<div class="chunk-title">Section 502. - Other definitions.</div>
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               For the purpose of this ordinance, certain words or terms used herein shall be defined
               as follows:
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               <span class="ital">Block. </span>A piece of land bounded on one (1) or more sides by streets or roads.
               </p>
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               <span class="ital">Building setback line. </span>A line parallel to the front property line in front of which no structure shall be
               erected. Setbacks shall be figured from the right-of-way line.
               </p>
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               <span class="ital">Dedication. </span>A gift, by the owner, or a right to use of land for a specified purpose or purposes.
               Because a transfer of property rights is entailed, dedication must be made by written
               instrument or map and accepted by the county.
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               <span class="ital">Developer. </span>(Same as subdivider): Any person, firm, or corporation who subdivides or develops
               land as herein defined.
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               <span class="ital">Easement. </span>A grant by the property owner of a strip of land for a specified purpose and use by
               the public, a corporation, or persons.
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               <span class="ital">Half-street. </span>A street whose centerline coincides with a subdivision plat boundary, with one-half
               (Â½) the street right-of-way width being contained within the subdivision plat. Also,
               any existing street to which the parcel of land to be subdivided abuts on only one
               (1) side.
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               <span class="ital">Lot. </span>A portion of a subdivision, or any other parcel of land, intended as a unit of transfer
               of ownership or for development or both.
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               <span class="ital">Lot of record. </span>A lot which is part of a subdivision, a plat of which has been recorded in the office
               of the register of deeds of Halifax County prior to the adoption of this ordinance,
               or a lot described by metes and bounds the description of which has been so recorded
               prior to the adoption of this ordinance.
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               Lot Types:
               
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                  <span class="ital">Corner lot. </span>A lot located at the intersection of two (2) or more streets. A lot abutting on a
                  curved street or streets shall be considered a corner lot if straight lines drawn
                  from the foremost points of the side lot lines to the foremost point of the lot meet
                  at an interior angle of less than one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees.
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                  <span class="ital">Double frontage lot. </span>A continuous (through) lot which is accessible from both streets upon which it fronts.
                  </p>
               
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                  <span class="ital">Interior lot. </span>A lot other than a corner lot with only one (1) side fronting on a street.
                  </p>
               
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               <span class="ital">Official maps or plans. </span>Any maps or plans officially adopted by the board of county commissioners.
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               <span class="ital">Planned unit development. </span>A land development project planned as an entity by means of a unitary site plan which
               permits flexibility in building site, mixtures in building types and land uses, usable
               open space, and the preservation of significant natural features. (See Halifax County
               Zoning Ordinance).
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               <span class="ital">Plat. </span>A map or plan of a parcel of land which is to be, or has been, subdivided.
               </p>
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               <span class="ital">Private driveway. </span>A roadway serving two (2) or fewer lots, building sites, or other division of land
               and not intended to be public ingress or egress.
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               <span class="ital">Private street. </span>An undedicated private right-of-way which affords access to abutting properties and
               requires a subdivision streets disclosure statement in accordance with G.S. 136-102.6.
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               <span class="ital">Public water system. </span>A system for the provision to the public of piped water for human consumption if the
               system serves 15 or more service connections or which regularly serves twenty-five
               (25) or more individuals. Two (2) or more water systems that are adjacent and are
               owned or operated by the same supplier of water and that together service fifteen
               (15) or more service connections or twenty-five (25) or more persons is a public water
               system.
               </p>
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               <span class="ital">Recreation area or park. </span>An area of land or combination of land and water resources that is developed for active
               and/or passive recreation pursuits with various man-made features that accommodate
               such activities.
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               <span class="ital">Reservation. </span>A reservation of land that does not involve any transfer of property rights. It simply
               constitutes an obligation to keep property free from development for a stated period
               of time.
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               <span class="ital">Street. </span>A dedicated and accepted public right-of-way for vehicular traffic.
               </p>
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               The following classifications shall apply:
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               Rural Roads:
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               <span class="ital">Principal arterial. </span>A rural link in a network of continuous routes serving corridor movements having trip
               length and travel density characteristics indicative of substantial statewide or interstate
               travel and existing solely to serve traffic. This network would consist of interstate
               routes and other routes designed as principal arterials.
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               <span class="ital">Minor arterial. </span>A rural link in a network joining cities and larger towns and providing intrastate
               and intercounty service at relatively high overall travel speeds with minimum interference
               to through movement.
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               <span class="ital">Major collector. </span>A road which serve major intracounty travel corridors and traffic generators and provides
               access to the arterial system.
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               <span class="ital">Minor collector. </span>A road which provides service to small local communities and links locally important
               traffic generators with their rural areas.
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               <span class="ital">Local road. </span>A local road serves primarily to provide access to adjacent land and for travel over
               relatively short distances.
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               Specific Type Rural or Urban Streets:
               
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                  <span class="ital">Residential collector street. </span>A local access street which serves as a connector street between local residential
                  streets and the thoroughfare system. Residential collector streets typically collect
                  traffic from one hundred (100) to four hundred (400) hundred dwelling units.
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                  <span class="ital">Local residential street. </span>Cul-de-sacs, loop streets less than two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet in length,
                  or streets less than one (1) mile in length that do not connect thoroughfares, or
                  serve major traffic generators, and do not collect traffic from more than one hundred
                  (100) dwelling units.
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               <span class="ital">Cul-de-sac. </span>A short street having but one (1) end open to traffic and the other end being permanently
               terminated and vehicular turn-around provided.
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               <span class="ital">Frontage road. </span>A local street or road that is parallel to a full or partial access-controlled facility
               and functions to provide access to adjacent land.
               </p>
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               <span class="ital">Alley. </span>A strip of land, owned publicly or privately, set aside primarily for vehicular service
               access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
               </p>
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               <span class="ital">Subdivider. </span>Any person, firm, corporation who subdivides or develops any land deemed to be a subdivision
               as herein defined.
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