As used in this Part 2, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
That representative of the Planning Board, either member, employee or consultant, who shall be designated to perform the duties of the Clerk of the Planning Board for the purposes of these regulations.[1]
Indicates calendar days.
An attorney chosen by the Planning Board to perform legal services on behalf of the Planning Board for the purposes of these regulations.
A licensed professional engineer, either employee or consultant, who shall be chosen by the Planning Board to perform the duties of the designated Town Engineer for purposes of these regulations.
A suitably improved way for vehicular traffic providing access from a road or shared driveway to a single lot.
A suitably improved way for vehicular traffic providing access from a road to no more than two individual existing or proposed driveways on lots which cannot be further subdivided. The shared driveway shall be built in accordance with minor road (see Article VII, § 202-32F), with the exceptions noted in Article VII, § 202-31 of these regulations.
An acquired right of use of the property of another for a specified purpose on a designated part of that property.
A person licensed as a professional engineer by the State of New York.
A physical change to land or installation of certain services necessary to produce usable and desirable lots or sites from raw acreage, including but not limited to water and sewer facilities, recreation and open space areas, grading, pavement, curbs, gutters, storm sewers and drains and betterments to existing watercourses, sidewalks and other pedestrianways, road signs, shade trees, sodding or seeding and monuments, whether such improvement is intended to be dedicated and maintained by the public or held in private ownership.
See "subdivision lot line revision."
The map which may be established by the Town Board under § 270 of the Town Law showing roads, highways, parks and drainage 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.
The Planning Board of the Town of Woodstock, Ulster County, New York. Also indicated as the "Board" in these regulations.
The maps, drawings and other data showing the layout of a proposed subdivision, as specified in Article VIII, § 202-35 of these regulations, submitted to the Planning Board for approval prior to submission of the plat in final form and of sufficient detail to apprise the Planning Board of the layout and improvements within such proposed subdivision.
Any change in the plat of a subdivision which has previously been filed in the office of the Ulster County Clerk.
A way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, artery, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, drive or however otherwise designated, which is an existing private or public way, or a way shown upon a subdivision plat approved by the Town Planning Board as provided by these regulations, or on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the Ulster County Clerk.
CUL-DE-SAC or DEAD-END ROADA road with only one means of vehicular ingress and egress and with a turnaround at its terminus.
MINOR ROADA road which serves two to no more than five lots or home sites, not suitable for Town dedication.
INTERMEDIATE ROADA road which serves six to no more than 10 lots or home sites, not suitable for Town dedication, built in accordance with major road specifications (see Article VII, § 202-32G) except as to road width, which shall be 18 feet of pavement and two feet of shoulder on each side.
MAJOR ROADA road which serves 11 or more lots or home sites.
COLLECTOR ROADAny road which connects more than one cul-de-sac, major or minor road and generally includes existing roads and highways off of which new roads are proposed. Collector roads shall meet specifications for major roads.
STUB ROADAn extension of a right-of-way or improved portion of a proposed road to the boundary of a subdivided parcel to provide for continued road development to adjacent properties.
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular traffic, i.e., the travelled way.
The width of the right-of-way (ROW) or the distance between property lines on opposite sides of a road, measured at right angles to the center line of such road.
Environmental review regulations referred to as Part 617 of Title 6 of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York.
A rough sketch or conceptual drawing of a proposed subdivision to enable the subdivider to reach a general agreement with the Planning Board as to the form of the layout and compliance with the objectives of these regulations. A sketch plat shall be drawn to scale but need not have the accuracy of an engineered drawing.
Any person, joint venturer, corporation, partnership or association who or which shall lay out, for the purpose of development, sale or lease, any subdivision as defined herein, either for himself, itself, or for others.
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots, plots, sites, or other division of land for the purpose of transfer of ownership, building development, or lease for other than agricultural or conservation purposes. Such division shall include resubdivision of parcels of land for which an approved plat has already been approved or filed in the office of the County Clerk. For the purposes of these Subdivision Regulations, a parcel shall be considered already to have been divided into two or more lots by one or more publicly owned roads or railroad or utility rights-of-way held in fee simple and shall be described in separate deeds.
MINOR SUBDIVISIONAny subdivision containing not more than five lots, each of at least the minimum lot area and dimension required by the Zoning Law, not involving the extension of municipal facilities, not adversely affecting the development of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining properties, and not in conflict with any provision or portion of the Comprehensive Plan, Official Map, Zoning Law, or these regulations.[3]
MINOR SUBDIVISION WITH ROADAny subdivision containing not more than five lots, each of at least the minimum lot area and dimension required by the Zoning Law and involving at least one lot which does not have frontage on an existing road, therefore requiring development or extension of a road.
MAJOR SUBDIVISIONAny subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision.
A minor subdivision involving an exchange or transfer of land with an adjoining property in which no new lots will be created and such that the exchange or transfer of land shall not create any nonconformity with the terms and regulations of the Town of Woodstock Zoning Law.
The final maps, drawings and charts on which the subdivider's plan of subdivision is presented to the Planning Board for approval and which, if approved, shall be submitted to the Ulster County Clerk for filing or recording. The plat should contain all information or detail required by law and by these regulations.
A person licensed as a professional land surveyor by the State of New York.
The Town Board of the Town of Woodstock, Ulster County, New York.
Environmental review regulations referred to as "Town of Woodstock Local Law No. 1 of the Year 1990," a local law providing for environmental review of actions in the Town of Woodstock.[4]