For the purpose of these regulations, certain words and terms
used herein are defined as follows:
CLERK OF THE PLANNING BOARD
That member of the Planning Board who shall be designated
to perform the duties of the Clerk of the Planning Board for the purposes
of these regulations.
COLLECTOR STREET
A street which carries traffic from local streets to the
major system of arterial streets, including the principal entrance
streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within
such a development.
CUL-DE-SAC STREET
A street with only one means of vehicular ingress and egress
and with a turnaround at its terminus.
DESIGNATED TOWN ENGINEER
That licensed professional engineer, either employee or consultant,
who shall be chosen by the Town Board to perform the duties of the
designated Town Engineer for the purposes of these regulations.
EASEMENT
An acquired right of use on the property of another for a
specified purpose on a designated part of that property.
IMPROVEMENT
A physical change to the land or installation of certain
services necessary to produce usable and desirable lots, blocks or
sites from raw acreage, including, but not limited to, water and sewer,
grading, pavement, curbs, gutters, storm sewers and drains and betterments
to existing watercourses, sidewalks, street signs, shade trees, sodding
or seeding and monuments.
LOCAL STREET
A street intended to serve primarily as access to abutting
properties.
MAJOR ARTERY
An arterial street which serves or is designated to be used
primarily for fast or heavy traffic.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREET
A local street which is parallel to and adjacent to a major
artery and which provides access to abutting properties and protection
from through traffic.
MASTER PLAN
A comprehensive plan for the general physical development
of the Town of Elma, prepared by the Planning Board pursuant to Town
Law and which includes any unit or part of such plan separately
adopted and any amendment to such plan or parts thereof.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map which may be established by the Town Board under
§ 270 of the Town Law showing streets, highways and parks
and drainage theretofore laid out, adopted and established by law,
and any amendments thereto adopted by the Town Board of additions
thereto resulting from the approval of subdivision plats by the Planning
Board and the subsequent filing of such approved plats.
PLANNING BOARD
The Planning Board of the Town of Elma, Erie County, New
York.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
The maps, drawings and charts showing the layout of a proposed subdivision, as specified in Article
VII, §
123-20, of these regulations 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 and improvements of such proposed subdivision.
SKETCH PLAN
A sketch of a proposed subdivision showing the information specified in Article
VII, §
123-19, of these regulations 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 the objectives of these regulations.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT OFFICER (SMO)
An employee or officer designated by the Town to accept and review stormwater pollution prevention plans, forward the plans to the applicable employee, officer, or board of the Town of Elma, and inspect stormwater management practices, as provided in Chapter
120, Stormwater Management, of this Code.
STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (SWPPP)
A plan for controlling stormwater runoff and pollutants from a site during and after construction activities, as more particularly described in Chapter
120, Stormwater Management, of this Code.
STREET
A way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a street,
highway, thoroughfare, parkway, thruway, road, artery, avenue, boulevard,
lane, place, drive or however otherwise designated.
STREET PAVEMENT
The exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular traffic.
STREET WIDTH
The width of the right-of-way or the distance between property
lines on the opposite sides of a street, measured at right angles
to the center line of such street.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association
which shall lay out for the purpose of development and/or sale of
any subdivision as defined herein, either for himself, itself or for
others.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots,
block plots, or sites, with or without new streets or highways, for
the purpose of sale, transfer of ownership, or development. It also
includes any alteration of lot lines or dimensions of any lots or
sites shown a plat previously approved and filed in the office of
the County Clerk. The definition of a "subdivision" excludes lots
that are over five acres in size. The Town of Elma also further defines
a subdivision as a minor or major subdivision as follows:
A.
MINOR SUBDIVISIONAny subdivision containing not more than four lots, each of said lots being at least the minimum lot area permitted by the Zoning Ordinance, each fronting on an existing street, not involving any
new street or road or the extension of municipal facilities, not adversely
affecting the development of the remainder of the parcel of adjoining
properties and not in conflict with any surrounding development or
any provision or portion of the Master Plan, Official Map, Zoning
Ordinance or these regulations.
B.
MAJOR SUBDIVISIONAny 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 Town facilities.
SUBDIVISION PLAT or FINAL PLAT
The final maps, drawings and charts on which the subdivider's
plan of subdivision containing all information or detail required
by law and by these regulations is presented to the Planning Board
for approval and which, if approved, will be submitted to the Erie
County Clerk for filing or recording.
SURVEYOR, LAND
A person licensed as a land surveyor in the State of New
York.