In response to inquiries, the following definitions for terms used in the General Plan are provided:
PLANNING COMMISSION is the Town of Cave Creek Planning Commission. The authority of a Planning Commission is based on Arizona statutory law. [source: Town Ordinance, Appendix A – Glossary of Terms and Definitions, at pg. 16].
MIXED USE: Properties on which various uses, such as office, commercial, institutional, and residential, are combined in a single building or on a single site in an integrated development project with significant functional interrelationships and a coherent physical design. A "single site" may include contiguous properties.” [source: Technical Design Guideline – Landscaping at pg. 7].
ARTERIAL ROAD – A major street that is intended to carry the greater portion of through traffic from one area of the TOCC to another and is generally positioned at one mile intervals. Major and minor arterials are designated in the current Town General Plan. [source: Technical Design Guideline – Transportation at pg. 6].
COLLECTOR ROAD – A minor street that provides both access service and traffic circulation within residential neighborhoods and commercial and industrial areas. Collector roads are specifically designed to accommodate shorter trips and to feed the arterials. [source: Technical Design Guideline – Transportation at pg. 6].
LOCAL ROAD – A minor street that permits direct access to abutting lands and connections to the collector and arterial roads. It offers the lowest level of mobility and contains no bus routes. Service to through traffic movements is deliberately discouraged. [source: Technical Design Guideline – Transportation at pg. 6].
PRIVATE STREET - A street not owned or maintained by the TOCC. [source: Technical Design Guideline – Transportation at pg. 6].
PUBLIC STREET – A street owned and maintained by the TOCC. [source: Technical Design Guideline – Transportation at pg. 6].
HISTORIC TOWN CORE: The boundaries of the Historic Town Core are generally located between Spur Cross Road on the west and Scopa Trail on the east and the Grapevine Road alignment to the north and Skyline Drive alignment to the south. [source: Technical Design Guideline – Trails, at pg. 5].
SITE: Any lot or parcel of land, or contiguous combination of lots and parcels under the same ownership, or unified control, where related site work is to be performed. The subject land shall have access to a public or an approved private street. [source: Technical Design Guideline – Landscaping at pg. 9].
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS: Areas that are:
1. WASH AREAS: The area within twenty feet (20’) from and including the designated FEMA floodway, which has the presence of a channeled drainage way evidenced by a drainage path with or without vegetation.
2. RIDGE LINE AREAS: The ridgeline is formed by opposing slopes on a mountain or hill. The ridgeline area to be preserved is that area from the ridgeline to a distance of fifty feet (50’) from the ridgeline.
3. PEAK AREAS: The peak is the top point of a mountain or hill formed by opposing slopes from all sides. The peak area to be preserved is that area from the peak to a distance of one hundred feet (100’) from the peak.
4. STEEP SLOPES: Any land that has a slope of twenty percent (20%) or more.
Janelle Smith-Haff
02/13/2016
PLANNING COMMISSION is the Town of Cave Creek Planning Commission. The authority of a Planning Commission is based on Arizona statutory law. [source: Town Ordinance, Appendix A – Glossary of Terms and Definitions, at pg. 16].
MIXED USE: Properties on which various uses, such as office, commercial, institutional, and residential, are combined in a single building or on a single site in an integrated development project with significant functional interrelationships and a coherent physical design. A "single site" may include contiguous properties.” [source: Technical Design Guideline – Landscaping at pg. 7].
ARTERIAL ROAD – A major street that is intended to carry the greater portion of through traffic from one area of the TOCC to another and is generally positioned at one mile intervals. Major and minor arterials are designated in the current Town General Plan. [source: Technical Design Guideline – Transportation at pg. 6].
COLLECTOR ROAD – A minor street that provides both access service and traffic circulation within residential neighborhoods and commercial and industrial areas. Collector roads are specifically designed to accommodate shorter trips and to feed the arterials. [source: Technical Design Guideline – Transportation at pg. 6].
LOCAL ROAD – A minor street that permits direct access to abutting lands and connections to the collector and arterial roads. It offers the lowest level of mobility and contains no bus routes. Service to through traffic movements is deliberately discouraged. [source: Technical Design Guideline – Transportation at pg. 6].
PRIVATE STREET - A street not owned or maintained by the TOCC. [source: Technical Design Guideline – Transportation at pg. 6].
PUBLIC STREET – A street owned and maintained by the TOCC. [source: Technical Design Guideline – Transportation at pg. 6].
HISTORIC TOWN CORE: The boundaries of the Historic Town Core are generally located between Spur Cross Road on the west and Scopa Trail on the east and the Grapevine Road alignment to the north and Skyline Drive alignment to the south. [source: Technical Design Guideline – Trails, at pg. 5].
SITE: Any lot or parcel of land, or contiguous combination of lots and parcels under the same ownership, or unified control, where related site work is to be performed. The subject land shall have access to a public or an approved private street. [source: Technical Design Guideline – Landscaping at pg. 9].
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS: Areas that are:
1. WASH AREAS: The area within twenty feet (20’) from and including the designated FEMA floodway, which has the presence of a channeled drainage way evidenced by a drainage path with or without vegetation.
2. RIDGE LINE AREAS: The ridgeline is formed by opposing slopes on a mountain or hill. The ridgeline area to be preserved is that area from the ridgeline to a distance of fifty feet (50’) from the ridgeline.
3. PEAK AREAS: The peak is the top point of a mountain or hill formed by opposing slopes from all sides. The peak area to be preserved is that area from the peak to a distance of one hundred feet (100’) from the peak.
4. STEEP SLOPES: Any land that has a slope of twenty percent (20%) or more.
Janelle Smith-Haff
02/13/2016