For the purpose of these regulations, certain
words and terms used herein are defined as follows:
ARTERIAL STREET
A street which serves or is designed to serve a heavy flow
of traffic and which is used primarily as a route for traffic between
communities and/or other heavy traffic generating areas.
COLLECTOR STREET
A street which serves or is designed to serve as a trafficway
for a neighborhood or as a feeder to an arterial street.
COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN
A comprehensive plan which indicates the general locations
recommended for various functional classes of public works, places
and structures and the general physical development of the village
and which includes any unit or part of such plan separately prepared
and any amendment to such plan or parts therein.
EASEMENT
Written authorization by a property owner for the use by
another, for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property.
LAND USE REGULATIONS
Local Law No. 1-1986 of the Village of Hammondsport, New
York, adopted by the Village Board July 29, 1986, and subseqent amendments
thereof.
LOCAL STREET
A street intended to serve primarily as an access to abutting
properties.
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.
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, 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 Comprehensive Development Plan,
Offical Map, Local Law No. 1-1986 or these regulations.
MINOR SUBDIVISION PLAT or MAJOR FINAL PLAT
A drawing, in final form, showing a proposed subdivision and containing all information or detail required by law and by these regulations (Article
V, §
104-23 or
104-25), which is to be presented to the Planning Board for approval and, if approved, may be duly filed or recorded by the applicant in the office of the Steuben County Clerk.
OFFICIAL MAP
That map adopted by the Village Board of Trustees on July
29, 1986.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
A drawing or drawings clearly marked "Preliminary Plat," of sufficient detail to apprise the Planning Board of the layout of the proposed subdivision, as specified in Article
V, §
104-24, of these regulations, submitted to the Planning Board for approval prior to submission of the final plat.
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER
A person certified by the State of New York to inspect and
certify sewerage, septic systems and similar facilities.
SKETCH PLAN
A sketch of a proposed subdivision showing the information specified in Article
V, §
104-22, 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 objective 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 the right-of-way, measured at right angles to
the center line of the street.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association
who or which shall cause to be laid out any subdivision or part thereof
as defined herein.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots,
blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways, and includes
any resubdivision thereof.
SURVEYOR
A person licensed as a land surveyor by the State of New
York.