§ 48-120. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Alley means a minor public right-of-way used primarily for vehicular access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.

Building setback line means the line indicating the minimum horizontal distance between the street line and building or any projection thereof, other than steps, eaves or overhangs.

City means the City of Shreveport, being in Caddo Parish, State of Louisiana.

City council means the chief legislative body of the City of Shreveport.

Crosswalkway means a public right-of-way used primarily for pedestrian travel through or across any portion of a block.

Cul-de-sac means a short, minor street, having but one end open for motor traffic, the other being terminated by a vehicular turn-around.

Easement means a grant by a property owner of the use, for a specific purpose or purposes of a designated strip of land to the general public, a corporation or other individuals.

Lot means a portion of a subdivision intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for development or both, and having frontage on a dedicated street. In determining the area and dimensions of a lot, no part of the right-of-way of a street or crosswalk may be included.

Lot, double frontage means a lot with opposite ends abutting on streets.

Lot frontage means the front dimension of a lot measured along the street right-of-way.

Lot width means the width of the lots at the building line measured parallel to the street right-of-way line.

Major street plan or official map means a part of the master plan showing the location and dimensions of principal thoroughfares. (Land shown in parks and parkways along such thoroughfares is not deemed part of the street right-of-way.)

Master plan means the comprehensive plan made by the metropolitan planning commission and adopted by the city council and the parish commission in their respective jurisdictions which indicates the physical development for the city and the surrounding areas, all as provided by law; the term includes any unit or part of such plan separately adopted and any amendment to such plan or parts thereof.

Metropolitan planning area or planning area means the city and the areas outside of its boundaries as shown on the map attached to the ordinance from which this article is derived and any amendments thereto.

Official map means the map established by the city council and the parish commission as provided by law, showing the streets theretofore existing and established by law as public streets and any amendments thereto adopted by the city council or the parish commission, as appropriate, or additions thereto resulting from approval of subdivision plats and the subsequent recording of such approved plats.

Planning commission means the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission of Caddo Parish.

Plat of subdivision means a map showing the division of any tract of land into two or more parcels, and prepared for the purpose of recording.

Protective covenant means a restriction on the use of private property within a subdivision for the purpose of providing mutual protection against undesirable aspects of development. Protective covenants regulating the use of land represent an express agreement between the subdivider and the lot purchasers.

Public improvements means any of the following: roadway pavement, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, crosswalks, water and sanitary sewage systems, storm sewers, electric power and gas lines, street lighting systems, and other appurtenant construction as related to the subdivision preliminary plan.

Right-of-way means the entire strip of land lying between the property lines of a street or thoroughfare, alley, crosswalkway, or easement.

Roadway means the portion of a street available for vehicular traffic; where curbs are laid, the portion between curbs.

Rules of procedure means regulations adopted by the planning commission, the city council and the parish commission for the submission and approval of subdivision plats.

Sidewalks means the portion of a street or crosswalkway, paved or otherwise surfaced, intended for pedestrian use only.

Staff means employees of the planning commission and professional members of other city and parish departments.

Streets means a right-of-way designed for vehicular and pedestrian traffic regardless of its designation by name, such as street, thoroughfare, avenue, lane, place or the like. Streets are further classified as follows:

(1)

Express or parkway. Access limited to major arterial streets to move large volumes of traffic, and may provide scenic and recreational features.

(2)

Major arterial streets: To provide for large volumes of through traffic and not providing local access to abutting property.

(3)

Collector—Commercial and industrial: To move local traffic to major arterial streets.

(4)

Residential collector streets: To move neighborhood traffic to other neighborhoods and to major arterial streets.

(5)

Residential principal streets: To move traffic within subdivision.

(6)

Residential minor streets: Limited to cul-de-sac and short loop streets serving under 30 residences.

Subdivider means any person dividing or proposing to divide land so as to constitute a subdivision.

Subdivision means the division of a lot, a tract, or a parcel of land or a portion thereof, into lots, sites, or other divisions, any one or more of which is to be platted as a lot of record for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or building development, and includes resubdivision, or the consolidation of multiple lots or tracts or portions thereof into single lots or a fewer number of lots, and, when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing, as to the land or area subdivided. Subdivisions shall be classified as follows:

(1)

Major subdivision means any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision, including but not limited to, subdivisions of six or more lots, or any size subdivision requiring the creation of any new street.

(2)

Minor subdivision means any subdivision creating five or fewer lots fronting on an existing street, not involving the creation of any new street, and not in conflict with any provision or portion of the master plan, official map, chapter 54 or this chapter.

(3)

Exempt subdivisions include the following:

a.

The sale or exchange of parcels between adjoining lot owners, where such sale or exchange of parcels does not create additional lots or tracts capable of meeting the requirements for building sites and does not otherwise conflict with chapter 54, Zoning; and

b.

The subdivision of land within cemeteries.

Subdivision preliminary plan means a drawing showing a proposed subdivision of land together with the public improvements which are to be installed therein. Such a drawing is not recordable.

Zoning means regulation by districts of the height, area, and use of buildings, use of land and density of population.

(Code 1985, § 22-101; Ord. No. 1268, § 1(1), 7-22-1970; Ord. No. 2029, 8-25-1982; Ord. No. 2115, § 1, 12-21-1983; Ord. No. 2188, 9-19-1984; Ord. No. 3768, 4-27-2000; Ord. No. 4612, 2-22-2007)