Res 2014-135/Interlocal with Caldwell County for Subdivision Regulations

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• Fiscal Security — A bond or funds deposited to secure the construction and performance of improvements required to support the street and drainage requirements related to a subdivision plat or site plan. • Flag Lot — A lot which has street frontage via a slender strip of land conforming to the subdivision layout requirements of this ordinance. • Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance — The set of rules approved by the Commissioners Court for the purpose of minimizing public and/or private losses due to flood conditions. • Floodway — The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than a designated height. • Improvements — Street and drainage construction as required by this Development Ordinance to support the functionality and safety of a proposed development. • Groundwater Conservation District — Any district or authority created under Chapter 35 of the Texas Water Code to regulate or manage groundwater. • HMAC — Hot Mix Asphaltic Concrete. • Industrial Street — A street or road intended primarily to serve traffic within an existing or proposed industrial development. • Inspector — Designee of the Commissioners Court charged with making applicable inspections under this ordinance. • Interlocal Agreement — Agreement between Caldwell County and a municipality drafted under the authority of House Bill 1445 defining the subdivision and construction permit review procedures and terms of the shared authority over land within the ETJ of the municipality. • Joint Use Access Easement (JUAE) — An agreement defining the terms and conditions related to the use of shared access driveways. • Lot — A single defined area of land, regardless of size, identified within a subdivision plat by a number. • Major Arterial — A major traffic artery, carrying higher volumes of traffic, more or less continuously, which is intended to connect remote parts of the county and to act as a principal connecting street with other county roads and state highways. • Manufactured Rental Home Community — A parcel of land that is separated into two or more spaces or lots that are rented, leased, or offered for rent or lease without a purchase option; for a term of less than sixty (60) months, for the installation of manufactured homes for use and occupancy as residences. • Minor Arterial — A significant traffic artery, carrying high volumes of traffic, more or less continuously, which is intended to connect remote parts of the county and to act as a connecting street with other county roads and state highways. • Nonconforming Subdivision — A subdivision of land or a description of land for sale or resale that was platted or filed with the County Clerk prior to May 9, 1983 and which subdivision results in public 6