PRE-APPLICATION MEETING:  A meeting with the Zoning Administrator and Applicant(s) prior to the Applicant(s) filing a Concept Plan Application with the City. 

PRELIMINARY PLAT: A plat map prepared in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance and the Act, and accompanying plans, reports, diagrams and text, is made for the purpose of showing the design of a proposed subdivision and the existing conditions. 

RIGHT-OF-WAY: A portion of land dedicated for public uses for streets and/or public or private utilities and improvements. 

SANITARY SEWER AUTHORITY:  The Richfield City Public Works Department with responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite wastewater systems. 

STREET: A public right-of-way, including a highway, avenue, boulevard, parkway, road, lane, walk, alley, viaduct, subway, tunnel, bridge, public easement, or other way. 

SUBDIVISION: As identified by this Ordinance, any land that is divided, re-subdivided or proposed to be divided into two (2) or more lots, plots, parcels, sites, units, or other division of land after the date of first Subdivision Ordinance enactment for the purpose, whether immediate or future, for offer, sale, lease, or development either on the installment plan or upon any and all other plans, terms, and conditions. Subdivision includes the division or development of land whether by deed, metes and bounds description, devise and testacy, lease, map, plat, or other recorded instrument. 

SUBJECT PROPERTY:  The land area proposed to be divided as provided by this Ordinance and included within an application for subdivision approval. 

UTILITIES OR IMPROVEMENTS:  All types of necessary utilities such as gas lines, culinary and secondary water lines, storm drainage systems, sanitary sewer systems, electrical power, cable, and telephone with all poles, wires, pipes, and structures as necessary to provide services. 

ZONING ADMINISTRATOR:  The person responsible for the administration and interpretation of this Ordinance.