As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The Highway Department of the Town of Geddes.[1]
The Planning Board of the Town of Geddes.
Three types of plans are required for submittal to the Town Board of the Town of Geddes. Plans will be detailed in accordance with the criteria given in § 190-2 and prepared by a licensed professional engineer and/or licensed land surveyor.
SKETCH PLANAn informal plan, not necessarily to exact scale, indicating salient features of a tract and its surroundings and the general layout of a proposed subdivision.
PRELIMINARY PLANA drawing showing the layout of a proposed subdivision, including, but not restricted to, road and lot layout and approximate dimensions, key plan, topography and drainage, all proposed facilities unsized, including preliminary plans and profiles, at suitable scale and in such detail as local regulation may require.
FINAL PLANA drawing prepared by a licensed land surveyor that shows exact dimensions of streets and lots within the subdivision, containing in additional detail all information required to be shown on a preliminary plan and the modifications, if any, required by the Planning Board at the time of approval of the preliminary plan, if such preliminary plan has been so approved.
A way for vehicular traffic, whether described as a street,
highway, thoroughfare, parkway, road, avenue, lane, drive, place or
other similar designation. The following functional classification
is used in these regulations:
ARTERIAL HIGHWAYSThose which are used for fast or heavy traffic, usually with complete or partial control over access from abutting property and traffic flow averages more than 680 vehicles per hour.
MAJOR STREETSStreet which carries the main flow of traffic to and from various points of concentration within the town and to adjacent areas and arterials and traffic flow ranges from 250 to 700 vehicles per hour.
COLLECTOR STREETSA street which collects and disperses the traffic from the major streets to local streets and abutting property. These streets carry local community traffic; traffic flow ranges from 70 to 250 vehicles per hour.
MINOR STREETSAll remaining streets not classified as arterial, major or collector streets. Minor streets are those which are used primarily for access to the abutting properties, and traffic flow averages less than 70 vehicles per hour.
CULS-DE-SACA minor street with one end open for access and the other end terminating in a vehicular turnaround. The length of a cul-de-sac shall be measured along the center line from which it runs to the center of the cul-de-sac turnaround.
A division of any part, parcel or area of land by the owner
or agent either by lots or by metes and bounds into lots or parcels
two or more in number for any purpose, including the purposes of conveyance,
lease, transfer, improvement, building development or sale. The term
"subdivision" includes resubdivision, which also includes consolidation
of lots into a lesser number of lots or elimination of lot line(s).
[Added 10-9-2018 by L.L.
No. 7-2018]
SIMPLE SUBDIVISIONA division of land involving the adjustment of an existing lot line(s) without the creation of a new or an extended street(s), curb cuts, infrastructure or building lot(s); or the elimination of an existing lot line(s) so as to consolidate one or more lots into a lesser number without the creation of a new or an extended street(s), curb cuts, infrastructure or building lot(s).
The Town Board of the Town of Geddes.
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Editor's Note: The former definitions of "major subdivision"
and "minor subdivision," which immediately followed this definition,
were repealed 10-9-2018 by L.L. No. 7-2018.
