Pursuant to Article 7 of the Village Law and in particular § 7-728
thereof, the Planning Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to approve
plats showing lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways,
in accordance with all applicable provisions of said Article, this chapter
and resolutions of the Board of Trustees.
When used in this chapter, unless otherwise expressly stated or unless
the context or subject matter otherwise requires, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Three types of plans are required for submittal to the Planning Commission. Plans will be detailed in accordance with the criteria given in Article II and prepared by a licensed professional engineer and/or licensed land surveyor.
PRE-PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLANAn informal plan, not necessarily to exact scale, indicating salient features of a tract and its surroundings and the general layout of a proposed subdivision.
PROPOSED PRELIMINARY PLANA tentative subdivision plan, in lesser detail than the final tract plat, indicating the approximate proposed layout of a subdivision, together with the approximate dimensions, as a basis for study and consideration prior to preparation of the final tract plat.
FINAL TRACT PLATThe final map or drawing by a registered engineer or surveyor on which the exact subdivision is presented for approval and which, if approved, will be submitted to the County Clerk for recording. One cloth copy of the final map is filed with the County Clerk. A copy of this recorded map, with its file number, is then given to the Village Clerk, and one copy is to be placed in the files of the Planning Commission.
A way for vehicular traffic, whether described as a street, highway,
thoroughfare, parkway, road, avenue, lane, drive, place or other similar designation.
The following functional classification is used in this chapter:
ARTERIAL HIGHWAYSThose which are used for fast or heavy traffic, usually with complete or partial control over access from abutting property. Traffic flow averages more than 680 vehicles per hour.
MAJOR STREETSThose which carry the main flow of traffic to and from various points of concentration within the Village and to adjacent areas and arterial highways. Traffic flow ranges from 250 to 700 vehicles per hour.[1]
COLLECTOR STREETSStreets which collect and disperse the traffic from the major streets to minor streets and abutting property. These streets carry local community traffic. Traffic flow ranges from 70 to 250 vehicles per hour.[2]
MINOR STREETSAll remaining streets not classified as arterial, major or collector streets. "Minor streets" are those which are used primarily for access to the abutting properties. Traffic flow averages fewer than 70 vehicles per hour.
CUL-DE-SAC STREETSMinor streets with one end open for public vehicle and pedestrian access and the other end terminating in a vehicular turnaround. The length of a cul-de-sac street shall be measured along the center line from its intersection with the center line of the street from which it runs to the center of the cul-de-sac turnaround.
SERVICE DRIVESMinor private ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
For more specific classification of streets, refer to the comprehensive
study of the Village of North Syracuse. Individual classification is subject
to authorization by the Planning Commission. For the purpose of subdivision,
most applicable designations will include minor streets, culs-de-sac and service
drives. Arterial highways and major and collector streets will rarely be significant
to regulations regarding subdivision, exceptions being when subdivision planning
causes through traffic in a residential section, creating a collector street
or circumstances affecting abutting arterial highways or major or collector
streets.[3]
A division of any part, parcel or area of land by the owner or agent
either by lots or by metes and bounds into lots or parcels three or more in
number within a one-year period for the purpose of conveyance, transfer, improvement,
building development or sale.
[Added 8-24-2000 by L.L.
No. 1-2000][2]
A.
The following classifications of subdivisions shall be known as simple subdivisions and shall be considered and approved, approved with modifications or disapproved by the Codes Enforcement Officer as set forth in Subsection B herein:
(1)
Subdivisions involving the mere adjustment of existing
lot lines or lot lines shown on an approved yet unfiled plat map, without
the creation of new streets, curb cuts, infrastructure or building lots.
(2)
Subdivisions involving the elimination of existing lot
lines so as to consolidate one or more lots into a lesser number and not involving
the creation of new streets, curb cuts, infrastructure or building lots.
B.
Simple subdivision procedures.
(1)
Upon receipt of a request for a simple subdivision as defined in Subsection A above, including a location survey plan map showing all buildings, easements, existing infrastructure, and existing and proposed lot lines, as well as receipt of the fee therefor as specified by the Village Board, the Village Codes Enforcement Officer shall review such request and approve the same provided that the proposed simple subdivision plan map complies with all Village zoning and other laws, rules and regulations.
(2)
In the event that such subdivision plan map does not
comply with all Village zoning and other laws, rules and regulations, the
Codes Enforcement Officer shall disapprove such request and advise of the
nature of the defect.
(3)
Upon approval of a simple subdivision, the Codes Enforcement
Officer shall endorse said map indicating his approval for filing in the County
Clerk's office pursuant to the authority of this Code.
(4)
The applicant for simple subdivision approval shall provide
such number and type of copies of the approved plan as the Codes Enforcement
Officer shall specify for the Village's records.
(5)
Notwithstanding the above, the Codes Enforcement Officer
may, in his sole discretion, refer any such request to the Planning Commission
for its advice and/or approval.
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Editor's Note: Section V of this law provided as follows: "This local
law shall supersede any all provisions of Village Law Article 7 as amended
from time time, to the extent that this law is inconsistent therewith, and
particularly §§ 7-728, 7-730 and 7-732 thereof."
