Definitions: Definitions for the interpretation of these rules and regulations are as follows:
Agricultural Uses: The use of a tract of land of not less than 40 acres for the growing of crops, pasturage or nursery, including the structures necessary for carrying out farming operations and the dwellings of those owning or operating the premises, a member of the family thereof, or persons employed thereon, and the family thereof, but such use shall not include feedlots as defined by State statute.
Alley: A dedicated public right-of-way, other than a street, which provides only a secondary means of access to abutting property, the right-of-way of which is twenty (20) feet or less in width.
Block: A piece or parcel of land entirely surrounded by public highways, streets, streams, railroad rights-of-way or parks, etc., or a combination thereof.
City Engineer: The person responsible to perform the duties of the City Engineer including any and all special engineers as appointed by the City Manager.
Comprehensive Plan: The El Dorado Comprehensive Plan, as amended.
Cul-de-sac: A vehicular turnaround which is located at the closed end of a dead-end street or alley.
Design: The location of streets, alignment of streets, grades and widths of streets, alignment of easements, grades and widths of easements, alignment and rights-of-way for drainage and sanitary sewers, and the designation of minimum lot area, width and length.
Easement: A permanent or temporary grant of right by a landowner to the public, a corporation or other persons, of the use of a portion of a lot or tract of land for specified purposes where title to said portion of the lot or tract of land remains with the landowner.
Final Plat: A plan or map prepared in accordance with the provisions of this regulation and those of any other applicable local regulation, which plat is prepared to be placed on record in the office of the Register of Deeds of the County.
Governing Body : The City
Commission of
Governing Body of
Jurisdiction: The City Commission of El Dorado, Kansas, or the Board of
County Commissioners of
Improvements: Street work, utilities, sidewalks, drainage structures and other physical modifications which are to be installed or constructed by the subdivider for the benefit of the lot owners and for the proper development of the community, as a condition precedent to the approval and acceptance of the final plat.
Open Space: An area of land or water or combination thereof planned for passive or active recreation, but does not include areas utilized for streets, alleys, driveways or private roads, off-street parking or loading areas, or required front, rear or side yards.
Pedestrian Way: A right-of-way dedicated to public use, which cuts across a block to facilitate pedestrian access to adjacent streets and properties.
Planning Commission:
Shall mean the City of
Platting Binder: A report issued by a title insurance company setting forth the conditions to be met for certain property to be platted (e.g., easements filed for record, mortgages, fee title owners, etc).
Preliminary Plat: A map made for the purpose of showing the design of a proposed subdivision and the existing conditions in and around it; this map need not be based on accurate or detailed final survey of the property.
Secretary: Secretary of the planning commission.
Setback: The required minimum horizontal distance between the building line and the related front, side, or rear property line.
Street: A right-of-way, dedicated to the public use, which provides vehicular and pedestrian access to adjacent properties.
Subdivider: A person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association who causes land to be divided into subdivision for itself or for others.
Subdivision: The division of a tract of land into two or more lots or parcels for the purpose of transfer of ownership or building development, or, if a new street is involved, any division of a parcel of land. The term "subdivision" includes "resubdivision", and the term "resubdivision", as used herein, shall include any further subdivision of a lot or parcel of land previously subdivided, for sale, use, or other purposes, which varies from the latest, approved plat of the same.
Zoning Administrator: The individual appointed by the City Manager to administer these regulations.