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.
BOARD or PLANNING BOARD
The Planning Board of the Village of Hammondsport.
CLERK or CLERK OF THE PLANNING BOARD
The person who shall be designated to perform the duties of the Clerk of the Planning Board.
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.
DEAD-END STREET or CUL-DE-SAC
A street or a portion of a street with only one vehicular traffic outlet.
EASEMENT
Written authorization by a property owner for the use by another, for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property.
ENGINEER or LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER
A person licensed as a professional engineer by the State of New York.
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.[1]
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[2] 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.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
The person duly appointed by the Village Board as such.
SURVEYOR
A person licensed as a land surveyor by the State of New York.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 122, Zoning.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 122, Zoning.