As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A performance bond duly issued by a bonding or surety company
authorized to do business in New York and approved by the Town Board
with security acceptable to the Town Board or a performance bond duly
issued by the developer-obligor accompanied by security in the form
of cash, certified check or United States Government bearer bonds
deposited with the Town Board in the full amount of the obligation.
A street or a portion of a street with only one vehicular
traffic outlet.
Authorization by a property owner for the use by another
and for a specified purpose of any designated part of his property.
A person licensed as a professional engineer by the State
of New York.
A lot with the rear and front lot line abutting an existing
or proposed street right-of-way.
Any alteration of lot lines or dimensions of any lots shown
on a plat previously approved by the Planning Board and filed in the
office of the Schenectady County Clerk or any alteration of lot lines
or dimensions of any lot of record.
[Added 5-26-2015 by L.L.
No. 2-2015]
Any lot which has been established as such by plat, survey,
record or deed prior to the effective date of this chapter as shown
in the records of the Office of the Assessor, Town of Niskayuna.
[Added 5-26-2015 by L.L.
No. 2-2015]
A lot with the rear lot line abutting an existing or proposed
arterial highway or public reservation.
A Comprehensive Plan, prepared by the Planning Board pursuant
to § 272-a of the Town Law, which indicates the general
locations recommended for various functional classes of public works,
places and structures and for general physical development of the
Town and includes any unit or part of such plan separately prepared
and any amendment to such plan or parts therein.
The map established by the Town Board pursuant to § 270
of the Town Law showing streets, highways and parks and drainage,
both existing and proposed.
That portion of a lot or site, unencumbered by buildings,
structures, outdoor storage areas, and certain impervious surfaces,
that is intended to provide light and air and is designated for either
environmental, scenic or recreational purposes. Open space shall not
be deemed to include driveways, parking lots or other surfaces designated
or intended for vehicular traffic.
[Added 4-17-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007]
An area set apart for recreation of the public, to promote
its health and enjoyment.
[Added 4-17-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007]
The Planning Board of the Town of Niskayuna.
A drawing or drawings clearly marked "preliminary plat" showing the salient features of a proposed subdivision, as specified in § 189-24 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.
The Deputy Zoning Enforcement Officer of the Town of Niskayuna.
A sketch of a proposed subdivision showing the information specified in § 189-22 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 the layout and objectives of these regulations.
A plan for controlling stormwater runoff and pollutants from
a site during and after construction activities.
[Added 4-17-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007]
A way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a street,
highway, throughfare, parkway, thruway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane,
cul-de-sac, place or however otherwise designated.
STREET, HALFA street that is 1/2 in width, in either paving or right-of-way.
STREET, LOCALA street intended to serve primarily as an access to abutting properties.
STREET, LOCAL COLLECTORA street which serves or is designed to serve as a traffic way for a neighborhood or as a feeder to a major street.
STREET, MAJORA 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 other heavy traffic generating areas and designated in the Zoning Ordinance as "parkways and major and minor arterials."[1]
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular
traffic.
The width of right-of-way, measured at right angles to the
center of the street.
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association
who shall lay out any subdivision or part thereof as defined herein,
either for himself or others.
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, MAJORAny subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision, including but not limited to subdivisions of five or more lots, or any size subdivision requiring any new street or extension of municipal facilities.
SUBDIVISION, MINORAny 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 Master Plan, Official Map or Zoning Ordinance,[2] if such exists, or these regulations.
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, may be duly filed or recorded by the applicant
in the office of the County Clerk or Register.
A person licensed as a land surveyor by the State of New
York.
The duly designated engineer of the Town of Niskayuna.
