As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN A master plan for the future growth, protection and development for the Town of Smithtown, affording adequate facilities for housing, transportation, comfort, convenience, public health, safety and general welfare for its population.

CROSSWALK OR WALKWAY A right-of-way dedicated to public use to facilitate pedestrian access through a subdivision.

CUL-DE-SAC A short dead-end street terminating in a vehicular turnaround area.

EASEMENT A restriction established in a real estate deed to permit the use of land by the public, a corporation or particular persons for specified uses.

LIMITED ACCESS AND PLANTING AREA An area designed to control access to public rights-of-way or other public areas and also to suitably screen private properties abutting them.

LOT The unit or units into which land is divided with the intention of offering such units for sale, either as undeveloped or developed sites, regardless of how they are conveyed. "Lot" shall also mean parcel, plot, site or any similar term.

MAJOR STREET A street within a subdivision or subdivisions designed to have considerable continuity and traffic capacity that, serving as an artery, collects traffic from the minor streets and guides it to the primary and secondary highways.

MARGINAL ACCESS STREET A street located on a separate right-of-way parallel to and in the vicinity of a primary or secondary highway, designed to provide access to abutting properties without interrupting highway traffic except at recognized intersections and access points.

MINOR STREET A street designed to provide access to abutting properties within a limited area such as a neighborhood.

OPEN SPACE A parcel of land which does not contain any residential, business or industrial land uses and which is essentially left in a natural vegetated state and is set aside, dedicated, designated or reserved for environmental protection, passive recreation or similar uses as determined by the Planning Board. [Added 7-25-1989]

PRIMARY HIGHWAY A highway, generally under the jurisdiction of the state or county, designed principally to provide for high-speed through traffic between centers of development such as commercial centers, industrial areas and concentrated residential communities both within and outside the Town of Smithtown.

SECONDARY HIGHWAY A highway similar to a primary highway, generally under the jurisdiction of the Town, but designed for traffic between important centers of development within the Town of Smithtown and as a highway link to the primary highway system.

SUBDIVISION A division of land into two or more lots with or without streets. [Amended 2-23-1971]

TOWN ENGINEER The official engineer of the Town of Smithtown.