As used in this article, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
EASEMENT
The authorization by a property owner for the use by another,
and for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property.
MASTER PLAN
A comprehensive plan prepared by the Planning Board pursuant
to § 272-a of the Town Law which indicates the general locations
recommended for the various functional classes of public works, places
and structures and the general physical development of the town, and
includes any unit or part of such plan separately adopted and any
amendment to such plan or part thereof.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map established by the Town Board under § 270
of the Town Law showing the streets, highways, drainage systems and
parks theretofore laid out, adopted and established by law and any
amendments thereto adopted by the Town Board or additions thereto
resulting from the approval of subdivision plats by the Planning Board
and the subsequent filing for record of such approved plats.
OFFICIAL SUBMITTAL DATE
The date on which a subdivision plat is considered officially submitted to the Planning Board pursuant to § 276 of the Town Law, and hereby defined as the date the Planning Board receives the formal subdivision plat in proper form as provided for in §
125-5I.
PLAT
The final drawings on which the subdivider's plan of subdivision
is presented to the Planning Board for approval and which, if approved,
may be filed for record with the County Clerk.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
The preliminary drawings indicating the proposed layout of
the subdivision, to be submitted to the Planning Board for its consideration.
RESUBDIVISION
A change of an approved or recorded subdivision plat if such
change affects any street layout shown on such plat or any area reserved
thereon for public use, or any change of a lot line, or if it affects
any map or plan legally recorded prior to the adoption of any regulations
controlling subdivisions.
SKETCH PLAN
A sketch of the preliminary plat to enable the subdivider
to save time and expense in reaching general agreement with the Planning
Board as to the form of the preliminary layout and objectives of these
regulations.
STREET
Any road, highway, avenue, street, parkway, lane or other
way, public or private, commonly used by the public for street purposes.
STREET, MAJOR
A street which serves or is designed to be used primarily
as a route for traffic between communities or large areas.
STREET, MINOR
A street intended to serve primarily as access to abutting
residential properties.
STREET, SECONDARY
A street which serves or is designed to carry traffic from
local residential streets to the system of major streets.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots,
plots or sites or other division of land, at least equal to or greater
than the minimum required lot area in any zoning district, for immediate
or future sale or for building development.
SUBDIVISION, MAJOR
Any subdivision containing more than four lots, or any subdivision
requiring any new public street, street extension or the extension
of municipal facilities.
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
A subdivision containing not more than four lots which has
frontage on an existing public street and which does not require any
new municipal street, street extension or extension of municipal facilities.
SUBDIVISION, OPEN-DEVELOPMENT AREA
A subdivision containing not more than four lots, without
frontage on an existing public street and not requiring any new municipal
street, street extension or extension of municipal facilities.
TOWN
The Town of Cornwall in the County of Orange and State of
New York, except that part thereof within the Incorporated Village
of Cornwall-on-Hudson.
TOWN ENGINEER
The duly designated Engineer or Engineering Consultant of
the town.