§ 4. Definitions

For the purposes of this ordinance, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section. Definitions not expressly prescribed herein are to be construed in accordance with customary usage in municipal planning and engineering practices. Any office referred to in this ordinance by title means the person employed or appointed by the city in that position, or his duly authorized representative.

Board of adjustment (board): The board established by Ordinance No. 105.

Building setback line: The line within a property defining the minimum horizontal distance between a building and the adjacent street line.

City: The City of El Lago, Texas.

City engineer: A person appointed to that position by the mayor and city council.

Commission: The planning and zoning commission of the city.

Crosswalk way: A public right-of-way, six (6) feet or more in width between property lines, which provides pedestrian circulation.

Cul-de-sac: A street having but one (1) outlet to another street, and terminated on the opposite end by a vehicular turnaround.

Deadend street: A street, other than a cul-de-sac, with only one (1) outlet.

Engineer: A person duly authorized under the provisions of the Texas Engineering [Practice] Act, as heretofore or hereafter amended, to practice the profession of engineering.

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Flood hazard prevention, Ch. 7; planning and zoning commission, App. A, § 11.01 et seq.; board of adjustment, App. A, § 13.01 et seq.

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The Texas Engineering Practice Act is codified in VTCS Art. 3271a.

Floodplain and map: The area and map designated as such by Ordinance No. 103.

Lot: An undivided tract or parcel of land having frontage on a public street and which is, or in the future may be offered for sale, conveyance, transfer or improvement; which is designated as a distinct and separate tract, and which is identified by a tract or lot number or symbol in a duly approved subdivision plat which has been properly filed of record.

Pavement width: The portion of a street available for vehicular traffic; where curbs are laid, it is the portion between the face of the curbs.

Person: Any individual, association, firm, corporation, governmental agency or political subdivision.

Plat: The map, drawing or chart on which a subdivider's proposed plan of subdivision development is presented and which he submits for approval and intends to record in final form.

Replatting: The subdivision of any part of a block of previously platted subdivision, addition or any tract or parcel of land that does not change the location of any street line or original subdivision boundary line.

Street: A public right-of-way, however, designated, which provides vehicular access to adjacent land.

(1) An arterial street primarily provides vehicular circulation to various sections of the city.

(2) A collector street primarily provides circulation within the neighborhoods, to carry traffic from minor streets to arterial streets, or to carry traffic through or adjacent to commercial or industrial areas.

(3) A marginal street is a street which is parallel to and adjacent to an arterial street, which primarily provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.

(4) A minor street is one used primarily for access to abutting residential property.

Street line: The line which delineates the right-of-way of the street.

Street width: The shortest distance between the lines which delineate the right-of-way of the street.

Subdivider: Any person or any agent thereof, dividing or proposing to divide land so as to constitute a subdivision as that term is defined herein. In any event, the term "subdivider" shall be restricted to include only the owner, equitable owner or authorized agent of such owner or equitable owner, of land sought to be subdivided.

Subdivision: A division of any lot, tract or parcel of land situated within the corporate limits or within the extraterritorial jurisdiction area of the city into two (2) or more lots or sites for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or of building development, and/or which includes the dedication of any land to the public use, whether in the form of streets, alleys, easements, parks or playgrounds. Subdivision includes resubdivision, but it does not include the division of land for agricultural purposes in parcels or tracts of five (5) acres or more and not involving any new street, alley, or easement of access.

Surveyor: A licensed state land surveyor or a registered public surveyor, as authorized by the state statutes to practice the profession of surveying.

Utility easement: An interest in land granted to the city, to the public generally, and/or to a private utility corporation, for installing or maintaining utilities across, over or under private land, together with the right to enter thereon with machinery and vehicles necessary for the maintenance of said utilities.

See the editor's note at the beginning of this appendix.