Definitions

For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

Alley is any thoroughfare or passageway (not officially designated as a street) designated as an alley by a recorded plat, deed or recorded instrument, to be a secondary means of vehicular access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.

Block includes "tier" or "group" and means a group of lots existing within well-defined and fixed boundaries, usually being an area surrounded by streets or other physical barriers and having an assigned number, letter or other name through which it may be identified.

Cul-de-sac means a street terminated at the end by a vehicular turnaround.

Department of resilience and public works "Engineering Standards For Design And Construction" and "Standard Contract Documents and Specifications For Public Works Projects" are the comprehensive sets of standards and specifications covering the minimum requirements for the design and construction of subdivision improvements.

Easement means any strip of land created by a subdivider for public or private utilities, drainage, sanitation or other specified uses having limitations, the title to which shall remain in the name of the property owner, subject to the right of use designated in the reservation of the servitude described as follows:

(1)

Private easement(s) means any easement granted to specified individuals or specified public or private entities.

(2)

Public easement(s) means any easement granted for the use of nonspecified utilities or to the public in general. Any reference to easement(s) in this section shall refer to a public easement(s) unless otherwise specified as private easement(s).

(3)

Emergency access easement is any easement designated and maintained specifically to provide access for emergency equipment, vehicles and/or personnel to provide protection for life, property, health, welfare and safety of individuals or the general public.

Engineer means a civil engineer registered under F.S. ch. 471 who is in good standing with the state board of professional engineers.

Final plat is the final tracing, map or drawing prepared by a professional surveyor and mapper, on which the subdivider's plan of subdivision is presented to the governing body for approval, and which, if approved, will be submitted to the clerk of the circuit court for recording.

Flood criteria is the minimum finished elevation required for all lands as established and shown on the flood criteria map recorded in plat book 120, page 13 of the public records of the county as the same may be modified from time to time.

Governmental agency, as the context requires, means an official, officer, commission, authority council, committee, department, division, bureau, board, section, or another unit or entity of government.

Lot includes any platted tract or platted parcel and means the least fractional part of subdivided lands having limited fixed boundaries, and an assigned number, letter or other name through which it may be identified, intended as a single building site or unit for transfer or ownership for development.

Lot of record means, and is defined, the same as the term "lot," above.

Mapped street is a proposed right-of-way through an unplatted parcel of land, as shown on those maps on file in the department of resilience and public works.

Phased project is a project(s) which, due to its magnitude, is to be developed in multiple phases. Such phased project shall contain a minimum of three acres of land and propose more than 499,000 square feet of gross floor area within the boundaries of a single plat. The project may occupy contiguous lands, separated only by streets or alleys. The project may be developed under a single building permit or multiple building permits.

Plat and street committee is the technical committee that shall review all tentative plats before acceptance by the city commission. The composition of the committee shall be as follows:

(1)

Department of resilience and public works; department of planning; department of building; office of zoning; department of police; department of fire-rescue; and department of solid waste. [2]

(2)

Representatives from the various public utilities, and other governmental agencies or departments, as may be needed from time to time for additional input.

Professional surveyor and mapper means a professional surveyor and mapper registered under F.S. ch. 472 who is in good standing with the state board of professional surveyors and mappers.

Public utility includes any public or private utility, such as, but not limited to, storm drainage, sanitary sewers, electric power, water service, gas service, cable television or communications facility, whether underground or overhead.

Right-of-way means land dedicated, deeded, used or to be used for a street, alley, walkway, boulevard, drainage facility, access for ingress or egress, or other purpose by the public, certain designated individuals or governing bodies.

Street includes any primary accessway such as a street, road, lane, highway, avenue, boulevard, parkway, circle, court, terrace, place or cul-de-sac, and also includes all of the land lying between the right-of-way lines as delineated on a plat showing such streets, whether improved or unimproved, but shall not include those accessways such as alleys, easements and rights-of-way intended solely for limited utility purposes, and easements of ingress and egress.

Subdivider means the person or legal entity that applies for approval of a plat of a subdivision pursuant to this chapter.

Subdivision is the platting of real property to create one or more lots, tracts or parcels, and includes establishment of new streets and alleys, additions and resubdivisions and, when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the lands or area subdivided.

Supervisor of plats is the director of resilience and public works, or his/her designee, with responsibilities and authority as defined in the City Charter.

Tentative plat is a survey drawing prepared by a professional surveyor and mapper, indicating existing conditions and the proposed layout of the subdivision submitted for approval.

(Ord. No. 9584, § 1, 3-24-83; Ord. No. 9961, § 1, 2-14-85; Ord. No. 10730, § 1, 5-24-90; Code 1980, § 54.5-1; Ord. No. 11609, § 2, 2-10-98; Ord. No. 13328, § 2, 7-12-12; Ord. No. 13467, § 3, 6-12-14; Ord. No. 13676, § 2, 4-27-17; Ord. No. 13702, § 2, 10-26-17; Ord. No. 13792, § 1, 10-11-18; Ord. No. 13919, § 3, 9-24-20)

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City Code cross references—Planning, building and zoning department, § 2-201 et seq.; fire-rescue department, § 2-231 et seq.; resilience and public works department, § 2-261 et seq.; general services administration department, § 2-326 et seq.; police department, § 42-1 et seq.