For the purpose of these regulations, words and terms used herein are defined as follows:
CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
Any person appointed, designed or otherwise retained by the Board of Trustees to carry out the functions assigned to such person according to these regulations.
FINAL PLAT
A drawing, in final form, showing a proposed subdivision containing all information or detail required by law and by these regulations to be presented to the Planning Board for approval, and which, if approved, shall be duly filed or recorded by the applicant in the office of the County Clerk.
OFFICIAL SUBMISSION DATE
The date on which an application for plat approval, complete and accompanied by all required information, endorsements and fees, has been filed with the Planning Board. An application shall not be considered complete until either a SEQR negative declaration has been filed or a draft environmental impact statement has been accepted by the SEQR lead agency as satisfactory with respect to scope, content and adequacy.
PLANNING BOARD
The Planning Board of the Village of Morrisville.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
A drawing or drawings clearly marked "preliminary plat" showing the layout of a proposed subdivision, 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 of the proposed subdivision.
SKETCH PLAN
A sketch of a proposed subdivision to enable the subdivider to save time and expense in reaching general agreement with the Planning Board as to the form of the layout and objectives of these regulations.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who shall layout, for the purpose of sale or development, any subdivision or part thereof as defined herein either by the subdivider or others.
SUBDIVISION
Division of any parcel of land into two or more lots, blocks or sites for the purpose of immediate or future conveyance, transfer of ownership, improvement, building development or sale. The term "subdivision" shall include resubdivision and shall also include any sale, transfer or conveyance of any fee interest in a parcel or tract of land which comprises less than the entire contiguous premises owned by the grantor of that interest, regardless of whether a plat establishing separate lot boundaries within the premises of the grantor has been filed in the office of the Madison County Clerk prior to the effective date of these regulations.
SUBDIVISION, CLUSTER
A development approach in which building lots may be reduced in size and buildings sited closer together, usually in groups or clusters, provided that the total development density does not exceed that which could be constructed on the site under the Morrisville Zoning Law.
SUBDIVISION, MAJOR
A subdivision containing five or more lots, or any subdivision requiring a new road or roads.
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
A subdivision containing two, three or four lots fronting on an existing road.
ZONING LAW
The Village of Morrisville Building Zone Ordinance of 1964.[1]
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 180, Zoning.