A. 
By the authority of the resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Caledonia adopted on May 14, 1962,[1] pursuant to the provisions of Article 16 of the Town Law of the State of New York, the Planning Board of the Town of Caledonia is authorized and empowered to approve plats showing lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways, to approve the development of entirely or partially undeveloped plats already filed in the office of the clerk of the county and to approve preliminary plats within the Town, outside the limits of the incorporated village.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 19, Planning Board, Art. I.
B. 
It is the policy of the Caledonia Planning Board to consider land subdivision plats as part of a plan for the orderly, efficient and economical development of the Town. This means, among other things, that land to be subdivided shall be of such character that it can be used safely for building purposes without danger to health or peril from fire, flood or other menace and that proper provisions shall be made for drainage, water supply, sewerage, natural features and other needed improvements.
C. 
All proposed lots shall be so laid out and of such a size as to be in harmony with the development pattern of neighboring properties; that the proposed streets shall be properly related to the proposals shown on the Master Plan, if such exists, and shall be of such width, grade and location as to accommodate the prospective traffic, to facilitate fire protection and to provide access of fire-fighting equipment to buildings; and that proper provision shall be made for open spaces for parks and playgrounds.
D. 
In order that land subdivision may be made in accordance with this policy, these regulations shall be known as the "Town of Caledonia Land Subdivision Regulations" having been adopted, as amended, by the Caledonia Planning Board on March 7, 1994, and approved by the Town Board on April 14, 1994.
For the purpose of these regulations, certain words and terms used herein are defined as follows:
DESIGN CRITERIA AND CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS (or DESIGN CRITERIA)
A supplementary document to these regulations which establishes in greater detail the standards for subdivision design and construction.[1]
EASEMENT
The authorization by a property owner for the use by another, and for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property.
ENGINEER or LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER
A person licensed as a professional engineer by the State of New York.
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TOWN ENGINEERThe duly designated Engineer of the Town or position assigned with similar duties.
B. 
SURVEYORA person licensed as a land surveyor by the State of New York.
LETTER OF CREDIT or GUARANTY
Any security which may be accepted in lieu of a requirement that certain improvements be made before the Caledonia Planning Board approves a plat, including letters of credit issued by a bank or other lending institution, escrow agreements or other similar collateral or surety agreements.
LOT
A piece, parcel or plot of land intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for development.
MASTER OR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
A comprehensive plan, prepared by the Caledonia 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.
PLANNING BOARD OR BOARD
The Caledonia Planning Board as presently constituted or successors thereof.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
A drawing or drawings clearly marked "preliminary plat" showing the salient features of a proposed subdivision, as specified in Article IV, § 113-27, of these regulations, submitted to the Caledonia Planning Board for the 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.
RESUBDIVISION
A revision of all or part of an existing filed plat, including consolidation of lots.
SKETCH PLAN
A drawing clearly marked "sketch plan" or "concept plan" showing the pertinent features of a proposed subdivision, including but not limited to those items described either in these regulations or in the Design Criteria and Construction Specifications.
STREET
Streets, roads, avenues, lanes or other traffic ways between right-of-way lines.
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ARTERIAL STREETA street which serves or is designated 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.
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COLLECTOR STREETA street which serves or is designed to serve as a traffic way for a neighborhood or as a feeder to a major street.
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MINOR STREETA street intended to serve primarily as an access to abutting properties.
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DEAD-END STREET or CUL-DE-SACA street or a portion of a street with only one vehicular traffic outlet.
E. 
PRIVATE DRIVEAny right-of-way providing access to more than one building site with maintenance shared between the owners of the property served by the right-of-way.
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STREET PAVEMENTThe wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular traffic.
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STREET WIDTHThe width of the right-of-way, measured at right angles to the center line of the street.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who shall layout any subdivision or part thereof as defined herein either for himself or for others.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways, and includes resubdivision.
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MAJOR SUBDIVISIONAny 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.
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MINOR SUBDIVISIONAny 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.
SUBDIVISION PLAT or FINAL PLAT
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 Caledonia 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.
TOWN BOARD
The legislative body of the Town of Caledonia.
UNDEVELOPED PLAT
Those plats existing at the time of the enactment of these regulations that have been filed in the Office of the County Clerk, where 20% or more of the lots within the plat are unimproved.
ZONING LAW
The officially adopted Zoning Local Law of the Town of Caledonia, together with any and all amendments thereto.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Design Criteria and Construction Specifications are on file in the Town Clerk's office and in the office of the Town Engineer.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 130, Zoning.
A. 
The following shall not be considered subdivisions for the purpose of or be subject to these regulations:
(1) 
The public acquisition by purchase of strips of land for the widening or opening of public streets.
(2) 
The transfer of agricultural parcels of at least 20 acres, where the remaining land consists of 20 acres or more and where there are no current development plans for the parcels.
(3) 
Divisions made by deed release, partial reconveyance from a tract of land being sold on a real estate contract, deed of trust or mortgage, provided that such division is intended for financial purpose or other use by the contract purchaser and not for sale, lease or building construction.
(4) 
Divisions resulting from changes to special district boundaries, municipal boundary lines or property line disputes.
(5) 
Cemeteries and burial plots.
B. 
An exempt division shall not be considered a building site without review and approval of the Caledonia Planning Board as provided elsewhere in these regulations.