By the authority of the resolution of the Town
Board of the Town of Bergen, adopted on June 24, 1968, pursuant to
the provisions of Article 16 of the Town Law of the State of New York,
the Planning Board of the Town of Bergen is authorized and empowered
to approve plats showing lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets
or highways, to approve the development of entirely or partially undeveloped
plats already filed in the office of the clerk of the county and to
conditionally approve preliminary plats, within that part of the Town
of Bergen outside the limits of any incorporated city or village.
It is declared to be the policy of the Planning Board to consider
land subdivision plats as part of a plan for the orderly, efficient
and economical development of the Town. This means, among other things,
that land to be subdivided shall be of such character that it can
be used safely for building purposes without danger to health, or
peril from fire, flood or other menace; that proper provision shall
be made for drainage, water supply, sewerage and other needed improvements;
that all proposed lots shall be so laid out and of such size as to
be in harmony with the development pattern of the neighboring properties;
that the proposed streets shall compose a convenient system conforming
to the Official Map, if such exists, and shall be properly related
to the proposals shown on the Comprehensive Development Plan, and
shall be of such width, grade and location as to accommodate the prospective
traffic, to facilitate fire protection and to provide access of fire-fighting
equipment to buildings; and that proper provision shall be made for
open spaces for parks and playgrounds. In order that land subdivisions
may be made in accordance with this policy, this chapter, which shall
be known as, and which may be cited as, the "Town of Bergen Land Subdivision
Regulations," have been recommended by the Planning Board on April
24, 2003, and adopted by the Town Board on July 22, 2003.
