[R.O. 1991 § 425.100; Ord. No. 2901-14 § 1, 8-5-2014]
The following words or phrases, when
used in this Chapter, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this
Section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
A public or private right-of-way which affords only a secondary
means of access to abutting property.
A developer or owner submitting an application for subdivision
plat approval.
A piece or parcel of land entirely surrounded by public highways,
streets, streams, railroad rights-of-way or parks, etc., or a combination
thereof.
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Smithville, Missouri.
The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Smithville,
Missouri.
A vehicular turnaround which is located at the closed end
of a dead-end street or alley.
The location of streets, alignment of streets, grades and
widths of streets, alignment of easements, grades and widths of easements,
alignment and rights-of-way for drainage and sanitary sewers and the
designation of minimum lot area, width and length.
An agreement between the City of Smithville and a developer
that includes the scope and timing of all infrastructure requirements
needed for an orderly and cost-efficient plan to install such infrastructure
as the subdivision progresses.
A City committee consisting of the representatives of the
Community Development Department, Street Department, Water Department
and the Smithville Area Fire Protection District.
A grant by the property owner to the public, a corporation
or persons of the use of a strip of land for specific purposes.
A plan or map prepared in accordance with the provisions
of this regulation and those of any other applicable local regulation,
which plat is prepared to be placed on record in the office of the
Recorder of Deeds of the County.
See "Board."
Street work and utilities that are to be installed or agreed
to be installed by the subdivider on the land to be used for public
or private use of the lot owners in the subdivision and local neighborhood
traffic, drainage needs and other improvements, as a condition precedent
to the approval and acceptance of the final plat.
A portion of land in a subdivision or other parcel of land
intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for development.
A parcel of land shown with a separate and distinct number
or letter on an Official Map in the office of the recorder of Clay
or Platte County or a parcel of land shown as separate and distinct
from contiguous property upon a map approved by the Board, Commission
or Director in the manner provided by ordinance, or a lot which is
part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been duly recorded.
The division of land in the City pursuant to previous versions
of the Subdivision Code or any other ordinance duly enacted by the
City.
An area of land or water or combination thereof planned for
passive or active recreation, but does not include areas utilized
for streets, alleys, driveways or private roads, off-street parking
or loading areas or required front, rear or side yards.
A right-of-way [ten (10) feet wide minimum] dedicated to
public use, which cuts across a block to facilitate pedestrian access
to adjacent streets and properties.
See "Commission."
A recordable document that divides an existing lot, tract,
plat, or multiple such parcels into two (2) or more separate lots,
with each lot in compliance with the applicable zoning code requirements
for lots in the respective zoning district(s).
A recordable document that adjusts boundaries between existing
lots, or divides property ownership of R-2 or R-3 zoned land in accordance
with zoning district regulations.
A proposed development plan for the subdivision of an existing
lot, tract, plat or multiple such parcels into a cohesive development
of land into two (2) or more separate lots, with each lot in compliance
with the applicable zoning code requirements for lots in the respective
zoning district(s) that is intended to be developed in more than one
(1) single phase of construction.
An informal meeting between the applicant and the Development
Review Committee to allow the applicant to obtain sufficient information
to prepare an application for a preliminary plat and the preliminary
plat.
A map made for the purpose of showing the design of a proposed
subdivision and the existing conditions in and around it; this map
need not be based on accurate or detailed final survey of the property.
A line on a plat generally parallel to the street right-of-way,
indicating the limit beyond which buildings or structures may not
be erected or altered, except as otherwise provided in the zoning
regulations.
A right-of-way dedicated to the public use or a private right-of-way
which provides principal vehicular and pedestrian access to adjacent
properties.
A person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who
caused land to be divided into a subdivision for himself or for others.
The division of a parcel of land into two (2) or more lots,
or other divisions of land; it includes resubdivision and, when appropriate
to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land
or territory subdivided.
Any subdivision that will be constructed in more than one
(1) phase, under different final plats.
A subdivision that will be completed in one (1) action and
recorded in one final plat.
