For the purpose of these regulations, which shall be known as
and may be cited as the "Village of Canajoharie Subdivision Regulations,"
certain words used herein are defined as follows:
The duly appointed Planning Board of the Village of Canajoharie.
The final map or drawing on which the plan of subdivision
is presented to the Board for approval and which, if approved, will
be submitted to the County Clerk for filing.
A Comprehensive Plan prepared for and by the Board pursuant
to Article VIA of the Village Law,[1] which plan indicates the general locations recommended
for the various public works, places and structures and for the general
physical development of the Village of Canajoharie, and includes any
unit or part of such plan separately adopted and any amendment to
such plan or parts thereof.
The map established by the Village of Canajoharie pursuant
to Article VIA of the Village Law[2] showing the streets, highways and parks theretofore laid
out, adopted and established by law and any amendments thereto adopted
by the Village of Canajoharie or additions thereto resulting from
the approval of subdivision plats by the Board and the subsequent
filing of such approved plats. Streets not accepted by the Village
of Canajoharie as public streets may be shown thereon but shall be
marked as private streets.
The preliminary drawing or drawings indicating the proposed
manner or layout of the subdivision and width of proposed streets
to be submitted to the Board for its consideration.
A public or private way for vehicular traffic.
ARTERIAL STREETS and HIGHWAYSThose which are used primarily for traffic with limited access.
MAJOR STREETSThose which carry traffic from minor streets to the business and industrial districts.
MINOR STREETSThose which are used primarily for access to abutting residential properties. A cul-de-sac is a minor street with only one outlet and having a turning loop or wye at the closed end.
FRONTAGE ROADSGenerally parallel with and adjacent to arterial streets and highways and provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
ALLEYSMinor ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots,
blocks, sites or other division of land, with or without streets and
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.
