These regulations are adopted in order to promote
and protect the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare;
to ensure the orderly growth and development of the City, the conservation,
protection and proper use of land, and adequate provision for housing,
recreation, circulation, utilities and services; and to safeguard
the City from undue future expenditure for the maintenance of streets
and public spaces.
The regulations shall be known and may be cited
as the "City of Peekskill, New York, Land Subdivision Regulations."
For the purpose of these regulations, certain
words used herein are defined as follows:
The Planning Commission of the City of Peekskill, New York.[1]
Final drawing on which the subdivision plan is presented
to the Commission for approval and submitted to the County Clerk for
recording.
Paved portion of the street primarily used for vehicular
traffic.
ARTERIAL STREET AND HIGHWAYStreet primarily used for fast and/or heavy traffic.
COLLECTOR STREETStreet carrying traffic from minor streets to arterial streets and highways, including the principal traffic and entrance streets of a residential development.
LOCAL STREET, MAJORStreet primarily used for access to the abutting properties; secondarily, providing on-street parking opportunities on both sides of the street.
[Amended 1-9-1990, approved 1-22-1990]
LOCAL STREET, MINORStreet providing access to abutting residential properties and protection from through traffic; secondarily, providing on-street parking opportunities on one side of the street. On a one-for-one basis, additional off-street parking must be provided within 200 feet of each subdivided lot to offset the parking eliminated on one side of said street.
[Added 1-9-1990, approved 1-22-1990]
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETMinor street paralleling and adjacent to an arterial street or highway and providing access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
[Amended 1-9-1990, approved 1-22-1990]
DEAD-END STREET or CUL-DE-SACStreet closed at one end and having only one connection with any other street; secondarily, providing on-street parking opportunities on one side of the street. On a one-for-one basis, additional off-street parking must be provided within 200 feet of each subdivided lot to offset the parking eliminated on one side of said street.
[Amended 1-9-1990, approved 1-22-1990]
HALF STREETStreet paralleling the boundary of a subdivision and lying partly in an abutting tract.
All land between property lines, whether designated as a
street, highway, throughway, thoroughfare, avenue, boulevard, road,
parkway, right-of-way, lane, place, court or any similar term.
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association
or duly authorized agent who or which shall apply to the Commission
for approval of the layout of any subdivision.
Division of any tract of land into two or more lots, plots,
sites or parcels, whether for immediate or future sale or development,
but excluding development for municipal, conservation or agricultural
purposes.
[Amended 4-9-1991, approved 4-22-1991; 3-10-1992, approved 3-23-1992]
Any subdivision, as defined above, which results in the creation
of six lots or parcels, whether new or existing; requires the creation
of any new dedicated street or the extension of any existing dedicated
street; subdivides any property for nonresidential purposes; or cannot
otherwise comply with any of the requirements of a minor subdivision,
including appropriate certifications by the City Engineer, Police
Department and Fire Department with regard to the provision of water,
sewer and emergency services.
[Added 3-10-1992, approved 3-23-1992]
Any subdivision, as defined above, which does not result
in the creation of more than five individual lots and which does not
allow any use other than single-family residential dwellings. A minor
subdivision shall require that each lot in the proposed minor subdivision
meet all applicable area and bulk requirements of the zoning district
in which it exists. Each lot in such minor subdivision must have frontage
on an improved and dedicated City street and must have access to existing
City water and sewer mains to service each lot.
[Added 3-10-1992, approved 3-23-1992]
Oversize residential block wherein private open spaces, closed
to automobile traffic, are provided for the common use of all residents
in the block.
