[Ord. No. 552 §2.1, 11-21-2006]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Article,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, except when
the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
A minor public or private right-of-way shown on a plat, providing
secondary vehicular access to the rear or side of a lot, block or
parcel of land otherwise abutting a street.
Construction plans revised to show a facility or structure
as actually constructed and as it appears on the tract of land involved.
A definite point of known elevation and location of more
or less permanent character. The identity and elevation shall be based
on United Stated Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) datum. Bench marks established
by 1981 Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District) bench mark loop system or the Missouri Department
of Transportation (MoDOT) are acceptable.
An area of land within a subdivision that is entirely bound
by streets, highways or rights-of-way, except alleys, or between streets,
highways, streams, parks or any other barrier or combination thereof
to the continuity of development.
The officially elected Mayor and Alderpersons of the City
of Greendale; the term may be abbreviated as the Board.
Any form of security including a cash deposit, surety bond,
collateral, property or instrument of credit in an amount and form
satisfactory to the City Attorney and approved by the Board.
A structure that is affixed to the land, has one (1) or more
floors, one (1) or more exterior walls, a roof and is designed or
intended for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals,
chattels or property of any kind; but a "building" shall not include
any vehicle, trailer (with or without wheels) nor any movable device
such as furniture, machinery or equipment. (Needs to be consistent
with Zoning Code definition.)
A line parallel to the street right-of-way line, edge of
a stream or other property line established on a parcel of land or
lot for the purpose of prohibiting construction of building or structure
in the area between such building line and right-of-way, streambank
or other property line.
City of Greendale, Missouri.
The officially designated City employee charged with the
responsibility for enforcement of the sign, zoning and other ordinances.
The officially designated or appointed engineer of the City
That land set aside for open space, including stormwater,
drainage areas, retention lakes, ponding or recreational use areas,
for the owners of lots in a subdivision, which land is conveyed in
trust for the benefit, use and enjoyment of the lot owners.
A comprehensive land use plan made and adopted by the Planning
Commission which through combination of text, charts and maps sets
forth proposals for general locations for various land uses, streets,
parks, schools, public buildings, utilities and for the physical development
of the City.
The length of a cul-de-sac, as referenced in the street standards
Section of this Chapter, shall be measured from the center of the
cul-de-sac radius along the street centerline to the right-of-way
line of the connecting through street. For purposes of determining
the maximum length of a cul-de-sac in cases where a cul-de-sac branches
from another cul-de-sac or a street with a singular access, the maximum
length shall be measured along the centerline of the longest route
of access from the through street to the center of the most remote
cul-de-sac.
The temporary storage of the differential runoff of stormwater
by providing permanent facilities.
Any person or government agency undertaking any development
as defined in these regulations. The term "developer" includes such commonly used references as subdivider, owner and
proprietor.
A grant by a property owner for a designated vehicular access
way for the servicing of individual lots within a large lot subdivision.
A grant by a property owner to the City, County, State or
Federal Government for the purpose of road improvement and widening,
road maintenance, sidewalks, public or private utilities and sewers.
A grant by a property owner to a public or private utility
company for the purpose of installation, improvement or maintenance
of public or private utilities.
A professional engineer registered in the State of Missouri.
A title company, bank, savings and loan association, trust
company, attorney or any other person or agency approved by the City
Attorney to act as escrow agent under the provisions of these regulations.
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The flood having a one percent (1%) chance of being equaled
or exceeded in any given year.
The land in the floodplain subject to a one percent (1%)
or greater chance of flooding in any given year.
An official map issued by FEMA on which the Flood Insurance
Study has delineated the flood hazard boundaries and the zones establishing
insurance rates applicable to the City.
The official report provided by FEMA. The report contains
flood profiles as well as the flood boundary/floodway map and the
water surface elevations of the base flood.
Any combination of structural and non-structural changes
or adjustments to a structure, including utility and sanitary facilities,
which would preclude entry of water. Structural components shall have
the capability of resisting hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads and
effects of buoyancy.
The channel of a river or other watercourse and adjacent
land areas that must be preserved in order to discharge the base flood
without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than
one (1) foot.
That area on the floodplain outside of the floodway that,
on the average, is likely to be flooded once every one hundred (100)
years (i.e., that has a one percent (1%) chance of flood occurrence
in any one (1) year).
A factor of safety usually expressed in feet above a flood
level for purposes of floodplain management.
The length of the property abutting on one (1) side of a
street measured along the dividing line between the property and the
right-of-way.
The inclination from the horizontal of a road, unimproved
land, etc., and expressed by stating the vertical rise or fall as
a percent of the horizontal distance.
Parking which is at an angle to or perpendicular to and directly
adjoins the drive aisle or roadway pavement.
Street pavement, turning lanes, traffic signals, bridges
and culverts, sidewalk pavement, pedestrian way pavement, water mains,
fire hydrants, storm sewers and roadside drainage ditches, erosion
and siltation control, sanitary sewers, signs, monuments, landscaping,
street lights and other similar items.
Two (2) or more united persons construed as the same owner; "constructive ownership" for the purpose of imposing subdivision
regulations.
A land surveyor registered in the State of Missouri.
A parcel of land occupied or intended for occupancy by one
(1) main building together with its accessory buildings, including
the open spaces and parking spaces required by the Zoning Code and
having its principal frontage upon a street or upon an officially
approved place.
The total horizontal surface area within the boundaries of
a lot exclusive of any area designated for street right-of-way purposes.
A platted parcel of land with frontage abutting two (2) road
rights-of-way at their intersection.
A lot having frontage on two (2) non-intersecting streets
as distinguished from a corner lot.
A lot recorded in the office of the County Recorder or a
lot or parcel described by metes and bounds, the description of which
has also been recorded.
The distance between the two (2) side property lines of a
lot measured along the minimum building setback line as established
by the Zoning Code for the applicable district.
A subdivision whose total intended use includes commercial
or industrial.
For asphalt or concrete surfaces, "normal wear" includes surface abrasions and discoloration. Blow-ups, buckling,
corner breaks, durability cracking, faulting, linear cracking, pumping,
punchouts, map cracking or crazing, shrinkage cracks, corner or joint
spalling, rutting, alligator cracking, bleeding, shoves, swell, corrugation,
raveling, slippage cracking and edge cracking are not considered normal
wear for the time period covered by a maintenance bond. For evaluation
purposes, detailed descriptions of the various failures are contained
in the APWA Paver Pavement Condition Index Field Manual for Concrete
and Asphalt Pavements, dated July 1984, The American Public Works
Association.
Any premises not located within the area of the property
to be subdivided, whether or not in the same ownership of the developer
requesting subdivision approval.
A paved vehicle storage area directly adjacent to multiple-family
access street pavement.
The act or result of applying Portland cement concrete or
asphaltic concrete to any ground surface in such manner as to present
a uniform surface over a large area.
An easement or right-of-way designated to facilitate pedestrian
access to adjacent streets or properties.
A subdivision of land legally approved and recorded by the
St. Louis County Recorder of Deeds.
A strip of land reserved or acquired by dedication, prescription,
condemnation, gifts, purchase, eminent domain or any other legal means
occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, sidewalk, railroad,
utility, sewer or other similar use.
See "BUILDING LINE".
The installation of such devices as sediment ponds, bales
of straw, fencing, siltation webbing, sodding, seeding and mulching
or other devices to prevent silting of abutting properties and roadways
during the period of construction and up to and including such time
as permanent ground cover is attained.
See "GRADE".
A general term denoting a public or private way which affords
the principal means of vehicular access of abutting property. The
term includes all facilities which normally occur within right-of-way;
it shall include such other designations as highway, thoroughfare,
parkway, throughway, road, pike, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, court,
but shall not include an alley or pedestrian way.
Streets which move traffic from major streets which distribute
traffic regionally to minor streets which distribute traffic to individual
lots, parcels and uses within
subdivision, area or neighborhood. Collector streets also
may serve individual lots, parcels and uses as a secondary or additional
function.
A short, independent, minor street terminating in a circular
turnaround.
A minor street generally parallel to and adjacent to arterial
streets and highways which provide access to abutting properties and
protection from through traffic.
A short, independent street which usually terminates along
the same collector street of its origin.
A street utilized for high vehicular speeds or for heavy
volumes of traffic on a continuous route.
Streets which serve a local neighborhood and may be in the
form of a cul-de-sac or loop street; provided however, that any combination
of loop and cul-de-sac streets may be utilized without the streets
being designated as collector streets, provided that such an arrangement
serves the same function and also that maximum fronting lots do not
exceed the total which would be allowed within provisions of the street
specifications matrix.
A private way or driveway which affords a means of vehicular
access to parking areas and bays and to abutting buildings in a multiple
dwelling unit subdivision.
A private way which affords the principal means of vehicular
access to abutting property and is owned by the abutting property
owners or in common by a group of property owners.
The division or redivision of land into lots, tracts, sites
or parcels.
An insurance company qualified and acting under the provisions
of Chapter 379, RSMo., which has met the requirements of Section 379.200,
RSMo., thereof and which is approved by the City Attorney to act as
a surety.
A corporation qualified and acting under the Missouri title
insurance law or a corporation which is an issuing agency for an insurance
company insuring land titles.
An area or parcel of land.
Any recordable instrument by which common ground is held
or maintained or assessments in a subdivision are levied for the administration
of specific maintenance obligations or both.
The duly approved, enacted or amended ordinance which controls
and regulates land use within the City.
