[Amended 3-2-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
By the authority of the resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Yorkville, New York, adopted on February 8, 1966, pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 of the Village Law of the State of New York, the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Yorkville, New York, is authorized and empowered to approve plats showing lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways, to approve the development of entirely or partially undeveloped plats already filed in the office of the Clerk of the county and to conditionally approve preliminary plats within the Village of Yorkville.
It is declared to be the policy of the Zoning Board of Appeals to consider land subdivision plats as part of a plan for the orderly, efficient and economical development of the Village. This means, among other things, that the site can be used safely for building purposes without danger to health or peril from fire, flood or other menace; that proper provision shall be made for drainage, water supply, sewerage and other needed improvements; that all proposed lots shall be so laid out and of such size as to be in harmony with the development pattern of the neighboring properties; that the proposed streets shall compose a convenient system conforming to the Official Map and shall be properly related to the proposals shown on the Master Plan and shall be of such width, grade and location as to accommodate the prospective traffic, to facilitate fire protection and to provide access of firefighting equipment to buildings; and that proper provision shall be made for open spaces for parks and playgrounds.
In order that land subdivisions may be made in accordance with this policy, these regulations, which shall be known as and which may be cited as the "Village of Yorkville Subdivision Regulations," have been approved by the Board of Trustees on May 6, 1969, and adopted by the Village Planning Board on May 15, 1969.
For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and terms used herein are defined as follows:
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
Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision, 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 PLAN
A comprehensive plan, prepared by the Zoning Board of Appeals 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 prepared and any amendment to such plan or parts therein.
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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, Official Map, Chapter 135, Zoning, or these regulations.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map established by the Village Board of Trustees pursuant to § 7-724 of the Village Law showing streets, highways, parks and drainage, both existing and proposed.
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PRELIMINARY PLAT
A drawing or drawings clearly marked "preliminary plat," showing the salient features of a proposed subdivision, as specified in § 118-23, submitted to the Zoning Board of Appeals for purposes of consideration prior to submission of the plat in final form and of sufficient detail to apprise the Zoning Board of Appeals of the layout of the proposed subdivision.
SKETCH PLAN
A sketch of a proposed subdivision showing the information specified in § 118-21 to enable the subdivider to save time and expense in reaching general agreement with the Zoning Board of Appeals as to the form of the layout and the objectives of these regulations.
STREET
Includes streets, roads, avenues, lanes or other traffic ways between right-of-way lines.
A. 
MAJOR STREETA street which serves or is designed to serve heavy flows of traffic and which is used primarily as a route for traffic between communities and/or other heavy-traffic-generating areas.
B. 
COLLECTOR STREETA street which serves or is designed to serve as a trafficway for a neighborhood or as a feeder to a major street.
C. 
MINOR STREETA street intended to serve primarily as an access to abutting properties.
D. 
CUL-DE-SAC STREETA street or a portion of a street with only one vehicular traffic outlet and having a turning loop or similar arrangement at the closed end.
STREET PAVEMENT
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular traffic.
STREET WIDTH
The width of right-of-way, measured at right angles to the center line of the street.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who shall lay out any subdivision or part thereof, as defined herein, either for himself or others.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots, plats, sites or other divisions of land, with or without streets or highways, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or building development, and shall include resubdivision, in whole or in part, of any plat, filed or unfiled, which is entirely or partially undeveloped.
SUBDIVISION PLAT or FINAL PLAT
A drawing, in final form, showing a proposed subdivision, containing all information or detail required by law and by these regulations to be presented to the Zoning Board of Appeals for approval and which, if approved, may be duly filed or recorded by the applicant in the office of the County Clerk or Registrar.
VILLAGE ENGINEER
A licensed professional engineer designated by the Village.
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS or BOARD
The Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Yorkville.