[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Stony Point 12-11-2007
by L.L. No. 11-2007. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as the "Town of Stony Point Adequate and
Reliable Water Supply Local Law." It is adopted pursuant to Municipal Home
Rule Law, § 10.
Any new construction may require the installation of a water holding
tank in the ground in areas where there is an inadequate current water supply.
This will provide for the additional safety measures for those in areas of
new construction that are not adequately serviced by existing municipal or
other established water supply systems. The Town of Stony Point, New York,
("Town") desires to provide additional safety measures for residents in areas
of new construction that are not adequately serviced by existing municipal
or other established water supply systems.
Every newly approved site plan or subdivision located in an area where
there is inadequate existing supplies of municipal or other dedicated water
facilities as determined by the Town shall install, at the site plan or subdivision
applicant's expense, an adequate underground supply of water in an appropriate
size, shape and dimension as authorized by the Planning Board to provide water
for fire suppression purposes. no certificate of occupancy shall be issued
until such time as the Fire Inspector has confirmed such an adequate underground
supply of water had been installed at the premises. Any applicant shall also
provide an easement in suitable form acceptable to the Town to allow for the
Town and municipal fire prevention services to regularly access and/or replenish
the water supply in said underground holding tank and maintenance of said
tank. The following standard shall apply:
A.
No certificate of occupancy shall be issued until the
Fire Inspector/fire district having jurisdiction has provided the Planning
Board with written notification stating that said fire well, hydrant, cistern
or alternative fire protection device or system has been properly installed
and, as such, is approved by said Fire Inspector or fire district.
B.
Fire hydrants. Fire hydrants shall be installed and the
necessary main extensions and connections made in all subdivisions or subdivision
waivers or parts of any subdivision in those areas where public water is available
within 1,500 feet. This requirement may be waived by the Planning Board for
residential subdivision waivers consisting of no more than two lots.
C.
Fire suppression tanks. These fire-protection installations
shall be provided, wherever practicable, in all subdivisions and site plans
where a public water supply is not provided. Each of these fire-protection
installations shall meet the minimum design standards of NFPA 1142 and UL
1316.
D.
Fire protection. Whenever a fire well, hydrant, cistern
or alternative fire protection device or system has been placed on private
land instead of in a public road right-of-way, the property owner shall grant
an easement to the Town and fire district having jurisdiction, said easement
permitting the Town or fire district the right to access, maintain, inspect
and use said fire protection device or system.
