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For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates <br />or requires a different meaning. <br />ALLEY. A public right-of-way which affords a secondary means of access to abutting property. <br />BLOCK A tract of land bounded by streets or a combination of streets, parks, cemeteries, railroad <br />rights-of-way, shorelines, waterways or corporation boundary line of the city. <br />BOUNDARYLINES. The line also indicating the bounds of limits of any tract or parcel of land. <br />BUILDING LINES. The line also referred to as SETBACK LINE means the line beyond which <br />property owners or others have no legal or vested right to extend a building or any part thereof without <br />special permission and approval of the proper authorities. <br />BUTT LOT. A lot, the sideline of which coincides with the back line of one or more other lots. <br />CITY IMPROVEMENTS. Improvements to be installed by the city as provided in this chapter and/or <br />the development agreement and financed through assessments procedures. <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The comprehensive development plan made and adopted by the city <br />indicating the general locations recommended for major thoroughfares, streets, parks, public buildings, <br />zoning districts and other public improvements. <br />CONTOUR MAP. A map on which irregularities of land surface are shown by lines connecting points <br />of equal elevations. Contour intervals are the vertical heights between contour lines. <br />CORNER LOTS. The lot or lots within a plat and situated at the corners thereof so that they are <br />bounded on two sides by streets. This term applies to any lot within the plat at street intersections and <br />bounded on two sides by streets. <br />CROSS -WALK. A right-of-way, municipally owned, which cuts across a block to furnish access for <br />pedestrians to the adjacent street or properties. <br />CUL-DE-SAC. Court or dead-end street; a short minor street having one end open to traffic and being <br />permanently terminated by a vehicular turnaround. <br />DEVELOPER IMPROVEMENTS. Improvements to be installed by the developer as provided in this <br />chapter and/or the development agreement. <br />EASEMENT. A grant by the property owner to the use of a strip of land by the public, a corporation or <br />person for specific purposes. <br />FRONTAGE. The width of a lot or building site measured on the line separating it from a public street <br />or way. <br />HALF -STREET. A street divided longitudinally by a property line. <br />268 1 Page <br />