N.Y. ENV Law § 17-1501

§ 17-1501. Definitions.\n 1. As used in sections 17-1501 to 17-1505, inclusive, and sections\n17-1509 and 17-1511, the word "subdivision" shall mean any tract of land\nwhich is divided into five or more parcels, after the effective date of\nthis act, along any existing or proposed street(s), highway(s),\neasement(s) or right(s)-of-way for sale or for rent as residential lots\nor residential building plots, and in the county of Suffolk also as\nbusiness, commercial or industrial lots or building plots, regardless of\nwhether the lots or plots to be sold or offered for sale, or leased for\nany period of time, are described by metes and bounds or by reference to\na map or survey of the property or by any other method of description\nand regardless of whether the lots or plots are contiguous. A tract of\nland shall constitute a subdivision upon the sale, rental or offer for\nsale or lease of the fifth residential lot or residential building plot\ntherefrom within any consecutive three year period, and at this time the\nprovisions of section 17-1505 of this chapter shall apply to all such\nparcels thereof, including the first four parcels, regardless of whether\nsaid parcels have been sold, rented or offered for sale or lease singly\nor collectively.\n 2. The word "tract" shall mean any body of land, including contiguous\nparcels of land, under one ownership or under common control of any\ngroup of persons acting in concert as part of a common scheme or plan.\n 3. "Residential lot" or "residential building plot" shall mean any\nparcel of land of five acres or less, any point on the boundary line of\nwhich is less than one-half mile from any point on the boundary line of\nanother such lot in the same tract, unless any such lot may not legally\nbe used for residential purposes. Without limiting the generality of the\nforegoing, the term "residential" shall include temporary, seasonal and\npermanent residential use.\n 4. For the purposes of this title sewage shall be defined as any\nsubstance, solid or liquid that contains any of the waste products or\nexcrementitious or other wastes or washings from the bodies of human\nbeings or animals.\n