As used in these regulations, words in the singular include the plural and those in the plural include the singular. The word "person" includes a corporation, unincorporated association and a partnership, as well as an individual. The word "building" includes a structure and shall be construed as if followed by the phrase "or part thereof." The word "street" includes avenue, boulevard, court, expressway, highway, lane, arterial and road. The word "watercourse" includes channel, creek, ditch, drain, dry run, spring and stream. The word "may" is permissive; the words "shall" and "will" are mandatory, subject, however, to the provisions of § 175-22 hereof.
As used in these regulations, the following terms shall be defined as
follows:
A minor right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access to the
side or rear of two or more properties.
An area bounded by streets.
The Planning Board of the Village of Owego.
The Village Engineer or other qualified person designated by the
Planning Board to perform all administrative and/or supervisory duties required
of the Board Engineer by the provisions of these regulations.
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections defined by
lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection of
street right-of-way lines.
A minor street intersecting another street at one end and terminated
at the other by a vehicular turnaround.
The deliberate appropriation of land by its owner for any general
and public uses, reserving to himself no other rights than such as are compatible
with the full exercise and enjoyment of the public uses to which the property
has been devoted.
A lot extended between and with front and back on two parallel public
rights-of-way.
A right-of-way granted for limited use of private land for a public
or quasi-public purpose.
A street, generally parallel and adjacent to a property line, having
a lesser right-of-way width than normally required for satisfactory improvement
and use of the street.
A right-of-way for pedestrian use extending from a street into a
block or across a block to another street.
A tract or parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership, use
or improvement.
A subdivision of three lots or less, requiring new streets or other
public improvements.
The date of the next regular Village Planning Board meeting.
That portion of a street or alley intended for vehicular movement.
A complete and exact subdivision plat, prepared for official recording
as required by statute, to define property rights and proposed streets and
other improvements.
A tentative subdivision plat, in lesser detail than a final plat,
showing approximate proposed streets and lot layout as a basis for consideration
prior to preparation of a final plat.
An informal plat, not necessarily to scale, indicating salient existing
features of a tract and its surroundings and the general layout of the proposed
subdivision.
A lot extending between and having frontage on a major traffic street
and a minor street and with vehicular access solely from the latter.
Land reserved for use as a street, alley, interior walk or for other
public purpose.
The line within a property defining the required minimum distance
between any enclosed structure and the adjacent right-of-way.
The maximum extent of unobstructed vision (in a horizontal or vertical
plane) along a street from a vehicle located at any given point on the street.
A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, intended for
use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation. Classes of streets
are as follows:
MAJOR TRAFFIC STREETSThose serving large volumes of comparatively high speed and long distance traffic, and include facilities classified as main and secondary highways by the New York State Department of Public Works, and include streets classified as arterial thoroughfares or primary streets in the traffic plan adopted by the Planning Board.
COLLECTOR STREETSThose which, in addition to giving access to abutting properties, intercept minor streets and provide routes, carrying considerable volumes of traffic, to community facilities and to major traffic streets, and include streets classified as secondary streets in the traffic plan adopted by the Board.
MINOR STREETSThose used primarily to provide access to abutting property.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETSMinor streets, parallel and adjacent to major traffic streets, providing access to abutting properties and control of intersections with the major traffic streets.
A street dedicated to public use.
The owner or authorized agent of the owner of a subdivision.
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots, plots,
sites or other divisions of land for immediate or future sale or for building
development, with or without streets or highways.
The Village Board of the Village of Owego.
