A. 
For the purpose of this chapter, words used in the present tense include the future, the plural includes the singular, the word "lot" includes the word "plot," the word "building" includes the word "structure," and the word "shall" is intended to be mandatory, the word "occupied" includes the words "designed for occupancy" or "intended to be occupied."
B. 
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ACCESSORY BUILDING
Secondary or subordinate to principal use, located on the same lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the main building.
BUILDING
Any structure other than a boundary wall or fence.
EASEMENT
Authorization by a property owner for the use by another and for a specified purpose of any designated part of his property.
LOT
A parcel of land occupied or capable of being occupied by one building and accessory building and/or uses, including such open spaces as are required by these subdivision regulations.
LOT DEPTH
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines, measured in general direction of the side lot lines.
LOT FRONTAGE
That property line of the lot which is contiguous with the street line.
LOT FRONTAGE, CORNER
The front property line of a lot which faces two streets shall be the narrowest street frontage or the direction that an occupied structure upon said lot obviously faces.
LOT WIDTH
The width measured at right angles to its depth.
MASTER PLAN
A Comprehensive Plan prepared by the Planning Board pursuant to § 272-a of the Town Law which shows general locations desirable for the various functional classes of public works, places and structures and other general physical developments of the Town, and includes any unit or part of such plan separately adopted and any amendment to such plan or parts thereof.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map established by the Town Board pursuant to §§ 270 and 273 of the Town Law, showing streets, highways and parks theretofore laid out, adopted and established by law, and any amendment thereto adopted by the Town Board.
OFFICIAL SUBMISSION DATE
The date when a subdivision plat shall be considered submitted to the Planning Board, as provided in § 276 of the Town Law and as hereby defined to be the date of a meeting of the Planning Board at which all required surveys, plans and data described in Article IV are submitted.
ORDINANCE OFFICER
The person duly designated by the Planning Board who shall be responsible as the agent of the Planning Board for the enforcement of this chapter.
PLANNING BOARD
The Town Planning Board.
PRELIMINARY LAYOUT
The preliminary drawings and accompanying information of the subdivider's plan of subdivision.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING
The main building located on a lot in which the principal use is conducted. There shall be one "principal building" per lot.
SKETCH PLAN
Preapplication drawing of subdivision submitted to the Planning Board.
STREET
Includes streets, roads, avenues, lanes or other ways.
STREET PAVEMENT
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by the vehicular traffic.
STREET WIDTH
The distance between property lines or boundary lines which define the public way.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person or entity who shall lay out, for the purpose of sale or development, any subdivision or part thereof, as defined herein, either for himself or others.
SUBDIVISION or SUBDIVIDE
Any tract of land which is divided into five or more parcels along any existing or proposed street(s), highway(s), easement(s) or right(s)-of-way for sale or for rent as lots or building plots, regardless of whether the lots or plots to be sold or offered for sale or leased for any period of time are described by metes and bounds or by reference to a map or survey of the property or by any other method of description and regardless of whether the lots or plots are contiguous. A tract of land shall constitute a "subdivision" upon the sale, rental or offer for sale or lease of the fifth residential lot or residential building plot therefrom within any consecutive three-year period and shall apply to all such parcels thereof, including the first four parcels, regardless of whether said parcels have been sold, rented or offered for sale or lease singly or collectively.
[Amended 5-20-1991]
SUBDIVISION PLAT
The final map, drawings or chart on which the subdivider's plan of subdivision is presented to the Planning Board for final approval and which, if approved, will be submitted to the County Clerk for recording.
TRACT
Any body of land, including contiguous parcels of land, under one ownership or under a common control of any group of persons acting in concert as part of a common scheme or plan. (NOTE: The preceding definition of "tract" is identical to the definition of "tract" contained in § 1115, Subdivision 2, of the New York State Public Health Law.)
ZONING ORDINANCE
The officially adopted Zoning Ordinance of the Town, together with any and all amendments thereto.
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 73, Zoning.