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CHAPTER 32 sUBDIvISIONS Article I. In General. Sec. 32-1. Authority and purpose. This chapter is adopted pursuant to the terms and pro- visions of the Virginia Land Subdivision Act. The purpose of this chapter~%s to provide for the harmonious and economic de- velopment of the City of Portsmouth, for the coordination of streets within subdivisions with other existing or planned streets, for adequate open spaces for traffic, recreation, light and air; and for a distribution of population and traffic which will tend to create conditions favorable to health, safety, convenience and prosperity. Sec~ 32-2-. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall, for the purpose of this chapter have the meanings respective- ly ascribed to them in this section except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) Alleys are minor ways which are used primarily 'for vehicular service access to the rear or the side of properties 0theN~ise abutting on a street. (2) Arterial Streets are those which are used primarily for heavy or fast traffic. (3) Collector streets are those which carry traffic from minor streets to the major s~stem of arterial streets includ- ing the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within such a development. ~ (4) Marginal Access Streets are minor streets which are parallel to and adjacent to =r~er~_l s~r~ets, and which pro- vide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic. for access of t~e %D~ Minor Streets are trios_ which are used primarily to abuttihg properties. - ~ (6] P!~uni_ng co~m. ission means the pla~nning commission cm~ o~ Portsmouth.