For the purpose of these regulations, certain words and terms used herein are defined as follows:
A street which serves or is designed to serve as a trafficway for a neighborhood or as a feeder to a major street.
A comprehensive plan prepared by the Planning Board pursuant to § 272-a of the Town Law which indicates the general locations recommended for various functional classes of public works, places and structures and for general physical development of the Town and includes any unit or part of such plan separately prepared and any amendment to such plan or parts therein.
A street or a portion of a street with only one vehicular traffic outlet.
Authorization by a property owner for the use by another, and for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property.
A person licensed as as a professional engineer by the State of New York.
The modification or elimination of the boundary line between two adjoining lots having separate tax parcel identification numbers. A lot line adjustment shall not: (a) create a new lot; (b) create a nonconforming lot; or (c) increase the nonconformity of an existing nonconforming lot.
[Added 4-19-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
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.
Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision, including, but not limited to, subdivisions of five or more lots, of any size subdivision requiring any new street or extension of municipal facilities.
A street intended to serve primarily as an access to abutting properties.
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 or Chapter 190, Zoning, if such exists, or these regulations.
The Planning Board of the Town of Ghent.
Includes streets, roads, avenues, lanes or other trafficways, between right-of-way lines.
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular traffic.
The width of right-of-way, measured at right angles to the center line of the street.
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who shall lay out any subdivision or part thereof as defined herein, either for himself or others.
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways and includes resubdivision.
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.
A person licensed as a land surveyor by the State of New York.
The duly designated engineer of the Town of Ghent Planning Board.