Words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural
include the singular. The word "persons" includes a corporation and
unincorporated association, and "building" includes "structure" and
shall be construed as if followed by the words "or part thereof."
The word "street" includes "road," "highway" and "lane"; and "watercourse"
includes "drain," "ditch" and "stream." The word "shall" is mandatory
unless otherwise indicated.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall,
for the purpose of these regulations, have the meanings indicated:
A strip of land over which there is a right-of-way, publicly
or privately owned, on which no building fronts, serving as a secondary
means of access to two or more properties.
A performance bond duly issued by a bonding or surety company
approved by the Town Board with security acceptable to the Town Board,
or a performance bond duly issued by the developer-obligor accompanied
by security in the form of cash, certified check or United States
Government bearer bonds deposited with the Town Board in the full
amount of the obligation.
A right-of-way, publicly or privately owned, which cuts across
a block to furnish access for pedestrians to adjacent street or properties.
A right granted to use certain land for a special purpose
not inconsistent with the general property rights of the owner.
Housekeeping accommodations for one or more persons living
as a family.
A physical change to the land necessary to produce usable
and desirable lots from raw acreage, including grading, pavement,
curb, gutter and utilities, including water supply, together with
sanitary and storm sewers and drains and betterments to existing watercourses,
sidewalks, street signs, crosswalks, shade trees, sodding or seeding,
street name signs and monuments.
A parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership or building
development.
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lines
of a lot.
A lot, the generally opposite ends of which both abut on
streets.
The width of a lot at the building line.
The Comprehensive Plan, or part thereof, which may consist
of several maps, data, etc., prepared by the Planning Board and filed
in the office of the Planning Board, the office of the Town Engineer
or the Town Highway Superintendent and the office of the Town Clerk,
indicating the general locations recommended for major motorways,
parks and other public open spaces, public building sites and routes
for public utilities.
A map established by the County Board of Representatives
under the General Municipal Law, Article 12-B, § 239-h,
and of changes and additions thereto, made under the provisions of
the General Municipal Law, Article 12-B, § 239-i.
A map established by the Town Board under § 270
of the Town Law, showing the streets, highways and parks theretofore
laid out, adopted and established by law and all changes or additions
thereto made under the provisions of § 273 of the Town Law.
The date when a sketch plan, a preliminary layout or a subdivision plat shall be considered submitted to the Planning Board, hereby defined to be the date of the meeting of the Planning Board at which all required surveys, plans and data described in Article V are submitted.
The owner of the land proposed to be subdivided, or his agent.
The agency empowered by the municipal legislative body under
applicable New York State enabling legislation to act as the Planning
Board of the Town of North East with respect to subdivision administration.
The final map or drawing prepared, on a base map prepared
by a licensed land surveyor for recording, by a licensed professional
engineer, registered architect, licensed land surveyor or licensed
landscape architect, which shall have his New York State seal affixed
thereon and on which the subdivider's plan of subdivision is presented
to the Planning Board for approval and which, if approved, will be
submitted to the County Clerk for recording.
A plan prepared by a licensed professional engineer, licensed
land surveyor, registered architect or a licensed landscape architect,
on a base map prepared by a licensed land surveyor, showing existing
features of the land and proposed street utility and lot layout within
and adjacent to a subdivision.
A change in a subdivision plat or resubdivision plat filed
in the office of the Dutchess County Clerk, which change affects any
street layout shown on such plat, affects any area reserved thereon
for public use or diminishes the size of any lot shown thereon.
A strip of land between property lines open for use as a
street, alley or crosswalk.
A line, generally parallel to the street line, beyond which
the front portion of a building may not project into the front yard.
The distance an object 18 inches off the pavement (a taillight)
is visible from an eye level 4 1/2 feet above the pavement (average-height
driver's eyes).
A freehand sketch made on a topographic survey map showing
the proposed subdivision in relation to existing conditions.
A general term used to describe a right-of-way, publicly
or privately owned, serving as a means of vehicular and pedestrian
travel and furnishing space for utilities. The following functional
classification is used in these regulations.
MINOR STREETA street intended to serve and provide access exclusively to the properties abutting thereon and not connecting with other streets in such a manner as to encourage through traffic.
COLLECTOR STREETA street connecting minor residential streets to each other, to community facilities and to arterial streets serving primarily neighborhood traffic and/or a street so designed on the Town Master Plan.[1]
ARTERIAL STREETA street with considerable continuity connecting district centers which serves, or will eventually serve, large volumes of traffic and/or a street so designated on the Town Master Plan.[2] Usually (not always) "arterial streets" are state highways.
SECONDARY STREETA street which serves or is designed to serve as a route connecting different parts of the Town. Usually (not always) "secondary streets" are county highways.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETMinor streets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets and highways and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
CUL-DE-SAC or DEAD-END STREETA minor street with one end open for public vehicle and pedestrian access and the other end terminating in a vehicular turnaround.
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular
traffic.
The distance between property lines.
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association
who or which shall lay out, for the purpose of sale or development,
any subdivision or part thereof, as defined herein, either for himself
or others.
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots,
plots, sites or other division of land, with or without streets, for
the purpose of immediate or future sale or building development.
The duly elected Town Superintendent of Highways or other
such authorized official.
The Town Board of the Town of North East.
The duly licensed professional engineer or registered architect
of the Town of North East or, if there is no such official, a licensed
professional engineer or registered architect employed by the Town
Board for this purpose.
