For the purpose of these regulations, certain words and terms used herein
are defined as follows:
COLLECTOR STREET
A street which serves or is designed to serve as a trafficway for
a neighborhood or as a feeder to a major street.
EASEMENT
Authorization by a property owner for the use by another, and for
a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property.
MAJOR STREET
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.
MAJOR SUBDIVISION
Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision, including
but not limited to subdivisions of five or more lots, or any size subdivision
requiring any new street or extension of municipal facilities.
MASTER OR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
A Comprehensive Plan, prepared by the Planning Board pursuant to
§ 7-722 of the Village Law, which indicates the general locations
recommended for various functional classes of public works, places and structures
and for general physical development of the village and includes any unit
or part of such plan separately prepared and any amendment to such plan or
parts therein.
MINOR STREET
A street intended to serve primarily as an access to abutting properties.
MINOR SUBDIVISION
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 Master Plan, Official Map or Zoning Ordinance, if such exists, or these regulations.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map established by the Village Board of Trustees pursuant to
§ 7-724 of the Village Law, showing streets, highways and parks
and drainage, both existing and proposed.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
A drawing or drawings clearly marked "preliminary plat" showing the salient features of a proposed subdivision, as specified in Article
V, §
177-21, of these regulations, submitted to the Planning Board for purposes of consideration prior to submission of the plat in final form and of sufficient detail to apprise the Planning Board of the layout of the proposed subdivision.
SKETCH PLAN
A sketch of a proposed subdivision showing the information specified in Article
V, §
177-19, of these regulations to enable the subdivider to save time and expense in reaching general agreement with the Planning Board as to the form of the layout and objectives of these regulations.
STREET
Includes streets, roads, avenues, lanes or other trafficways, between
right-of-way lines.
STREET PAVEMENT
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular traffic.
STREET WIDTH
The width of right-of-way, measured at right angles to the center
line of the street.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who shall
lay out any subdivision or part thereof as defined herein, either for himself
or others.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots, blocks
or sites, with or without streets or highways, and includes resubdivision.
SUBDIVISION PLAT OR FINAL PLAT
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, and which, if approved, may
be duly filed or recorded by the applicant in the office of the County Clerk
or Register.
SURVEYOR
A person licensed as a land surveyor by the State of New York.