For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and terms used
herein shall be interpreted or defined as follows:
A permanent serviceway providing a secondary means of vehicular
access to abutting lots.
The City Planning Board of the City of Lackawanna.
The minimum distance that a building must be set back from
the front lot line of front boundary line.
The City of Lackawanna's future land use development
goals, policies and/or programs.
A street with only one outlet and having an appropriate turnaround
for a safe and convenient reverse traffic movement.
An owner of property being subdivided, whether or not represented
by an agent.
The Director of Development of the City of Lackawanna or
his or her designee.
A grant by a property owner of the use of land for a specific
purpose or purposes.
An engineer licensed by the State of New York.
The Fire Marshal of the City of Lackawanna or his or her
designee.
The City Council of the City of Lackawanna.
A numbered and recorded portion of a subdivision intended
for transfer of ownership or for building development.
A lot abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection.
The shortest side fronting upon a street shall be considered the front
of the lot, and the longest side fronting upon a street shall be considered
the side of the lot.
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot
lines.
An interior lot having frontage on two streets.
A lot other than a corner lot.
The mean horizontal distance between the side lot lines.
A revision affecting two or more lots shown on a filed plat
which alters, creates or eliminates one or more lot lines but does
not result in an increase in the number of lots; the creation of a
new street; or the creation of an altered or a new lot which cannot
comply with the Zoning Code.
The official street map of the City of Lackawanna; showing
the street, parks and drainage systems laid out, adopted and established
in the City and being final and conclusive with respect to the location
and width of streets and drainage systems and the location of parks
shown thereon.
A network of natural streams, constructed channels and ditches
employed to convey the runoff of natural waters.
Includes the terms "map," "plan," "replat" or "replot"; a
map or plat of a tract or parcel of land which is to be or which has
been subdivided.
Revision of all or part of an existing filed plat, including
subdivision and minor transfers of land.
A private or public way, court, place, lane, road, highway
or other route or circulation or travel which abuts or is in close
proximity to individual lots or buildings and provides the primary
means of vehicular access to said lots or buildings.
The total width of the strip of land dedicated or reserved
for public travel, including roadways, curbs, gutters, sidewalks and
planting strips.
A street which carries traffic from local streets to arterial
streets, including principal access streets to residential areas and
streets which serve as the principal trafficway in various areas of
development, as defined in the Comprehensive Plan.
A street which is primarily intended to provide access to
individual properties.
A street which is used primarily for through or regional
traffic, as defined in the Comprehensive Plan.
A street which is used primarily for through traffic as the
principal trafficway between various areas of local development as
defined in the Comprehensive Plan.
An individual, corporation or registered partnership owning
any tract, lot or parcel of land to be subdivided or a group of two
or more persons owning any tract, lot or parcel of land to be subdivided
who have given their power of attorney to one of their group or to
another individual to act on their behalf in planning, negotiating
for, representing or executing the legal requirements of the subdivision.
A division of one or more than one tract, parcel, plot or
lot or a revision to a plat filed at the Erie County Clerk's
office which results in an increase of one or more in the total number
of lots, plots, sites or other divisions of land or which creates
one or more streets. Also, all the land area contained with the boundaries
of said division.
A land surveyor licensed by the State of New York.
