§140.50.5. Definitions

            For the purposes of this Subpart, words and phrases used are defined as follows:

            (1) "Commission" means the Haughton Metropolitan Planning Commission of Bossier Parish as provided for in R.S. 33:140.50.6.

            (2) "Metropolitan planning area" means the town of Haughton and any areas outside of its boundaries which, in the commission's judgment, bear relation to the planning of the municipality; however, such metropolitan planning area shall not extend more than five miles beyond the municipality.

            (3) "Municipal" and "municipality" mean the town of Haughton.

            (4) "Parish" means Bossier Parish.

            (5) "Police jury" means the governing authority of Bossier Parish.

            (6) "Street" or "streets" means public thoroughfares, avenues, boulevards, roads, lanes, alleys, and other ways.

            (7) "Subdivision" means the division of a lot, a tract, or parcel of land or a portion thereof, into two or more lots, sites, or other divisions, any one or more of which is to be platted as a lot of record for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or building development, and also means resubdivision, or the consolidation of lots or tracts or portions thereof into single lots, and, when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing, as to the land or area subdivided.

            (8) "Town council" means the governing authority of the town of Haughton.

            Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.