As used in these regulations, words in the singular include the plural, and those in the plural include the singular. The word "person" includes a corporation, unincorporated association and a partnership, as well as an individual. The word "building" includes a structure and shall be construed as if followed by the phrase "or part thereof." The word "street" includes avenue, boulevard, court, expressway, highway, lane, arterial and road. The word "watercourse" includes channel, creek, ditch, drain, dry run, spring and stream. The word "may" is permissive, and the words "shall" and "will" are mandatory, subject, however, to the provisions of § 164-31 hereof.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall be defined as follows:
A minor right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access
to the side or rear of two or more properties.
An area bounded by streets.
The Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town/Village of East Rochester.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections defined
by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection
of street right-of-way lines.
A minor street intersecting another street at one end and
terminated at the other by a vehicular turnaround.
The deliberate appropriation of land by its owner for any
general and public uses, reserving to himself no other rights than
such as are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment of the
public uses to which the property has been devoted.
The person who either is the owner or under contract to purchase
the land for development.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
A right-of-way granted for limited use of private land for
a public or quasi-public purpose.
A right-of-way for pedestrian use extending from a street
into a block or across a block to another street.
A tract or parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership,
use or improvement.
That portion of a street or alley intended for vehicular
use.
An informal plan, not necessarily to scale, indicating salient
existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the general
layout of the proposed subdivision.
A complete and exact subdivision plat, prepared for official
recording as required by statute, to define property rights and proposed
streets and other improvements.
A tentative subdivision plat, in lesser detail than a final
plat, showing approximate proposed streets and lot layout as a basis
for consideration prior to preparation of a final plat.
A lot extending between and having frontage on a major traffic
street and a minor street, and with vehicular access solely from the
latter.
Land reserved for use as a street, alley, interior walk or
for other public purpose.
The line within a property defining the required minimum
distance between any enclosed structure and the adjacent right-of-way.
The maximum extent of unobstructed vision (in a horizontal
or vertical plane) along a street from a vehicle located at any given
point on the street.
A plan that demonstrates the proposed site layout for buildings,
parking and utilities for the site.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, intended
for use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation. Classes
of streets are as follows:
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
MAJOR TRAFFIC STREETS—Those serving large
volumes of comparatively high-speed and long-distance traffic, and
include facilities classified as main and secondary highways by the
New York State Department of Transportation and include streets classified
as arterial thoroughfares or primary streets in the traffic plan adopted
by the Zoning Board of Appeals.
MINOR STREETS—Those used primarily to
provide access to abutting properties.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETS—Minor streets,
parallel and adjacent to major traffic streets, providing access to
abutting properties and control of intersections with the major traffic
streets.
A street dedicated to public use.
The owner or authorized agent of the owner of a subdivision.
The division of any parcel of land into four or more lots,
plots, sites or other divisions of land for immediate or future sale
or for building development with or without streets or highways.
The Town/Village Engineer or other qualified person designated
by the Zoning Board of Appeals to perform all administrative and/or
supervisory duties required of the Town/Village Engineer by the provisions
of these regulations.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
