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Words not defined herein shall have the meanings stated in the Standard Building Code, Standard Plumbing Code, Standard Gas Code, Standard Fire Prevention Code, and the Irmo Zoning Ordinance. Words not defined in these codes and ordinances shall have the meanings in Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, as revised. Drainage. The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by drains, grading, or other means. Drainage facility. The system through which water flows from the land, including all watercourses, water bodies, and wetlands. Drainage systems. The system through which water flows from the land, including all watercourses, water bodies, and wetlands. Easement. A right-of-way granted, but not dedicated, for limited use of private land for a public or quasi-public purpose and within which the owner of the property shall not erect any permanent structures. Escrow. A deed, a bond, money, or a piece of property delivered to a third person to be delivered by him to the grantee only upon fulfillment of a condition. Final plat. The final map of all or a portion of a subdivision which is presented for final approval. Gutter. A shallow channel usually set along a curb or the pavement edge of a road for purposes of catching and carrying off water. Improvement. Any manmade immovable item, which becomes part of, placed upon, or is affixed to real estate. Land development. The changing of land characteristics through redevelopment, construction, subdivision into parcels, condominium complexes, commercial parks, shopping centers, industrial parks, mobile home parks, and similar developments for sale, lease, or any combination of owner and rental characteristics. Plat. A map or drawing upon which the developer's plan of a subdivision or land development is presented for approval. Right-of-way. A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, crosswalk, railroad, road, electric transmission line, gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, shade trees, or for another special use. Riparian buffers or buffer zones. These are corridors of vegetation along rivers, streams, and waterways. Riparian areas form the transition between aquatic and terrestrial environments. Subdivision. The division of a tract, parcel, or lot into two or more lots or building sites, or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale, legacy, or building development, and includes all division of land involving a new street or a change in existing streets and includes the resubdivision of land. |