For the purpose of these regulations, certain words and terms used herein are defined as follows:
A development pattern in which uses are grouped or clustered, rather than spread evenly throughout a parcel as in conventional lot-by-lot development.
A Town employee appointed by the Town Board and charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing this chapter, as well as the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, as amended,[1] and related regulations. Reference to Code Enforcement Officer may be construed to include Building Inspector, Fire Inspector and the like where applicable.
A street which serves or is designed to serve as a trafficway for a neighborhood or as a feeder to a major street.
A critical drainage structure is a stormwater conveyance that is required to pass the design storm and or will or may be associated with an area where there are known flooding problems and or if the drainage structure failed in any manner could potentially affect the health and welfare of people, property or local infrastructure.
Cross-lot drainage means a system of drainage in which water from one parcel drains across one or more other parcels prior to reaching a public street, or other storm drainage system.
A street or a portion of a street with only one vehicular traffic outlet.
A Town employee appointed by the Town Board and charged with the responsibility of serving the Town of Schodack Planning Board and the Town of Schodack Zoning Board of Appeals in assisting with development applications and other powers as may be designated herein.
The authorization by a property owner for the use by another, and for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property.
A person licensed as a professional engineer by the State of New York.
A street which serves or is designed to serve heavy flows of traffic and is used primarily as a route for traffic between communities and/or other heavy-traffic-generating areas.
Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision, including but not limited to subdivisions of five or more lots within a thirty-six-month period or any size subdivision requiring any new public or private street or extension of municipal facilities.
A Comprehensive Plan, approved by the Town Board pursuant to § 272-a of the Town Law, which indicates the general locations recommended for various functional classes of public works, places and structures and for general physical development of the Town and includes any unit or part of such plan separately prepared and any amendment to such plan or parts therein.
A street intended to serve primarily as an access to abutting properties.
Any subdivision containing not more than four lots fronting on an existing street, not involving any new street or road or the extension of municipal facilities and not adversely affecting the development of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining property and not in conflict with any provision or portion of the Master Plan, Official Map or Zoning Law[2] or these regulations.
The map established by the Town Board pursuant to § 270 of the Town Law, showing streets, highways and parks and drainage, both existing and proposed.
The duly designated Engineer of the Town of Schodack.
The Planning Board of the Town of Schodack, appointed by the Town Board pursuant to the NYS Town Law, having such powers and duties as are set out in the NYS Town Law, in this chapter and as lawfully may be further provided by the Town Board.
A drawing or drawings, clearly marked "preliminary plat," showing the layout of a proposed subdivision, as specified in this chapter, 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 of the proposed subdivision.
A strip of land, which might be used to control access from a proposed subdivision to any neighboring property or to any land within the subdivision itself, shall be prohibited.
The State Environmental Quality Review Act, 6 NYCRR 617, whose statutory authority is Environmental Conservation Law § 8-0113.
That map or drawing and related information submitted for review by the Planning Board in accordance with the requirements and procedure specified in Chapter 219.
A parcel of land or a contiguous combination thereof, where grading work is performed as a single unified operation.
A sketch of a proposed subdivision showing the information specified in this chapter 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 objectives of these regulations.
Includes streets, roads, avenues, lanes or other trafficways, between right-of-way lines.
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular traffic.
The width of right-of-way, measured at right angles to the center of the street.
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who shall lay out any subdivision or part thereof, as defined herein, either for himself or others.
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways, and includes resubdivision; provided, however, that this shall not apply to a lot line adjustment for which a waiver has been granted by the Planning Board pursuant to this chapter.
A drawing, in final form, showing a proposed subdivision, containing all information or detail required by the law and by these regulations, to be presented to the Planning Board for approval and which, if approved, may be duly filed or recorded by the applicant in the office of the County Clerk or Register.
A person licensed as a land surveyor by the State of New York.
A Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan meeting the requirements of the latest issuance of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) SPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Construction Activity also meeting the requirements of the NYS DEC Stormwater Design Manual and the NYS DEC Standards and Specifications for Erosion and Sediment Control, latest editions.
The PMF is the flood (based upon the Probable Maximum Precipitation and the Probable Maximum Storm) that may be expected from the most severe combination of critical meteorological and hydrologic conditions that are reasonably possible in a particular drainage area. The PMF is as determined in accordance with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center "HMR52 Probable Maximum Storm (Eastern United States)."
The Town of Schodack.