For the purpose of these regulations, certain
words and terms used herein are defined as follows. (NOTE: Except
where specifically defined herein, all words and terms shall carry
their customary meanings.)
BUILDING INSPECTOR
The Building Inspector of the Town of Wappinger, New York,
or his duly authorized representative.
BUILDING LOT
Any lot upon which a principal residential or commercial
building can be constructed in conformance with the requirements of
the Zoning Ordinance.
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF FINAL PLAT
The approval of a final plat subject to conditions set forth
by the Planning Board in a resolution conditionally approving such
plat. Such conditional approval does not qualify a final plat for
recording nor authorize issuance of building permits prior to the
signing of the plat by a duly authorized officer of the Planning Board
and recording of the plat in the office of the County Clerk.
CONSTRUCTION PLANS
The maps and engineering drawings, described in
Appendix A, Section A6, of these regulations, accompanying a subdivision plat
and showing the specific location and design of improvements to be
installed in the subdivision in accordance with these regulations.
EASEMENT
Authorization by a property owner for the use, by another
and for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property.
FINAL PLAT APPROVAL
The signing of a final plat by a duly authorized officer
of the Planning Board after a resolution granting final approval to
the plat or after conditions specified in the resolution granting
conditional approval of the plat are completed. Such final approval
qualifies the plat for recording in the office of the County Clerk.
LOT
A parcel of land not divided by streets.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map established by the Town Board under § 270
of the Town Law showing the streets, highways and parts theretofore
laid out, adopted and established by law and any amendments thereto
adopted by the Town Board or additions thereto resulting from the
approval of subdivision plats by the Planning Board and the subsequent
filing of such approved plats.
OFFICIAL SUBMISSION DATE
The date when a subdivision plat, accompanied by all other
information required with the application for subdivision approval,
is accepted by the Planning Board at a regular Planning Board meeting
and acknowledged by the Board to contain all those documents or information
required under these subdivision regulations. No application shall
be deemed complete until a determination of no significance has been
MADE OR UNTIL A DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (EIS) HAS BEEN
ACCEPTED BY THE LEAD AGENCY AS SATISFACTORY WITH RESPECT TO SCOPE,
CONTENT AND ADEQUACY.
PLAT, FINAL
A drawing, in final form, as described in Section A5 of
Appendix A of these regulations, showing a proposed subdivision and
containing all of the information required by these or other applicable
regulations and all information required to appear on a preliminary
plat and the modifications, if any, required by the Planning Board
at the time of approval of the preliminary plat of such proposed subdivision
and certified by a licensed land surveyor or registered engineer.
PLAT, PRELIMINARY
The preliminary drawing or drawings, described in Section A1 of
Appendix A of these regulations, showing the layout of a proposed
subdivision, including but not restricted to road and lot layout and
approximate dimensions, topography and drainage, all proposed facilities,
including preliminary plans and profiles, at suitable scale and in
such detail as these regulations require.
RESUBDIVISION
Any change of existing property lines or of property lines
shown on a plat approved by the Planning Board and filed in the office
of the County Clerk.
ROAD GUARANTY BOND
A bond to guarantee that no defects occur during the term
of the bond for those improvements required under the subdivision
resolution, and if defects do occur, the bond will guarantee the cost
of repair or replacement of the defective construction or improvements
for the period of time specified in the bond.
STREET
An existing state, county or Town road or highway, a street
shown upon a plat approved by the Planning Board or a street shown
on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the County Clerk
prior to the authority granted to the Planning Board to approve such
plats.
STREET, COLLECTOR
A street which serves or is designed to serve primarily the
function of carrying traffic from local streets to major streets and
is designated as such on the Town Development Plan.
STREET, DEAD-END
A street or a portion of a street with only one vehicular
traffic outlet.
STREET, LOCAL
A street which serves or is designed to serve primarily as
access to abutting residential properties.
STREET, MAJOR
A street which serves or is designed to serve primarily as
a route for traffic between communities and/or large areas of the
Town and is designated as such on the Town Development Plan.
STREET PAVEMENT
The wearing or exposed surface of the street right-of-way
designed to be used by vehicular traffic.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association
who shall lay out, for the purpose of sale or development, any subdivision
or part thereof, as defined herein.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel of land into two or more parts
or the combining of two or more parcels of land into one or more parts,
regardless of use, with or without the creation of new streets, for
the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership
or building development, and shall include resubdivision as defined
herein. For purposes of these subdivision regulations, any long-term
lease for 10 years or more as determined by the aggregate of the initial
lease period and any renewal period conferred under the lease agreement
shall be deemed a subdivision of land.
TOWN BOARD
The Town Board of the Town of Wappinger, New York.
TOWN DEVELOPMENT PLAN
The comprehensive plan of development for the Town of Wappinger,
New York, prepared and adopted by the Planning Board pursuant to § 272-a
of the Town Law.
TOWN HIGHWAY SPECIFICATIONS
The standards and specifications adopted by the Town Board
for the construction of streets and related subdivision improvements.
ZONING ORDINANCE
The Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Wappinger, New York,
and all amendments thereto.