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<br />a subdivision may be sold, no permit to erect, alter or repair any building upon land in a subdivision <br />may be issued, and no building may be erected in a subdivision, unless and until a subdivision plan has <br />been approved and, where required, recorded, and until the improvements required by the Council in <br />connection therewith have either been constructed or guaranteed, as herein provided. <br /> <br />~ 153.04 CONFLICT. <br /> <br />Where the conditions imposed by any provisions of this chapter are either more or less restrictive <br />than comparable conditions imposed by any other regulation, the regulations which impose the higher <br />standard or requirements shall prevail. <br /> <br />~ 153.05 DEFINITIONS. <br /> <br />For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly <br />indicates or requires a different meaning. <br /> <br />ALLEY. A public right-of-way which affords a secondary means of access to abutting property. <br /> <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 /> <br />BOUNDARY LINES. The line also indicating the bounds of limits of any tract or parcel of land. <br /> <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 /> <br />BUTT LOT. A lot, the sideline of which coincides with the back line of one or more other lots. <br /> <br />CITY IMPROVEMENTS. Improvements to be installed by the city as provided in this chapter <br />and/or the development agreement and financed through assessments procedures. <br /> <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 /> <br />CONTOUR MAP. A map on which irregularities of land surface are shown by lines connecting <br />points of equal elevations. Contour intervals are the vertical heights between contour lines. <br /> <br />CORNER LOTS. The lot or lots within a plat and situated at the comers 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 /> <br />CROSS-WALK. A right-of-way, municipally owned, which cuts across a block to furnish access <br /> <br />28 <br />