§ 9-46. Definitions.

For the purposes of the subdivision regulations in this article, certain words and phrases used herein are defined as follows:

Alley means any public space or thoroughfare twenty (20) feet or less in width which has been dedicated or deeded for public use.

Block means a parcel of land entirely surrounded by streets, streams, railroad rights-of-way, parks or other public spaces or by a combination thereof.

Building setback line means the line indicating the minimum horizontal distance between the street line and the face of buildings.

City council means the chief legislative body of the city.

Crosswalkway means a public right-of-way ten (10) feet or more in width between property lines, which provides pedestrian access to adjacent properties.

Development means the act of installing site improvements and building structures.

Easement means a grant by the owner of the use of a strip of land by others for specific purposes.

Engineering plans means the drawings on which the proposed subdivision improvements are shown and which, if approved, will be used for construction of the improvements.

Final plat means the final map or drawing on which the subdivision plan is submitted to the planning commission for review and recommendation and to the mayor and city council for approval and which, if approved, will be submitted to the county chancery clerk for recording.

General subdivision plan means the preliminary map or drawing on which the proposed layout of a subdivision is submitted to the planning commission for consideration.

Improvements means street surfacing, with curb and gutter, sidewalks, water mains, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, utilities and monuments.

Lot means a portion of a subdivision intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for development.

Master plan means the comprehensive plan made and adopted by the mayor and city council for the physical development of the city; the term includes any unit or component part of such plan separately adopted and any amendment to such plan or part thereof.

Municipal or municipality means the city and, where appropriate to the context, that area lying within the corporate limits of the city as such corporate limits exist or may exist in the future.

Plan for circulation (major street plan) means the component part of the master plan for the city showing the general locations of principal thoroughfares, railways, airports, waterways and other transportation facilities.

Plan for community facilities means the component part of the master plan for the city showing the general locations of parks, recreation areas, school sites and other public buildings and community facilities.

Plan for the land means the component part of the master plan for the city showing the areas recommended for residential, commercial, industrial and other purposes.

Planning commission or commission means the city planning commission, as such commission was created heretofore.

Reserve strip means the strip of land smaller than a lot retained in private ownership for the purpose of controlling access to land dedicated or intended to be dedicated to street or other public use.

Roadway means the portion of a street available for vehicular traffic; where curbs are laid, the portion between curbs.

Sidewalk means the portion of a street or crosswalkway, paved or otherwise surfaced, intended for pedestrian use only.

Sketch plan means the sketch map or drawing showing the general design of a proposed subdivision.

Street means a public right-of-way which provides vehicular and pedestrian access to adjacent properties.

Closed-end street means a short street having one (1) end open to traffic and being terminated at the other end with a vehicular turnaround.

Collector street means a street, existing or planned, which serves or is intended to serve as a secondary trafficway, collecting traffic from minor streets and feeding it into major streets or to important generators of traffic.

Major street means a street, existing or planned, which serves or is intended to serve as a principal trafficway and which is designated on the plan for circulation (major street plan) as a limited access highway, major street, thoroughfare, parkway or other term to identify those streets comprising the basic structure of the street system of the city.

Marginal access street means a street running parallel to and adjacent to or in the immediate vicinity of a major street and which has as its principal purpose the relief of such major street from the local service of abutting properties.

Minor street means a street of limited continuity which serves or is intended to serve the local needs of a neighborhood.

Subdivider means any person, group or corporation acting as a unit, or any agent thereof, dividing or proposing to divide land so as to constitute a subdivision as defined herein.

Subdivision means the division of a lot, tract, or parcel or land into two (2) or more lots, plats, sites or other division of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or building development. The term includes resubdivision and, when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land or territory subdivided. For the purposes of these regulations, divisions of land for agricultural purposes, when the resulting parcels are five (5) acres or larger in size, shall not be deemed to be subdivisions of land.

Tentative approval means the approval by the planning commission of the general subdivision plan or plat as such approval is required by these regulations.

(Code 1963, § 23½-2)

State law reference

Municipal plans, Miss. Code Ann. 1972, § 17-1-11.