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17.05.020 GENERAL PROVISIONS AND REQUIREMENTS(d)(e)(f)No subdivision of land shall be made, and no land in any subdivision shall be sold or offered for sale, until aplat of subdivision, prepared in accordance with the requirements of this title and state law, has been approvedby the planning commission serving as the platting authority and has been filed in the office of the staterecorder, Ketchikan Recording District.This title shall be known as the “Subdivision Ordinance,” and may be cited as such.All existing provisions, sections, subsections, paragraphs, and other divisions of this title that refer to “plattingboard” hereafter shall mean “planning commission.” [Ord. No. 1068, §1, 6-15-98; Ord. No. 350, §1, 4-7-80.Code 1974 §55.10.005.]17.05.020 Definitions.For purposes of this title the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the following meanings:“Abbreviated plat” means any minor subdivision of a single tract into four or fewer lots that does not require extensionof utilities or platting of rights-of-way.“Block” means a tract of land bounded by streets, or by a combination of streets and public parks, cemeteries, railroads,rights-of-way, shorelines of waterways, or boundary lines of municipalities.“Board” means the Ketchikan Gateway Borough planning commission serving as the platting authority.“Bond” means a form of surety bond in such amount and form as required and permitted by this title.“Borough” means the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska.“Borough clerk” means that person appointed to keep a record of the actions of the borough assembly.“Borough engineer” or “engineer of the borough” means a professional engineer licensed to practice within the stateof Alaska and designated by the borough manager.“Borough planning and zoning clerk” means an employee of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough whose duties includekeeping a record of the actions of the planning commission serving as the platting authority and planning commission.“Buffer yard” means a unit of land, together with a specified type and amount of planting thereon, and any fences,walls or berms which may be required by the planning commission serving as the platting authority to minimizeconflicts between a cluster subdivision and adjoining property.“City engineer” or “engineer of the city” means a professional engineer licensed to practice within the state ofAlaska and designated by the city manager.“Commission” means the Ketchikan Gateway Borough planning and zoning commission.“Comprehensive plan” means that document of text, charts, graphics or maps or any combination thereof designedto portray general long-range proposals and policies regarding the arrangement of land uses which is intended primarilyto guide governmental policy toward achievement of orderly and coordinated development of the entirecommunity, provided such document is adopted by ordinance by the legislative body and including any part of suchplan separately adopted and any amendment to such plan or parts thereof.“Corner lot” means a lot located at the intersection of two (2) or more access rights-of-way or easements.“Dedication” means the deliberate appropriation of land by an owner for any public use, reserving to himself noother rights than such as are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment of the public uses to which the propertyhas been devoted. The intention of the owner to dedicate such property shall be evidenced by the submission of afinal plat showing the dedication thereon, and as provided in AS Title 40.17-4
KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH CODE 17.05.020“Dwelling, townhouse” means a building designed exclusively for occupancy by one (1) family and containing one(1) dwelling unit, occupying space from the ground to the roof and not lying vertically under or over adjacent units,and attached to a series of two (2) or more, but not exceeding seven (7) additional similar dwelling units, each ofwhich is located on a separate lot, and each of which shares a common wall, located on a side lot line, with anothersimilar dwelling unit.“Dwelling, twinhouse” means a building, located on a separate lot, designed exclusively for occupancy by one (1)family and containing one (1) dwelling unit, which is attached by a common wall located on a side lot line to a similarbuilding on an adjacent lot containing one (1) dwelling unit.“Easement” means a grant of the use of the land by the owner of the property to the public or to a person or a corporationfor specific and designated purposes and includes a right-of-way for such purposes.“Final plat” means the final drawing of the proposed subdivision prepared, drawn, and submitted in accordance withthe requirements of this title and state law, which shall be deemed to incorporate all the conditions upon which thepreliminary plat was approved by the planning commission serving as the platting authority and which, uponapproval, is recorded in the Recorder’s Office, Ketchikan Recording District, Ketchikan, Alaska.“Flood management area” means those areas designated and depicted as “Special Flood Hazard Areas” and “OtherFlood Areas” on the official flood insurance rate map (FIRM) of the city of Ketchikan, Alaska, dated April 16, 1990,prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which flood insurance rate map, and the flood insurancestudy, are on file in the office of the borough clerk as document No. 90-14 and in the borough department of planningand community development, 1900 First Avenue, Ketchikan, AK 99901, and are available for public inspectionand copying and are incorporated herein by reference thereto.“Improvements” means any construction incident to servicing or furnishing facilities for a subdivision including,but not limited to, grading, streets, street surfacing, curbs, gutters, driveway approaches, sidewalks, crosswalks,water mains and lines, sanitary sewers, culverts, drains, bridges, utilities, and any other items which are appurtenantto construction, or which constitute any part of a physical betterment to real property.“Lot” means a tract, plot, or portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended as a unit for the purpose,whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or for building development.“Lot lines” means the fixed boundaries of a lot shown on a preliminary plat or on a final plat.“Monument” means a permanent survey control point.“Official map” means the map established by the planning and zoning commission showing the streets, highways,and parks theretofore laid out, adopted and established by law and any duly adopted amendments thereto, resultingfrom the approval of subdivision plats by the planning commission serving as the platting authority and the subsequentfiling and recording of such approved plats.“Owner” means the person or persons, firm, corporation, association, or other legal entity holding title to the land,or vendees under a land sales contract, or holding other title or interest in land whether said interest is equitable,legal, joint, reputed, record, or otherwise.“Person” means any natural individual, firm, partnership, association, joint stock company, joint venture, public orprivate corporation, or a receiver, executor, trustee, conservator or other representative appointed by order of anycourt or in any other manner.“Planning official” means that person designated by the borough manager charged with enforcement and administrationof this title.“Plat alteration” means a movement or elimination of lot lines on a plat.17-5
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