A.
Except where specifically defined herein, all words
used in these Subdivision Regulations shall carry their customary
meanings.
B.
BOND
BUILDING
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF A FINAL PLAT
EASEMENT
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
FINAL PLAT
FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT
GRADE
GRADE, FINISHED
IMPROVEMENTS, PERMANENT
LOT
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE
LOT, REVERSE FRONTAGE
MASTER PLAN
OWNER
PLANNING DIRECTOR
PRELIMINARY PLAT
PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL
PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAT
RESIDENTIAL LOT OR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PLOT
SCREEN PLANTING
SERVICE DRIVES
SKETCH PLAN
STANDARDS
STREET
STREET CENTER LINE
STREET, COLLECTOR
STREET, CUL-DE-SAC
STREET, MAJOR
STREET, MARGINAL ACCESS
STREET, MINOR
STREET PAVEMENT
STREET, RURAL
STREET WIDTH
SUBDIVIDER
SUBDIVISION
SUBDIVISION, MAJOR
TOWN ENGINEER
TRACT
For the purpose of these regulations, certain words
used herein are defined as follows:
A performance bond issued by a bonding or surety company
approved by and with security acceptable to the Town Board or a performance
bond duly issued by the developer-obligor accompanied by security
in the form of cash, certified check, United States Government bonds
or other security acceptable to the Town Board.
A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and
intended for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals or chattels.
Conditional approval by the Planning Board of a final plat
is the approval of a final plat subject to conditions set forth by
the Planning Board in a resolution conditionally approving such plat.
Such conditional approval does not qualify a final plat for recording
nor authorize issuance of building permits prior to the signing of
the plat by a duly authorized officer of the Planning Board and the
recording of the plat in the office of the County Clerk in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 1-16-1973]
Authorization by a property owner for the use by another,
for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property.
The person appointed by the Town Board as enforcement officer
or such other person as may be designated by the Town Board to perform
the duties herein conferred on the enforcement officer.
A drawing prepared in a manner prescribed by a professional
engineer or land surveyor, showing a proposed subdivision and containing
in such additional detail as shall be provided for by the Planning
Board all information required to appear on a preliminary plat and
the modifications, if any, required by the Planning Board at the time
of approval of a preliminary plat of such proposed subdivision if
such preliminary plat has been so approved.
[Amended 1-16-1973]
A final plat with any required revisions incorporated and
all necessary approvals indicated thereon.
[Amended 2-23-1982]
Mathematical rate of ascent or descent from one point to
another.
Completed surfaces of ground, lawns, walks, paved areas and
streets brought to grades as shown on plans relating thereto or in
existence at the time the certificate of occupancy is issued.
Any installation, structure, implement, device or part thereof,
such as but not limited to sanitary sewer pipes, curbs, storm sewer
pipes, manholes, catch basins, lateral sewers, bridges, water pipes,
valves, pumps, open or enclosed culverts or any other facility which
is or will be located on or in public property or could become public
responsibility.
[Amended 9-16-2014 by L.L. No. 3-2014]
Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory
buildings, together with such open spaces as are required, having
not less than the minimum area, width and depth required for a lot
in the district in which such land is situated and having frontage
on a street or other means of access as may be determined by the Planning
Board to be adequate as a condition for the issuance of a building
permit for a building on such land.
A lot whose rear and front lot lines abut existing or proposed
streets.
A lot whose rear lot line abuts an existing or proposed limited-access
highway.
The comprehensive Master Plan for the development of the
Town, prepared by the Planning Board pursuant to § 272-a
of the Town Law and including any part of such plan separately prepared
and any amendment to such plan.
The owner of the land proposed to be subdivided or his authorized
agent.
The person appointed by the Town Board as Planning Director
to administer the Subdivision Regulations and to perform such other
duties as may be assigned to him by the Planning Board.
A drawing prepared in a manner prescribed by a professional
engineer or land surveyor, showing the layout of a proposed subdivision,
including but not restricted to road and lot layout and approximate
dimensions, key plan, topography and drainage, all proposed facilities
unsized, including preliminary plans and profiles, at suitable scale
and in such detail as local regulation may require.
[Amended 1-16-1973]
Approval by the Planning Board of a preliminary plat is the
approval of the layout of a proposed subdivision as set forth in a
preliminary plat, but subject to approval of the plat in final form
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 1-16-1973]
A preliminary plat with any required revisions incorporated
and all necessary approvals indicated thereon.
[Amended 2-23-1982]
Any parcel of land of five acres or less, any point on the
boundary line of which is less than 1/2 mile from any point on the
boundary line of another such lot in the same tract, unless any such
lot may not legally be used for residential purposes.
[Added 7-18-1978]
Planting of trees and bushes with the object of minimizing
visibility, sound and through access, as required by the provisions
of the Zoning Ordinance[1] or the Planning Board.
Minor private ways which are used primarily for vehicular
service access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting
on a street.
A sketch of a proposed subdivision, not necessarily to exact
scale, indicating salient existing features of a parcel and its surroundings
and the general layout of a proposed subdivision, to enable the subdivider
and the Planning Board to reach general agreement as to the form and
layout of the subdivision preliminary plat in meeting the objectives
of these regulations.
The size, volume, area, shape, grade and/or other limiting
factors, whether minimum or maximum, as set forth herein.
Any public way for vehicular traffic which affords the principal
means of access to abutting properties.
A line midway between and parallel to two street property
lines.
A street which carries traffic from minor streets to a major
system of arterial highways.
A street with only one vehicular traffic outlet.
A street used primarily for fast or heavy traffic, usually
with complete or partial control over access from abutting properties.
A minor street parallel to and adjacent to a major street,
which provides access to abutting properties.
A street used primarily for access to the abutting properties.
The paved surface of the roadway between curbs, used for
vehicular traffic.
A street used primarily for access to the abutting properties
located in a subdivision of lots not less than five acres and not
connecting to a street having curbs.
[Added 2-28-1989 by L.L. No. 2-1989;
amended 9-16-2014 by L.L. No. 3-2014]
The width of the right-of-way, measured at right angles to
the center line of the street.
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association,
or his or their authorized agent, who shall propose to lay out, for
the purpose of sale or development, any subdivision or part thereof
as defined herein.
The division of any tract of land into two or more parcels
for sale or for rent as residential lots or residential building lots,
which shall require the creation of a new street or streets, highway
or highways, easement or easements, right-of-way or rights-of-way
or extension of municipal facilities. The term "subdivision" includes
resubdivision. A subdivision shall not include the division of land
for agricultural purposes into two or more parcels and which does
not involve the creation of a new street or highway.
[Amended 7-18-1978]
A subdivision containing five or more parcels along any existing
or proposed street(s), highways(s), easements(s) or right-of-way or
rights-of-way or any subdivision requiring creation of a new street
or extension of municipal facilities. A tract of land shall constitute
a major subdivision upon the sale, rental or offer for sale or lease
of the fifth residential lot or residential building lot therefrom
within any consecutive five-year period, and upon that event all provisions
applying to major subdivisions shall apply to all such parcels thereof,
including the first four parcels, regardless of whether said parcels
have been sold, rented or offered for sale or lease, singly or collectively.
[Amended 7-18-1978]
The duly appointed Town Engineer of the Town of Owego, New
York, or a consulting professional engineer retained by the Town of
Owego.
Any body of land, including contiguous parcels of land under
one ownership or under common control of any group of persons acting
in concert as part of a common scheme or plan.
[Added 7-18-1978]
