For the purpose of these regulations, certain words and terms used herein
are defined as follows:
COLLECTOR STREET
A street which serves or is designed to serve as a traffic way for
a neighborhood or as a feeder to a major street.
CUL-DE-SAC
A street or a portion of a street with only one vehicular traffic
outlet.
EASEMENT
Authorization by a property owner for the use by another, and for
a specified purpose of any designated part of his property.
MAJOR SUBDIVISION
All subdivisions not classified as minor subdivisions, including
but not limited to subdivisions of five or more lots, or any size subdivision
requiring any new street or extension of municipal facilities.
MASTER OR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
A comprehensive plan, prepared by the Asharoken Planning Board pursuant
to § 7-722 of the Village Law, which indicates the general locations
recommended for various functional classes of public works, places and structures
and for general physical development of the Village and includes any unit
or part of such plan separately adopted and any amendment to such plan or
parts therein.
MINOR STREET
A street intended to serve primarily as an access to abutting properties.
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 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, if such exists, Zoning Ordinance or this chapter.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map established by the Village Board pursuant to § 7-724
of the Village Law showing streets, highways, parks and drainage, both existing
and proposed.
PRELIMINARY LAYOUT
The preliminary drawing or drawings indicating the proposed manner
of layout of the subdivision to be submitted to the Planning Board for approval.
SKETCH PLAN
A rough sketch of the preliminary layout to enable the subdivider
to save time and expense in reaching general agreement with the Board as to
the form of the layout and objectives of these regulations.
STREET
Includes streets, roads, avenues, lanes or other ways between right-of-way
lines.
STREET PAVEMENT
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular traffic.
STREET WIDTH
The distance between property lines or, if the street is not publicly
owned, the distance between right-of-way lines, measured at right angles to
the center line of the street.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm, corporation or partnership or association who shall
lay out for the purpose of sale or development any subdivision or part thereof
as defined herein, either for himself or others.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel of land, with or without streets, into
two or more lots, blocks, sites or other divisions of land for the purpose,
whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership.
SUBDIVISION PLAT
The final map on which the applicant's subdivision plan is presented
to the Planning Board for approval and which, if approved, shall be duly filed
by the applicant with the County Clerk.
SURVEYOR
A person licensed as a professional land surveyor by the State of
New York.