For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and terms used
herein are defined as follows:
A strip of land 25 feet in width, abutting an improved street
or a county or state highway, providing access to a rear lot.
A street which serves or is designed to be used primarily
for fast or heavy traffic.
A street which carries traffic from minor streets to the
major system of secondary or arterial streets; the principal entrance
and circulation streets within a development.
A street which serves or is designed to serve as an access
to abutting business properties.
A driveway normally serving two or three residences which have the amount of road frontage required under Chapter 165, Zoning. A common drive may be owned in common or may be created by reciprocal easements.
A perpetual restriction on the use of land, created in accordance
with the provisions of Article 49, Title 3 of the Environmental Conservation
Law or § 247 of the General Municipal Law, for the purposes
of conservation of open space, agricultural land, and natural, cultural,
and scenic resources.
A street or a portion of a street with only one vehicular
outlet.
Authorization by a property owner for the use by another,
and for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property.
The final map prepared in accordance with § 137-22, conforming to the preliminary plat as approved by the Planning Board, which, if approved, is filed with the County Clerk.
The document entitled "Greenway Connections: Greenway Compact
Program and Guides for Dutchess County Communities," prepared by the
Dutchess County Department of Planning, and as amended from time to
time.
Any street which meets the design and construction standards
of this chapter and the Town Highway Specification for Town roads
or private roads or the design and construction of which has been
approved by the Town Board.
A map or maps showing the natural features on and adjacent to the property to be subdivided as described in § 137-21P.
A modification of parcel boundaries in which a portion of
one parcel is combined with an adjoining parcel without increasing
the total number of parcels.
The plan prepared by the Planning Board for the future preservation
and development of the Town of Washington, pursuant to § 272-a
of the Town Law, which identifies the general locations recommended
for different types of development, for open space preservation, and
for public improvements, including any part of such plan separately
adopted and any amendment to such plan, or parts thereof.
A street intended to serve primarily as an access to abutting
residential properties.
Refers to the Town of Washington, Dutchess County, New York.
The Map, and any amendments thereto, adopted by the Town
Board under § 270 of the Town Law.
An area of land not developed with residential, commercial,
or industrial structures, and used for recreation, agriculture, or
forestry, or left in its natural state.
The Town of Washington Planning Board.
The preliminary map or drawing on which the subdivider's
proposed layout of the subdivision is presented to the Planning Board
for consideration and approval prior to submittal of a final plat.
A privately owned roadway approved pursuant to § 137-29B.
A change in a subdivision plat or re-subdivision plat filed
in the office of the Dutchess County Clerk which:
A lot on which the buildable area is located generally to
the rear of other lots having frontage on the same street as said
lot and having access to the street via an accessway.
That portion of a parcel of land on which a subdivision occurs
which remains as an unsubdivided parcel of substantially greater size
than the lots that are subdivided.
The distance between property lines reserved for vehicular
traffic.
A street which serves or is designed to serve as a route
connecting different parts of the municipality.
A freehand sketch made on a topographic survey map showing
the proposed subdivision in relation to existing conditions.
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular
traffic.
A right-of-way for pedestrian and vehicular traffic, including
avenue, lane, highway, or other way.
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association
who shall lay out, for the purpose of sale, conveyance, or development,
any subdivision or part thereof as defined herein, either for himself
or for others.
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots,
parcels, or plots, with or without streets, for the purpose of building
development or conveyance by deed or lease. A division of real property
into units of single-family or two-family condominium ownership shall
be deemed a subdivision of land.
A subdivision that is not a cluster subdivision or an open space subdivision as defined in § 137-26.
A subdivision which requires no new road construction, and
which creates three or fewer new parcels, or six or fewer new parcels
if the average parcel size is at least five times the minimum lot
size in the zoning district. The number of new parcels shall be calculated
based upon lots that were in existence on January 1, 1989, and all
subdivisions since that date shall be treated as cumulative for purposes
of determining the number of new parcels created.
The duly elected Highway Superintendent or other such authorized
official.
The Town Law of the State of New York, Chapter 62 of the
Consolidated Laws.
The officially adopted Zoning Law of the Town of Washington,
together with any and all amendments thereto, in accordance with Article
16 of the Town Law and Articles 2 and 3 of the Municipal Home Rule
Law.
