80-56 SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR

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.. s ' . . .......�..�,,,,:�..,,,. , . , , SECTION 1 TITLE 1-1. This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited and ret�rred to as the Subdivision Ordinance o� the City of Decat�,ir. SECTION 2 � DEFINITIONS 2-1. ALLEY - a public way within a block, qenerally qiving access to the rA-,ar of lots or buildinqs and not used for general traf¢ic circulation. 2-2 . BLOCIC - a tract of land bounded by streets or by a � combination o�one or more streets , shore lines of streams or other lines o� demarcation. 2-3. BUILDING SF.T�3ACR LIVc - a line of a plat within a lot or otner parce o an w ic enotes the area between such line �� and the adjacent Iot line where structures a�e prohibited, except j utility transformer vaults and those s�ruc�ures �ermi�ted• under the �rovisions of the Zoning Ordinance . i 2-4 . CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS - the engineering dQsign standards ' and specifications or t.�e construction of roads and streets, sanitary sewers , sto rn sewers , *aater mains, traffic siqnals , si�ewalks and other miscellaneous improvements as adopted by the City of Decatur and from time to time cur�ently in force. �' � 2-5 . LOT - a portion of a subdivision or any other parcel or tract of lanc3, inte:�ded as a building site or other�ise intended �C to be developed or used as unit under separate ownership, rental, � lease agreement, or other agreement. 2-6 . LOT, CORlvER - a lot having f_cntace on two intersecting � stree�S . 2-7 . PEDES'"RZA:V �AAY - a dedicated righ= of way across or � within a block designated `or �edestrian ��se . i 2-8 . PLa.v COI4L�tZSSI��v - �::e ?1an Cor.u:lissior. of the City o= Decatur, Illino�s. 2-9 . ?LaT - a :�ap, �=awi-:g , or c?�ar= N^ic:� �ortrays a plan for t:�e �-•�is on or subd�vis�oz o� a �ar_e� o= �and.