§ 334-a. Filing of subdivision maps in Nassau county; penalty for\nnon-filing. 1. It shall be the duty of every person or corporation,\nexcepting church cemetery corporations attached to a religious parish\nwithin the county of Nassau, who, as owner or agent of real property\nsituated in the county of Nassau, subdivides the same into lots, plots,\nblocks, sites, or units with or without streets, for the purpose of\noffering such lots, plots, blocks, sites, or units for sale to the\npublic, regardless of whether they are offered or conveyed by lot, plot\nor block designations, units (including shares in a cooperative\ncorporation), or by metes and bounds, prior to the offering of such\nlots, plots, blocks, sites or units for sale, to file or cause to be\nfiled in the office of the clerk of Nassau county a map or maps of such\nreal property, subject to the following exceptions:\n (a) where real property is subdivided into not more than four lots,\nplots, blocks, sites or units that conform to the applicable planning\nand zoning regulations or ordinances of the city, town or village, as\nthe case may be, and such subdivision does not involve the laying out of\na street or the extension of a previously laid out street, the owner or\nagent may make written application to the planning commission or\nplanning authorities having jurisdiction for a waiver of the filing\nrequirements hereunder upon forms supplied by the appropriate planning\ncommission. Such a waiver may be granted by such planning commission or\nplanning authorities after determining that such subdivision plat is in\ncompliance with this section and with the zoning and planning\nregulations of the city, town or village, as the case may be, in which\nthe property is located. The request for a waiver shall be acted upon\nwithout a public hearing within fifteen days after the filing of the\napplication unless such period shall have been extended by consent of\nthe applicant. Where real property is capable of being subdivided into\nmore than four lots, plots, blocks, sites or units that conform to the\napplicable planning and zoning regulations or ordinances of the city,\ntown or village, as the case may be, and such subdivision does not\ninvolve the laying out of a street or the extension of a previously laid\nout street, the planning commission or planning authorities having\njurisdiction may, in the sole discretion of such planning commission or\nplanning authorities deny such waiver application and require the filing\nin the office of the clerk of Nassau county a map or maps of such real\nproperty, subject to appropriate conditions as in the judgment of such\nplanning commission or planning authorities as are requisite in the\ninterest of the public health, safety and general welfare; or\n (b) where a subdivision map has been filed prior to January twelfth,\nnineteen hundred forty-five, and alterations made thereon do not involve\nany change, or extensions of previously laid out streets and where the\nonly alterations are changes in lot boundaries which are made solely for\nthe purpose of adhering to applicable zoning regulations, it shall not\nbe necessary to file such altered map or obtain a waiver therefor; or\n (c) where there is a conversion of an existing structure into units,\nwhich structure: (1) was in existence and legally occupied prior to\nAugust fifth, nineteen hundred eighty-seven; and (2) where title to said\nunits is to be held in a condominium, cooperative or mixed form of\nownership; and (3) the use thereof is in compliance with the zoning and\nplanning regulations of the city, town or village, as the case may be,\nin which the structure is located.\n As used in this section, the term "units" shall include space used or\nto be used for either residential, commercial, mixed or other use\nwhether title is held in fee simple, a condominium, cooperative, or\nmixed form of ownership. It shall be unlawful, after a map or maps of\nsuch property has been
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