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<br />DEVELOPER IMPROVEMENTS. Improvements to be installed by the developer <br />as provided in this chapter and/or the development agreement <br /> <br />EASEMENT. A grant by the property owner to the use of a strip of land by the <br />public, a corporation or person for specific purposes. <br /> <br />FRONTAGE. The width of a lot or building site measured on the line separating it <br />from a public street or way. - - <br /> <br />HALF-STllEET. A street divided longitudinally by a property line. <br /> <br />LAND SURVEYOR. A registered LAND SURVEYOR capable of preparing <br />engineering plans for land subdivision plats. <br /> <br />LOT. A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended as a unit for <br />transfer of ownership or for development, capable of being occupied by 1 or more. <br />structures. <br /> <br />LOT DEPTH. The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lines ofa <br />lot. <br /> <br />LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE. A lot, the generally opposite ends of which both <br />abut on streets. <br /> <br />LOT WIDTH. The mean width measured at right angles to the depth. <br /> <br />NATURAL WATERWAY. Any natural passageway in the surface of the earth so <br />situated and having such a topographical nature that surface water flows through it from <br />other areas before reaching a final ponding area. The term also means to include any and <br />all drainage structures that have been constructed or placed for the purpose of conducting <br />water from 1 place to another. <br /> <br />OWNER. The person having legal title, his or her duly authorized agent or attomey- <br />in-fact, a purchaser, devisee, fiduciary and a person having a vested interest in the <br />property in question. <br /> <br />PEDESTRIAN WAY. A public or private right-of-way across a block or providing <br />access within a block, to be used by pedestrians and for the installation of utility lines. <br /> <br />PLAT. A map or chart indicating the subdivision or resubdivision of land, intended <br />to be filed for record <br /> <br />RESERVE STRIPs. Narrow strips or narrow strips ofland usually withheld from <br />the street right-of-way to form a barrier between certain property and the public street or <br />thoroughfare. <br /> <br />RIGHT-OF-WAY. The land covered by a public road or other land dedicated for <br />public use or for certain private use, such as land over which a power line passes. <br /> <br />STREET. A right-of-way, which affords the principal means of access to abutting <br />property. A STREET may be designated as a highway, thoroughfare, parkway, <br />boulevard, road, avenue, lane, drive, place or other appropriate name. A STREET may <br />also be identified ~ccording to type ofuse as follows: <br /> <br />4 <br />