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For the purpose of this ordinance, certain terms and words are herewith defined as follows: 1. Alley. A public right-of-way designed to serve as a secondary access to the rear of those properties whose principal frontage is on a street, and for the placement of public utilities. 2. Block. A tract of land bounded by streets or by a combination of streets, public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, waterways or boundary lines of the corporate limits of the city. 3. Building line. A line within a lot, so designated on a plat of subdivision, between which line and the street line of any abutting street, no building or structure may be erected. 4. City. The City of Neoga, Illinois. 5. City council. City council of Neoga, Illinois. 6. Clerk. The city clerk of the City of Neoga, Illinois. 7. Court. A short street, blind alley, or open space like a short street enclosed by dwellings or other buildings facing thereon. 8. Driveway. Private accessway leading from a street or alley to a dwelling unit or building. 9. Easement. A strip of land on which the owner grants a right of use to another for one or more designated purposes. 10. Easement of access. An easement which affords the principal means of entering onto a tract of land. 11. Improvement. Street work and utilities including, but not limited to, water, sewer, electric, gas and storm drainage, to be installed or agreed to be installed by the subdivider on land to be used for streets and/or easements, as are necessary for the general use of lot owners in the subdivision, local neighborhood traffic and drainage needs as a condition precedent to the approval and acceptance of the final plat thereof. 12. Lot. A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land established for transfer of ownership or for building development, whether immediate or future. 13. Owner. Any person, firm, association, syndicate, partnership, corporation, trust, or any other legal entity having sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to subdivide the same under these regulations. 14. Plat. A map or drawing showing the lot and street arrangement or other features or details of the area being subdivided, as required in this ordinance for preliminary and final approval and recording. 15. Plans. All drawings, including general plans, cross sections, profiles, working details and specifications, which the subdivider prepares or has prepared to show the character, extent and details of the improvements required in article 6 of this ordinance. 16. Private street. A thoroughfare which affords the principal means of ingress to and egress from a tract of land or abutting properties and which has not been dedicated to public use and which is not maintained by public funds. 17. Right-of-way. An easement which grants the right of passage over another person's land. 18. Street. A public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting properties, and whether designated as a freeway, expressway, thoroughfare, highway, road, parkway, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, circle, or however otherwise designated. 19. Street, butt or stub. A street that is temporarily terminated, but is planned for future continuation. 20. Street—cul-de-sac. A minor street having but one end open for vehicular traffic and with the other end permanently terminated or backaround for vehicles. 21. Street—dead end. Street having only one end open to vehicular traffic. 22. Subdivide. The process of dealing with land so as to establish a subdivision as defined herein. 23. Subdivider. Any person, firm, association, syndicate, partnership, corporation, trust, or any other legal entity, dividing or proposing to divide land so as to constitute a subdivision as defined herein, and including any agent of the subdivider. 24. Subdivision. Either: (a) The division of land into two or more tracts, sites or parcels of less than five acres in area; or (b) The establishment or dedication of a road, highway, street or alley through a tract of land regardless of area; provided, however, that the following shall not be considered a subdivision of land: (1) The division or subdivision of land into parcels or tracts of five acres or more in size which does not involve any new streets or easements of access; (2) The sale or exchange of parcels of land between owners of adjoining and contiguous land unless such creates a lot or lots which violate the terms of the zoning ordinance of the City of Neoga; (3) The conveyance of parcels of land or interests therein for use as right-of-way for railroads or other public utility facilities and other pipe lines which does not involve any new streets or easements of access; (4) The conveyance of land owned by a railroad or other public utility which does not involve any new streets or easements of access; (5) The conveyance of land for highway or other public purposes or grants or conveyances relating to the dedication of land for public use or instruments relating to the vacation of land impressed with a public use; or (6) Conveyances made to correct descriptions in prior conveyances. |