As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
[Amended 7-13-1982]
MAINTENANCE BONDA personal bond executed by the owner or applicant with security acceptable to the Town Board, furnished by the developer to guarantee workmanship, materials and maintenance of all required improvements for a period of one year from the date of release of the performance bond by the Town. If the required improvements are not accepted for dedication by the Town, this bond shall be continued until such acceptance with an annual review as to sufficiency of the bond.
PERFORMANCE BONDA personal bond executed by the owner or applicant with security acceptable to the Town Board posted by the developer to insure the completion of the public improvements in accordance with an estimate prepared by the Town Engineer and/or Superintendent of Highways.
A short dead-end street terminating in a vehicular turnaround
area.
A fund established by the Town of Southampton which shall
contain such moneys as may be collected by the Town Planning Board
from subdividers of land, to be held by the Town for the sole purpose
of installing coordinated drainage facilities related to new subdivisions
within the Agricultural Overlay District as depicted on the Zoning
Map of the Town of Southampton.[1]
[Added 5-11-1982]
A restriction or grant established in a real estate deed
to permit the use of private land by a public agency or a public utility
for specified purposes or to protect some special quality of the private
land for specified purposes, such as scenic easement.
A restriction established in a real estate deed to control
access from private land to public streets or other public areas.
A person licensed as a professional engineer or licensed
as a land surveyor or by the State of New York.
The unit or units into which land is divided, either as undeveloped
or developed sites, regardless of how they are conveyed. "Lot" shall
also mean "parcel," "plot," "site" or any similar term.
A comprehensive plan prepared by the Planning Board for the
future growth, protection and development of the Town, affording adequate
facilities for housing, transportation, comfort, convenience, public
health, safety and general welfare of its population.
For each location, the nearest, most recent determination
by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (National Ocean
Survey) and the listed elevation above mean low water as shown in
their publications entitled "Tidal Bench Marks."
For each location, the most recent determination by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (National Ocean Survey) and
shall be 0.00 feet. All references shall be to the nearest listed
tidal bench mark.
The map established by the Town pursuant to law showing streets,
highways, drainage, parks and preserves, both existing and proposed.
A dedication or reservation of land in a subdivision for
park purposes, exclusive of lands to be used for drainage recharge.
Money paid in lieu of park dedication to the Town of Southampton
Park Fund for use in the acquisition of Town parks.
A residential development of land based on an overall development
plan approved by the Planning Board in accordance with the procedure
established in the Zoning Ordinance[2] in which the dimensional regulations and type of housing
may be varied as provided in that ordinance and where certain lands
are set apart as permanent open space or common land.
The duly appointed Planning Board of the Town of Southampton.
FINAL PLATThe map to be filed with the Planning Board and the County Clerk in the case of a major subdivision and with the Planning Board and the Town Clerk in the case of a minor subdivision, showing the final arrangement of lots, blocks, streets, drainage, parks and other anticipated improvements shown on the subdivision, if any.
PRELIMINARY PLATThe map prepared prior to the final plat for the guidance of the subdivider and the Planning Board, showing the arrangement of lots, blocks, streets, drainage, parks and other anticipated improvements shown on the subdivision, if any.
A submission of a proposed subdivision, showing the information specified in § 292-10 of these regulations, to enable the subdivider to save time and expense in reaching general agreement with the Planning Board as to the form of layout and objectives of these regulations.
[Amended 6-26-1993 by L.L. No. 21-1993]
A subdivision of property which involves redrawing the original
lot lines to combine lots for building purposes or the further division
or alteration of lot lines or dimensions of any lots or sites shown
on a plat previously approved and filed in the Office of the Suffolk
County Clerk or the Town Clerk.
[Added 6-26-1993 by L.L. No. 21-1993]
COLLECTOR STREETA street generally serving several subdivisions or a comparable rural area designed to have considerable continuity and to accommodate low to moderate speeds and low to medium traffic volumes and intended to channel traffic from local streets to highways.
COMMON ACCESS COMMERCIALA private driveway designed to provide coordinated access to a public street from two adjacent separate commercial or industrial properties and intended to improve street access safety and traffic efficiencies.
COMMON ACCESS RESIDENTIALA private driveway designed to provide coordinated access to a public street from two adjacent separate residential parcels and intended to improve street access safety and traffic efficiencies.
HIGHWAYA highway, usually under the jurisdiction of the county or state, designed to have extensive continuity and to accommodate moderate speeds and moderately heavy traffic volumes and intended to connect important centers of development.
LANEA private street giving access to residential property either subdivided prior to 1980 or providing access to three to four adjacent residential flag access lots via a single paved surface intended to improve street access safety and traffic efficiencies.
LOCAL STREET AA public street, usually within a subdivision or subdivisions, designed to have considerable continuity and to accommodate low traffic volumes and intended to channel the traffic from other local streets to collector streets and highways. On such streets curbside parking may be expected or the street width may reflect a need for the possible incidence of disabled vehicles.
LOCAL STREET BA public street, usually within a subdivision, designed to have limited continuity and to accommodate low speeds and very low traffic volumes and intended solely to provide access to abutting residential properties within a limited area. Designed maps which reflect this definition and which provide special attention to off-street parking, the preservation of rural amenities and the protection of natural resources may apply for minimal street cross-sectional pavement widths.
MARGINAL ROADA public street within a subdivision located on a separate right-of-way parallel and adjacent to a highway designed to provide access to abutting properties without interrupting highway traffic, except at widely spaced access points.
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association
who shall lay out any subdivision or part thereof, as defined herein,
either for himself or others, in which latter case their names shall
also appear on the application for subdivision.
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots,
blocks or sites, whether or not such division creates new streets
or extends existing streets, for the purpose of sale, transfer of
ownership or development. The term "subdivision" shall include resubdivision
and transfer of property where there is any redrawing or alteration
of lot lines or dimensions of any lots or sites shown on described
property or on a plat previously approved and filed in the office
of the Suffolk County Clerk or the Town Clerk.
[Amended 8-10-1982; 8-14-1984; 6-26-1993 by L.L. No. 21-1993]
The duly elected Superintendent of Highways of the Town of
Southampton.
[Added 7-10-1990 by L.L. No. 19-1990]
Includes the following:
Those areas which border on or lie beneath tidal
waters, such as but not limited to banks, bogs, salt marsh, swamps,
meadows, flats or other low lands subject to tidal action, including
those areas now or formerly connected to tidal waters.
All banks, bogs, meadows, flats and tidal marsh
subject to such tides and upon which grow or may grow some or any
of the following: salt hay (Spartina patens and Distichlis spicata),
black grass (Juncus gerardi), saltworts (Salicornia species), sea
lavender (Limonium carolinianum), tall cordgrass (Spartina pectinata
and Spartina cynosuroides), hightide bush (Iva frutescens), cattails
(Typha angustifolia and Typha latifolia), groundsel (Baccharis halimifolia),
marshmallow (Hybiscus palustris); and the intertidal zone, including
low marsh cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora).
The Town Attorney of the Town of Southampton or any duly
appointed Assistant Town Attorney.
A licensed professional engineer retained or employed by
the Town of Southampton.
It is the intention of the Planning Board that the Town Engineer
consult with and work in close cooperation with the Superintendent
of Highways in making reports and recommendations pursuant to these
regulations. It is anticipated that, as a result thereof, the Town
Engineer and the Superintendent of Highways will generally be in agreement
concerning matters to be determined pursuant to these regulations.
Thus, these regulations frequently refer to "Town Engineer and/or
Superintendent of Highways." In the event that the Town Engineer and
Superintendent of Highways are unable to reach agreement on a particular
matter, the term "Town Engineer and/or Superintendent of Highways"
shall be interpreted as giving preference to the determination or
recommendation of the Superintendent of Highways.
A path, walk or way which may be used for hiking, walking,
horseback riding or other similar recreational pursuit but excluding
motorized vehicles. This shall include existing trails as well as
trails created pursuant to this chapter.
[Added 2-27-1990 by L.L. No. 3-1990]
A subdivision of property where lot lines are rearranged,
such that parcels being conveyed are transferred and merged in the
same name and title as the adjoining property, thereby creating no
new building lots and no new nonconformities.
[Added 6-26-1993 by L.L. No. 21-1993]
