For the purpose of these regulations, certain words and terms used herein are defined as follows (Note: Except where specifically defined herein, all words and terms shall carry their customary meanings.):
The owner(s) of record or contract vendee who may be represented by an authorized agent.
The Building Inspector of the Town of North Castle, New York, or duly authorized representative.
A lot having a buildable area capable of accommodating proposed principal and accessory improvements and including, where required, an on-site water supply facility and sewage treatment system that meet the standards of the Westchester County Department of Health.
[Amended 11-18-2015 by L.L. No. 9-2015]
The maps and engineering drawings, described in § 275-34 of these regulations, accompanying a subdivision plat and showing the specific location and design of improvements to be installed in the subdivision in accordance with these regulations.
A hydrant installed for fire-fighting purposes which is not connected to a public water supply system.
Authorization by a property owner for the use by another, for a specified purpose, of any designated part of real property.
[Amended 11-18-2015 by L.L. No. 9-2015]
A person licensed as a professional engineer by the State of New York.
The extent of a building or lot along an approved street or along a street to be built as part of subdivision approval.
[Amended 11-18-2015 by L.L. No. 9-2015]
The Highway General Foreman of the Town of North Castle, New York, or his duly authorized representative.
[Amended 11-18-2015 by L.L. No. 9-2015]
Includes but is not limited to the creation of new streets, building sites, public walkways, parks and recreation areas, water supply and waste disposal facilities.
Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory buildings or by a dwelling group and its accessory buildings, together with such open spaces as are required under the provisions of this chapter, having not less than the minimum area and width required by this chapter for a lot in the district in which such land is situated and having its principal frontage on a street or on such other means of access as may be determined in accordance with the provisions of state law to be adequate as a condition of the issuance of a building permit for a building on such land.
[Amended 11-18-2015 by L.L. No. 9-2015]
A bond to assure the maintenance of required subdivision improvements following dedication of such improvements for such period as required by the Planning Board.
The map established by the Town Board under § 270 of the Town Law, showing the streets, highways and parks theretofore laid out, adopted and established by law, and any amendments thereto adopted by the Town Board or additions thereto resulting from the approval of subdivision plats by the Planning Board and the subsequent filing of such approved plats.
The date when a subdivision plat, accompanied by all other information required with the application for subdivision approval, is received by the Planning Board.
A bond, as required by § 277 of the Town Law, to assure the full and satisfactory completion of all required subdivision improvements as specified in the Planning Board resolution of approval, such bond to run for a term fixed by the Planning Board and with surety, form, sufficiency and manner of execution approved by the Town Board.
The Planning Board of the Town of North Castle, New York.
A drawing prepared by a New York State licensed professional engineer or land surveyor (with appropriate certification), in a manner prescribed by these regulations, showing a proposed subdivision and containing, in such additional detail as shall be provided by these regulations, 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, and which, if approved, may be filed or recorded by the owner in the office of the Westchester County Clerk.
[Amended 11-18-2015 by L.L. No. 9-2015]
A drawing, prepared in the manner prescribed in this chapter, showing the layout of a proposed subdivision, including but not restricted to road and lot layout and approximate dimensions, key plan, topography and drainage, and all proposed facilities, including preliminary plans and profiles, at suitable scale and in such detail as this chapter requires.
[Amended 11-18-2015 by L.L. No. 9-2015]
Any change of existing property lines or of property lines shown on a plat approved by the Planning Board and filed in the office of the County Clerk.
The initial drawings submitted for review to the Town Engineer, Planning Consultant and the Highway General Foreman, as required, prior to formal submission of a preliminary subdivision plat.
An existing state, county or Town road or highway, a street shown upon a plat approved by the Planning Board or a street shown on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the County Clerk prior to 1941.
A street which serves or is designed to serve as access to abutting business, commercial or industrial properties.
A street which serves or is designed to serve primarily the function of carrying traffic from minor streets to major streets.
A street or a portion of a street with only one vehicular traffic outlet.
A street which serves or is designed to serve primarily as access to abutting residential properties.
A street which serves or is designed to serve primarily as a carrier of through traffic.
The width of the paved cartway of a street, measured perpendicular to the center line of such street.
The wearing or exposed surface of the street right-of-way designed to be used by vehicular traffic.
The distance between property lines measured at right angles to the center line of the street.
The division of any parcel of land, regardless of use, into more than three lots, blocks, sites or parcels, with or without the creation of new streets, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or building development, and shall include resubdivision as defined herein.
The division of any parcel of land, regardless of use, into three or fewer lots, plots, blocks, sites or parcels, with or without the creation of new streets, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or building development, and shall include resubdivision as defined herein.
The standards and specifications adopted by the Town Board for the construction of streets and related subdivision improvements, and all amendments thereto.
The Comprehensive Plan for development for the Town of North Castle, New York, prepared and adopted by the Town Board pursuant to § 272-a of the Town Law, and all amendments thereto.
[Amended 11-18-2015 by L.L. No. 9-2015]
Any person employed full time as the Town Engineer or any consulting engineer retained to act in his place.[1]
The local law of the Town of North Castle, New York, effective September 28, 1982, providing for the regulation of activities in areas identified as subject to periodic flooding, and regulations to reduce and control erosion and sedimentation.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: The definition of "Town Environmental Quality Review Act (TEQR)," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 5-23-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012.
[2]
Editor's Note: The definition of "Wetlands and Drainage Law," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 5-23-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012. The definitions of "Wetlands and Watercourse Protection Law" and "Zoning Ordinance," which also followed, were repealed 11-18-2015 by L.L. No. 9-2015.