A. 
By the authority of the resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Skaneateles, New York, adopted on March 10, 1969, pursuant to the provisions of Article 6-A of the Village Law of the State of New York,[1] the Planning Board of the Village of Skaneateles was authorized and empowered to approve plats showing lots, blocks, or sites, to approve the development of entirely or partially undeveloped plats already filed in the office of the Clerk of the county and to conditionally approve preliminary plats within the Village of Skaneateles. It is declared to be the policy of the Planning Board to consider land subdivision plats as a part of a plan for the orderly, efficient and economical development of the Village. This means, among other things, that land to be subdivided shall be of such character that it can be used safely for building purposes without danger to health or peril from fire, flood or other menace; that proper provision shall be made for drainage, water supply, sewerage and other needed improvements; that all proposed lots shall be so laid out and of such size as to be in harmony with the development pattern of the neighboring properties; that the proposed streets shall compose a convenient system conforming to the Official Map and shall be properly related to the proposals shown on the Comprehensive Plan and shall be of such width, grade and location as to accommodate the prospective traffic, to facilitate fire protection and to provide access of fire-fighting equipment to buildings; and that proper provision shall be made for open spaces for parks and playgrounds.
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Editor's Note: Now Art. 7 of the Village Law.
B. 
In order that land subdivisions may be made in accordance with this policy, this chapter, which shall be known as and which may be cited as the "Village of Skaneateles Land Subdivision Regulations," has been adopted by the Planning Board on January 6, 1986, and approved by the Village Board on January 6, 1986.
For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and terms used herein are defined as follows:
COLLECTOR STREET
A street which serves or is designed to serve as a traffic way for a neighborhood or as a feeder to a major street.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
A Comprehensive Plan, prepared by the Planning Board pursuant to § 7-722 of the Village Law, which indicates the general locations recommended for various functional classes of public works, places and structures and for general physical development of the Village and includes any unit or part of such plan separately prepared and any amendment to such plan or parts therein.[1]
DEAD-END STREET or CUL-DE-SAC
A street or a portion of a street with only one vehicular traffic outlet.
EASEMENT
Authorization by a property owner for the use of another, and for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property.
ENGINEER or LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER
A person licensed as a professional engineer by the State of New York.
MAJOR STREET
A street which serves or is designed to serve heavy flows of traffic and which is used primarily as a route for traffic between communities and/or heavy traffic generating areas.
MINOR STREET
A street intended to serve primarily as an access to abutting properties.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map established by the Village Board pursuant to § 7-724 of the Village Law showing streets, highways, and parks and drainage, both existing and proposed.
PLANNING BOARD or BOARD
The Planning Board of the Village.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
A drawing or drawings clearly marked "preliminary plat" showing the salient features of a proposed subdivision, as specified in Article IV, § 190-19 of this chapter, submitted to the Planning Board for purposes of consideration 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.
SKETCH PLAN
A sketch of a proposed subdivision showing the information specified in Article IV, § 190-18 of this chapter, to enable the subdivider to save time and expense in reaching general agreement with the Planning Board as to the form of layout and objectives of this chapter.
STREET
Includes streets, roads, avenues, lanes, or other traffic ways, between right-of-way lines, whether public or private.
STREET PAVEMENT
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular traffic.
STREET WIDTH
The width of right-of-way, measured at right angles to the center line of the street.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who or which shall lay out any subdivision or part thereof as defined herein, either for himself, itself or others.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots, blocks, or sites, with or without streets or highways, and includes resubdivision.
SUBDIVISION PLAT or FINAL PLAT
A drawing, in final form, showing a proposed subdivision containing all information or detail required by law and by this chapter, 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.
SURVEYOR
A person licensed as a land surveyor by the State of New York.
VILLAGE ENGINEER
The duly designated engineer of the Village or the engineer designated by the Planning Board.
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 82, Comprehensive Plan.