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1003: 'DEFINITIONS '' 1003.010. `DEFINITIONS. `For the purpose of this Ordinance, certain words and terms are'hereby defined asset forth in the subdivisions which follow: " A. ADMINISTRATOR. The City Administrator of the City of Little Canada. ALLEY. A public or'private :right-of--way primarily designed to serve as secondary access to the side or rear of those properties whose principal frontage is on a street. APPLICANT. The owner of land proposed to be subdivided or his representative. B. BLOCK. An area of land within a subdivision that is entirely bounded by streets, or by streets and the entire boundary or boundaries of the subdivision, or a combination of the .above with a river or lake. BOULEVARD. The portion of the street right-of--way between the curb line. and the property line. BOUNDARY LINES. .Lines indicating the bounds or limits. of any tract or parcel of land. BUILDING. Any structure built for the support, shelter, or enclosure of `persons, animals, chattels, or movable property of any kind. BUILDING LINE. Means the 'line beyond which property owners or:others'have no legal or vested right to extend a`building or any part thereof without special permission and'approval of the proper authorities. C. CITY, The City of Little Canada.. CITY COUNCIL. The governing body of the City'of Little Canada. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The group bf maps,' charts and texts that make up the comprehensive long-range plan of the City.` CONTOUR MAP. A map on which irregularities of land surface are shown by lines connecting points of equal elevations. Contour .interval is the vertical height between contour lines. D. DESIGN STANDARDS. The specifications to land owners or subdividers' for the preparation 'of plats, :both preliminary and final, indicating among other things, the optimum, minimum or maximum dimensions of such items' as rights-of--way, blocks, easements and lots. Little Canada Subdivision Ordinance Definitions 1003-1 5