For all subdivisions of land as defined in § 153.26 above, the following categories of subdivisions shall be used to determine the procedures required for review.
(A) Two lot subdivision. A two-lot subdivision involves not more than two lots and does not adversely affect the remainder of the parcel or the adjoining property.
(B) Family subdivision. A subdivision of land by a property owner among his immediate family as a gift, as settlement of the property owner's estate, or for nominal consideration; the conveyance of a tract or tracts to a grantee who would have been an heir of the grantor if the grantor had died intestate immediately prior to the conveyance; or the conveyance of a tract or tracts for the purpose of dividing lands among the tenants in common, all of whom inherited, by intestacy or by will, the land from a common ancestor.
(C) Minor subdivision. A subdivision of land by a property owner into three, four or five lots or parcels.
(D) Major subdivision. A subdivision of land by a property owner into six or more lots or parcels.
(E) Cluster development subdivision. A type of major subdivision that is intended to allow smaller than minimum lot sizes with dwelling units clustered in smaller areas in order to preserve larger areas of open space and environmental resources.
(F) Special subdivision. A special subdivision is for purposes other than general, residential or commercial development including:
(1) Building locations for condominiums or townhouses within an approved major subdivision;
(2) Utility facilities such as sub-station sites, meter vaults, pump station sites and the like; and
(3) Cemetery plots.
(G) Other subdivisions. Any other subdivision of land which does not fall within a category designated above shall be subject to review by the Planning Board.
(Ord. passed 5-17-2007)