In Riegert Apts. Corp. v. Planning Bd. (57 NY2d 206), the Court of Appeals in interpreting the provisions of Town Law 274-a (site plans) and Town Law 276 and 277 (subdivision plats), which contain provisions equivalent to those statutes in issue in this action (Village Law 7-725-a [site plans] and Village Law 7-728 [subdivision plats]), discussed the differences between site plans and subdivision plats: " 'A site plan usually evidences the proposed development of a single lot, whether for one principal building and permitted accessory buildings, or for a group of buildings (such as a group residential development or an industrial park), intended to remain in one ownership. A subdivision plat contemplates division of one tract into a number of smaller lots with eventual separate ownership of each such lot.' "