When used in this chapter, unless otherwise expressly stated or unless
the context or subject matter otherwise requires, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:
The owner of the land involved in the subdivision, or the authorized
agent of the owner.
[Added 3-20-2000 by L.L.
No. 1-2000]
A short street having but one end open to traffic and the other end
being permanently terminated by a vehicular turnaround.
The materials, written and/or graphic, including but not limited
to maps, charts, studies, resolutions, reports and other descriptive material
that identify the goals, objectives, principles, guidelines, policies, standards,
devices and instruments for the immediate and long-range protection, enhancement,
growth and development of the Village.
[Amended 3-20-2000 by L.L.
No. 1-2000]
The lands required for the installation of stormwater sewers or drainage
ditches, or required along a natural stream or watercourse for preserving
the channel and providing for the flow of water to safeguard the public against
flood damage.
The rights in land created through authorization by a property owner
for the use by another and for a specified purpose of any designated part
of his or her property.[1]
[Amended 3-20-2000 by L.L.
No. 1-2000]
See "subdivision plat."
A piece, parcel or plot of land intended as a unit for transfer of
ownership or for development.
The map established by the Board of Trustees under the Village Law
showing the streets, highways and parks previously laid out, adopted and established
by law, and any amendments thereto adopted by the Board of Trustees or additions
thereto resulting from the approval of subdivision plats by the Village Board
and the subsequent filing of approved plats.
The date when a subdivision plat shall be considered submitted to the Village Board, and is hereby defined to be the date of a meeting of the Village Board at which the Village Board determines all required surveys, plans and data described in Article VI are submitted.
[Amended 3-20-2000 by L.L.
No. 1-2000]
Any security which may be accepted in lieu of a requirement that
certain improvements be made before the Village Board approves a plat, including
performance bonds, escrow agreements and other similar collateral or surety
agreements.
[2]The preliminary drawing or drawings indicating the proposed manner of layout of the subdivision to be submitted to the Village Board for its consideration and meeting the requirements of Article VI.
The revision of all or part of an existing filed plat, including
consolidation of lots.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, alley or other
way which is an existing, dedicated and accepted state, county, Village or
town roadway or way shown upon a plat theretofore approved pursuant to law
or approved by official action or a street or way on a plat duly filed and
recorded in the office of the County Clerk of Onondaga County, and includes
the land between the street lines, whether improved or unimproved, and may
comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, sidewalks, parking area and other areas
within the street lines. For the purposes of this chapter, streets shall be
classified as follows:
[Amended 3-20-2000 by L.L.
No. 1-2000]
ARTERIAL STREETSThose which do or are intended to carry heavy traffic.
COLLECTOR STREETSThose which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets.
MINOR STREETS or LOCAL RESIDENTIAL STREETSThose used primarily for access to the abutting properties.
MARGINAL SERVICE STREETSStreets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets and highways and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
ALLEYSMinor ways which are used primarily for vehicular service to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular traffic.
The distance between property lines or right-of-way lines.
Any person who shall lay out, for the purpose of sale or development,
any subdivision or part thereof as defined in this chapter either for himself
or herself or others.
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots, plots, sites or other division of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or building development, and shall include resubdivision; the terms "subdivision" and "resubdivision" shall also mean any alteration of lot lines or dimensions of any lots or sites shown on a plat previously filed in the office of the County Clerk, and any other reconfiguration of parcels or boundary lines or lot lines; provided, however, that the public acquisition by purchase of strips of land for the widening or opening of streets or the sale of a strip of land to an adjoining property owner where both remaining parcels conform to Chapter 160, Zoning, shall not be included within this definition nor subject to these regulations.
[Amended 6-4-2001 by L.L.
No. 4-2001]
MAJOR SUBDIVISIONAny subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision, including but not limited to subdivisions of four or more lots or any size subdivision requiring any new street or extension of municipal facilities.
MINOR SUBDIVISIONAny subdivision containing not more than three 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 Comprehensive Plan, Official Map or Chapter 160, Zoning, or these regulations.
A drawing, in final form, showing a proposed subdivision containing
all information or detail required by law and by these regulations to be presented
to the Village Board for approval, and which, if approved, may be duly filed
or recorded by the applicant in the office of the Onondaga County Clerk.
The officially adopted Zoning Law of the Village of Minoa, together with any and all amendments thereto (being Chapter 160 of this Code).
[1]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "Engineer," which immediately
followed this definition, was deleted 3-20-2000 by L.L. No. 1-2000.
[2]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "Planning Board," which immediately
followed this definition, was deleted 3-20-2000 by L.L. No. 1-2000.
[3]
Note: See Public Health Law § 1115 et seq. Environmental
Conservation Law § 17-1505 et seq. for state definitions and regulations.
