For the purpose of these rules and regulations,
certain words and terms used herein are defined as follows:
Approval by the Planning Board 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 any building permit
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 Monroe
County Clerk.
[Added 2-9-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
A map established by the Monroe County Board of Supervisors,
pursuant to §§ 239-g, 239-h and 239-i of the General
Municipal Law.
A short street having but one end open to traffic and the
other end being permanently terminated by a vehicular turnaround.
Regulations which have been adopted by the Town Board of
the Town of Riga, and includes those amendments, additions or deletions
which the Town Board shall adopt from time to time by resolution.[1]
The lands required for the installation of stormwater sewers
or drainage ditches, and those required along a natural stream or
watercourse for preserving the channel and providing for the flow
of water therein to safeguard the public against flood damage.
The lands created through authorization by a property owner
for the use by another and for a specified purpose of any designated
part of his property.
A drawing prepared in a manner prescribed by these Subdivision
Rules and Regulations and by the design criteria of the Town of Riga[2] (otherwise referred to herein, from time to time, as "local
regulations"), showing a proposed subdivision and containing in such
detail as shall be required by the local regulations all information
required to be shown on a preliminary plat, together with the modifications,
if any, required by the Planning Board at the time of approval of
the preliminary plat, if such preliminary plat has been so approved.
[Added 2-9-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
The signing of a plat in final form by a duly authorized
officer of the Planning Board pursuant to a resolution of the Planning
Board granting final approval to the plat, or final approval after
conditions specified in a resolution granting conditional approval
of the plat are completed. Such final approval qualifies the plat
for recording in the office of the Monroe County Clerk.
[Added 2-9-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
The land - water boundary of a natural watercourse flowing
at a frequency defined by a responsible agency, such as the United
States Army Corps of Engineers, the Soil Conservation Service of the
United States Department of Agriculture, the Department of Environmental
Conservation and the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development or their successors.[3]
Security guaranteeing that certain or all improvements will
be made in accordance with the approval plans.
A piece, parcel or plot of land intended as a unit for transfer
of ownership or for development.
The map established by the Town Board under § 270
of the Town Law showing the streets, highways and parks heretofore
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.
The date when a subdivision plat shall be considered submitted to the Planning Board, as provided in § 276 of the Town Law, and is hereby defined to be the date of a meeting of the Planning Board at which all required surveys, plans and data described in Article VI are submitted.
The Town of Riga Planning Board as established pursuant to
the provisions of Article 16 of the Town Law.
A drawing prepared in a manner prescribed by these Subdivision
Rules and Regulations and by the Design Criteria of the Town of Riga[4] (otherwise referred to herein, from time to time, as "local
regulations"), 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 the local regulations may require.
[Amended 2-9-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
The approval of the layout of a proposed subdivision as set
forth in a preliminary plan but subject to the approval of the plat
in final form in accordance with the provisions of these Subdivision
Rules and Regulations.
[Added 2-9-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
A strip of land between the existing right-of-way line and
the future right-of-way line of a highway as determined by the agency
having jurisdictional responsibility over the maintenance and construction
of the highway. Where a reservation is required, the front lot line
shall be considered to be coincident with the future right-of-way
line, with front setbacks and any other necessary lot measurements
being measured from the future right-of-way line. Where there is no
requirement for a reservation for highway purposes, the front lot
line shall be considered to be coincident with the existing right-of-way
line, with front setbacks and any other necessary lot measurements
being measured from the existing right-of-way line.
Revision of all or part of an existing filed plat, including
consolidation of lots.
Pre-preliminary plan or drawings of proposed project.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, alley
or other way which is an existing or proposed state, county or Town
roadway or way shown upon a plat theretofore approved pursuant to
law or approved by official action, or a street or way on a plat duly
filed and recorded in the office of the County Clerk of Monroe County
prior to the appointment of a Planning Board and the grant to such
Board of the power to review plats, and includes the land between
the street lines, whether improved or unimproved, and may comprise
pavement, shoulders, gutters, sidewalks, parking area and other areas
within the street lines or right-of-way. For the purpose of this chapter,
"streets" shall be classified as follows:
ARTERIAL STREETS- Those which are used primarily by a heavy volume of traffic.
COLLECTOR STREETS- Those which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets, including the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within such development.
MINOR STREETS or LOCAL RESIDENTIAL STREETS- Those which are used primarily for access to the abutting properties.
MARGINAL SERVICE STREETS- Streets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets and highways and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
ALLEYS- Minor ways which are used primarily for vehicular service to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular
traffic.
The distance between property lines or right-of-way lines.
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots,
blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways, for the purpose
of sale, transfer of ownership, or development. The term "subdivision"
shall include "resubdivision," or any alteration of lot lines or dimensions
of any lots or sites shown on a plat previously approved and filed
in the Monroe County Clerk's office.
[Amended 2-9-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
A drawing, in final form, showing a proposed subdivision
containing all information or detail required by law and by these
rules and 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 Monroe County Clerk.
Refers to the "time limits" specified in § 276
of the Town Law of the State of New York, as amended. In the event
a "time limit" in these rules and regulations is at variance with
the current statutory authority of the State of New York, such statutory
time period shall govern.
A composite of the mapped and written proposals recommending
the physical development of the town, prepared by the Planning Board
pursuant to § 272-a of the Town Law, which indicates the
general locations recommended for various public works and reservations
and for the general physical development of the town, and includes
any part of such plan separately adopted and any amendment to such
plan or part thereof.
The duly designated licensed professional engineer of the
Town of Riga.
The officially adopted Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Riga,
together with any and all amendments thereto.[5]
