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New York Environmental Conservation - Title 15 - § 17-1501 Definitions

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  § 17-1501. Definitions.
    1.  As  used  in  sections 17-1501 to 17-1505, inclusive, and sections
  17-1509 and 17-1511, the word "subdivision" shall mean any tract of land
  which is divided into five or more parcels, after the effective date  of
  this   act,  along  any  existing  or  proposed  street(s),  highway(s),
  easement(s) or right(s)-of-way for sale or for rent as residential  lots
  or  residential  building  plots,  and  in the county of Suffolk also as
  business, commercial or industrial lots or building plots, regardless of
  whether the lots or plots to be sold or offered for sale, or leased  for
  any period of time, are described by metes and bounds or by reference to
  a  map  or  survey of the property or by any other method of description
  and regardless of whether the lots or plots are contiguous.  A tract  of
  land  shall  constitute a subdivision upon the sale, rental or offer for
  sale or lease of the fifth residential lot or residential building  plot
  therefrom within any consecutive three year period, and at this time the
  provisions  of  section  17-1505 of this chapter shall apply to all such
  parcels thereof, including the first four parcels, regardless of whether
  said parcels have been sold, rented or offered for sale or lease  singly
  or collectively.
    2.  The word "tract" shall mean any body of land, including contiguous
  parcels of land, under one ownership or  under  common  control  of  any
  group of persons acting in concert as part of a common scheme or plan.
    3.  "Residential  lot"  or  "residential building plot" shall mean any
  parcel of land of five acres or less, any point on the boundary line  of
  which  is less than one-half mile from any point on the boundary line of
  another such lot in the same tract, unless any such lot may not  legally
  be used for residential purposes. Without limiting the generality of the
  foregoing,  the term "residential" shall include temporary, seasonal and
  permanent residential use.
    4. For the purposes of this title  sewage  shall  be  defined  as  any
  substance,  solid  or  liquid that contains any of the waste products or
  excrementitious or other wastes or washings from  the  bodies  of  human
  beings or animals.

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