A. 
Except where specifically defined herein, all words and terms shall carry their customary meaning.
B. 
For the purpose of these regulations, certain words and terms used herein are defined as follows:
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
The Village agency(s) or public official(s) empowered to administer the provisions of this chapter.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Rye Brook, New York.
BUILDING INSPECTOR
The Building Inspector of the Village of Rye Brook, New York, or his duly authorized representative.
BUILDING LOT
Any lot upon which a principal building can be constructed in conformance with the requirements of the Zoning Law.[1]
CONSTRUCTION PLANS
The maps and engineering drawings, described in §§ 219-39 and 219-41 of these regulations, accompanying a subdivision plat and showing the specific location and design of improvements to be installed in the subdivision in accordance with these regulations.
LOT
The term shall have the same meaning as provided under § 250-2 of the Rye Brook Code.
[Amended 3-24-1998 by L.L. No. 2-1998]
MAINTENANCE BOND
A bond to assure the maintenance of required subdivision improvements following dedication of such improvements for such period as required by the approval authority.
MAJOR SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel or parcels of land, regardless of use, into six or more lots, plots, blocks, sites or parcels, with or without the intervention of existing streets or the creation of new streets, or which occurs on four acres or more of property, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership, or resubdivision as defined herein.
MINOR SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel or parcels of land, regardless of use, into five or fewer lots, plots, blocks, sites or parcels, with or without the intervention of existing streets or the creation of new streets, or which occurs on less than four acres of property, whichever is less, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership, or resubdivision as defined herein.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map established by the Board of Trustees under § 7-724 of the Village Law showing the streets, highways and parks theretofore laid out, adopted and established by law, and any amendments thereto adopted by the Board of Trustees or additions thereto resulting from the approval of subdivision plats and the subsequent filing of such approved plats.
OFFICIAL SUBMISSION DATE
The date when a subdivision plat, accompanied by all other information required with the application for subdivision approval, is received by the Village Clerk and certified as a complete application.
PERFORMANCE BOND
A bond, as required by § 7-730 of the Village Law, to assure the full and satisfactory completion of all required subdivision improvements as specified in the approval authority's resolution of approval, such bond to run for a term fixed by the approval authority and with surety, form, sufficiency and manner of execution approved by the approval authority.
PLANNING BOARD
The Planning Board of the Village of Rye Brook, New York.
PLAT
A drawing, in final form, as described in § 219-32 of these regulations, showing a proposed subdivision and containing all of the information required by these or other applicable regulations and certified by a licensed land surveyor or registered engineer and which may be filed in the office of the County Clerk of Westchester County, New York.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
The preliminary drawing or drawings described in § 219-17 of these regulations showing the basic features of a proposed subdivision.
RESUBDIVISION
Any change of existing property lines or of property lines shown on a plat filed in the office of the County Clerk.
STREET
This term shall have the same meaning as provided under § 250-2 of the Rye Brook Code.
STREET, BUSINESS
A street which serves or is designed to serve as access to abutting business, commercial or industrial properties.
STREET, COLLECTOR
A street which serves or is designed to serve primarily the function of carrying traffic from minor streets to major streets.
STREET, DEAD-END
A street, or a portion of a street, with only one vehicular traffic outlet.
STREET, MINOR
A street which serves or is designed to serve primarily as access to abutting residential properties.
STREET PAVEMENT
The wearing or exposed surface of the street right-of-way designed to be used by vehicular traffic.
STREET, RESIDENTIAL
A street which serves or is designed to serve as access to abutting residential properties.
STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY WIDTH
The distance between property lines measured at right angles to the center line of the street.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel or parcels of land, regardless of use, into two or more lots, plots, blocks, sites or parcels, with or without the intervention of existing streets or the creation of new streets, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or resubdivision as defined herein.
VILLAGE CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS
The standards and specifications adopted by the Board of Trustees for the construction of streets and related subdivision improvements, and all amendments thereto.
ZONING LAW
The Zoning law of the Village of Rye Brook, New York, and all amendments thereto.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 250, Zoning.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 250, Zoning.