Definitions.
ALLEY
A 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.
BOND
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 The cash may be withdrawn after the work
has been performed as certified by the engineer with a 10% holdout
until acceptance.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The 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.
CROSSWALK
A right-of-way, municipally or privately owned, which cuts
across a block to furnish access for pedestrians to adjacent streets
or properties.
EASEMENT
A right granted to use certain land for a special purpose
not inconsistent with the general property rights of the owner.
ENGINEER
Unless 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 PLAT
The 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.)
IMPROVEMENT
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.
LOT
A parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership or building
development, whether immediate or future.
LOT DEPTH
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lines
of a lot.
LOT WIDTH
The width of a lot at the building line.
OFFICIAL MAP
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 § 7-724 of the Village
Law.
OWNER
The owner of the land proposed to be subdivided or his agent.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
A 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.)
RIGHT-OF-WAY
A strip of land between property lines opened for use as
a street, alley or crosswalk.
SETBACK OR BUILDING LINE
A line, generally parallel to the street line, beyond which
the front foundation wall of a building may not project into the front
yard.
STREET
A 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.
(2)
COLLECTOR STREETSThose which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets or highways.
(3)
MINOR STREETSThose which are used primarily for access to the abutting properties.
(4)
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.
(5)
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.
(6)
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.
SUBDIVIDER
A person who is the registered owner or authorized agent
of the registered owner of land proposed for subdivision.
SUBDIVISION
The 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.