Chapter 17.08 DEFINITIONS AND USE OF LANGUAGE

Chapter 17.08
DEFINITIONS AND USE OF LANGUAGE

Sections:

17.08.010 Use of language.

“Shall” is mandatory, and “may” and “should” are permissive. All other words, unless otherwise defined in this chapter, shall be given their ordinary and customary meaning. (Ord. 766 § 2, 1998).

17.08.020 Definitions.

As used in Chapters 17.08 through 17.24 BLMC, the following terms and phrases shall have the following meanings:

A. “Arterial street” means a street designated as a principle or minor arterial by the city’s transportation element of the comprehensive plan as presently constituted or as hereafter amended.

B. “City” means the city of Bonney Lake.

C. “Collector street” means a street that connects neighborhoods with minor or major arterials, designated as a “collector arterial” by the transportation element of the comprehensive plan as presently constituted or as hereafter amended.

D. “Comprehensive plan” means the comprehensive plan of the city.

E. “Council” means the council of the city.

F. “Cul-de-sac (permanent)” means a short street having one end open to traffic and the other end being permanently terminated by a vehicle turnaround.

G. “Cul-de-sac (temporary)” is a dead-end local access road that is expected to be extended in the future.

H. “Dedication” means the transfer of title to real property by its owner to the city for a municipal purpose.

I. “Easement” means the grant of a right to use real property by its owner to the city for a municipal purpose, the owner retaining title to the property.

J. “Engineer” means the engineer of the city or the public works director.

K. “Final plat” means a map of a subdivision of land which has been accurately surveyed and staked on the ground so that streets, alleys, blocks, lots and other divisions thereof can be identified and which has been duly approved by the city.

L. “Letter of credit” means a document issued by a bank that supports or backs up the credit of a party and provides security for the performance of the party’s obligations.

M. “Lot” means a portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land capable of being sold or transferred as a unit for development.

N. “Director of planning and community development” means the director of planning and community development.

O. “Preliminary plat” means a preliminary map indicating a proposed subdivision or resubdivision of land.

P. “Plat” is a map of a subdivision showing thereon the division of a tract into lots, blocks, streets and alleys or other divisions and dedications.

Q. “Preliminary plat” is a neat and approximate drawing of a proposed subdivision showing the general layout of streets and alleys, lots, blocks, and other elements of a subdivision consistent with the requirements of this chapter. The preliminary plat shall be the basis for the approval or disapproval of the general layout of a subdivision.

R. “Short subdivision” means the division of land into nine or less lots, tracts, parcels, or other division of land for the purpose of sale or lease.

S. “Street” means a right-of-way, dedicated to the public use, which provides access to adjacent lots and land.

T. “Subdivision” means a division of land into 10 or more lots or other divisions of land for the purpose of development or of transfer. (Ord. 766 § 2, 1998).