[Adopted 3-7-2001 by L.L.
No. 3-2001 (Ch. 11 of the Municipal Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
APPLICANT
A person, firm, partnership, association, cooperative, company
or organization of any kind who or which makes application to the
Town Zoning Board of Appeals, Town Planning Board and Town Board to
approve a subdivision, special permit, use variance, or relief from
any article of this Code where allowed by law.
PROFESSIONALS
Engineer, lawyer, economist, certified public accountant.
SPECIAL PERMIT
Authorization by the Zoning Board of Appeals for the use of land as stated in §
265-86 of this Code.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. III)]
SUBDIVISION
A subdivision of land pursuant to Chapter
240, Subdivision of Land, as amended, and the land subdivision regulations of the Town, including any site plan review pursuant to §
265-80 of this Code (or any successor provision) or environmental review pursuant to the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act or Chapter
145, Environmental Quality Review, of this Code.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
USE VARIANCE
The authorization by the Zoning Board of Appeals for the
use of land for a purpose which is otherwise not allowed or is prohibited
by the applicable zoning regulations.
If any part or provision of this article or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance be adjudged invalid by any court
of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its
operation to the part or provision or application directly involved
in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered
and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this
article or the application thereof to other persons or circumstances,
and the Town Board of the Town of Elbridge hereby declares that it
would have passed this article or the remainder thereof had such invalid
application or invalid provision been apparent.
This article shall take effect immediately upon filing in the
office of the New York State Secretary of State in accordance with
§ 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law.