[R.O. 2011 § 405.010; Ord. No. 1161 § 1, 11-18-2013[1]]
The following terms as used in this Chapter shall have these prescribed meanings:
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL
The person appointed by the Mayor to enforce this Chapter.
APPROVED STREET
A way for vehicular traffic, including any designated as a freeway, highway, boulevard, parkway or however otherwise designated, which has been duly accepted for maintenance by the Missouri State Highways and Transportation Commission, the 20th Judicial Circuit Court, or the Board of Aldermen of the City of Owensville, or a private street improved to the standards of this Chapter.
BUILDING LINE
A line on a plat between which line and street or private place no building or structures may be erected.
COMMISSION
Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Owensville, Missouri.
EASEMENT
A right to use another person's property, but only for a limited and specifically named purpose.
IMPROVEMENT PLANS
The engineering plans showing types of materials and construction details for the facilities to be installed in, or in conjunction with, a subdivision.
IMPROVEMENTS
Site grading or any street, curb and gutter, sidewalk, drainage ditch, sewer, catch basin, newly-planted tree, water main, off-street parking area, or other facility or structure necessary for the general use of property owners in a subdivision.
MAJOR STREET
A street of substantial continuity which serves or is intended to serve fast or large volumes of traffic, including all County and State highways in the City of Owensville and the streets designated as major streets on the land use plan for Owensville.
METES AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION
A description of real property not by reference to a lot or block shown on a recorded subdivision plat, but in terms of a known point and the bearings and distances of the lines forming the boundaries of the property.
MINOR STREET
A street used primarily for access to abutting property.
PLAT
A map, chart or drawing, drawn to scale, of a tract of land to be subdivided showing such information as required elsewhere in this Chapter.
PLAT, FINAL
The final survey, map, descriptions, and certificates indicating the subdivider's plan of the subdivision which, if approved, may be filed with the Gasconade County Recorder of Deeds.
SUBDIVISION
The division of a lot, tract, or parcel of land into two (2) or more lots, plots, sites or other division of land, for the purpose of either immediate or future sale or of building development. It also includes resubdivision of land or lots. See also "minor subdivision."
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
A tract of land consisting of five (5) acres or less of land proposed for subdivision or resubdivision into four (4) or less lots.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 405, Subdivision Regulations, adopted 3-5-1962 by Ord. No. 309, as amended.