§ 32-2. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Applicant means all persons, whether one or more, who request approval by the city of a plat, subdivision or lot division pursuant to this chapter.

Commission means the planning commission of the city.

Comprehensive plan means the comprehensive plan of the city containing the elements set within Minn. Stats. § 462.352, subd. 5, adopted by the city, pursuant to applicable state statutes, as now or hereafter amended or modified, and including any similar plan or plans as may supersede or be substituted for the comprehensive plan. The comprehensive plan is incorporated into this chapter by this reference, as completely as if fully set out.

Median means the value (being, in this chapter, lot area, lot depth or lot width, as the case may be) in an ordered set of such values below which and above which there is an equal number of such values, or which is the arithmetic mean of the two middle values if there is no one such middle value.

Neighborhood means all lots in the Single Dwelling Unit District, as established by chapter 36, which are wholly or partially within 500 feet of the perimeter of the proposed plat or subdivision, except:

(1)

Lots used for publicly owned parks, playgrounds, athletic facilities and golf courses;

(2)

Lots used for conditional uses, as established by chapter 36; or

(3)

Lots separated from the proposed plat or subdivision by the right-of-way of either T.H. 100 or T.H. 62.

If the neighborhood includes only a part of a lot, then the whole of that lot shall be included in the neighborhood. As to streets on the perimeter of the proposed plat or subdivision, the 500 feet shall be measured from the common line of the street and the proposed plat or subdivision.

Of record means recorded in the office of the county recorder or filed in the office of the county registrar of titles, whichever is the appropriate office to give constructive notice of the document of record.

Outlot means a tract of land identified by a capital letter and is land that is not part of a block.

Parcel, tract or lot . The definitions in chapter 36 for parcel, tract and lot are incorporated into this chapter by reference.

Plat means the map of one or more subdivisions prepared for filing of record pursuant to, and containing all elements and requirements in Minn. Stats. § 505.01 et seq. and containing all of the elements and requirements for a subdivision set forth in this chapter, to the extent such requirements and elements were not waived pursuant to such statute or this chapter, or containing all of the elements and requirements imposed by, and not waived pursuant to, the statutes and sections of this Code which were applicable when such map was prepared for filing of record.

Subdivision means the separation of an area of land, of a parcel, tract or lot into two or more parcels, tracts or lots, or long-term leasehold interests where the creation of the leasehold interest necessitates the creation of streets, roads or alleys, for residential, commercial, industrial or other use, or any combination, except the following separations:

(1)

Where all the resulting parcels, tracts, lots or interests will be 20 acres or larger in size and 500 feet or wider in width for residential uses, and five acres or larger in size and 300 feet or wider in width for commercial and industrial uses;

(2)

Creating cemetery lots; or

(3)

Resulting from court orders or the adjustment of a lot line by the relocation of a common boundary.

For the purposes of this chapter, the term "subdivision" includes registered land surveys and auditor's subdivisions.

(Code 1992, § 810.02(1); Ord. No. 804, 12-13-1989; Ord. No. 1998-5, 8-26-1998; Ord. No. 2006-01, 3-6-2006; Ord. No. 2009-05, 4-21-2009)