§ 70-3. Definitions

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Administrative officers are any officers referred to by title, i.e., city manager, city attorney, city secretary, city engineer, director of public works, etc., and shall be the person so retained in this position by the city, or his duly authorized representative.

Alley shall mean minor way used primarily for vehicular service to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.

Building line shall be a line beyond which any structure must be set back from the street or road right-of-way line or property line.

City or the City shall mean the City of McLendon-Chisholm.

City council shall be the governing body of the City of McLendon-Chisholm, Texas.

Codes shall mean any adopted set of regulations. All improvements within the city shall be in accordance with the codes adopted by the City of McLendon-Chisholm, Texas.

Collector street shall be a street which is continuous through several residential districts and is intended as a connecting street between residential districts and thoroughfares, highways, or business districts.

Commission shall mean the city planning and zoning commission, if active. If inactive, then commission shall refer to the city council as the authority for plat review, study and approval.

Cul-de-sac shall mean a short residential street having but one vehicular access to another street and terminated by a vehicular turn around.

Dead-end street shall mean a street with only one outlet. There shall be no dead-end streets without a cul-de-sac turn-around.

Easement shall mean an area on private property designated for some specific purpose, together with the uninhibited right of access and use of said area as long as this purpose is served.

Engineer shall be the City Engineer of the City of McLendon-Chisholm, the city's consulting engineers, or their duly authorized representatives.

Final plat shall be any plat or any lot, tract, or parcel of land that is to be recorded of record in the Deed Records of Rockwall County, Texas.

Master plan shall be the comprehensive plan of the city and adjoining areas as adopted by the city council, including all its revision. This plan indicates the general location recommended for various land uses, transportation routes, public developments and improvements.

Owner, subdivider, or owner/subdivider, as used herein shall refer to the person or entity owning the property in fee simple or possessing the lawful authority to subdivide or convey the property. It shall also include the duly authorized agent or representative of the owner of the real estate or a person holding a lawful and valid power of attorney concerning the property.

Plat shall mean a subdivision exhibit, legal description, plans and necessary signature blocks.

Preliminary plan shall be any plat of any lot, tract, or parcel of land that is not to be recorded of record but is only a proposed division of land for review and study by the city.

Re-platting shall be the re-subdivision of any part or all of any block or blocks of a previously platted subdivision, addition, lot or tract.

Residential street shall be a street which is intended primarily to serve traffic within a neighborhood or limited residential district and which is used primarily for access to abutting properties.

Re-subdivision shall mean the division of an existing subdivision, together any change of lot size therein, or with the relocation of any street lines.

The word shall, shall be deemed as mandatory. The word may shall be deemed as permissive.

Street means a way for vehicular traffic whether designated a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place or however otherwise designated.

Street right-of-way width shall be the shortest distance between the lines, which delineate the rights-of-way of a street.

Subdivision shall mean the division of a tract or parcel of land into two or more parts or lots for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale, building, development, or transfer of ownership, and shall include re-subdivision.

Thoroughfare shall be a principal traffic thoroughfare more or less continuous across the city which is intended to connect remote parts of the city, or areas adjacent thereto, and act as a principal connecting street with state and interstate highways.