Words in the singular include the plural, and
words in the plural include the singular. The word "persons" includes
a corporation or unincorporated association; and "building" includes
"structure" and shall be construed as if followed by the words "or
part thereof." The word "street" includes "road," "highway" and "lane";
and "watercourse" includes "drain," "ditch" and "stream." The word
"shall" is mandatory, unless otherwise indicated.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A strip of land over which there is a right-of-way, publicly
or privately owned, on which no building fronts, serving as a secondary
means of access to two or more properties.
A performance bond duly issued by a bonding or surety company
approved by the Village Board, with security acceptable to the Village
Board, or a performance bond duly issued by the developer-obligor
accompanied by security in the form of cash, certified check or United
States Government bearer bonds deposited with the Village Board in
the full amount of the obligation.
The comprehensive plan or part thereof, which may consist
of several maps, data, etc., prepared by the Planning Board and filed
in the Office of the Planning Board, the Office of the Village Engineer
or the Village Highway Superintendent and the Office of the Village
Clerk indicating the general locations recommended for major motorways,
parks and other public open spaces, public buildings sites, routes
or public utilities.
A right granted to use certain land for a special purpose
not inconsistent with the general property rights of the owner.
Housekeeping accommodations for one or more persons living
as a family.
The final map or drawing prepared on a base map, prepared
by a licensed land surveyor for recording, by a licensed professional
engineer, registered architect, licensed land surveyor or licensed
landscape architect, which shall have his New York State seal affixed
thereon, and on which the subdivider's plan of subdivision is presented
to the Planning Board for approval and which, if approved, will be
submitted to the County Clerk for recording.
A physical change to the land necessary to produce usable
and desirable lots from raw acreage, including grading, pavement,
curb, gutter; utilities, including water supply, together with sanitary
and storm sewers and drains and betterments to existing watercourses;
sidewalks, street signs, crosswalks, street names signs and monuments;
and shade trees, sodding or seeding.
A parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership or building
development.
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lines
of a lot.
A lot, the generally opposite ends of which both abut on
streets.
The width of a lot at the building line.
A map established by the County Board of Supervisors under
General Municipal Law, Article 12-B, § 239-h, and of changes
and additions thereto made under the provisions of General Municipal
Law, Article 12-B, § 239-i.
A map established by the Village Board under § 7-724
of the Village Law, showing the streets, highways and parks theretofore
laid out, adopted and established by law and all changes or additions
thereto made under the provisions of said § 7-724 of the
Village Law.
The date when a sketch plan, a preliminary plat or a final plat shall be considered submitted to the Planning Board, at which all required surveys, plans and data described in Article V are submitted.
The owner of the land proposed to be subdivided, or his agent.
The agency empowered by the municipal legislative body under
applicable New York State enabling legislation to act as the Planning
Board of the Village of Tivoli with respect to subdivision administration.
A plan prepared by a licensed professional engineer, licensed
land surveyor, registered architect or a licensed landscape architect
on a base map, prepared by a licensed land surveyor, showing existing
features of the land and proposed street utility and lot layout within
and adjacent to a subdivision.
A change in a subdivision plat or resubdivision plat filed
in the office of the Dutchess County Clerk, which change affects any
street layout shown on such plat, affects any area reserved thereon
for public use, or diminishes the size of any lot shown thereon.
A strip of land between property lines opened for use as
a street, alley or crosswalk.
A line, generally parallel to the street line, beyond which
the front portion of a building may not project into the front yard.
The distance an object 18 inches off the pavement (a tail
light) is visible from an eye level 41/2 inches above the pavement
(average height of a driver's eyes).
A freehand sketch made on a topographic survey map showing
the proposed subdivision in relation to existing conditions.
A general term used to describe a right-of-way, publicly
or privately owned, serving as a means of vehicular and pedestrian
travel, and furnishing space for utilities. The following functional
classification is used in this chapter.
LOCAL STREETA street intended to serve and provide access exclusively to the properties abutting thereon and not connecting with other streets in such a manner as to encourage through traffic.
THROUGH STREETA street connecting minor residential streets to each other, to community facilities and to arterial streets.
COMMERCIAL STREETA street with considerable continuity connecting district centers, which serves or will eventually serve large volumes of traffic and/or a street so designated on the Comprehensive Plan, as it may be adopted. Usually (not always) arterial streets are state highways.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETMinor streets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets and highways and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
CUL-DE-SAC OR DEAD-END STREETA minor street with one end open for public vehicle and pedestrian access and the other end terminating in a vehicular turnaround.
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular
traffic.
The distance between property lines.
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association
who shall lay out, for the purpose of sale or development, any subdivision
or part thereof, as defined herein, either for himself or others.
The subdivision of any parcel of land into two or more lots,
plots, sites or other division of land, with or without streets, for
the purpose of immediate or future sale or building development.
The Village Board of the Village of Tivoli.
The duly licensed professional engineer or registered architect
of the Village of Tivoli or, if there is no such official, a licensed
professional engineer or registered architect employed by the Village
Board for this purpose.
