Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 167

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 229

AS AMENDED BY SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9, CHAPTER 48,§4801(10) OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "SUBDIVISION" FOR REGIONAL PLANNING PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend Title 9, Chapter 48, §4801(10) by deleting in its entirety paragraph (10) and substitute in lieu thereof the following:

"(10) 'Subdivision' means division of any part, parcel, or area of land by the owner or his agent, Into lots or parcels two or more In number for the purpose of conveyance, transfer, improvement, or sale with or without appurtenant roads, streets, lanes, driveways and ways dedicated or intended to be dedicated to public use, or the use of purchasers or owners of lots fronting thereon.
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A subdivision includes

(a) Any division of a parcel of land having frontage on an existing improved street into two (2) or more lots, one or more of which have frontage on the existing street;

(b) Any development of a parcel of land which Involves Installation of streets driveways whether or not dedicated and whether or not the parcel is divided for purpose of immediate conveyance, transfer or sale;

(c) Any re-subdivision and, as appropriate, shall refer to the process of subdividing land or the land or the land so subdivided."

Approved February 8, 1990.