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Town of Old Saybrook, CT
Middlesex County
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For purposes of these Regulations, certain words shall be defined as stated below. Words in the present tense include the future, the singular includes the plural, and vice versa. The word "shall" is mandatory, not directory.
APPLICANT OR DEVELOPER
An individual, partnership, firm, corporation, legal entity or agent thereof, who or which undertakes the subdivision or resubdivision of land or any activity included in these Regulations. For purposes of these Regulations the terms "applicant" and "developer" shall be synonymous.
APPLICATION
The maps, prescribed forms, reports and fees submitted to the Planning Commission in accordance with these Regulations.
BASE FLOOD
As defined in a Town ordinance entitled Flood Plain Management Ordinance, Town of Old Saybrook Connecticut,[1] as the flood having a one percent chance of being equalled or exceeded in any given year.
BASE FLOOD ELEVATION
As defined in the Flood Plain Management Ordinance, the particular elevation of the base flood as specified on the Flood Insurance Rate Map for the Town of Old Saybrook for Zones A1-A30 and V1-V30.
BOND
A type of surety or collateral posted by the applicant which guarantees that all required improvements shall be completed as per the approved plans and these Regulations.
CHANGE OR MODIFICATION
A change to an approved subdivision for which an approved map has been endorsed by the Commission, and filed in the office of the Town Clerk; including a change that meets the definition of "resubdivision", or otherwise any division of lot or change or modification of a lot line, building setback line, encroachment line, conservation reserve, easement, right-of-way, wetland boundary or restrictive or conditioning note on the filed map by conveyance, covenant or subsequent filing of a map in the office of the Town Clerk.
COMMISSION
The Town of Old Saybrook Planning Commission.
CONNECTICUT RIVER GATEWAY CONSERVATION ZONE
The zone described in Section 25-102c of the Connecticut General Statutes, and shown on the Old Saybrook Zoning Map.[2]
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS
The Design Construction Specifications of the Town of Old Saybrook Connecticut adopted pursuant to Town Ordinance 46, entitled "An Ordinance Concerning the Construction and Acceptance of Streets in the Town of Old Saybrook".[3]
DEVELOPMENT
Any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations.
DISTURBED AREA
An area where the ground cover is destroyed or removed, leaving the land subject to accelerated erosion.
EASEMENT
A written authorization duly recorded in the Land Records of the Town for a specific purpose or purposes which one person or agency may have in a designated portion of land of another.
EROSION
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water, wind, ice or gravity.
FLOODWAY
The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than 1.0 feet anywhere in the Town. The regulated floodway is delineated on the Flood Boundary and Floodway Map.
GRADING
Any excavating, grubbing, filling, or stockpiling of earth materials or any combination thereof, including land in its excavated or filled condition.
LOT
A plot or parcel of land occupied or capable of being occupied by one principal building and accessory building, as specified under Zoning Regulations.
OPEN SPACE
Land set aside for conservation, park or playground purposes.
PLAN
The subdivision plan including maps, profiles, and supporting documents.
REAR LOT
A lot with less than 50% of the minimum lot width measured at the street line, as per § 302-57.
REGULATIONS (OR THESE REGULATIONS)
The Subdivision Regulations of the Town of Old Saybrook, unless otherwise specified.
RESUBDIVISION
As defined in the Connecticut General Statutes, a change in the map of an approved or recorded subdivision or resubdivision, if such change
A. 
Affects any street layout shown on the approved map,
B. 
Affects any area reserved thereon for public use, or
C. 
Diminishes the size of any lot shown thereon and creates an additional building lot, if any of the lots shown thereon have been conveyed after the approval or recording of such map.
SEDIMENT
Solid material, either mineral or organic, that is in suspension, is transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by erosion.
SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS
Areas delineated as Zone A, Zone A1-A30, and Zone V1-V30, on the Flood Insurance Rate Map, Town of Old Saybrook, Connecticut, prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as such zones may be amended from time to time.
STREET
A parcel of land which has been improved so as to be suitable for vehicular traffic and accepted for public use by a Town Meeting, or a parcel of land shown and designated as a street to be constructed on a subdivision plan approved by the Planning Commission. The term "street" shall include private residential streets approved by the Planning Commission in accordance with these Regulations, but shall not include driveways.
STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY
That portion of land between property lines over which a street is built and the adjacent area reserved for future widening and improvements.
SUBDIVISION
As set forth in the Connecticut General Statutes, the division of a tract or parcel of land into three or more parts or lots made subsequent to the adoption of subdivision regulations by the Commission, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, or sale or building development expressly excluding development for municipal, conservation or agricultural purposes, and includes "resubdivision."
TOWN
The Town of Old Saybrook.
WATERCOURSES
Includes watercourses as defined in Section 22a-38 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended.
WETLANDS
As used in these Regulations, is defined in Section 22a-38 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended.
WORK
All physical improvements required by the approved plan, other than the staking out of lots, and includes but is not limited to the construction of roads, storm drainage facilities and water and sewer lines, the setting aside of open space and recreation areas, installation of telephone and electric services, planting of trees or other landscaping, and installation of retaining walls or other structures.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 128, Floodplain Management.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 303, Zoning Regulations.
[3]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 110, Design and Construction Specifications.