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20. "Right-of-way" is the area within the limits of a street, alley, pedestrian way, thoroughfare or easement. 21. "Streets": a. "Street" is a public right-of-way affording primary access by pedestrians and vehicles abutting properties-', whether designated a's a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, road, avenue, or however otherwise designated. b. "Collector street" is a street which carries traffic from minor streets to thoroughfares. It includes the princ~pa] entrance streets of a residential develop- ment and streets for circulation within such a devel- opment. c. "Cul-de-sac" is a street with only one outlet and having an appropriate terminal for the safe and convenient reversal of traffic movement. d. "Minor street" is a street used primarily for access to the abutting properties and the local needs of a neighborhood. e. "Service street", "lane" or "road" is a street which is adjacent to a thoroughfare and which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic. f. "Street width" is the shortest distance between the lot lines delineating the right-of-way of a street. g. "Thoroughfare" is a street primarily designed to carry large volumes of traffic and serves as an arterial traffic way between various districts of the city. 22. "Subdivider" is a person, firm or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest in land in order to subdivide the same under this chapter. 23. "Subdivision" is the division of a tract of land into two (2) or more lots or parcels of land for the purpose of transfer of ownership or building development. The term includes resubdivision and, when appropriate to the context, shall relate to the process of subdividing or to the land subdivided. 170.0 3.5 SKIiTG'I PI.AN 170.05SA PROCEDURE Prior to dividing any tract of land into two or more lots or parcels of ].and, the subdivider shall submit a sketch plan for review by the planning commission. At the time of submission of the sketch plan, the subdivider of the land convered by the sketch plan shall submit a petition for rezoning to the proposed use of said land, if the land is not already so zoned. The owner of said land shall join in said petition. 1. The subdivider shall file five (5) copies of the sketch plan with the zoning officer at least twenty-one (21) calendar days before the next regular monthly meeting of the planning commission at, which meeting said sketch plan shall be considered.