N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 17-1501: Definitions

§ 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.