For the purpose of these regulations, certain
words and terms used herein are defined as follows:
BOARD
The official Planning Board of the Village of Lake Grove.
COLLECTOR STREET
A street which serves as a traffic roadway for a neighborhood
or as a feeder to a major street.
CUL-DE-SAC
A short dead-end street with only one vehicular traffic outlet,
terminating in a vehicular turnaround area.
EASEMENT
The authorization by a property owner for the use by another,
for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property as
may be defined in the deed to the property or separate agreement.
IMPROVEMENTS
Street pavements, curbs, gutters, drains and dry wells, sidewalks,
water mains, drainage basins, recharge basins, sumps, stormwater storage
basins, sanitary and storm sewers, street trees and other appropriate
items as may be required by the Board and/or Village Board.
LIMITED ACCESS AND PLANTING AREA
An area designed to control access to public rights-of-way
or other public areas and also to suitably screen private properties
abutting them.
LOT
The unit or units into which land is divided with the intention
of transference of ownership, either as developed or undeveloped sites.
"Lot" shall also mean a parcel of land, plot, site or any similar
form.
MAJOR ARTERIAL STREET
A street which serves or is designed to serve heavy flows
of traffic; the main highway through the village.
MAJOR SUBDIVISION
All subdivisions not classified as minor subdivisions, including
but not limited to subdivisions of five or more lots, or any size
subdivision requiring any new street or extension of municipal facilities.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREET
A street located on a separate right-of-way parallel to and
in the vicinity of an arterial highway, designed to provide access
to abutting properties without interrupting highway traffic.
MASTER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
A master comprehensive plan for the future growth, development
and protection of the Village of Lake Grove, adopted by the Village
Board, which indicates the general areas recommended for particular
character and use as to occupancy and construction and includes any
part of such plan separately adopted and any future amendment to such
plan. It is the underlying purpose of the plan to serve as a guide
and to control the use of land within the village for the benefit
of the whole community.
MINOR STREET
A street intended to serve primarily as an access to abutting
properties.
MINOR SUBDIVISION (LAND PARTITION)
Any subdivision containing not more than four lots fronting on an existing street, not involving any new street or road or the extension of municipal facilities and not adversely affecting the development of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining property and not in conflict with any provision or portion of the Village Master Plan, Official Map, Chapter
175, Zoning, or these regulations now or hereafter adopted.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map established by the Village Board, showing streets,
highways and parks already laid out, adopted and established by law
or as proposed for future development that have been officially adopted
by the Village Board.
PEDESTRIAN RIGHT-OF-WAY
A walk, pathway or route that may lawfully be used as a right
of passage over another's land dedicated to public use to permit pedestrian
traffic.
PERFORMANCE BOND
A security which is posted by the subdivider to guarantee
to the village that said subdivider will faithfully construct or cause
to be constructed the required public improvements, streets, roadways,
utilities and proper drainage which are an integral part of his approved
final plat, to assure the proper grading, to prevent floods and other
inconveniences to the homes of prospective purchasers, and, furthermore,
that the construction shall conform to the specifications of the Board
and the Village Engineer and be in full compliance with the Village
Building Construction Code, any covenant and restrictions.
PRELIMINARY LAYOUT
The preliminary drawing or drawings indicating the proposed
manner or layout of the subdivision, to be submitted to the Board
for approval.
SKETCH PLAN
A rough sketch of the preliminary layout or of the subdivision
plat in the case of minor subdivisions, to enable the subdivider to
save time and expense in reaching general agreement with the Board
as to the form of the layout and objectives of these regulations.
STREET
Includes streets, roads, avenues, lanes or other ways, between
right-of-way lines.
STREET PAVEMENT
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular
traffic.
STREET WIDTH
The distance between property lines, measured at right angles
to the center line of the street on both sides of the roadway.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association
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
The division of any parcel of land, with or without streets,
into two or more lots, plots, sites or other divisions of land for
the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership
or building development.
SUBDIVISION PLAT
The final map on which the applicant's subdivision plan is
presented to the Board for approval and which, if approved, shall
be duly filed by the applicant with the County Clerk.
SURVEYOR
A person licensed as a land surveyor by the State of New
York.
VILLAGE BOARD
The Mayor and the Trustees of the Village of Lake Grove.
VILLAGE ENGINEER
The Engineer of the Village of Lake Grove appointed by the
Mayor as per § 4-400, Subdivision 1c, of the Village Law
and who shall also serve as the consulting engineer of the Village
Planning Board.
[Amended 1-4-1990 by L.L. No. 1-1990]
ZONING ORDINANCE
The officially adopted Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Lake Grove, known as Chapter
175 of the Code of the Village of Lake Grove, including all amendments thereto.