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City of Schenectady, NY
Schenectady County
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New Laws (3) Index Notes (14)
A. 
Any person, firm or corporation may present to the City Engineer of the City of Schenectady for his approval a map or plan of building lots located in the City of Schenectady or within three miles thereof, except the territory within the limits of any incorporated village, and upon payment to such City Engineer of a fee of $5, it shall be the duty of such engineer to inspect such map or plan and approve of the same, except as otherwise provided in Subsection B hereof. If the City Engineer approve(s) any such map or plan, it shall be his duty to approve in like manner such copies of such map or plan as shall be presented to him for approval, accompanied with a fee of $1 for each such copy.
B. 
The City Engineer shall not approve any such map or plan unless every lot shown thereon abuts upon at least one street which is at least 60 feet wide, and the streets, alleys, avenues, highways and thoroughfares shown thereon are laid out with due regard to the safety, health, comfort and convenience of the public and with proper conformity with the layout of the streets, alleys, avenues, highways and thoroughfares of such City and the territory lying within three miles thereof.
C. 
No map or plan of building lots showing the layout of any highway or street upon private property or of building lots in connection with or in relation to such highway or street in the City of Schenectady or within three miles thereof, except the territory within the limits of any incorporated village, shall hereafter be received for filing or record in the office of the County Clerk of Schenectady County unless such map or plan or a copy thereof shall have been first approved by the City Engineer in accordance with the provisions of this section, which approval must be evidenced by the autographic signature of such City Engineer written on such map or plan or copy thereof under a certificate or statement expressing such approval, nor unless such map or plan or copy thereof so approved shall have first been filed in the office of the City Engineer. (L. 1915, Ch. 671, §§ 1 — 3)[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Art. XIV, Urban Renewal; containing Secs. 14.1, 14.2 and 14.3, derived from L. 1960, Ch. 1044, § 1; L. 1958, Ch. 972, §§ 1 through 3; and L. 1958, Ch. 972, §§ 1 through 3, respectively, was repealed 6-2-1986 by L.L. No. 2-1986, as being covered by Art. XVA of the General Municipal Law.