Specific terms. As used in this chapter, unless the
context or subject matter otherwise requires, the following terms
shall be defined as follows:
ALLEY
A minor right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access
to the side or rear of two or more properties.
BLOCK
An area bounded by streets.
BOARD
The Planning Board of the Town of Phelps.
BOARD ENGINEER
The Town Engineer or other qualified person designated by
the Planning Board to perform all administrative and/or supervisory
duties required of the Board Engineer by the provisions of these regulations.
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE
An 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.
CUL-DE-SAC
A minor street intersecting another street at one end and
terminated at the other by a vehicular turnaround.
DEDICATION
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.
EASEMENT
A right-of-way granted for limited use of private land for
a public or quasi-public purpose.
HALF OR PARTIAL STREET
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.
INTERIOR WALK
A right-of-way for pedestrian use extending from a street
into a block or across a block to another street.
LOT
A tract or parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership,
use or improvement.
PAVEMENT
That portion of a street or alley intended for vehicular
movement.
PLAN, FINAL
A complete and exact subdivision plan, prepared for official
recording as required by statute, to define property rights and proposed
streets and other improvements.
PLAN, PRELIMINARY
A tentative subdivision plan in lesser detail than a final
plan, showing approximate proposed streets and lot layout as a basis
for consideration prior to preparation of a final plan.
PLAN, SKETCH
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.
REVERSE FRONTAGE LOT
A lot extending between and having frontage on a major traffic
street and a minor street, and with vehicular access solely from the
latter.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
Land reserved for use as a street, alley or interior walk
or for another public purpose.
SETBACK OR BUILDING LINE
The line within a property defining the required minimum
distance between any enclosed structure and the adjacent right-of-way.
SIGHT DISTANCE
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.
STREET
A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, intended
for use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation. Classes
of streets are as follows:
(1)
MAJOR TRAFFIC STREETSThose serving large volumes of comparatively high-speed and long-distance traffic, and includes facilities classified as "main" and "secondary" highways by the New York State Department of Public Works, and includes streets classified as "highways" in the Traffic Plan adopted by the Planning Board.
(2)
COLLECTOR STREETSThose which, in addition to giving access to abutting properties, intercept minor streets and provide routes, carrying considerable volumes of traffic, to community facilities and to major traffic streets, and includes streets classified as "collector" streets in the Traffic Plan adopted by the Board.
(4)
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETSMinor streets, parallel and adjacent to major traffic streets, providing access to abutting properties and control of intersections with the major traffic streets.
SUBDIVIDER
The owner, or authorized agent of the owner, of a subdivision.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots,
plots, sites or other divisions of land for immediate or future sales
or for building development, with or without streets or highways.
YARD
An open space as may be required by this chapter of uniform
width or depth on the same lot with a building or group of buildings
in which open space lies between the principal building or group of
buildings and the nearest lot line and which is unoccupied and unobstructed
from the ground upward.
(1)
YARD, FRONTAn open space extending the full width of the lot between a building and the front lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward.
(2)
YARD, REARAn open space extending the full width of the lot between a building and the rear lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward.
(3)
YARD, SIDEAn open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard between a building and the nearest side lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward.