As used in this chapter, 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,
unless otherwise indicated.
As used in this chapter, 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 Town of Grand Island.
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 right-of-way granted for limited use of private land for
a public or quasi-public purpose.
A person licensed as a professional by the State of New York.[2]
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 tract or parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership,
use or improvement.
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.
A comprehensive plan, prepared by the Planning Board, which
indicates the general locations recommended for various functional
classes of public works, places and structures and for general physical
development of the municipality, and includes any unit or part of
such plan separately prepared and any amendment to such plan or parts
therein.
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 Code, if such exists, or this chapter.[3]
The portion of a street or alley intended for vehicular movement.
An informal plan, not necessarily to scale, indicating salient
existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the general
layout of the proposed subdivision.
A drawing, in final form, showing a proposed subdivision
containing all information or detail required by law and by this chapter,
to be presented to the Planning Board for approval, and which, if
approved, shall be duly filed or recorded by the applicant in the
office of the County Clerk or Register.
A drawing or drawings clearly marked "preliminary plat,"
showing the salient features of a proposed subdivision, 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, including
Town-owned utilities.[5]
A lot extending between and having frontage on a major traffic
street and a minor street, and with vehicular access solely from the
latter.
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.
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 a building development with or without streets or highways;
provided, however, the sale or exchange of parcels of land between
adjacent or adjoining property owners, or where such sales do not
create additional lots, shall not be considered a subdivision of land.
The term "subdivision" also includes resubdivision and as appropriate
in this chapter shall refer to the process of subdividing land or
to the land subdivided.
A person licensed as a land surveyor by the State of New
York.
The duly elected Town Board of Grand Island.
The Town Engineer of the Town of Grand Island.
