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deaigned to carry traffic from residential or <br />developments to the ma3'or system of arterial streets. <br /> <br />other <br /> <br />STREET, INTERNAL COLLECTOR. A street primarily designed to <br />provide circulation and thoroughfare within a subdivision. An <br />internal collector street may also be required to se~e as <br />access %o abutting properties or lots and to connect with <br />s~ree%s in adjoining subdivisions- <br /> <br />STREET, MARGINAL ACCESS. A street, generally paralleling and <br />contiguous to a main thoroughfare designed, primarily, ~o <br />promote safety by providing free access to adjoining property <br />and limited access to the main thoroughfare- <br /> <br />STREET, MINOR. A street primarily designed to provide access <br />to abutting properties or lots within a subdivision but may <br />also connect with streets in adjoining subdivisions. <br /> <br />STREET, PUBLIC. An existing street or platted street <br />dedicat~=d and accepted for the use of the general public, <br />graded and paved or to be graded and paved in order that <br /> <br />for all normal purposes of ~ravel, transportation or parking <br />%0 which it is adopted and devoted. <br /> <br />STREET WIDTH. The shornest distance between the lines which <br />delineate the right-of--way of a street. <br /> <br />SUBDIVISION. The division of a parcel of land into two <br />Or more lots or parcels for the purpose, Whether immediate or <br />future, of transfer of ownership or of buildin~ development, <br />inoludin~ all changes in existing street or lot lines and any <br />new streets: p~ovided, however, thmt divisions of land into <br />parcels of three {3) acres or more not involving any new <br />atree~ or easement shall no~ be deemed a subdivision; and <br />further, provided that any subdivision to which the city or <br />the Commonwealth of Virginia is a party shall no% be deemed <br />subdivision. <br /> <br />SUBDIVISION, MINOR. The division of a parcel of land into <br />not more than thr~ (3) lots fronting on an exis%in~ mtreet <br />and no~ involving any new street or the extension, modifica- <br />tion, widening or improvement of any existing street, stree-~ <br />facilities, or utilities. <br /> <br />TOWNHOUSE. A dwelling which is located on a separate zone lot <br />but which is attached to other dwellings by a common or party <br />wall, in a group of at least three. <br /> <br />YARD. A sp~ce on the same zone lot with a principal <br />building~ open, unoccupied, and unobstructed by buildings <br />from the ground to the sky, except where encroachments and <br /> <br />PORTSMOUTH SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE ---- PAGE <br /> <br /> <br />