Definitions.
ALLEYA strip of land over which there is a right-of-way, municipally or privately owned, on which no building fronts, serving as a secondary means of access to two or more properties.
BONDA 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 The cash may be withdrawn after the work has been performed as certified by the engineer with a 10% holdout until acceptance.
COMPREHENSIVE PLANThe Comprehensive Plan or a part thereof, which may consist of several maps, data, etc., adopted by the Village Board, indicating the general locations recommended for major motorways, parks and other public open spaces, public building sites and routes for public utilities.
CROSSWALKA right-of-way, municipally or privately owned, which cuts across a block to furnish access for pedestrians to adjacent streets or properties.
EASEMENTA right granted to use certain land for a special purpose not inconsistent with the general property rights of the owner.
ENGINEERUnless otherwise hereinafter indicated, the duly designated engineer of the Village of Delhi or, if there be no such official, a licensed professional engineer employed by the Village Board or any other duly authorized person.
FINAL SUBDIVISION PLATThe final map, drawing or chart, prepared by a licensed professional engineer or surveyor, upon which the owner'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. (See §
255-7.)
Those physical changes to the land necessary to produce usable and desirable lots from raw acreage including grading, pavement, curb, gutter, storm sewers and drains and betterment to existing watercourses, sidewalks, street signs, crosswalks, shade trees, sodding or seeding, street name signs and monuments.
LOTA parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership or building development, whether immediate or future.
LOT DEPTHThe mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lines of a lot.
LOT WIDTHThe width of a lot at the building line.
OFFICIAL MAPA 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 § 7-724 of the Village Law.
OWNERThe owner of the land proposed to be subdivided or his agent.
PRELIMINARY PLATA plan prepared by a licensed professional engineer or surveyor or a qualified site planner, showing existing features of the land and proposed street, utility and lot layout within and adjacent to a subdivision. (See §
255-6.)
A strip of land between property lines opened for use as a street, alley or crosswalk.
SETBACK OR BUILDING LINEA line, generally parallel to the street line, beyond which the front foundation wall of a building may not project into the front yard.
STREETA way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, drive, place, or other similar designation. The following functional classification is used in these regulations:
(1) ARTERIAL STREETSThose which are used primarily for fast or heavy traffic, usually with complete or partial control over access from abutting property.
COLLECTOR STREETSThose which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets or highways.
MINOR STREETSThose which are used primarily for access to the abutting properties.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETSMinor 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 STREETSMinor streets with one end open for public vehicle and pedestrian access and the other end terminating in a vehicular turnaround. The length of a cul-de-sac street shall be measured along the center line from its intersection with the center line of the street from which it runs to the center of the cul-de-sac turnaround.
SERVICE DRIVESMinor private ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
SUBDIVIDERA person who is the registered owner or authorized agent of the registered owner of land proposed for subdivision.
SUBDIVISIONThe division of a single lot, tract or parcel of land or a part thereof into two or more lots, tracts or parcels of land, including changes in street lines or lot lines, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or of building development; provided, however, that division of land for agricultural purposes shall not be included within the meaning of subdivision.