For the purpose of these regulations, in case of conflict, the definitions of terms set forth in the Zoning Regulations of the Town of Lyme shall apply.[1] For convenience, some of the definitions of terms appearing frequently herein are repeated below.
The flood having a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.
Funds or acceptable assurance of funding availability, posted with the Town to ensure completion of improvements which are part of subdivision approval, also referred to as "surety" or "security," in accordance with Article 6.
The Planning and Zoning Commission of the Town of Lyme.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation, or drilling operations.
An area where the ground cover is destroyed or removed leaving the land subject to accelerated erosion.
The person or persons designated by the Planning and Zoning Commission to administer these Subdivision Regulations.
Those areas identified on the floodway and flood boundary for Lyme, Connecticut, and dated August 5, 2013, and as it may be amended.
The official map prepared for the Town of Lyme by the Federal Insurance Administrator on which both the hazard areas and risk premium zones applicable to the Town of Lyme have been designated, dated January 3, 1979 and as it may be amended.
Zone A – The special flood hazard area shown on the FIRM which is subject to inundation by the one-hundred-year flood. Because detailed hydraulic analyses have not been performed, no base flood elevation is shown. Mandatory flood insurance purchase requirements apply.
AE or numbered zoneses – The special flood hazard areas shown on the FIRM which are subject to inundation by the one-hundred-year flood determined in a Flood Insurance Study (FIS) by detailed methods. Base flood elevations are shown with these zones. Insurance risk level is indicated by the number. Mandatory flood insurance purchase requirements apply.
The land in the floodplains within the Town of Lyme that is subject to a one-percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year and is designated as A Zones on the FIRM.
Any combination of structural or nonstructural additions, changes or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real property or sanitary facilities, structures or their contents.
Any excavating, grubbing, filling (including hydraulic fill) or stockpiling of earth materials or any combination thereof, including the land in its excavated or filled condition.
Any man-made physical change in the existing condition of the property, other than staking out the lots, for the purpose of complying with these regulations, or as depicted on any final subdivision plan approved hereunder, or for the purpose of rendering the site more suitable for development and habitation. As used in these regulations, "improvement" includes but is not limited to construction of roads, stormwater drainage, ways, streets, curbs, gutters, utilities, street signs, monuments, street trees and drainage facilities, erosion and sedimentation control measures, buildings, earth filling or removal, seeding and grading, the establishment or construction of open space, parks, playgrounds, recreational buildings, equipment, structures, fields, and similar facilities, and facilities designed to detain, redirect, store, or treat stormwater discharge.
Real property, including improvements thereof and thereon, and all estates, interests, and rights therein of any kind or description, including, but not limited to, easements, rights-of-way and water and riparian rights, provided that these interests run in perpetuity with the subject real property.
The cutting or removal of forest tree species on a lot for the purpose of preparing a site for the construction of a building or other structure and/or cutting for the customary maintenance and improvement of a lot.
A plan showing the existing mix of forest tree species, their approximate height, age and density, a description of the cutting or removal activities to be undertaken and any other information that may be necessary and reasonably required.
Includes, but shall not be limited to, land left in its natural undisturbed state for conservation; agricultural land for which development rights have been assigned or otherwise alienated in perpetuity; land areas and facilities for noncommercial, nonprofit recreation, for parks or playgrounds; and similar land areas for wildlife habitat, passive and active recreation, groundwater recharge, scenic preservation, and the like.
As defined in Connecticut General Statutes § 8-18, resubdivision consists of a change in a map of an approved or recorded subdivision if such change:
A scheme that minimizes soil erosion and sedimentation resulting from development and includes, but is not limited to, a map and narrative, as required in § 310-5.3.
Public land or right-of-way dedicated or used for purposes of vehicular traffic, and includes the term "road."
Division of a tract or parcel of land into three or more parts or lots made subsequent to the adoption of subdivision regulations by the Lyme Planning and Zoning Commission, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or building development, expressly excluding development for municipal, conservation or agricultural purposes, and includes resubdivision.
The map, drawing or drawings and reports prepared for approval by the Commission and filing in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Lyme which include all information required in Article 4 of these regulations.