For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and terms used
herein are defined as follows (Note: Except where specifically defined
herein, all words and terms shall carry their customary meanings.):
BUILDING INSPECTOR
The Building Inspector of the Town of Fishkill, New York,
or his duly authorized representative.
BUILDING LOT
Any lot upon which a principal residential or commercial building can be constructed in conformance with the requirements of Chapter
150, Zoning.
CERTIFICATE OF SEWER COMPLIANCE
A written certificate issued by the Building Inspector or his duly authorized designee stating that a physical inspection(s) has (have) been made of the subject property and such property does not have roof drains, sump pump, or any prohibited stormwater/groundwater connections to the municipal sewer system and that any such connections, in the event revealed by an inspection, have been corrected and the connection is otherwise in current compliance with the provisions of Chapter
118 and any rules and regulations related thereto.
[Added 5-23-2014 by L.L.
No. 3-2014]
CONSTRUCTION PLANS
The maps and engineering drawings, described in §
132-45 of this chapter, accompanying a subdivision plat and showing the specific location and design of improvements to be installed in the subdivision in accordance with this chapter.
CONSTRUCTION TRAILER
Any temporary structure, vehicle or trailer suitable for
use as a construction office or for the purposes of facilitating improvement
of property.
[Added 7-17-2002 by L.L. No. 8-2002]
EASEMENT
Authorization by a property owner for the use by another,
and for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property.
LOT
A parcel of land not divided by streets.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map established by the Town Board under § 270
of the Town Law showing the streets, highways 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 of such approved plats.
OFFICIAL SUBMISSION DATE
The date when a subdivision plat shall be considered submitted,
subject to § 276 of the Town Law, hereby defined to be the
date of a meeting of the Planning Board at which all other information
required with the application for subdivision approval is received.
PERFORMANCE BOND
A bond, as required by § 277 of the Town Law, to
assure the full and satisfactory completion of all required public
improvements as specified in the Planning Board resolution of approval,
such bond a) to constitute an undertaking given by the developer to
the Town to complete the public improvement within a time period fixed
by the Planning Board, and b) to be accompanied by a letter of credit
from a banking institution, acceptable to the Town as to source, form,
sufficiency, and manner of execution; in its sole discretion, the
Town Board may accept cash, or a certified check drawn on a national
or state bank, payable on sight to the Town.
[Amended 10-4-2004 by L.L. No. 9-2004]
PLAT
A drawing, in final form, as described in §
132-44 of this chapter, showing a proposed subdivision and containing all of the information required by this chapter or other applicable regulations and certified by a licensed land surveyor or registered engineer.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
The preliminary drawing or drawings, described in §
132-40 of this chapter, showing the basic features of a proposed subdivision.
RESUBDIVISION
The further subdivision of any lot or lots, including the
alteration of any streets or the establishment of any new streets,
which may result in the creation of a new or additional lot or lots,
within a subdivision previously filed in the office of the County
Clerk after approval by the Town Planning Board. A revised lot line
is not a resubdivision.
[Amended 7-14-2021 by L.L. No. 2-2021]
REVISED LOT LINE
The process whereby the owner of one lot or parcel of land
conveys a portion of the lot or parcel to the owner of an adjoining
lot or parcel of land for the purposes of changing the size or configuration
of each existing lot or parcel of land without creating any new or
additional lots or parcels.
[Added 7-14-2021 by L.L.
No. 2-2021]
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
The use of structural or nonstructural practices that are
designed to reduce stormwater runoff and mitigate its adverse impacts
on property, natural resources and the environment.
[Added 11-10-2007 by L.L. No. 9-2007]
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITY
One or a series of stormwater management practices, as defined within Chapter
130, installed, stabilized and operating for the purpose of controlling stormwater runoff. For purposes of this chapter, "stormwater management facility" shall include, but not be limited to, drainage facilities, drainage systems, drainage improvements, drainage easements and drainage discharge points.
[Added 11-10-2007 by L.L. No. 9-2007]
STREET
An existing state, county or Town road or highway, a street
shown upon a plat approved by the Planning Board or a street shown
on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the County Clerk
prior to the authority granted to the Planning Board to approve such
plats.
STREET, COLLECTOR
A street which serves or is designed to serve primarily the
function of carrying traffic from local streets to major streets or
which is designated as such on the Town Development Plan.
STREET, DEAD-END
A street, or a portion of a street, with only one vehicular
traffic outlet.
STREET, LOCAL
A street which serves or is designed to serve primarily as
access to abutting residential properties.
STREET, MAJOR
A street which serves or is designed to serve primarily as
a route for traffic between communities and/or large or developed
areas of the Town and is designated as such on the Town Development
Plan.
STREET PAVEMENT
The wearing or exposed surface of the street right-of-way
designed to be used by vehicular traffic.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association
who or which shall lay out, for the purpose of transfer of ownership
or development, any subdivision or part thereof as defined herein.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel of land, regardless of use, into
two or more lots, plots, blocks, sites or parcels, with or without
the creation of new streets, for the purpose, whether immediate or
future, of transfer of ownership or development, and shall include
resubdivision as defined herein.
TOWN BOARD
The Town Board of the Town of Fishkill, New York.
TOWN DEVELOPMENT PLAN
The Comprehensive Plan of development for the Town of Fishkill,
New York, prepared and adopted by the Planning Board pursuant to § 272-a
of the Town Law.
TOWN ENGINEER
The Town Engineer of the Town of Fishkill, New York.
ZONING LAW
Chapter
150, Zoning, of the Code of the Town of Fishkill, New York, and all amendments thereto.