§ 162-5. Definitions and word usage.

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. 

Definitions. As used in these regulations, the following terms shall be defined as follows:

ALLEY

A minor right-of-way providing secondary vehicular access to the side or rear of two or more properties.

BLOCK

An area bounded by streets.

BOARD

The Planning and Zoning Board of the City of Lockport.

CITY ENGINEER

The Municipal Engineer of the City of Lockport.

CLEAR-SIGHT TRIANGLE

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.

CUL-DE-SAC

A minor street intersecting another street at one end and terminated at the other by a vehicular turnaround.

DEDICATION

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.

EASEMENT

A right-of-way granted for limited use of private land for a public or quasi-public purpose.

ENGINEER OR LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

A person licensed as a professional engineer by the State of New York.

HALF OR PARTIAL STREET

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.

LOT

A tract or parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership, use or improvement.

MAJOR SUBDIVISION

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.

MASTER OR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

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.

MINOR SUBDIVISION

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.

OFFICIAL MAP

A map established and adopted by the City Council under § 26 of the General City Law, showing streets, highways and parks.

PAVEMENT

That portion of a street or alley intended for vehicular movement.

PLAN, SKETCH

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.

PLAT, FINAL

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.

PLAT, PRELIMINARY

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.

REVERSE-FRONTAGE LOT

A lot extending between and having frontage on a major traffic street and a minor street, and with vehicular access solely from the latter.

SIGHT DISTANCE

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.

STREET

A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, intended for use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation.

SUBDIVIDER

The owner or authorized agent of the owner of a subdivision.

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.

SURVEYOR

A person licensed as a land surveyor by the State of New York.