21.020 Definitions.

For the purpose of these regulations, the following terms are defined. Words used in the present tense include the future, the singular number includes the plural number, and the plural number includes the singular number. The word shall is mandatory.

Alley means a special public way affording only secondary access to abutting properties.

Arterial street means a street used, or intended to be used, primarily for through traffic including freeways and expressways as well as major streets, highways and parkways.

Block means a parcel of land surrounded by streets, and other parcels designated as blocks on plats which have been approved by the Common Council.

Building line means a line parallel to a lot line and at the minimum distance from the lot line to comply with the Zoning Ordinance’s yard requirements.

Building site means a parcel of land occupied, or permitted to be occupied, by a structure as permitted under applicable zoning regulations.

Certified Survey Map (CSM) means a map of land split prepared in accordance with this chapter and Wis. Stat. Ch. 236.

City means City of Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

Collector street means a street used, or intended to be used, to carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets, including the principal entrance streets to residential developments.

Comprehensive Plan means a master plan, adopted and certified by the Common Council pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 62.23 and which meets the requirements under Wis. Stat. § 66.1001. The “City of Manitowoc Comprehensive Plan,” and as subsequently amended.

Concept plan means a generalized plan intended to guide the overall division of land including the requirements of MMC 21.040(1)(a).

Cul-de-sac street means a minor street closed at one end with a turn-around provided for vehicles.

Extraterritorial plat approval jurisdiction means the unincorporated area within three miles of the corporate limits of the City as set forth in Wis. Stat. § 62.23(7)(a), except as provided in Wis. Stat. §§ 66.0105 and 236.10(2), and which instills certain powers with the City, including but not limited to subdivision review authority.

Floodplain means the land area susceptible to inundation by water as a result of a flood event as defined and mapped in MMC 15.490.

Frontage means the length of the front property line of the lot, lots, or tract of land abutting a public street, road, highway, or rural right-of-way.

Frontage street means a minor street auxiliary to and located on the side of an arterial street for control of access and for service to the abutting development.

Lot division means the division of a parcel of land into two, three, or four parcels, any one of which is five acres or less in area, for the purpose of transfer of ownership or building development.

Minor street means a street used, or intended to be used, primarily for access to abutting properties.

Official Map means a map adopted pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 62.23(6) which shows existing and proposed streets, highways, parkways, parks and playgrounds, and school sites.

Parcel means a platted lot or lot described in a CSM or in a metes and bounds description which has been approved by the City or by Manitowoc County, and has been recorded at the Manitowoc County Register of Deeds.

Plat means a map of a subdivision complete with all certificates and engineering data required by Wis. Stat. Ch. 236.

Public way means any public road, street highway, walkway, drainageway, or part thereof.

Replat means the changing of the boundaries of a recorded subdivision plat or part thereof.

Subdivider means any person, firm or corporation, or any agent thereof, dividing or proposing to divide land resulting in a major subdivision, minor subdivision, lot division or replat.

Subdivision means the definition provided in Wis. Stat. § 236.02.

[Ord. 11-429 §§ 5, 6, 2011; Ord. 08-490 § 30, 2008; Ord. 06-487 § 14, 2006. Prior code § 21.02]