For the purpose of these regulations, certain
words and terms used herein are defined as follows:
BASE ZONING DISTRICT
That part of a district which has been zoned for particular uses pursuant to §
148-32 of the Code, upon which an overlay district has been co-located, imposing additional design criteria and regulations.
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COMMERCIAL DESIGN OVERLAY DISTRICT
District created by the Village of Chittenango which is co-located
within or over existing base zone districts, and is intended to guide
architectural and site development design.
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CUL-DE-SAC
A short street having but one end open to traffic and the
other end being temporarily or permanently terminated by a vehicular
turnaround.
DATE OF SUBMISSION OF THE PRELIMINARY OR FINAL PLAT
The date when all required surveys, plans and data, described in Article
VI of these regulations, for a preliminary or final plat shall be considered to be submitted to the Planning Board, which date shall be at least 10 working days prior to the regular meeting of the Planning Board at which the plat is to be considered.
DOWNTOWN DESIGN OVERLAY DISTRICT
A district created by the Village of Chittenango, within
which specific site and/or architectural design standards will be
applied. This includes the areas zoned for business on Genesee Street,
as depicted on the official Village Zoning Map. This does not affect
properties used for single- or multiple-family residential purposes.
[Added 10-26-2010 by L.L. No. 6-2010]
DRAINAGE RIGHT-OF-WAY OR EASEMENT
The lands as might be required by the Planning Board for
the installation of stormwater sewers or drainage ditches or required
along a natural stream or watercourse for preserving the channel and
providing for the flow of water therein to safeguard the public against
flood damage.
EASEMENT, GENERAL
The lands created through authorization by a property owner
for the use by another, and for a specified purpose, of any designated
part of his property.
FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT
The final maps and drawings, including construction details
as required, of all or a portion of the subdivision, which are presented
to the Planning Board for approval and which, if approved and endorsed
by the Planning Board, will be submitted to the Madison County Clerk
for recording, a final plat or subdivision plat.
GATEWAY (ROUTE 5) DESIGN OVERLAY DISTRICT
A district created by the Village of Chittenango within or
over base zoning districts as specified on the Village Zoning Map
which specific site and/or architectural design standards will be
applied.
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LOT
A piece, parcel or plot of land intended as a unit for transfer
of ownership or for development.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map, established by the Village Board of Trustees under
§ 7-724 of the Village Law, showing the streets, highways
and parks heretofore laid out, adopted and established by law and
any amendments thereto adopted by the Village Board of Trustees or
additions thereto resulting from the approval of subdivision plats
by the Planning Board and the subsequent filing of such approved plats.
OFFICIAL SUBMISSION DATE
The date when a sketch plan, preliminary plat or final plat shall be considered submitted to the Planning Board, as provided in § 7-728 of the Village Law, and hereby defined to be the date of a meeting of the Planning Board at which all required surveys, plans and data described in Article
VI of these regulations are submitted.
OVERLAY DISTRICT
A district which is co-located within, on or with the base
zoning district, to modify the site and architectural design criteria
and achieve a specific purpose for that district. The regulations
of the base zoning district, and all other applicable regulations,
remain in effect. If any regulations of the overlay district conflict
with the base zoning regulations, the overlay regulations prevail.
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PERFORMANCE GUARANTY
Any security, including cash or negotiable securities, bonds
issued by a duly licensed surety company for performance completion,
material and labor lien protection and other similar collateral, escrow
or surety agreements, that may be accepted in lieu of a requirement
that certain improvements be made before the Planning Board approves
and endorses a final plat.
PLANNING BOARD
The Village of Chittenango Planning Board as established
pursuant to the provisions of § 7-718 of the Village Law.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
A drawing showing the salient features of a proposed subdivision in accordance with Article
VI of these regulations and submitted to the Planning Board for purposes of consideration and approval prior to submission of the plat in final form.
PRIVATE STREET
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, alley
or other way serving as access to a lot or property but not dedicated
to, or accepted by, the Village Board for public maintenance. If provided
to serve more than one lot, a private street shall be constructed
to meet village specifications as approved by the Village Engineer.
SKETCH PLAN
A sketch of a proposed subdivision showing the information specified in Article
VI 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 the objectives of these regulations.
STREET
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, alley
or other public way which is an existing state, county or village
roadway or a way shown upon a plat theretofore approved pursuant to
law or approved by official action or a street or way on a plat duly
filed and recorded in the office of the County Clerk of Madison County
prior to the appointment of a Planning Board and the granting to such
Board of the power to review plats; and includes the land between
the street lines, whether improved or unimproved, and may comprise
pavement, shoulders, gutters, sidewalks, parking areas and other areas
within the street lines. For the purpose of these regulations, "streets"
shall have the same classification as set forth in the Village of
Chittenango Master Plan.
STREET PAVEMENT
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular
traffic.
STREET WIDTH
The distance between property lines or right-of-way lines.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association
who shall lay out, for the purpose of sale or development, 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, sites or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether immediate
or future, of transfer of ownership or building development; and shall
include resubdivision. The public acquisition by purchase of land
shall not be included within this definition nor be subject to these
regulations.
VILLAGE DEVELOPMENTAL PLAN, VILLAGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN or MASTER
PLAN
A composite of the mapped and written proposals recommending
the physical development of the village prepared by the Planning Board,
pursuant to § 7-722 of the Village Law, which indicates
the general locations recommended for various public works and reservations
and for the general physical development of the village; and includes
any part of such plan separately adopted and any amendment to such
plan or part thereof.
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ZONING LAW
The officially adopted Zoning Law of the Village of Chittenango,
together with any and all amendments thereto.