§ 175-4. Definitions.
For the
purpose of these regulations, certain words and terms used herein are defined
as follows:
COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN -- The materials, written and/or
graphic, including but not limited to maps, charts, studies, resolutions,
reports and other descriptive material that identify the goals, objectives,
principles, guidelines, policies, standards, devices and instruments for the
immediate and long-range protection, enhancement, growth and development of the
Village.
EASEMENT -- Authorization by a property owner for the
use by another, and for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his
property.
OFFICIAL
MAP -- The map established by the
Village Board of Trustees pursuant to § 7-724 of the Village Law, showing
streets, highways, parks and drainage, both existing and proposed.
PLANNING
BOARD or BOARD -- The Planning Board of
the Village.
PRELIMINARY
PLAT -- A drawing or drawings clearly
marked "preliminary plat," showing the salient features of a proposed
subdivision, as specified in Article V, § 175-23 of these regulations,
submitted to the Planning Board for purposes of consideration prior to
submission of the plat in final form and of sufficient detail to apprise the
Planning Board of the layout of the proposed subdivision.
SKETCH
PLAN -- A sketch of a proposed
subdivision showing the information specified in Article V, § 175-21 of
these regulations to enable the subdivider to save time and expense in reaching
general agreement with the Planning Board as to the form of the layout and
objectives of these regulations.
STREET -- Includes streets, roads, avenues, lanes,
or other trafficways between right-of-way lines.
STREET,
COLLECTOR -- A street which serves or is
designed to serve as a trafficway for a neighborhood or as a feeder to a major
street.
STREET,
CUL-DE-SAC -- A street or a portion of a
street with only one vehicular traffic outlet and having a turning loop or
similar arrangement at the closed end.
STREET,
MAJOR -- A street which serves or is
designed to serve heavy flows of traffic and which is used primarily as a route
for traffic between communities and/or other heavy traffic generating
areas.
STREET,
MINOR -- A street intended to serve
primarily as an access to abutting properties.
STREET
PAVEMENT -- The wearing or exposed
surface of the roadway used by vehicular traffic.
STREET
WIDTH -- The width of right-of-way,
measured at right angles to the center line of the street.
SUBDIVIDER -- Any person, firm, corporation, partnership
or association, who shall lay out any subdivision or part thereof as defined
herein, either for himself or others.
SUBDIVISION -- The division of any parcel of land into
two or more lots, plots or sites, or other division of land, with or without
streets or highways, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer
of ownership or building development, and shall include resubdivision, in whole
or in part, of any plat, filed or unfiled, which is entirely or partially
undeveloped.
SUBDIVISION,
MAJOR -- Any subdivision not classified
as a minor subdivision, including, but not limited to, subdivisions of five or
more lots, or any size subdivision requiring any new street or extension of
municipal facilities.
SUBDIVISION,
MINOR -- Any subdivision containing not
more than four lots fronting on an existing street, not involving any new
street or road or the extension of municipal facilities and not adversely
affecting the development of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining property
and not in conflict with any provision or portion of the Comprehensive Plan,
Official Map, Zoning Ordinance or these regulations.
SUBDIVISION
PLAT or FINAL PLAT -- A drawing, in
final form, showing a proposed subdivision containing all information or detail
required by law and by these regulations to be presented to the Planning Board
for approval, and which, if approved, may be duly filed or recorded by the
applicant in the office of the County Clerk or Registrar.
VILLAGE
ENGINEER -- A licensed professional
engineer designated by the Village.
