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(1) Arterial street or highway. Streets providing for traffic movements between traffic generation areas. (2) Collector streets. Streets providing connection primarily between arterial streets or arterial and local streets. (3) Local streets. Streets serving primarily as access to abutting properties and not intended as majbr streets or highways carrying-through traffic. - STREET WIDTH. The shortest distance between lines of lots delineating the street. SUBDIVIDER. Any person who undertakes the subdivision of land as defined herein. The SUBDIVIDER may be the owner or the authorized agent of the owner of the land to be subdivided. SUBDIVISION.. The division of a single lot, tract or parcel of land, or a part thereof, into 2 or more lots, tracts or parcels of land THOROUGHFARE. A publieright-'of-way with a high degree of traffic continuity and serving as an arterial traffic way between the various districts of the city. TOPOGRAPHY. The detailed description of the features of a relatively small area, also the relief features or surface configuration of an area. WATERCOURSE. Shall include channel, creek, ditch, drain, river and stream. WATERSHED. Rice Creek Watershed District. ZONING. The reservation of a certain specified areas within the munici~ty for buildings and structures for certain purposes with other limitations such as heIghts, lot coverage and other stipulated requirements. DESIGN STANDARDS 1153.15 GENERAL. Subdivision design shall comply with the following general design standards: (A) Naturalfeatures. Existing natural features which would add value to the subdivision and the city, such as trees, steep slopes, watercourses, historic spots and similar irreplaceable assets, shall be preserved, insofar as possible, through harmonious design of the subdivision. (B) Land dedication. In all new subdivisions, 10% of the gross area subdivided shall be dedicated for public recreation space, with this 10% being in addition to property dedicated for streets, alleys, easements or other public ways. No areas may be dedicated for public use until the areas have been approved as being suitable and needed for the public health, safety, convenience and/or general welfare. When the subdivision is too small for practical dedication of public land or if no land in the subdivision is suitable for that use, the subdivider shall be required to pay a fee as per schedule in effect per lot created or 10% of$e subdivision land value, whichever is greater, prior to subdivision; 5