New Franklin Definitions ordinance (§ 410.010)

The following words, terms and phrases shall have the following meanings:

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER: A municipal employee designated by the Board to receive plats of proposed subdivisions and to make necessary inspections to determine compliance with this Title.

ALLEYS: Minor ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or side of properties abutting on a street.

BOARD: The Governing Body of the City.

BUILDING LINE: A line or lines on a plat designating the area adjacent to the street right-of-way inside of which no building or structure may be erected.

CITY: The City of New Franklin, Missouri, a municipal corporation which territorially shall include all land within the corporate limits of the City as such limits now exist or may, from time to time, be extended or retracted.

COMMISSION: The City Planning Commission of the City.

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

FINAL PLAT: The final map of all or a portion of the subdivision, so designated on the plat and meeting the requirements of Section 410.050 of this Chapter and prepared for official recording with the Recorder of Deeds of Howard County, Missouri.

MAY: An action which is permissive.

MONUMENTS:

1. Lot corners. An iron pipe not less than one (1) inch outside diameter or a reinforcing bar not less than three-fourth (¾) inches in diameter and not less than thirty (30) inches in length set not less than twenty-four (24) inches in the ground.

2. Control points. An iron pipe or reinforcing bar as described in above Section set in concrete four (4) inches in diameter and twelve (12) inches in depth or a four (4) inch by four (4) inch concrete post set not less than twenty-four (24) inches in the ground with the top of the post adequately marked to define the control point. A permanent pavement marker acceptable to the Board may be utilized to define the centerline of right of-way at the control points in lieu of the above described monuments.

OWNER: An individual, firm, association, co-partnership, corporation or syndicate, or agent of any of them, having sufficient proprietary interest in any land sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to subdivide land under the provisions of this Chapter.

PLAT: An accurate drawing or map of the land proposed to be subdivided.

PRELIMINARY PLAT: The preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of the total subdivision, so designated on the plat and meeting the requirements of Section 410.040 of this Chapter.

SHALL: An action which is mandatory.

SKETCH PLAT: A drawing of the proposed subdivision, not necessarily to scale, but indicating general topographic features and the general layout of the proposed subdivision according to the requirements of Section 410.030.

STREETS:

1. ARTERIAL STREET: A roadway used primarily for fast or heavy traffic, including all streets designated as major thoroughfares, freeways, etc.

2. COLLECTOR STREET: A street used to carry traffic from residential streets to arterial streets and/or highways.

3. RESIDENTIAL STREET: A street used primarily for access to abutting property.

SUBDIVISION: The division of land into two (2) or more smaller lots, tracts or parcels for the purpose of building development or transfer of ownership and/or the dedication or establishment of a public street or roadway. Subdivisions shall be further classified as follows:

1. MAJOR SUBDIVISION: Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision.

2. MINOR SUBDIVISION: Any subdivision not containing more than five (5) lots and not involving any new street or roadway.

The term "subdivision" shall include resubdivision and, when appropriate to the context, shall relate to the process of subdividing or the land subdivided.

The term "subdivision" shall not include the division of land into two (2) parcels, each of which is not less than five (5) acres.