround.

Developer means a person involved in subdivision activity, zoning, or approval for installation of public or private improvements.

Easement means a grant by the property owner to the public, a corporation or persons, of the use of a strip of land for specific purposes.

Improvement, public, means street pavement, curbs, sanitary and storm sewers, permanent monuments, water mains and other appropriate items.

Lot means a tract of land created and given specific dimensions for the intended use as a unit of transfer of ownership or for development.

Pedestrian way means a right-of-way, dedicated to public use, which cuts across a block or parcel to facilitate pedestrian access to adjacent streets and properties.

Plat, final, means a drawing of permanent nature showing the precise location and dimension of such features as streets, lots, easements and other elements and prepared for permanent record.

Plat, preliminary, means a plan, drawn to scale, indicating prominent existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the general layout of proposed streets, lots and other elements meeting the requirements outlined herein.

Public works element means that portion of the subdivision process between the preliminary subdivision plat and the subdivision final plat where plans for streets, sanitary sewers, and storm drainage improvements are submitted for approval.

Right-of-way means the land opened, reserved, or dedicated to the public for a street, walk, drainage, or other public purpose.

Setback line or building line means a line on a plat generally parallel to the street right-of-way indicating the limit beyond which buildings, structures, or parking facilities may not be erected except as provided by ordinance.

Street means a strip of land, intended primarily as a means of vehicular and pedestrian travel that may also be used to provide space for sewers, public utilities, and sidewalks.

Street, collector, means a street that collects traffic from local streets and moves it to an arterial or thoroughfare. Where possible, houses should not front on collector streets.

Street, major, means a thoroughfare or collector as indicated on the major street plan.

Subdivision means the division of a lot, tract, or parcel of land into two or more lots, plots, sites or other division, by which is formed at least one division of less than five acres or less than 300 feet of street frontage for the purpose of transfers of ownership or development, whether immediate or future, including a resubdivision of land. The creation of a street, alley or other public way by dedication shall be deemed a subdivision. In the area annexed by Ordinance No. 65653, the definition of a subdivision shall be the same except that divisions of less than ten acres shall be deemed a subdivision.

Utility equipment means any mechanical or electrical device located below or above grade and used to supply gas, sewer, water, electricity, communications, or television signal service. The functional differentiation of various utility equipment is further defined as follows:

(1)

"Transmission line" means conductors and equipment operating at more than 15,000 volts for the purpose of transmitting electrical power from generating plants to switching stations and substations.

(2)

"Distribution feeder lines" means conductors and equipment operating below 15,000 volts for the purpose of feeding power from substation to distribution lines.

(3)

"Services" means the conductors and equipment, including electrical power, communications, and television, and operating at less than 750 volts for the purpose of delivering electrical, communications or television power directly to consumers.

(4)

"Substation" means equipment including transformers, regulators and switching equipment for the purpose of interconnecting transmission, feeder, and distribution lines.

(5)

"Transformer" means equipment used to connect current in a primary circuit into variations of voltage and current in a secondary circuit.

(6)

"Switching station" means equipment used to interconnect more than two lines of the same type and voltage.

(Code 1988, § 27-501; Ord. No. 64690, § 1(27-91.2), 8-30-1984; Ord. No. 65693, § 12, 1-2-1992)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.