For the purpose of these regulations, the following construction of language shall apply:
A. 
Words used in the present tense include the future tense;
B. 
Words used in the singular include the plural, and words used in the plural include the singular;
C. 
The word "shall" is always mandatory;
D. 
The words "used" or "occupied" as applied to any land or building shall be construed to include the words "intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied";
E. 
Any reference to a residence or residential district shall be interpreted to mean any zoning district with the word "residential" in its title and to a cluster development; and
F. 
A "building" or "structure" includes any part thereof.
For the purposes of these regulations, the following words or terms are defined as follows:
APPLICANT
A person who submits an application to the Planning Board for the approval of a plat or site plan for a proposed development of land under these regulations, including a person duly authorized to represent the applicant.
APPLICATION
A duly submitted application to the Planning Board of a plan or plat of a proposed subdivision, containing, at a minimum, the application form, maps, drawing or drawings, documentation, fees required herein for such plat or site plan.
BASE SITE AREA
The total acreage of any given gross site subject to an application, minus the total acreage of all right(s)-of-way within the gross site.
BENCHMARK
A mark made in a durable object of known position and elevation and used as a reference point. Elevations shall be based on Town datum (United States Geological Survey).
BIKEWAY
A way designed to be used principally or exclusively by a bicycle or similar unmotorized vehicle.
CERTIFIED BY
Bearing a certification of endorsement signed by a majority of the members of the Planning Board or a duly authorized officer of the Planning Board.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The Comprehensive Plan, latest edition, adopted by the Town Board for the future growth, protection and development of the Town affording adequate facilities for housing, transportation, convenience, public health, safety and general welfare of its population.
CONCEPT PLAN
Plan of a proposed major subdivision containing all the maps, drawings, documentation and information required by these regulations for a conventional concept plan or a cluster development concept plan, prepared and submitted as a basis for discussion and review, and which, when approved or conditionally approved by the Planning Board, shall become the basis for the submission of a preliminary plat.
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF A SITE PLAN OR PLAT
The approval of the plan or plat subject to the conditions set forth by the Planning Board in a resolution which becomes a part of the plan or plat.
CORRIDOR IMPACTS
The impacts to the linear strips of land of the site adjoining the highway, as measured from the right-of-way of the highway perpendictorily a distance of 100 feet on to the site.
COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN
A plan for the future management of air, water and land resources in Monroe County prepared by the Monroe County Environmental Management Council pursuant to Article 47-0107 of the New York State Environmental Conservation Law, as it may be adopted in part or in its entirety by the Monroe County Legislature.
CUL-DE-SAC
A short dead-end street terminating in a vehicular turnaround area.
DESIGNER
A professional civil engineer or land surveyor duly licensed to practice in New York or a person working under the direct supervision of a licensed professional engineer or surveyor.
DEVELOP
To construct a street, install utilities, erect a house or other structure, or in any way to improve a lot.
DEVELOPER
A person who develops a subdivision under a final plat of a proposed subdivision approved pursuant to these regulations.
FINAL PLAT
A plat containing all of the maps, drawings, documents and information required by these regulations for a final plat application to be recorded in the office of the Monroe County Clerk when approved by the Planning Board.
FLOOD LIMITS
The land-water boundary of a natural or man-made watercourse flowing at a frequency as shown in the Flood Insurance Study, Flood Insurance Rate Maps ("FIRMS") or the Town's Comprehensive Drainage Study.
FLOODPLAIN(S)
Any portion of a base site area within the "area of special flood hazard," as defined in Chapter 95 of this Code, commonly referred to as the "one-hundred-year floodplain." Floodplain(s) includes any watercourse associated with any floodplain(s).
FRONTAGE
The continuous distance measured between the side lot lines at the street line or a right-of-way that provides vehicular access to such lot.
IMPROVEMENT SPECIFICATIONS OF THE TOWN OF PITTSFORD
The minimum specifications for development of land in the Town, which have been adopted by the Town Board.
LAND DEDICATION
A dedication of land to the Town for any public or municipal use.
LOT
An area of land in one ownership with definite boundaries used, or available for use, as the site of one or more buildings.
LOT, BUILDABLE
A lot meeting the zoning requirements of the Town on either an accepted existing street or a street shown on an approved final plat of a subdivision and meeting all requirements of the Town for the issuance of a building permit.
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DENSITY UNITS
The product of multiplying the net buildable site area by the density factor identified in the applicable zoning district in the Town Code.
MONROE COUNTY MASTER PLAN
A comprehensive plan for the development of Monroe County prepared by the Monroe County Department of Planning and adopted in part or in its entirety by the Monroe County Legislature.
MONUMENT
A permanent marker to indicate a boundary point or other point for measurement purposes.
MUNICIPAL SERVICES
See "utilities, public."
NATURAL FEATURES MAP
A map completed and submitted by an applicant, containing all of the information required by § 175-24G of these regulations.
NET BUILDABLE SITE AREA
The difference in subtracting the total resource protection land from the base site area, in acres. The net building site area is comprised of lots, including structures, driveways, and appurtenances within lots, streets, and private roads.
OWNER
As applies to real estate, the person holding the ultimate fee simple title to a parcel, tract or lot of land as shown by the record in the Monroe County Clerk's office.
PARCEL
Land identified by a legal description and tax account number which is filed or proposed to be filed in the Monroe County Clerk's office.
PERSON
An individual, two or more individuals, a partnership, trust or corporation, having common or undivided interests in a tract of land.
PLANNING BOARD AGENT
Town employee or consultant authorized by the Planning Board to review subdivisions and/or administer the regulations.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
The plat of a proposed major subdivision evolving from an approved or conditionally approved concept plan and containing all of the maps, drawings, documents and information required by these regulations for a preliminary plat and which will become the basis for the submission of a final plat application when approved or conditionally approved by the Planning Board.
PRIVATE ROAD
A right-of-way, not dedicated to the Town, as defined in § 185-122 of the Town Code.
PROJECT INSPECTOR
An agent of the Town empowered to observe the progress of the project and the compliance of the construction with the specifications and/or approved plans.
PUBLIC ACCESS
A way, not necessarily parallel to a street, designed for use by pedestrians and any other nonmotorized forms of transportation.
RECREATION TRUST FUND
An account for money paid in lieu of park dedication to the Town for use in the acquisition or development of Town parks and/or recreation areas.
RESOURCE PROTECTION LAND
The product of multiplying the acres of any given resource by the factor identified in the Site Capacity Calculation Worksheet.[1]
RESOURCES
Floodplain(s), wetland(s), steep slopes over 15%, and corridor buffer(s), as identified in the Site Capacity Calculation Worksheet.
RESUBDIVISION
A change in a map of an approved or filed subdivision plat if such change affects any street layout shown on such map or area reserved thereon for public use, or any change of lot line.
RIGHT-OF-WAY(S)
A right-of-way is synonymous with the terms "road," "street," "highway," and "avenue" and shall denote any such line or route for passage whether public or private or the width and length of the strip of land laid out, designated, acquired and/or dedicated for the use of such right-of-way. Such width includes the spaces for vehicular travel, sidewalks, edge stone and planting spaces, where required. A right-of-way also includes a utility transmission right-of-way.
SECRETARY
Shall refer to the Secretary of the Planning Board and be synonymous with the Clerk of the Planning Board.
SERVICE ROAD
A road paralleling a dedicated street providing access only to abutting properties and connected to such street at each end.
SIDEWALK
A way normally parallel to a street, designed for the use by pedestrians and any other nonmotorized forms of transportation.
SITE CAPACITY CALCULATION
A method of determining the maximum number of allowable dwelling units the Planning Board may approve on any given site based on zoning requirements and natural environmental constraints on the land.
SITE CAPACITY CALCULATION WORKSHEET
A form adopted by the Town Board for use in making a site capacity calculation, completed and submitted by an applicant in connection with an application, to be approved by the Planning Board.
STREET
A vehicular traffic way between right-of-way lines formally dedicated to the public use or accepted or maintained by the appropriate governmental or municipal body for public use, including highway, road, avenue and lane.
STREET PAVEMENT
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular traffic.
STREET WIDTH
The width of right-of-way, measured at right angles to the center line of the street.
STREET, COLLECTOR
A street that serves or is designed to serve a neighborhood or as a feeder to a major street.
STREET, DEAD-END
A street, portion of a street or a system of streets with only one vehicular outlet. Any proposed street which intersects only with a dead-end street shall be deemed to be an extension of the dead-end street. For the purposes of these regulations, the length of a dead-end street shall be deemed to be the total of all segments of said street or system of streets.
STREET, MAJOR
A street that serves or is designed to serve heavy flows of traffic and which is used primarily as a route for traffic between communities and/or other heavy traffic-generating areas.
STREET, MINOR
A street intended to serve primarily as an access to abutting properties.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots, blocks or sites, whether or not such division creates new streets or extends existing streets and includes resubdivision, which shall be classified as:
A. 
SUBDIVISION, MAJORAny proposed subdivision of a parcel of land into six or more lots, or any subdivision proposed as a cluster development subdivision.
B. 
SUBDIVISION, CLUSTER DEVELOPMENTAny proposed subdivision requiring approval under the provisions of § 278 of New York State Town Law.
C. 
SUBDIVISION, CONVENTIONALProposed major subdivision meeting all the requirements of the Zoning Law[2] except where variances are granted by the Board of Appeals.
D. 
SUBDIVISION, MINORAny proposed subdivision of a parcel into five lots or fewer which meet the requirements of the Zoning Law.
TOTAL RESOURCE PROTECTION LAND
The sum of adding all resource protection lands, in acres.
TOWN
Town of Pittsford, New York, to include improvement districts where the context requires.
TOWN ENGINEER
The duly designated engineer of the Town, or if there be no such designee, the engineer assigned to the Planning Board.
TRAIL
A path or track for the passage of persons and/or animals.
TURNAROUND
Turning circle at the inner end of a dead-end street.
UTILITIES, PRIVATE
This term shall include telephones, cable television, electric light and power, and gas lines, wind and solar power systems, water and sewage systems not owned and operated by the Town, whether installed on, above or beneath the surface of the ground.
UTILITIES, PUBLIC
This term shall include electric light and power distribution systems, sanitary and storm sewer pipes, surface water drains and water pipes, which are owned and operated by, or which may become the property or responsibility of, the Town or of a District of the Town.
WETLAND(S)
Land which is characterized by the presence of water and defined as wetland(s) under federal, state, or Town law, including any buffer areas around such land as designated under federal, state, or Town law. Wetland(s) also includes water bodies, natural or man-made.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said worksheet is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 185, Zoning.
For the purposes of these regulations, the following abbreviations shall be used in this text:
AASHTO
American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
ASTM
American Society of Testing Materials
AWWA
American Waterworks Association
DRC
Development Review Committee of the Town
EIS
Environmental Impact Statement as defined and required by SEQRA
DEIS
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
EAF
Environmental Assessment Form
FEIS
Final Environmental Impact Statement
NYSDOT
New York State Department of Transportation