§ 35-1. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
Building line: A line beyond which buildings shall be set back from the lot line.
City: The City of Irving, Texas.
City engineer, city traffic engineer, director of community development: The aforementioned staff member of the city or their designee.
Final plat: A plat that has been submitted and approved in preliminary form and has conformed to all provisions of the city ordinances.
Lot: A tract, plot or portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended as a unit for the purpose, whether immediate or future, for transfer of ownership or for building development.
Major street: A street as designated on the master street plan which is more or less continuous across the city, and intended to carry high volumes of traffic.
Master plan: A comprehensive plan of the city adopted by the city council.
Minor street: A street which is intended for low volume neighborhood traffic which is not necessarily continuous through several residential districts.
Plan: A detailed and systematic graphic representation of overall design concepts and objectives.
Planning and zoning commission: The planning and zoning commission of the city.
Plat: The map, drawings or chart on which is presented a subdivider's plan of a tract, which he submits for approval.
Preliminary plat: A plat that is submitted to the planning and zoning commission for its review of the concept and performance of the subdivision as related to the provisions of the city ordinances.
Preliminary/final plat: A plat of land for which no preliminary plat has been filed and which contains or is accompanied by all information required by this ordinance.
Secondary street: A street as designated on the master street plan which is intended as a distributor street between major streets and minor streets.
Street width: The shortest horizontal distance between the lines which delineate the right-of-way of a street.
Subdivider: Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or other legal entity who causes land, directly or indirectly, to be divided into a subdivision, or who plats said land.
Subdivisions: The division of any lot, tract or parcel of land within the city, or within five (5) miles thereof and not within or under the jurisdiction of a subdivision ordinance of another municipal corporation, into two (2) or more lots or sites for the purpose of sale or of building development or resubdivision of land or lots. Division of land into tracts or parcels of five (5) or more acres shall not be included in this definition of subdivision if such division does not include any new streets or access easements.
(Ord. No. 5740, § 2, 1-18-90)