As used in this chapter, words in the singular
include the plural and those in the plural include the singular. The
word "person" includes a corporation, unincorporated association and
a partnership as well as an individual. The word "building" includes
structure and shall be construed as if followed by the phrase "or
part thereof." The word "street" includes avenue, boulevard, court,
expressway, highway, lane, arterial and road. The word "watercourse"
includes channel, lake, pond, creek, ditch, drain, dry run, spring
and stream. The word "may" is permissive; the words "shall" and "will"
are mandatory unless otherwise indicated.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A minor right-of-way providing vehicular access to the side
or rear of two or more properties and only serving as a secondary
means of access to two or more properties.
A nonlimited access road which has a grade-separated highway
interchange with a limited access highway and which extends from the
end of the interchange ramp for a distance of not more than 2,000
feet.
An area bounded by public rights-of-way.
The Village Engineer or other qualified person designated
by the Planning Board to perform all administrative and/or supervisory
duties required under the stipulations of this chapter.
The person designated by the Board of Trustees to perform
all administrative and/or supervisory duties required by this chapter.
An area of 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.
The Comprehensive Plan as may be prepared and adopted by
the Planning Board in accordance with § 7-722 of the Village
Law, and all amendments.
A minor street intersecting another street at one end and
terminated at the other end by a vehicular turnaround, as defined
in the zoning regulations.[1]
[Amended 7-26-1977]
The deliberate assignment 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.
A right-of-way granted for limited use of private land for
a public or quasi-public purpose.
A street, generally parallel and adjacent to a property line,
having a lesser right-of-way width than is normally required for the
satisfactory improvement and use of the street.
A right-of-way for pedestrian use extending from a street
into a block or across a block to another street.
A plot of land, five or more acres in size, designated to
be subdivided under the provisions of this chapter by the utilization
of the density control method whereby actual lot dimensions and area
may be waived in accordance with the Zoning Ordinance provisions.
A tract or parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership,
use or improvement.
A map established and adopted by the Board of Trustees under
§ 7-724 of the Village Law, or additions thereto, and made
in accordance with § 7-724 of the Village Law, showing streets,
highways and parks.
A complete and exact subdivision plan, prepared for official
recording as required by statute, to define property rights and proposed
streets and other improvements as prepared in accordance with this
chapter for official recording by a surveyor and a licensed professional
engineer.
The Planning Board of the Village of Shortsville.
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 the preparation of a final plan.
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.
A lot extending between and having frontage on a major traffic
street and a minor street and with vehicular access solely from the
latter.
Land reserved for use as a street, alley, interior walk or
for other public purpose.
The line within a property defining the required minimum
distance between any building and the adjacent right-of-way.
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.
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:
ARTERIAL STREETS- Those serving large volumes of comparatively high-speed and long-distance traffic, including streets classified as "arterial streets" in the thoroughfare plan adopted by the Planning Board.
COLLECTOR STREETS- Those 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.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETS- Minor streets located adjacent and parallel to major or arterial streets which provide service for abutting properties.
MINOR STREETS- Those used primarily to provide access to abutting property.
MAJOR STREETS- Either arterial streets or collector streets which carry considerable volumes of traffic.
A street dedicated to public use.
The owner or authorized agent of the owner of a subdivision.
The division of any parcel of land into two
or more portions or parcels, or other division of land for immediate
or future sales or for building development, with or without streets
or highways. Minor adjustments in existing property lines shall not
be considered a "subdivision."
The term "subdivision" includes resubdivision
and, as appropriate in this chapter, shall refer to the process of
subdividing land or to the land subdivided.
