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AQUIFER
BOARD
CROSSWALK or WALKWAY
CUL-DE-SAC
DEVELOPER
LOT
LOT LINE CHANGE
MASTER PLAN
OFFICIAL MAP
PERFORMANCE BOND
PERSON
PLANNING CONSULTANT
POTABLE WATER
PRELIMINARY PLAT
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
RESTORATION BOND
SKETCH PLAN
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS
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SUBDIVISION
SUBDIVISION, MAJOR
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
TOWN ENGINEER
WELL
For the purposes of these regulations, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A water-bearing geologic formation that contains water in
sufficient quantities to potentially supply a well for drinking water
or other purposes.
[Added 6-3-2002 by L.L. No. 3-2002]
The duly appointed Planning Board of the Town of Monroe.
[Added 6-3-2002 by L.L. No. 3-2002]
A pedestrian right-of-way, dedicated to public use, to facilitate
access through a subdivision.
A short dead-end street terminating in a vehicular turnaround
area.
Any applicant seeking site plan, special use or subdivision
approval, whether an owner, contract vendee, lessor, lessee, managing
agent, etc., and shall include the agents of said applicant for approval
and all successors in interest of same. The term "developer" shall
include any owner, contract vendee, lessor, lessee, managing agent,
etc., as the same exists at the time of subdivision approval, at the
time of building permit issuance, and at the time that issuance of
a certificate of occupancy is sought.
[Added 12-4-2000 by L.L. No. 5-2000]
The unit or units into which land is divided with the intention
of offering such units for sale, either as undeveloped or developed
sites, regardless of how they are conveyed. "Lot" shall also mean
parcel, plot, site or any similar term.
Relocation or revision of a lot line of a lot, which revision
is intended to correct minor boundary problems and is not intended
to create a new lot for development purposes and which revision will
result in land area to become part of an existing adjacent lot or
parcel, provided that such "lot line change" does not create a parcel
at variance with the bulk requirements of the zone in which such parcel
is located.
[Added 10-3-1994 by L.L. No. 2, 1994]
A plan for the future growth, protection and development
of the Town of Monroe, affording adequate facilities for housing,
transportation, comfort, convenience, public health, safety and general
welfare for its population, all pursuant to § 272-a of Article
16 of the Town Law.
The map established by the Town Board under § 270
of the Town Law showing the streets, highways, drainage systems and
parks 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 record of such approved plats.
[Added 10-3-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994]
Any written and executed guaranty, obligation or promise,
made by an owner or developer of property who has received site plan,
special use or subdivision approval from the Planning Board to install
public improvements required by the Planning Board as part of said
approval or to perform other required acts within a fixed period of
time that may be required by the Planning Board pursuant to plan approval,
Town Board or any local law or ordinance of the Town.
[Added 12-4-2000 by L.L. No. 5-2000]
An individual, corporation, company, association, trust or
partnership.
[Added 6-3-2002 by L.L. No. 3-2002]
The consulting engineer or professional planner retained
by the Town of Monroe to review subdivision plats.
Water that is satisfactory for drinking and for culinary
and domestic purposes.
[Added 6-3-2002 by L.L. No. 3-2002]
The preliminary drawings indicating the proposed layout of
the subdivision to be submitted to the Planning Board for its consideration.
[Added 10-3-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994]
Any street, roadway, curb, gutter, sidewalk, parking lot,
retaining wall, water main, fire hydrant, sanitary waste disposal
facility or structure, storm drain, retention or detention pond, wetland
restoration facility, street signs, streetlights, trees, seeding,
sodding, tree planting, landscaping improvement or any other public
facility or requirement of the Planning Board or any local law or
ordinance of the Town identified or characterized as a public improvement
as part of an approved plan in order to protect the public health,
safety and welfare.
[Added 12-4-2000 by L.L. No. 5-2000]
A written agreement, entered into between a developer and
the Town, which provides a schedule for the completion of public improvements
required by the Planning Board as part of its approval and which provides
for the deposit of a certain amount of cash with the Town in escrow
to secure installation of the required public improvements or in order
to permit the Town to adequately safeguard the project site in those
instances where a developer has failed to make public improvements
according to the schedule.
[Added 12-4-2000 by L.L. No. 5-2000]
Any written and executed guaranty, obligation or promise,
made by an owner or developer of property who has received site plan,
special use or subdivision approval from the Planning Board, to restore
a site to a safe, secure and stable condition in the event that public
improvements have not been properly or timely completed as required
by said approval.
[Added 12-4-2000 by L.L. No. 5-2000]
A detailed drawing of a proposed subdivision enabling the
subdivider to reach general agreement with the Planning Board as to
the form which the preliminary plat will take and how the objectives
of these regulations will be met.
[Added 10-3-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994]
MAIN HIGHWAYA highway, generally under the jurisdiction of the state or county, designed principally to provide for high-speed through traffic between centers of development, such as commercial centers, industrial areas and concentrated residential communities both within and outside the Town of Monroe.
SECONDARY HIGHWAYA highway similar to a main highway, generally under the jurisdiction of the Town, but designed for traffic between important centers of development within the Town of Monroe and as a highway link to the main highway system.
MAJOR STREETA street within a subdivision or subdivisions designed to have considerable continuity and traffic capacity that, serving as an artery, collects traffic from the minor streets and guides it to the main highway system.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETA street located on a separate right-of-way parallel to and in the vicinity of a main highway, designed to provide access to abutting properties without interrupting highway traffic except at recognized intersections and access points.
MINOR STREETA street designed to provide access to abutting properties within a limited area, such as a neighborhood.
STREET TAPS or STUB STREETSA street designed to provide prospective connections between developed and undeveloped areas, so that a logical future minor street pattern may be assured, and coordinated with the existing street system.
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots,
plots, blocks or sites, with or without streets, for the purpose of
sale, transfer of ownership or development. For the purposes of these
regulations, the existence of a stream, street, highway or other natural
or man-made physical feature shall not of itself establish the boundary
of any parcel.
[Amended 10-3-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994]
Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision.
[Added 10-3-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994]
Any subdivision containing not more than four lots fronting on an existing street, not involving any new street or road or the extension of municipal facilities and not adversely affecting the development of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining property and not in conflict with any provisions or portion of the Master Plan, Official Map, Chapter 57, Zoning, or this chapter.
[Added 10-3-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994]
The Municipal Engineer retained by the Town of Monroe.
An excavation or opening into the ground made by digging,
boring, drilling, driving or other methods for the purpose of providing
a potable drinking water supply.
[Added 6-3-2002 by L.L. No. 3-2002]
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If a term is not specifically defined in these regulations
but is defined in Article 16 of the Town Law of the State of New York,
then for the purposes of these regulations, the meaning of that term
shall be as defined in Article 16 of the Town Law of the State of
New York.
[Added 10-3-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994]