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I I 14. Density: The number of dwelling units per gross acre of subdivision, excluding any areas that are nonresidential in use. 15. Developer: An individual, partnership. corporation. or governmental entity undertaking the subdivision or improvement of land'and other activities covered by these regulations. including the preparation of a subdivision plat showing the layout of the land and the public improvements involved therein. The term "developer" is intended to include the term "subdivider" even though personnel in successive stages of a project may vary. 16. Development: The construction of one or more new buildings or struc- tures on one or more building lots, the moving Of an existinq building to another lot, or the use of open land for a new use. liTo Develop" shall mean to create development. 17. Director of Planning: The duly authorized employee or representative of the City in charge of the planning function for the City and charged with implementation and enforcement of the subdivision, zoning and other growth-related ordinances. 18. Director of Public Works: The duly authorized employee or representa- tive of the City in charge of the Street Department, Water Department. Sewer Department, or a combination of such departments of the City. . 19. Easement: An interest in land granted to the City, to the public generally, and/or to a private utility corporation. 20. Engineer: A person duly authorized under the provisions of the Texas Engineering Registration Act, as heretofore or hereafter amended. to practice the profession of engineering. 21. Extraterritorial Jurisdiction: The unincorporated area, not a part of any other city. which is contiguous to the corporate limits of the City of San Marcos, the outer limits of which are measured from the extremities of the corporate limits of the City outward for such distances as may be stipulated in the Texas Municipal Annexation Act in accordance with the total population of the incorporated City, and in which area, within the terms of the Act, the City may enjoin the violation of its Subdivision Ordinance. 22. Final Plat: The plat submitted for final approval, and which shall be prepared and submitted in accordance with this Ordinance. 23. Flood Plain: Any and all land area adjoining the channel of a river, stream, lake, water course, marshy area, or other drainage element, which has been or may be inundated by storm water runoff. The extent of the flood plain shall be determined by the crest of a flood having an average frequency of occurrence of once in one hundred (100) years, as established by the Federal Insurance Administration. 24. Floodway: The channel of a river or other water course 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 one foot. -4-