§ SR-1. Definitions.

For the purpose of these Regulations, which shall be known as and may be cited as the "Town of Brookhaven Subdivision Regulations," certain words used herein are defined as follows:

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

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

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.

ENGINEER

An official engineer of the Town of Brookhaven Planning Board.

LIMITED ACCESS AREA

An area designed to control access to public rights-of-way or other public areas.

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 and 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.

PARCEL OF LAND

Any parcel of land shown as a single parcel on the Suffolk County Real Property Tax Map, as revised through June 1, 1978, or any parcel of land held in ownership separate from contiguous parcels of land.

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 Brookhaven.

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 Brookhaven and as a highway link to the primary highway system.

SUBDIVISION

A division of any parcel of land into two or more lots, plots, blocks or sites.