A.Â
By authority of the resolution adopted by the Town
Board on the seventh day of May 1974, and amended by resolution of
the Town Board on the seventh day of January 1982, and further amended
the 18th day of December 1995, and further amended on the 20th day
of February 2003, pursuant to the provisions of Article 16 of the
Town Law of the State of New York, the Planning Board of the Town
of Stillwater is empowered and authorized to approve, approve with
modifications, and disapprove plats for land subdivision within the
Town outside the limits of the incorporated Village of Stillwater.
All subdivision plats hereinafter submitted to the Planning Board
for approval shall be governed by and shall be subject to the provisions
of this chapter.
B.Â
For the same purposes and under the same conditions,
the Planning Board of the Town of Stillwater may approve the development
of plats, entirely or partially undeveloped, which were filed in the
office of the Clerk of the County in which such plat is located prior
to the appointment of such Planning Board. The term "undeveloped"
shall mean those plats where 20% or more of the lots within the plat
are unimproved, unless existing conditions, such as poor drainage,
have prevented their development.
