For the purpose of this chapter, words and terms used herein
are defined as follows:
The use of land and water resources for the production of
food and fiber. Forestry and aquaculture activities are included within
this definition. Processing operations, such as lumber mills or food
processing plants, and nonproduction animal-based activities, such
as riding stables, are considered commercial uses, not agriculture.
A development approach in which building lots may be reduced in size and buildings sited closer together, usually in groups or clusters, provided that the total development density does not exceed that which could be constructed on the site under Chapter 120, Land Use.
Any person appointed, designated or otherwise retained by
the Town Board to carry out the functions assigned to such person
according to this chapter.
A drawing, in final form, showing a proposed subdivision
containing all information or detail required by law and by this chapter
to be presented to the Planning Board for approval and which, if approved,
shall be duly filed or recorded by the applicant in the office of
the County Clerk and the Town Clerk.
A Comprehensive or Master Plan for the development of the
town prepared by the Planning Board pursuant to § 272-a
of the Town Law.
The Town of Eaton Land Use Regulations (Chapter 120, Land Use).
The date on which an application for plat approval, complete
and accompanied by all required information, endorsements and fees,
has been filed with the Planning Board. An application shall not be
considered complete until either a SEQR negative declaration has been
filed, or a draft environmental impact statement has been accepted
by the SEQR lead agency as satisfactory with respect to scope, content
and adequacy.
Land under one tax map number (SBL) as recorded by the Madison
County Assessment Department.
The Town of Eaton Planning Board.
A drawing or drawings clearly marked "preliminary plat,"
showing the layout of a proposed subdivision, submitted to the Planning
Board for approval prior to submission of the plat in final form,
and of sufficient detail to apprise the Planning Board of the layout
of the proposed subdivision.
A sketch of a proposed subdivision to enable the subdivider
to save time and expense in reaching general agreement with the Planning
Board as to the form of the layout and objectives of this chapter.
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association,
estate, trust or another group or combination acting in concert, undertaking
the dividing of land so as to constitute a subdivision as defined
herein for the purpose of sale or development, either by the subdivider
or others.
Division of any parcel of land into two or more lots, blocks
or sites for the purpose of conveyance, transfer of ownership, improvement,
building development or sale. "Subdivision" shall include any sale
transfer or conveyance of any fee interest in a parcel or tract of
land which comprises less than the entire contiguous premises owned
by the grantor of that interest, regardless of whether a plat establishing
separate lot boundaries within the premises of the grantor has been
filed in the office of the Madison County Clerk prior to the effective
date of this chapter.
A subdivision containing five or more lots; any subdivision
requiring a new road or roads or the reclassification of any road
presently in seasonal use; any subdivision with one or more lots not
fronting on an existing public road; or the simultaneous or cumulative
division of any individual parcel or multi-parcel tract of land held
under single, joint, common or corporate ownership and shown on a
filed plat, as of the effective date of this chapter, into five or
more lots, none of which has already received plat approval.
The simultaneous or cumulative division of any individual
parcel or multi-parcel tract of land held under single, joint, common
or corporate ownership and shown on a filed plat, as of the effective
date of this chapter, into two to four lots fronting on an existing
public road.
