As used in this Part 2, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
CLERK OF THE PLANNING BOARD
That representative of the Planning Board, either member,
employee or consultant, who shall be designated to perform the duties
of the Clerk of the Planning Board for the purposes of these regulations.
COMPLETE APPLICATION
Application materials officially submitted to the Planning Board, including application form, fee, TWEQR and SEQR documents, authorization to represent the applicant, plans and any other information described in Article
VIII, Documents To Be Submitted, §§
202-33,
202-34 and
202-35.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
A comprehensive plan for the general physical development
of the Town of Woodstock prepared by the Planning Board pursuant to
§ 272-a of Town Law.
DAYS
Indicates calendar days.
DESIGNATED PLANNING BOARD ATTORNEY
An attorney chosen by the Planning Board to perform legal
services on behalf of the Planning Board for the purposes of these
regulations.
DESIGNATED TOWN ENGINEER
A licensed professional engineer, either employee or consultant,
who shall be chosen by the Planning Board to perform the duties of
the designated Town Engineer for purposes of these regulations.
DRIVEWAY
A suitably improved way for vehicular traffic providing access
from a road or shared driveway to a single lot.
DRIVEWAY, SHARED
A suitably improved way for vehicular traffic providing access from a road to no more than two individual existing or proposed driveways on lots which cannot be further subdivided. The shared driveway shall be built in accordance with minor road (see Article
VII, §
202-32F), with the exceptions noted in Article
VII, §
202-31 of these regulations.
EASEMENT
An acquired right of use of the property of another for a
specified purpose on a designated part of that property.
IMPROVEMENT
A physical change to land or installation of certain services
necessary to produce usable and desirable lots or sites from raw acreage,
including but not limited to water and sewer facilities, recreation
and open space areas, grading, pavement, curbs, gutters, storm sewers
and drains and betterments to existing watercourses, sidewalks and
other pedestrianways, road signs, shade trees, sodding or seeding
and monuments, whether such improvement is intended to be dedicated
and maintained by the public or held in private ownership.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map which may be established by the Town Board under
§ 270 of the Town Law showing roads, highways, parks and
drainage theretofore laid out, adopted and established by law and
any amendments thereto adopted by the Town Board or additions thereto
resulting from the approval of subdivision plats by the Planning Board
and the subsequent filing of such approved plats.
PLANNING BOARD
The Planning Board of the Town of Woodstock, Ulster County,
New York. Also indicated as the "Board" in these regulations.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
The maps, drawings and other data showing the layout of a proposed subdivision, as specified in Article
VIII, §
202-35 of these regulations, submitted to the Planning Board for approval prior to submission of the plat in final form and of sufficient detail to apprise the Planning Board of the layout and improvements within such proposed subdivision.
RESUBDIVISION
Any change in the plat of a subdivision which has previously
been filed in the office of the Ulster County Clerk.
ROAD
A way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a highway,
thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, artery, avenue, boulevard,
lane, place, drive or however otherwise designated, which is an existing
private or public way, or a way shown upon a subdivision plat approved
by the Town Planning Board as provided by these regulations, or on
a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the Ulster County
Clerk.
B.
MINOR ROADA road which serves two to no more than five lots or home sites, not suitable for Town dedication.
C.
INTERMEDIATE ROADA road which serves six to no more than 10 lots or home sites, not suitable for Town dedication, built in accordance with major road specifications (see Article
VII, §
202-32G) except as to road width, which shall be 18 feet of pavement and two feet of shoulder on each side.
D.
MAJOR ROADA road which serves 11 or more lots or home sites.
E.
COLLECTOR ROADAny road which connects more than one cul-de-sac, major or minor road and generally includes existing roads and highways off of which new roads are proposed. Collector roads shall meet specifications for major roads.
F.
STUB ROADAn extension of a right-of-way or improved portion of a proposed road to the boundary of a subdivided parcel to provide for continued road development to adjacent properties.
ROAD PAVEMENT
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular
traffic, i.e., the travelled way.
ROAD ROW WIDTH
The width of the right-of-way (ROW) or the distance between
property lines on opposite sides of a road, measured at right angles
to the center line of such road.
SKETCH PLAT
A rough sketch or conceptual drawing of a proposed subdivision
to enable the subdivider to reach a general agreement with the Planning
Board as to the form of the layout and compliance with the objectives
of these regulations. A sketch plat shall be drawn to scale but need
not have the accuracy of an engineered drawing.
SUBDIVIDER (also referred to as "applicant," "property owner"
or "authorized representative")
Any person, joint venturer, corporation, partnership or association
who or which shall lay out, for the purpose of development, sale or
lease, any subdivision as defined herein, either for himself, itself,
or for others.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots,
plots, sites, or other division of land for the purpose of transfer
of ownership, building development, or lease for other than agricultural
or conservation purposes. Such division shall include resubdivision
of parcels of land for which an approved plat has already been approved
or filed in the office of the County Clerk. For the purposes of these
Subdivision Regulations, a parcel shall be considered already to have
been divided into two or more lots by one or more publicly owned roads
or railroad or utility rights-of-way held in fee simple and shall
be described in separate deeds.
A.
(1)
MINOR SUBDIVISIONAny subdivision containing not more than five lots, each of at least the minimum lot area and dimension required by the Zoning Law, not involving the 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 Comprehensive Plan, Official Map, Zoning Law, or these regulations.
(2)
MINOR SUBDIVISION WITH ROADAny subdivision containing not more than five lots, each of at least the minimum lot area and dimension required by the Zoning Law and involving at least one lot which does not have frontage on an existing road, therefore requiring development or extension of a road.
SUBDIVISION LOT LINE REVISION
A minor subdivision involving an exchange or transfer of
land with an adjoining property in which no new lots will be created
and such that the exchange or transfer of land shall not create any
nonconformity with the terms and regulations of the Town of Woodstock
Zoning Law.
SUBDIVISION PLAT or FINAL PLAT
The final maps, drawings and charts on which the subdivider's
plan of subdivision is presented to the Planning Board for approval
and which, if approved, shall be submitted to the Ulster County Clerk
for filing or recording. The plat should contain all information or
detail required by law and by these regulations.
SURVEYOR, LAND
A person licensed as a professional land surveyor by the
State of New York.
TOWN BOARD
The Town Board of the Town of Woodstock, Ulster County, New
York.
ZONING LAW
The officially adopted Zoning Law of the Town of Woodstock,
together with any and all amendments thereto, in accordance with Article
16 of the Town Law.