For the purpose of these regulations, certain words used herein are defined as follows:
ARTERIAL STREETA street which serves or is designed to be used primarily for fast or heavy traffic.
COLLECTOR STREETA street which carries traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets, including the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within such a development.
CUL-DE-SAC STREETA street with only one means of vehicular ingress and egress and with a turnaround at its terminus.
CURBA low barrier, usually along the pavement line of a street, road or highway, controlling surface drainage and separating vehicular areas from pedestrian and/or landscaped areas.
EASEMENTAn acquired right of use on the property of another.
ENGINEER or TOWN ENGINEERThe duly designated engineer of the Town of Rosendale or, in lieu of such official, the Superintendent of Highways, the Building Inspector or the planning consultant or engineer employed by or assigned to the Planning Board.
FINAL PLATThe final map, drawing or chart on which the subdivider's plan of subdivision is presented to the Planning Board for approval and which, if approved, will be submitted to the County Clerk for recording.
LOT LINE ADJUSTMENTA transfer of property between two adjoining landowners where the property to be transferred has less than the minimum lot area for building purposes as required under Chapter
75, Zoning, of the Code of the Town of Rosendale.
A minor street which is parallel to and adjacent to an arterial street and which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
MASTER PLAN or DEVELOPMENT PLANA comprehensive plan prepared by the Planning Board, which plan indicates the general location recommended for the various functional classes of public works, places and structures and for the general physical development of the Town of Rosendale and includes any unit or part of such plan separately adopted and any amendment to such plan or parts thereof.
MINOR STREETSA street intended to serve primarily as access to abutting properties.
OFFICIAL DATE OF APPLICATIONThe date when a preliminary plat or final plat, including all required data set forth in Article
V of these regulations, and documentation required pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, is determined to be "complete" by the Town of Rosendale Planning Board.
A map established by the Town Board under § 270 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 or additions thereto resulting from approval of subdivision plats by the Planning Board and the subsequent filing of such approved plats.
PRELIMINARY PLATA preliminary drawing showing the proposed layout of a subdivision that is submitted to the Planning Board for its review prior to preliminary approval.
SKETCH PLANA freehand sketch made on a topographic survey map showing the layout of streets, lots and other features of proposed subdivision in relation to existing conditions.
STREETA way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane or place or however otherwise designated.
STREET PAVEMENTThe wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicle traffic.
STREET, PRIVATEA street that serves two or more lots, which is not under the jurisdiction of the Town of Rosendale or any other government agency, and is maintained by agreement amongst the owners of all lots having frontage on, and having a right of access to, such street. A "common driveway" shall be construed as a private street.
STREET WIDTHThe width of the right-of-way or the distance between property lines on the opposite sides of a street.
SUBDIVIDERAny person, firm, corporation, partnership or association which shall lay out, for the purpose of development and/or sale, any subdivision, as defined herein, either for himself or itself or for others.
SUBDIVISIONThe 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. Such division shall include resubdivision of plats already filed in the office of the County Clerk if such plats are entirely or partially undeveloped.
A. MINOR SUBDIVISIONAny subdivision containing not more than two lots, each of at least the minimum size, as permitted by Chapter
75, Zoning, and each fronting on an existing public street; not involving any new street or road or extension of municipal facilities; not adversely affecting the development of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining properties; and not in conflict with any provision or portion of the Master Plan.
MAJOR SUBDIVISIONAny subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision. A proposed subdivision involving the further division of a parcel previously approved as part of a minor subdivision shall be considered a major subdivision if submitted to the Planning Board for approval within a period of one year from the date of the previous minor subdivision approval, unless the subdivider can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Planning Board, by means of a sketch plan indicating the layout of the entire tract, that such further subdivision will not adversely affect the development of the remainder of the parcel or adjacent properties.
