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Construction plan means the maps or drawings,accompanying a subdivision,showing the specific location • <br /> and design of required public or private improvements to be installed as part of the subdivision in accordance with <br /> the requirements of the city or this chapter as a condition of the approval of the subdivision. <br /> Cul-de-sac means a local street with only one outlet and having an circular turnaround for the safe and <br /> convenient reversal of traffic movement. <br /> Density means the number of building sites per acre. <br /> Design standards means the specifications to the subdivider for preparation of preliminary and final plats, <br /> including but not limited to the optimum, minimum or maximum dimensions of such items as rights-of-way, <br /> blocks, easements and lots, public and private improvements. <br /> Dry buildable land means that portion of the lot not encumbered by the waters of a duly recorded lake or <br /> river,wetlands, bluffs, or slopes steeper than 30 percent. <br /> Easement means authorization by a property owner for the use by another, and for a specified purpose,of <br /> any designated part of their property. <br /> Escrow means a deposit of cash with the city. <br /> Grade means the slope of a road,street or other public way,site or topography specified in percentage <br /> terms. <br /> Improvements means any building,structure,drainage ditch,dam, roadway, parkway,sidewalk, pedestrian <br /> way,trees,shrubs,lawn,off-street parking area,sewer and water utilities,or other facility. <br /> Improvements,lot, means any improvement on the lot. <br /> Improvements,private, means any improvement required by this chapter,which improvement the city or <br /> subdivider shall construct at the subdivider's expense and for which the city will not assume any responsibility for <br /> its maintenance and operation and which shall not be dedicated to the city. • <br /> Improvements,public, means any improvement required by this chapter,which improvement the city or <br /> subdivider shall construct at the subdivider's expense and for which the city will ultimately assume the <br /> responsibility for its maintenance and operation upon issuance of the certificate of satisfactory completion. <br /> Land use plan is a chapter of the community management plan and means a combination of policy <br /> statements,goals,standards,maps and action programs for guiding the future development of private and public <br /> property.The term includes a plan designating types of uses for the entire city as well as a specialized plan showing <br /> specific areas or specific types of land uses,such as residential,commercial, industrial, public or semipublic uses or <br /> any combination of such uses.A land use plan may also include the proposed densities for development. <br /> Lot means a tract, plot or portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended as a unit for the purpose, <br /> whether immediate or future,of transfer of ownership or for building development. Every platted lot shall be a <br /> buildable lot or an outlot. <br /> Lot area means the area of a lot in a horizontal plane bounded by the lot lines, but not including any area <br /> occupied by the waters of a duly recorded lake or river or wetland or area which has been dedicated as public <br /> right-of-way. <br /> Lot, back, means a lot typically separated from a public or private road by another lot and which gains access <br /> to the public or private road via a narrow corridor.Such a separated lot is considered to be a back lot when the <br /> corridor is platted as an outlot.A separated lot is considered to be a flag lot when the corridor is platted as part of <br /> the lot.When the corridor is merely an easement over another lot,the separated lot is considered to be an <br /> easement back lot. <br /> Lot, buildable, means a lot or combination of lots or outlots which meet all of the requirements of chapter 78 <br /> and this chapter for the intended purpose. <br /> Created: 2022-03-25 15:53:40 [EST] <br /> 110 <br /> (Supp.No.20,Update 1) <br /> Page 9 of 23 <br />