The Common Council of the City of Lockport,
by virtue of the power and authority vested in it by law, hereby ordains
and enacts the following.
A.
No subdivision of any lot, tract or parcel of land
shall be effected, and no street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water
main or other facilities in connection therewith shall be laid out,
constructed, opened or dedicated for public use and travel or the
common use of occupants of buildings abutting thereon, except in strict
accordance with the provisions of these regulations.
B.
The provisions contained herein shall apply to all
land within the limits of the municipality.
All plans for subdivisions shall be submitted
to the Municipal Planning Board and approved by it before they shall
be recorded.
It is declared to be the policy of the Planning
Board to consider land subdivision plats as part of a plan for the
orderly, efficient and economical development of the municipality.
This means, among other things:
A.
That land to be subdivided shall be of such character
that it can be used safely for building purposes without danger to
health or peril from fire, flood or other menace.
B.
That proper provision shall be made for drainage,
water supply, sewerage and other needed improvements.
C.
That all proposed lots shall be so laid out and of
such size as to be in harmony with the development pattern of the
neighboring properties.
D.
That the proposed streets shall compose a convenient
system conforming to the Official Map, if such exists, and shall be
properly related to the proposals shown on the Comprehensive Plan,
and shall be of such width, grade and location as to accommodate the
prospective traffic, to facilitate fire protection and to provide
access of fire-fighting equipment to buildings.
E.
That proper provision shall be made for open spaces
for parks and playgrounds up to 10% of the total gross area of the
proposed subdivision.
A.
Word usage. As used in these regulations, words in
the singular include the plural, and those in the plural include the
singular. The word "person" includes a corporation, unincorporated
association and a partnership, as well as an individual. The word
"building" includes a structure and shall be construed as if followed
by the phrase "or part thereof." The word "street" includes avenue,
boulevard, court, expressway, highway, lane, arterial and road. The
word "watercourse" includes channel, creek, ditch, drain, dry run,
spring and stream. The word "may" is permissive; the words "shall"
and "will" are mandatory, unless otherwise indicated.
B.
ALLEY
BLOCK
BOARD
CITY ENGINEER
CLEAR-SIGHT TRIANGLE
CUL-DE-SAC
DEDICATION
EASEMENT
ENGINEER OR LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER
HALF OR PARTIAL STREET
LOT
MAJOR SUBDIVISION
MASTER OR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
MINOR SUBDIVISION
OFFICIAL MAP
PAVEMENT
PLAN, SKETCH
PLAT, FINAL
PLAT, PRELIMINARY
REVERSE-FRONTAGE LOT
SIGHT DISTANCE
STREET
SUBDIVIDER
SUBDIVISION
SURVEYOR
Definitions. As used in these regulations, the following
terms shall be defined as follows:
A minor right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access
to the side or rear of two or more properties.
An area bounded by streets.
The Planning and Zoning Board of the City of Lockport.
The Municipal Engineer of the City of Lockport.
An area of unobstructed vision at street intersections defined
by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection
of street right-of-way lines.
A minor street intersecting another street at one end and
terminated at the other by a vehicular turnaround.
The deliberate appropriation of land by its owner for any
general and public uses, reserving to himself no other rights than
such as are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment of the
public uses to which the property has been devoted.
A right-of-way granted for limited use of private land for
a public or quasi-public purpose.
A person licensed as a professional engineer by the State
of New York.
A street, generally parallel and adjacent to a property line,
having a lesser right-of-way width than normally required for satisfactory
improvement and use of the street.
A tract or parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership,
use or improvement.
Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision, including
but not limited to subdivisions of five or more lots or any size subdivision
requiring any new street or extension of municipal facilities.
A comprehensive plan prepared by the Planning Board which
indicates the general locations recommended for various functional
classes of public works, places and structures and for general physical
development of the municipality and includes any unit or part of such
plan separately prepared and any amendment to such plan or parts therein.
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 provision or portion of the Comprehensive
Plan, Official Map or Zoning Ordinance, if such exists, or these regulations.
A map established and adopted by the City Council under § 26
of the General City Law, showing streets, highways and parks.
That portion of a street or alley intended for vehicular
movement.
An informal plan, not necessarily to scale, indicating salient
existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the general
layout of the proposed subdivision.
A drawing in final form showing a proposed subdivision, containing
all information or detail required by law and by these regulations,
to be presented to the Planning Board for approval and which, if approved,
may be duly filed or recorded by the applicant in the office of the
County Clerk or Register.
A drawing or drawings, clearly marked "preliminary plat,"
showing the salient features of a proposed subdivision, submitted
to the Planning Board for purposes of consideration prior to submission
of the plat in final form and of sufficient detail to apprise the
Planning Board of the layout of the proposed subdivision.
A lot extending between and having frontage on a major traffic
street and a minor street, and with vehicular access solely from the
latter.
The maximum extent of unobstructed vision (in a horizontal
or vertical plane) along a street from a vehicle located at any given
point on the street.
A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, intended
for use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation.
The owner or authorized agent of the owner of a subdivision.
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots,
plots, sites or other divisions of land for immediate or future sale
or for building development, with or without streets or highways.
The term "subdivision" also includes resubdivision and, as appropriate
in these regulations, shall refer to the process of subdividing land
or to the land subdivided.
A person licensed as a land surveyor by the State of New
York.
No permit may be issued by the Building Department
for the construction of a building or structure in any subdivision
until said subdivision has received final plat approval by the Planning
Board.
