For the purposes of this chapter, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to
them by this section:
STREET
A way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a street,
highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, avenue, boulevard,
lane or place or however otherwise designated.
B.
COLLECTOR STREETSThose which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets and highways.
C.
MINOR STREETSThose which are used primarily for access to abutting properties.
D.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETSMinor streets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets and highways and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
E.
ALLEYS and MINOR WAYSThose which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
SUBDIVIDER
A person, group, firm or corporation proposing to subdivide
land within the City.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel of land in two or more lots, plots,
blocks or sites in such a way as to create or extend one or more streets
for the purpose of developing or offering such land for sale to the
public. Resubdivision of land heretofore platted shall come under
the meaning of "subdivision" if there is a rearrangement of lots or
streets or both on property which originally formed the subject of
a subdivision, as above defined.
The regulations herein contained are adopted
for the purpose of providing for the sound growth and development
of the City and of affording adequate sites and facilities for transportation
and for the safety, health and welfare of its population and for providing
reasonable and equitable requirements in the interest of developers,
investors and homeowners so as to ensure stable property values, all
pursuant to Article 3 of the General City Law.
No subdivision of land shall be made, nor shall
any contract be made for the sale of any part thereof, and no permit
for the erection of a structure in any such proposed subdivision shall
be granted and no street, sanitary sewer or water main shall be laid
out, constructed, opened or dedicated except in strict accordance
with the provisions of these regulations.