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.
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.
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.
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, FRONTAn 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, REARAn 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, SIDEAn 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.