City of Auburn, NY Article III General Provisions

§ 225-19 Short title.

These regulations shall be known and may be cited as the "Subdivision Regulations of the City of Auburn."

§ 225-20 Scope and purpose.

A. Generally. It is declared to be the policy of the City Planning Board and the City of Auburn to consider land subdivision as part of a plan for the orderly, efficient and economical development of the City. Land to be subdivided shall be of such character that it can be used for building purposes without danger to health or peril from fire, flood or other menace. Proper provision shall be made for drainage, water, sewerage, and other needed improvements.

B. Streets. The proposed streets shall compose a convenient system conforming to the Official Map, as it may be adopted, and shall be properly related to the proposals shown on the Master Plan of the City, as it may be adopted. Streets shall be of such width, grade and location as to accommodate the prospective traffic, to afford adequate light and air, and to facilitate fire protection.

C. Park areas. In proper cases, park areas of suitable location, size and character for playground or other recreational purposes shall be shown on the subdivision plat.

D. Purpose of provisions. In order that land may be subdivided in accordance with this policy, these regulations are hereby adopted.

§ 225-21 Conflicts with state law.

Should any of these regulations conflict or be inconsistent with any provision of the General City Law, the provision of the General City Law shall apply.

§ 225-22 Word usage and definitions.

A. Generally. As used in these regulations, words in the singular include the plural, and those in the plural include the singular. The word "person" includes a corporation, unincorporated association and a partnership, as well as an individual. The word "building" includes "structure" and shall be construed as if followed by the phrase "or part thereof." The word "street" includes "avenue," "boulevard," "court," "expressway," "highway," "lane," "arterial" and "road." The word "watercourse" includes "channel," "creek," "ditch," "drain," "dry run," "spring" and "stream." The word "may" is permissive; the words "shall" and "will" are mandatory, subject, however, to the provisions of § 225-38 hereof.

B. Specific terms. As used in this Part 2, the following terms shall be defined as follows:

ALLEY

A minor right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access to the side or rear of two or more properties.

BLOCK

An area bounded by streets.

BOARD

The Planning Board of the City of Auburn.

CITY ENGINEER

The Auburn City Engineer.

CLEAR-SIGHT TRIANGLE

An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections defined by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection of street right-of-way lines.

CORNER LOT

A lot located at the intersection of two or more streets.

CUL-DE-SAC

A minor street intersecting another street at one end and terminated at the other end by a vehicular turnaround.

DEDICATION

The deliberate dedication of land by its owner for any general and public uses, reserving to himself or herself no other rights than such as are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment of the public uses to which the property has been devoted.

DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOT

A lot of which the front and rear property lines abut on streets.

EASEMENT

A right-of-way granted for limited use of private land for a public or quasi-public purpose.

HALF OR PARTIAL STREET

A street, generally parallel and adjacent to a property line, having a lesser right-of-way width than normally required for satisfactory improvement and use of the street.

INTERIOR WALK

A right-of-way for pedestrian use extending from a street into a block or across a block to another street.

LOT

A tract or parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership, use or improvement.

PAVEMENT

That portion of a street or alley intended for vehicular use.

PLAN, FINAL

A complete and exact subdivision plan, prepared for official recording as required by statute, to define property rights and proposed streets and other improvements.

PLAN, PRELIMINARY

A tentative subdivision plan, in lesser detail than a final plan, showing approximate proposed streets and lot layout as a basis for consideration prior to preparation of a final plan.

PLAN, SKETCH

An informal plan, not necessarily to scale, indicating salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the general layout of the proposed subdivision.

REVERSE FRONTAGE LOT

A lot extending between and having frontage on a major traffic street and a minor street and with vehicular access solely from the latter.

RIGHT-OF-WAY

Land reserved for use as a street, alley, interior walk, or for other public purpose.

SETBACK OR BUILDING LINE

The line within a property defining the required minimum distance between any enclosed structure and the adjacent right-of-way.

SIGHT DISTANCE

The maximum extent of unobstructed vision (in a horizontal or vertical plane) along a street from a vehicle located at any given point on the street.

STREET

A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, intended for use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation. Classes of streets are as follows:

(1) Major traffic streets are those serving large volumes of comparatively high-speed and long-distance traffic and include facilities classified as main and secondary highways by the New York State Department of Transportation and include streets classified as arterial thoroughfares or primary streets in the traffic plan adopted by the Planning Board.

(2) Collector streets are those which, in addition to giving access to abutting properties, intercept minor streets and provide routes, carrying considerable volumes of traffic, to community facilities and to major traffic streets and include streets classified as secondary streets in the traffic plan adopted by the Planning Board.

(3) Minor streets are those used primarily to provide access to abutting property.

(4) Marginal access streets are minor streets, parallel and adjacent to major traffic streets, providing access to abutting properties and control of intersections with the major traffic streets.

STREET, PUBLIC

A street dedicated to public use.

SUBDIVIDER

The owner, or authorized agent of the owner, of a subdivision.

SUBDIVISION

The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots, plots, sites or other divisions of land for immediate or future sale or for building development, with or without streets or highways. The term "subdivision" shall not include the sale, transfer or development of land or any alteration of lot lines or dimensions of any lots or sites for open space or conservation.

[Amended 12-8-1994 by Ord. No. 44-1994]

YARD

An open space as may be required by this Part 2 of uniform width or depth on the same lot with a building or group of buildings, which open space lies between the principal building or group of buildings and the nearest lot line and is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, excluding trees and shrubbery.

(1) YARD, FRONT An open space extending the full width of the lot between a building and the front lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward.

(2) YARD, REAR An open space extending the full width of the lot between a building and the rear lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward.

(3) YARD, SIDE An open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard between a building and the nearest side lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward.