§ 4-2023A. Definitions.

The plain and ordinary meaning shall be applied to the terms contained herein; however, as used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words or phrases have the meanings listed:

Bikeway: A thoroughfare designated for bicycle travel by the Norman Bikeway Plan, as may be amended from time to time.

Cluster development: As defined by the City of Norman Code in Section 19-210, as may be amended from time to time.

Conservation easement: A nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property imposing limitations or affirmative obligations the purpose of which include, but are not limited to, retaining or protecting natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property, assuring its availability for agricultural, forest, recreational, or open-space use, protecting natural resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality, or preserving the historical, architectural, archaeological, or cultural aspects of real property.

Floodplain: As defined by the City of Norman Code in Section 22:429.1.2 [of the Zoning Ordinance] as may be amended from time to time.

Flowage easement: An easement purchased by the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Norman Project, which grants to the United States and its assigns the perpetual right, privilege and easement to intermittently and completely seep, flood, flow and inundate, and the right to enter upon at any time for the purpose of making surveys, and investigations or for any other purpose incidental to the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Norman Reservoir Project and any feature thereof, any and all of the tracts or parcels of land lying below elevation 1064.5 sea level datum.

Greenbelt Enhancement Statement (GES): A statement on a form provided to the applicant by the City Planning and Community Development Department that is to be included with all applications for a Land Use Plan amendment, a Norman Rural Certificate of Survey or preliminary platting of land and submitted for consideration by the Commission that articulates how the principles, purposes and goals of The Greenbelt System are met by the proposed development.

The Greenbelt System includes the following spaces, regardless of whether they are open to the public:

(1)

A system of trails (both on and off road) intended to connect parks, green spaces, schools, retail, employment, and residential areas.

(2)

Areas of land within the City Limits required to be open space by zoning; areas currently designated for open space, park, floodplain, and institutional use by the Norman 2025 Plan and subsequently adopted land use plans; Lake Thunderbird, the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) "take-line" and BOR flowage easements; any other areas of land which are designated by easement, by deed restriction, or otherwise required to remain free of structures; and areas designated as green space.

Green space: Any land area designated as open space by Norman's Comprehensive Land Use Plan; land determined to be open space or green space on an approved site development plan; or any land area in which the preservation in its present use would conserve and enhance natural or scenic resource, protect streams or water supply, promote conservation of soils, wetlands or marshlands, enhance the value to the public of abutting or neighboring parks, forest, wildlife preserves, nature reservations, sanctuaries or other open space or green space, enhance recreation opportunities, including parks, plazas and narrow corridors or pathways for walking or bicycling even though surrounded by developed areas, preserve visual quality along highway, road, and street corridors or scenic vistas, or retain in its natural state tracts of land not less than one acre situated in an urban area and open to public use on such conditions as may be reasonably required by the granting authority.

Greenway:

(1)

A green open space, such as a linear open space established along or on either side of a natural or cultural corridor, such as a riverfront, a stream valley, a ridgeline, a railroad right-of-way, a channel, a scenic road or other route; and/or

(2)

A trail; and/or

(3)

An open-space connector available to pedestrians intended to link parks, nature reserves, cultural features, historic sites, schools, residential or commercial areas with each other.

Impervious surface: One that does not permit penetration or passage of water, such as a roof or paved street or parking area.

Riparian buffers: The area between developed land and streams, rivers and shorelines that is managed to maintain the integrity of the waterway, to reduce pollution and to provide food, habitat, and thermal protection for fish and wildlife.

Structure: As defined by the City of Norman Code in Section 22:450 of the Zoning Ordinance, as may be amended from time to time.

Take line: Exterior boundary of the property acquired by the Bureau of Reclamation for construction of Lake Thunderbird.

Trail: Any natural or landscaped course open to pedestrian or bicycle passage, including but not limited to sidewalks, but excluding roadways, streets, alleys and other passages primarily provided for general public motorized vehicular use. Types of trails include:

(1)

Community-wide (regional or arterial) trails: Trails between ten (10) feet and twelve (12) feet in width that provide access from one part of the city to another.

(2)

Neighborhood trails: Trails between six (6) feet and ten (10) feet in width that mimic the system of local neighborhood streets and ultimately connect to larger arterial trails.

(3)

Natural trails: Trails at least eight (8)—ten (10) feet in width composed of compacted earth.

(4)

Parkway trails: Trails between six (6) feet and eight (8) feet in width that are constructed with durable materials, and usually include amenities such as decorative light fixtures, landscaping, and ground cover and varying surface treatments at intersections and crosswalks.

(5)

Sidewalk trails: Sidewalks located alongside streets that are constructed in accordance with City design criteria and designated as trails.

(6)

Specialized trails: Water trails, equestrian trails, bikeways, or other trails dedicated to some specific use not otherwise listed herein.

(Ord. No. 0-1011-6, § 3)