For the purpose of these Regulations, which
shall be known as and may be cited as the "Town of Brookhaven Subdivision
Regulations," certain words used herein are defined as follows:
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
A master plan for the future growth, protection and development
of the Town of Brookhaven, affording adequate facilities for housing,
transportation, comfort, convenience, public health, safety and the
general welfare of its population.
CUL-DE-SAC
A short dead-end street terminating in a vehicular turnaround
area.
EASEMENT
A restriction established in a real estate deed to permit
the use of land by the public, a corporation or particular persons
for specified uses.
ENGINEER
An official engineer of the Town of Brookhaven Planning Board.
LIMITED ACCESS AREA
An area designed to control access to public rights-of-way
or other public areas.
LOT
The unit or units into which land is divided with the intention
of offering such units for sale, either as undeveloped or developed
sites, regardless of how they are conveyed. "Lot" shall also mean
parcel, plot, site and any similar term.
MAJOR STREET
A street within a subdivision or subdivisions designed to
have considerable continuity and traffic capacity that, serving as
an artery, collects traffic from the minor streets and guides it to
the primary and secondary highways.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREET
A street, located on a separate right-of-way parallel to
and in the vicinity of a primary or secondary highway, designed to
provide access to abutting properties without interrupting highway
traffic, except at recognized intersections and access points.
MINOR STREET
A street designed to provide access to abutting properties
within a limited area such as a neighborhood.
PARCEL OF LAND
Any parcel of land shown as a single parcel on the Suffolk
County Real Property Tax Map, as revised through June 1, 1978, or
any parcel of land held in ownership separate from contiguous parcels
of land.
PRIMARY HIGHWAY
A highway, generally under the jurisdiction of the state
or county, designed principally to provide for high-speed through
traffic between centers of development, such as commercial centers,
industrial areas and concentrated residential communities, both within
and outside the Town of Brookhaven.
SECONDARY HIGHWAY
A highway similar to a primary highway, generally under the
jurisdiction of the Town, but designed for traffic between important
centers of development within the Town of Brookhaven and as a highway
link to the primary highway system.
SUBDIVISION
A division of any parcel of land into two or more lots, plots,
blocks or sites.