For the purpose of this chapter, words and terms
used herein are defined as follows:
All necessary actual expenses and liabilities incurred by
the Village or any of its officers, Boards or agencies in processing
and reviewing applications hereunder and ensuring compliance with
this chapter and all other applicable laws or regulations, including
but not limited to engineering fees and disbursements, legal fees
and disbursements, publication expenses, administrative expenses and
any other necessary actual expenditure incurred or accrued by the
Village.
A drawing, in final form, showing a proposed subdivision,
containing all information or detail required by law and to be presented
to the Planning Board for approval and which, if approved, may be
duly filed or recorded by the applicant in the office of the Jefferson
County Clerk.
The goals, objectives and policies of the Village which are
embodied by the planning process upon which Village land use laws
and regulations are based.
The date on which an application for plat approval, complete
and accompanied by all required information, endorsements and fees,
has been filed with the Village Clerk and Planning Board.
The Village of Alexandria Bay Planning Board.
A drawing or drawings clearly marked "preliminary plat,"
showing the salient features of a proposed subdivision and submitted
to the Planning Board for the purposes of consideration prior to submission
of the plat in final form.
Any improvement meant to serve more than a single lot. This
shall include but not be limited to roads, sewers, waterlines and
common drainage areas.
The New York State Environmental Quality Review Act and regulations
promulgated thereunder.[1]
A sketch of a proposed subdivision to enable the subdivider
to save time and expense in reaching general agreement with the Planning
Board as to the form of the layout and objectives of this chapter.
A street intended to serve heavy flows of traffic from minor
streets or as a business street providing access to business properties.
A street intended to serve primarily as an access to abutting
residential properties.
An owner of the land proposed to be subdivided.
The division, after the effective date of this chapter, of
any parcel of land into two or more lots, blocks or sites for the
purpose of conveyance, transfer of ownership, improvement, building
development or sale. The term "subdivision" shall include resubdivision.
A tract of land shall constitute a "subdivision" upon the sale, rental,
offer for sale or lease or building development of the second lot
thereof.
The Zoning Enforcement Officer, Village Engineer and any
other person appointed, designated or otherwise retained by the Village
Board to carry out the functions assigned to such person according
to this chapter.
A subdivision containing five or more lots or any subdivision
requiring new public improvements.
A subdivision containing three or four lots, fronting on
an existing street and requiring no public improvements.
Division of any parcel into two lots, fronting on an existing road, requiring no public improvements and where the lots conform to the minimum lot size and dimensions under Chapter 150, Zoning.
Those plats where 20% or more of the lots within the plat
are unimproved, unless existing conditions, such as poor drainage,
have prevented their development.
Those persons so designated under Chapter 150, Zoning.
The applicable Zoning Law of the Village of Alexandria Bay.[2]
