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APPENDIX A-SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE 2-2 24. Plat: Includes the terms: map, plan, plot, re-plat or re-plot; a map or plan of a tract or parcel ofland which is to be or which has been subdivided. When used as a verb "plat" is synonymous with "subdivide". 25. Property: Any tract, lot, parcel or several of the same collected together for the purpose of subdivision. 26. Right-of-way: A strip ofland, which is a legal right of passage for utilities over another person's ground. 27. Right-of-way / street: The total width of the strip ofland dedicated or reserved for public travel, including roadway, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and planting strips. 28. Road: A road shall be defined as a street. 29. Street: A public thoroughfare; the principal means of access to abutting property. 30. Street or alley, public use of: The unrestricted use of a specific area or right-of-way for ingress and egress to two (2) or more abutting properties. 3L Street, Category I: A street or road that carries a present or anticipated traffic volume not exceeding five thousand (5,000) vehicles per day, a maximum grade of nine (9) percent, a design speed up to thirty-five (35) miles per hour, a minimum street width of thirty-six (36) feet and a minimum right-of-way width of fifty (50) feet. 32. Street, Category II: A street or road that carries a present or anticipated traffic volume from five thousand (5,000) to eight thousand (8,000) vehicles per day; a maximum grade of nine (9) percent, a design speed up to thirty-five (35) miles per hour, a minimum street width of forty (40) feet, and minimum right-of-way width of sixty (60) feet. 33. Street, Category III: A street or road that carries a present or anticipated traffic volume greater than eight thousand (8,000) vehicles per day; a maximum grade of nine (9) percent, a design speed up to fifty (50) miles per hour, a minimum street width of forty-eight (48) feet, and a minimum right-of-way width of seventy (70) feet. On street parking shall not be allowed. Access shall be limited to intersections with public streets and curb cuts to private property that are no closer than three hundred (300) feet. When this type of street is used as the entrance to a subdivision of more than twenty-five (25) lots a landscaped median may be required. 34. Street, service drive: A public right-of-way generally parallel and contiguous to a major highway, primarily designed to promote safety by eliminating promiscuous ingress and egress to the right-of-way by providing safe and orderly points of access to the highway. 35. Street, width: The total width of the improved portion of the street right-of-way, which would include pavement, curb, and gutter; the distance between curb faces. 36. Subdivide: To divide or resubdivide any tract, parcel or lot ofland into two (2) or more parts or create a new division line. The word "subdivide" and any derivative thereof shall have reference to the term "subdivider" as defined below. Supp. No. 61 1731