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Sec. 33.1-21. Saving provision. The adoption ofthis chapter shall not abate any pending action, liability or penalty of any person accruing or about to accrue, nor waive any right of the city under any provision in effect prior to the adoption of this chapter, unless expressly provided for in this chapter. Any subdivision plan which has received preliminary approval prior to the adoption of this chapter and for which a final plat is recorded within one year from the date of preliminary approval shall have vested rights under the ordinance in effect at the date of preliminary approval. Failure to record a plat within one year shall render the preliminary approval null and void. Sec. 33.1-22. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter. Agent. The City of Portsmouth Director of Planning or his designee. Alley. A minor way designed to give vehicular access to the side and rear of properties whose principal frontage is on another street. Approved. The word "approved" shall be considered to be followed by the words "or disapproved," when the sense so requires. Arterial streets. A street specifically designed to move high volumes of traffic from collector streets through the city and not designed to serve abutting lots except indirectly through intersecting streets. Arterial streets shall include all U.S. Highways, state primaries with one-, two-, or three-digit numbers, state secondary roads with three-digit numbers, and any other street which the Agent determines is functionally equivalent to these transportation department classifications. This definition shall not include three-dig it-numbered streets which are part of a recorded subdivision or an extension thereof. Block. Land containing lots which are bounded by streets or a combination of conservation areas, streets, public parks, cemeteries, railroads, rights-of-way, shorelines or boundaries of the city. Building setback line. A line within a lot or parcel so designated on a recorded plat or as otherwise established by the Code, and that defines the building envelope. Building setback line, front. As defined by chapter 40. If the front property line is straight, the building setback line is a line parallel to the front property line; if the front property line is curved, the building setback line is a line parallel to any tangent of the front property line. Commission. The City of Portsmouth Planning Commission. Common open space. A parcel of land, an area of water, or a combination of land and water within a site designed and intended primarily for the use or enjoyment of residents, occupants, and owners within that development in which ownership is held in common with other owners of that development. Common open space is not a buildable lot. Condominium. A building, or group of buildings, in which units are owned individually, and the structures, common area, and common facilities are owned by all the owners on a proportional, undivided basis. Page 6 of33