Section PRP.01.04 — Definitions

In this ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Dwelling" means a habitable structure which is designed for residential purposes.

(b) "Grant" means Grant of Standard Assignment or other similar document wherein the Tribal Council grants use rights for a land assignment to an individual tribal member. A grant does not vest title or other compensable interest in the land to a grantee.

(c) "Grantee" means an enrolled Tribal member who has received an approved land assignment from the Tribal Council.

(d) "Land Assignment" refers to a specific parcel(s) of tribal land that the Tribal Council, through a grant, has designated for the use by an individual enrolled member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community for non-commercial/business purposes.

(1) "Residential Land Assignment" means a land assignment granted for occupancy by the grantee as his or her place of residence.

(2) "Recreational Land Assignment" means a land assignment granted for recreational uses that include, but are not limited to, camping and picnicking. Such recreational land assignments cannot be developed and/or used as a residence for the grantee.

(e) "Land Committee" means members of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community serving as an investigatory and advisory body to the Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Council in reviewing land assignment applications and other issues related to the use of tribal land.

(f) "Married" means legally married persons, but does not mean common law marriage or other informal living arrangements.

(g) "Subdivision" means areas and/or neighborhoods that the Tribe has identified as being the sites for concentrated residential developments where the Tribe has subdividing lots/assignments and installing infrastructure such as roads, sewer, water, gas, electricity or other similar infrastructure. The following are tribal subdivisions:

(1) Ah Toh Wuk in the NW ¼ of Section 35, Bartelme;

(2) Koo Yi Kun in the NE ¼ of Section 32, Bartelme;

(3) Koan Tuk in the NE ¼ of Section 34, Bartelme;

(4) Taconic in the SE ¼ of Section 27, Bartelme;

(5) the Tribal Housing residential area, which includes the area along Camp 14 Road from Moh He Con Nuck Road to Murphy's Road and the roadways and area generally in between like Birch, Oak, Maplewood, Cherry, Poplar and Elm Streets in Sections 15 and 16, Bartelme; and

(6) similar areas identified as subdivisions in the future.

(h) "Tribal Council" means the authorized, governing body of the Tribe.

(i) "Tribal Land" means any land where the title is held in trust for the benefit of the Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe and any land owned by the Tribe.

(j) "Tribe" means the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.