A. 
Future development should blend harmoniously with the surroundings, including the topography, vegetation and other natural features.
B. 
Future development should avoid the need for costly land alterations or elaborate engineering to overcome adverse site conditions.
C. 
Subdivisions shall conform to the Comprehensive Plan.
D. 
All required improvements (streets, utilities, etc.) shall be installed in accordance with Village specifications and approved plans.
E. 
Where practical, the lot layout shall provide for solar orientation of structures located on the lots.
A. 
All streets are to be logically related to natural features. Since utilities are to be planned at the same time, steep slopes (25% plus) and soils which are shallow, erodible or with a high water table are to be avoided. Building sites should be at or above the grade of adjacent roads.
B. 
The number of stream crossings should be minimized.
C. 
Blind intersections and closely spaced street jogs should be avoided.
D. 
Minor streets should not be designed to encourage through traffic.
E. 
Dead-end or loop street layouts should include an easement to allow a future connection if the Board finds it appropriate.
F. 
Subdivisions shall have at least two street connections to public streets.
G. 
Principal streets on adjacent land shall be accommodated and extended as required to provide for the extension of utilities and fire equipment access.
H. 
The Planning Board shall require that street patterns for larger than minimum lot developments be arranged so that if possible the area could be resubdivided into minimum-sized lots at a future date.
I. 
Blocks generally shall not be less than 400 feet nor more than 1,200 feet in length. In general, no block shall be less than twice the normal lot length.
J. 
All streets shall have fifty-foot minimum right-of-way. The road base and surface shall be designed as follows:
(1) 
Twelve inches of crowned compacted gravel base.
(2) 
Eighteen-foot-wide driving surface, minimum, and two nine-foot parking lanes.
(3) 
Four-foot wide shoulders, if curbing is not installed.
(4) 
Twenty-foot radius at street intersections.
(5) 
Ten-percent maximum grade.
(6) 
Three-percent maximum grade within 50 feet of any intersection.
(7) 
Topped with chip and oil: two courses of No. 2 and one course of No. 1.
(8) 
Twenty-mile-per-hour-minimum and fifty-mile-per-hour maximum design speeds for all alignments and curves.
(9) 
Finished grade of road ditches at 1 1/2 feet below shoulder elevation; ditches to accommodate five-year-storm runoff.
(10) 
Culvert located and designed to maintain preconstruction surface drainage patterns, if patterns are acceptable. Sidewalks and curbs shall be installed.
K. 
Bridge crossings shall be at right angles with the following capacities:
(1) 
Load capacity of 50,000 pounds to accommodate the public maintenance vehicles.
(2) 
Ten-year-storm runoff if drainage area is one square mile or less.
(3) 
Twenty-five-year-storm runoff if drainage area is one to four square miles.
(4) 
One-hundred-year-storm runoff if drainage is more than four square miles.
L. 
Maximum cut-and-fill slopes:
(1) 
Two to one fill for cuts in coarse sand and gravel.
(2) 
Two and one-half to one for cuts in fill and siltry sand.
(3) 
Three to one in sandy silt.
(4) 
Four to one in silt, sandy clay or clay.
M. 
Clearing and grubbing shall be required before fill. Fill shall be deposited in twelve-inch layers and compacted.
N. 
Turnarounds at the end of dead-end roads shall be provided with a right-of-way radius of 70 feet and a pavement radius of 60 feet.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
O. 
Access to private lots across watercourses, whether via culvert or other means, shall be approved by the Planning Board.
P. 
Clearing and grubbing for all services shall be shown on the final grading plans.
Q. 
Construction of roads and utilities should be phased so as not to present conflicts or redundant work.
R. 
Cleared areas, except shoulders and road surfaces, shall be planted with suitable grass or suitable ground cover. Ditch bottoms shall be planted, paved, riprapped or otherwise designed to minimize soil erosion.
A. 
Wherever possible, underground utilities will be placed in the street right-of-way between the paved roadway and the street line.
B. 
All utilities, including electric lines and telephone lines, will be placed underground.
C. 
Subdivisions shall connect to the sanitary sewer system and water system. Any waiver to this requirement shall include a condition requiring all on-site sanitation and water supply facilities to meet the minimum specifications of the State Department of Health.
D. 
All components of sanitary sewers, storm sewers, waterlines and fire hydrants shall meet Village specifications and be installed under the supervision of the Superintendent of Public Works or other designated representative and before the street is offered for dedication to the Village.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
E. 
In designated improvement districts (sewer and water), dry lines shall be installed in accordance within the specifications of the Superintendent of Public Works, without expense to the Village.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
A. 
All cleared areas, except roads, drives and shoulders, and cut-and-fill slopes, including ditch banks, shall be successfully revegetated or otherwise stabilized so as to minimize erosion.
B. 
Construction activities which materially disturb the soil for an aggregate area larger than 20,000 square feet, excluding road surfaces, drives and shoulders, shall be done in stages of not more than 20,000 square feet.
C. 
Each stage shall be revegetated prior to commencing on succeeding stages. Revegetation shall be completed within five to 10 days after final grading. If it is not possible to undertake revegetation within this time frame, such areas shall be adequately mulched or otherwise stabilized within five to 10 days after final grading.
D. 
Revegetation measures shall be inspected by the developer 15 days to 20 days from the date of planting, to determine the success of the planting, unless it appears obvious that the planting has failed. Any necessary corrective measures shall be taken immediately.
E. 
Seed mixtures, mulching materials and fertilizer applications shall be clearly indicated at the time of submission of the final plat. The developer should use Cornell Recommendations for Turf Grass, available from the Cooperative Extension, or Conservation Plantings on Critical Erosion Areas, available from the United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service.
Street names shall be approved by the Planning Board. New street names should be substantially different in sound and spelling from existing streets so as to avoid confusion.
A. 
Lots shall conform to area and dimension requirements set forth in Chapter 500, Zoning.
B. 
Lot boundaries and shape should be suitable to topography.
C. 
Lot lines should be at approximately right angles to street lines unless a different alignment will result in a better plan.
D. 
Driveways should not exceed 12% grade, over 150 feet in length, nor over 5% within 50 feet of a connecting street.
E. 
Private right-of-way may be required by the Planning Board to be constructed according to the public road standards.
F. 
Permanent monuments shall be located at block corners, angle points, points of curves and other prominent points.
A. 
Spring or surface water drainage shall be carried by ditch or culvert, within the street right-of-way or in another permanent easement.
B. 
Drainage easements shall be provided for watercourses, at a minimum of 150 feet wide.
C. 
Culverts shall be designed to accommodate the peak runoff from all upstream areas, whether inside or outside the subdivision, under conditions of total potential development in the upstream area.
(1) 
Ten-year peak runoff if drainage area is one square mile or less.
(2) 
Twenty-five-year peak runoff if drainage area is between one and four square miles.
(3) 
One-hundred-year peak runoff if drainage area is more than four square miles.
D. 
A study of the subdivision's effect on downstream water quality resulting from increased runoff shall be submitted to the Planning Board with the final plat.
E. 
Lands within a floodway shall not be used for residential occupancy; all such areas shall be clearly delineated on the subdivision map. The Planning Board may require that the one-hundred-year floodplain be delineated.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
A. 
All proposed public open spaces shall be indicated on the subdivision plat. At least 10% of the area of a major subdivision or at the rate of 1,500 square feet per residential lot, whichever is greater, shall be public open space (park, playground, etc.).
B. 
An ink drawing of the proposed public area(s) at a minimum scale of one inch equals 30 feet shall be provided. The drawing shall indicate boundaries, natural features, existing and proposed contours and any proposed equipment.
C. 
The Board may waive the ten-percent or one-thousand-five-hundred-square-foot requirement of public open space.
D. 
The subdivider shall provide for the protection of natural features, which may include:
(1) 
Vegetation.
(2) 
Watercourses and falls.
(3) 
Historic sites.