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Plat, final, means a finished drawing showing completely and accurately all legal and engineering information required in this chapter and including the bill of assurance. Plat, preliminary, means the preliminary drawings, described in this chapter, indicating the proposed manner or layout of the subdivision to be submitted to the planning commission for review,and including the preliminary bill of assurance. Rational method means a method to calculate rate of flow from the contributing watershed which is based on the following formula: Where Q=CIA, and Q=Rate of flow in cubic feet per second(cfs) C=Coefficient of roughness(see tables 1 and 2,section 3.9 Storm Drainage) I=Intensity of rainfall for the design storm and design time of concentration in inch per hour A=Area of contributing watershed in acres Re-subdivision means a change in a map of an approved or recorded subdivision plat and requiring approval by the planning commission. Right-of-way,public, means a strip of land which is owned by the public or is dedicated or deeded to the public for use as, or maintenance of, street, crosswalk, railroad, or utility service, which may be delineated on the final plat or acquired by other legal means. Service easement means a recorded easement used by public utilities for the purpose of installation and maintenance of facilities or used by the public as a means of vehicular access to commercial, office, • industrial and multifamily developments. Staff means the mayor, city planner, city engineer, building inspector, administrative assistant to the planning commission and others who may be named by the city council. Street, arterial, means any street designed primarily to(primary arterial) serve as a connecting link for central business districts, suburban residential areas and other road systems in the area, providing corridors which connect cities and form an integrated statewide network. And also(minor arterial),means any street designated primarily to function as the interconnecting system in an urban area. Street, boundary, means an existing or proposed public street or street right-of-way abutting or sharing a common property line with a tract of land to be developed or subdivided. Street, collector, means any street designed primarily to function as a link to local streets with higher capacity arterial streets. A secondary function is to provide access to the major centers of commercial/industrial activities,and to educational and recreational centers of an urban area. Street, minor commercial, means a commercial cul-de-sac not greater than 300 feet in length. Street, minor residential, means loop and cul-de-sac streets not exceeding 750 feet in length in the case of the latter and 1,500 feet in the case of the former and providing access to not more than 35 single-family units. Street,private, means a cul-de-sac or loop street built to public street standards, but specifically allowed • as a private street by the planning commission. Street, public, means a dedicated and accepted right-of-way for vehicular traffic which affords the principal means of access to abutting property. - 148 - Batesville Subdivision Regulations