§ 4. Definitions.

For purposes of this ordinance, the following words, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall be defined as follows:

a.

Commission shall mean the planning and zoning commission of the city.

b.

Council shall mean the city council of the city.

c.

Dwelling unit shall mean any building, structure, or mobile home, or part thereof, which is designed, used, or intended to be used, for human occupancy as the living quarters of one housekeeping unit or family.

d.

Park board shall mean the parks and recreation board of the city.

e.

Park or public park shall mean public land in or near the city kept for ornament and recreation and maintained in its natural state, with or without improvements thereon.

f.

Residential or residential development shall mean the actual or proposed use of land for one or more buildings, structures or mobile homes which are designed or intended to be used, in whole or in part, for one or more dwelling units, but which are not motels or hotels as defined by Appendix A—Zoning of the Code of Ordinances of the city.

g.

Subdivider or developer shall mean an individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership, corporation, or other organization dividing or proposing to divide land, developing or making improvements to such land, so as to effect a subdivision of land hereunder for himself, or for itself, or for another.

h.

Subdivision shall mean the division of any lot, tract, or parcel of land into two (2) or more lots or sites for the purpose of sale or of building development, whether immediate or future. The term includes resubdivision or replatting of an existing subdivision, building upon, or other development of land, but does not include the division of land for agricultural purposes, i.e., ranching, farming and dwelling pertaining to such uses, in tracts of ten (10) acres or more and not involving any new street, alley, or easement of access. When appropriate to context, the term subdivision shall relate to the process of subdividing or to the land subdivided. Subdivisions of mobile home spaces for sale, lease or rent shall comply with all provisions of the city Code of Ordinances regulating mobile home parks, as it now exists or it may hereafter be amended.