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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ORDINANCE 78-3 AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE RELATING 1 TO SUBDIVISIONS, PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, PROVID- ING FOR REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATION, PROVIDING FOR DESIGN STANDARDS, PROVIDING FOR LOTS, CANALS AND WATERWAYS, PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC SITES AND OPEN SPACES, PROVIDING FOR AN AGREEMENT TO MAINTAIN, PROVIDING FOR EXCEPTIONS, VARIANCES AND APPEALS, PROVIDING FOR EN- FORCEMENT AND PENALTIES AND PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY; FLORIDA, THAT: SECTION 1. PURPOSE OF SUBDIVISION nRDINANCE 1. To establish uniform standards for the desion of subdivision and the preparation of subdivision plats. i 2. To bring tooether in coordinated and convenient form, all `r official requirements pertaining to the processing of plats. • 2. To facilitate coordination of subdivision plats with the zoning, highway and public improvement plans of the County. 4. To assure consistency and equitable treatment for Engineers, Surveyors and Subdividers in the review of their plats. S. This ordinance shall conform to and supplement Chapter 177 .Laws of Florida. SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS 1.. Inclusions: As used in this ordinance words in the sinnular include the plural and those in the plural include the singular. The word "person" includes a corporation, unincorporated asso- ciation and a partnership, as well as an individual. The word ®building" includes structure and shall be construed as if followed by the phrase "or part thereof The word "street" includes avenue, boulevard, parkway, court, highe:av, land, roadway and expressway. The word "watercourse" includes chan- nel, creek, ditch, drain, dry run,*sprinn, stream and canal, but does not include a lake, pond or pool without outlet. The word "may" is permissive; the word "shall" is mandatory and not merely directory. 2. DEFINITION OF TERMS ALLEY: A public right-of-way, not over 30 feet in width, providing a secondary means of access and service to abutting property. BOARD: Shall mean the Board of County Commissioners, Indian River County, Florida. 'COUNTY: Is Indian River County, Florida. CUL-DE-SAC: A minor street intersection another street at one end and terminated at the other end by a vehicular turnaround.