Sec. 41-2. - Definitions.
In this article:
Building means any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.
Development plat has the meaning assigned to that term by section 42-1 of this Code.
Directional prefix means any of the four cardinal compass directions (north, south, east or west) preceding a street name.
Directional suffix means any of the cardinal compass directions (north, south, east or west) or inter-cardinal compass directions (northwest, southwest, northeast or southeast) following a street name.
Director means the director of the department of planning and development or the director's designees.
Identifying number has the meaning assigned to that term by section 10-211 of this Code.
Non-public street means:
(1) Any area, parcel, or strip of land to which there is no other access from a public street than over the area, parcel, or strip of land in question and that:
a. Is not a public street; and
b. Provides access from any public street in the city to any building or buildings designed or appropriate for occupancy by:
[1] Two or more dwelling units;
[2] Two or more business, industrial or commercial establishments; or
[3] One or more industrial, commercial or business establishments and two or more dwelling units; or
(2) Any area, strip, or parcel of land that:
a. Provides a connection between any two public streets; and
b. Is used by the general public for the purpose of traveling from one public street to the other; or
(3) A private drive, a private street, or a permanent access easement, as these terms are defined in chapter 42 of this Code.
The public may use a non-public street if its use is not physically obstructed. A posted sign prohibiting use of non-public street does not constitute sufficient notice that the owner of a non-public street has prohibited use by the public, unless the owner has taken affirmative steps to prohibit such use.
A non-public street does not include:
(1) Any driveway designed principally to provide access to the outbuildings appurtenant to any principal building, or to provide access to delivery platforms or the entrances of a building appropriate for the delivery thereto of goods or merchandise.
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(2) An area appurtenant to a store or a group of stores, a theater, a church or any similar establishment, designed primarily to be used as a parking space by customers or patrons of the establishment or group of establishments in question.
(3) An entranceway or roadway designed to provide entrance to or communication or passage between the several units of a single industrial establishment or of a group of such establishments which are under common control or management; provided such industrial entranceway or roadway shall be considered a non-public street under the terms of this chapter if it has entrances upon two or more public streets, unless there are, at each of such entrances, gates, chains, or watchmen by which all persons are prevented from using the same except those employed by or having business to conduct at such industrial establishments.
(4) A shared driveway, as that term is defined in chapter 42 of this Code.
Parcel means any quantity of land capable of being described with such definiteness that its location and boundaries can be established that is designated by its owner as land to be used or developed as a unit or that has been used or developed as a unit.
Public street means a public street right-of-way.
Site address means the series of ordered components required to provide a unique identifier of location to a building or parcel, consisting of an identifying number, a street name and a street name suffix.
Subdivision plat has the meaning assigned to that term by section 42-1 of this Code.
Street means a public street or a non-public street.
Street name means the combination of words used to form the proper title of a street.
Street name suffix means a descriptive road type, such as "street," "road" or "highway."
(Code 1968, § 42-1; Ord. No. 2014-364, § 11, 4-30-2014)
