[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Peekskill 3-25-1958 (Ch. 270 of the 1984 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Subdivision of land — See Ch 510.
No area or area shown and/or designated as a street on a filed map or otherwise shall be accepted by the Common Council as a public street until the owner or owners thereof have provided and installed, at their sole cost and expense, all necessary surface and sanitary sewer lines and all other surface and subsurface improvements.
An area or street offered for dedication shall have a minimum width of 50 feet or greater if the Common Council determines that the conditions so warrant.
[Amended 1-22-1990]
The minimum width for the paved section of a street shall be constructed in accordance with § 510-12N or greater if the Common Council and Planning Commission determine that the conditions so warrant.
Curbings shall be constructed on both sides of the street for the entire distance sought to be dedicated.
Where streets intersect, they shall be connected by a curve having a radius of not less than 25 feet.
Where cul-de-sac streets are approved for dedication, a paved circle of not less than 80 feet in diameter from curb to curb must be provided at the terminus. The diameter of the right-of-way of such circle shall be 100 feet.
A complete system of surface drainage, including catch basins, manholes and other necessary appurtenances, shall be installed prior to the construction of the subgrade. Manholes are to be spaced not more than 300 feet apart.
A complete system of sanitary drainage shall be installed.
Street grades shall be not less than 1/2 of 1% and not more than 10%. The Common Council may, however, approve grades not greater than 15% where in its opinion such grades would not constitute a safety or traffic hazard. No grade in excess of 10% will be permitted where a reasonable revision of plans would preclude its necessity.
A complete water system shall be installed.
Block lengths shall not exceed 1,200 feet.
Monuments approved by the Common Council shall be located on street lines and spaced within sight of each other. The sight lines shall be contained wholly within the street limits and shall not be more than 1,000 feet apart. They shall be arranged and connected by means of coordinates so that the relation of any point to any other point can readily be determined. This system shall be referred to the Westchester County Coordinate System where possible.
Construction of streets, curbing, sidewalks, sanitary and surface sewer systems, catch basins, paving, monuments and all other surface and subsurface improvements must comply with specifications prepared by the City Engineer and approved by the Common Council.
Street signs approved by the Common Council shall be installed on each street.
The Common Council may require that the owner or owners shall construct a five-foot sidewalk on each side of the street.
The following procedure shall be complied with when an application is made for the dedication of a proposed street:
A. 
A written offer of dedication shall be filed with the Common Council, together with proof of title of the land affected, in a form acceptable to the Corporation Counsel.
B. 
Three copies of a site plan, scaled at not more than 100 feet to the inch and prepared by a licensed professional engineer or licensed land surveyor, shall be filed with the Common Council. The plan shall show the following:
(1) 
The property lines and the proposed street or streets to be dedicated.
(2) 
The location and size of any existing and proposed sewers, water mains, culverts and drainpipes.
(3) 
Contours, showing elevations based on Peekskill datum, at intervals of not more than five feet.
(4) 
All parcels of land proposed to be dedicated.
(5) 
Date, North point and scale.
(6) 
License number and seal of the engineer or land surveyor who prepared document.
C. 
Three copies of a plan prepared by a licensed professional engineer shall be filed with the Common Council. The plan shall show the following:
(1) 
The stationing and tie-in of the center-line distances of streets with monuments and other points.
(2) 
Locations and widths of all streets, pavements, curbs, sidewalk areas, easements; the proposed names of all streets; and the radii of all curves in street lines and the location of all street signs.
(3) 
The proposed water supply system.
(4) 
The proposed sanitary drainage system, plan and profile.
(5) 
The proposed stormwater drainage system, plan and profile, with locations of catch basins and method of disposal of collected stormwater.
(6) 
Any other proposed underground utilities.
(7) 
Typical cross sections of the roadway for the full right-of-way width, showing character, width and depth of pavement and subbase, location of utilities, character and dimensions of sidewalk and curb, and side slope grading.
(8) 
Cross sections of intersections and other special sections showing details of surface drainage.
(9) 
Designs for any culverts, retaining walls and other special features.
(10) 
Date, North point and scales of drawings.
(11) 
Profiles showing original ground surface and finished street surface at center lines of all streets, and percentage of grades of proposed streets.
[Amended 6-24-2019 by L.L. No. 3-2019]
Upon the written recommendation of the Director of Public Works, the plans aforementioned may be approved by the Common Council.
Upon completion of all work incidental to the construction of the proposed street, the owner shall deliver to the Common Council all necessary deeds, in form acceptable to the Corporation Counsel; proof of ownership of land offered for dedication, also in form acceptable to the Corporation Counsel; and a bond of a recognized surety company doing business in the State of New York, approved as to form and sufficiency by the Common Council, the penal sum of which bond shall be fixed by the Common Council, and the conditions or obligations of which bond shall be that if the owner shall maintain and keep in good repair the street, sewer system or other installations or other component parts of the street as required by this chapter for a period of one year from the date of the final acceptance of the street and make payment to all claimants of their legal claims for all labor and materials used in making the installations provided for in this chapter, then the obligations or conditions thereof shall be satisfied and the said bond shall be canceled and be null and void and the surety released, otherwise to remain in full force and effect. Upon receipt of the aforesaid documents and offer of dedication of the proposed street, the Common Council may adopt a resolution of acceptance.
[Amended 6-24-2019 by L.L. No. 3-2019]
All work performed and materials used are to be inspected and approved by the Director of Public Works or a person designated by him. A minimum of six inspections shall be made, comprising utility installation, the prepared subbase, a sample of the installed curbs, the placed bottom course of the roadway, the completed binder course and an inspection during the installation of the finish course. The owner shall inform the Director of Public Works when the various phases of the construction are ready for inspection. Upon completion, a final inspection shall be made by the Director of Public Works. The Director of Public Works and the Corporation Counsel jointly are hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate, if they deem it necessary, such rules and regulations as are reasonable and necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.