9-461. Definitions


In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:


1. "General plan" means a municipal statement of land development policies, which
may include maps, charts, graphs and text which set forth objectives, principles and
standards for local growth and redevelopment enacted under the provisions of this article
or any prior statute.


2. "Municipal" or "municipality" means an incorporated city or town.


3. "Planning agency" means the official body designated by local ordinance to carry
out the purposes of this article and may be a planning department, a planning commission,
a hearing officer, the legislative body itself, or any combination thereof.


4. "Right-of-way" means any public right-of-way and includes any area required for
public use pursuant to any general or specific plan.


5. "Specific plan" means a detailed element of the general plan enacted under the
provisions of this article or a prior statute.


6. "Street" means streets, highways, freeways, expressways, avenues, boulevards,
parkways, roads, lanes, walks, alleys, viaducts, subways, tunnels, bridges, public access
easements and rights-of-way.


7. "Subdivision regulations" means a municipal ordinance regulating the design and
improvement of subdivisions enacted under the provisions of article 6.2 of this chapter,
or any prior statute, regulating the design and improvement of subdivisions.


8. "Zoning ordinance" means a municipal ordinance regulating the use of land,
structures or both, under the provisions of this article.