These regulations shall be known as and may be cited by the
title "Subdivision Regulations, Town of Collins."
By the authority of the resolution of the Town Board of the
Town of Collins adopted on April 15, 1968, pursuant to the provisions
of § 276 of the Town Law of the State of New York, the Planning
Board of the Town of Collins is authorized and empowered to approve
plats showing lots, with or without streets or highways, to approve
the development of entirely or partially undeveloped plats already
filed in the office of the Erie County Clerk and to conditionally
approve preliminary plats within that part of the Town of Collins
outside the limits of the Village of Gowanda.
The Town of Collins has authorized its Planning Board to approve
plats showing lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways,
as a complete or as a partial development of land, and to approve
such plats for filing with the office of the Erie County Clerk as
provided in these regulations.
This chapter may be amended by the Town Board after due notice
and public hearing.
It is declared to be the policy of the Town Board to consider
land subdivisions as part of the orderly and desirable development
of land. These regulations provide procedures and standards for the
Planning Board in its review of subdivision plats. The intent of these
regulations is to encourage the most appropriate and best development
of land in order to protect and promote the general health, safety
and welfare, which is intended to include the following:
A.
To assure that land to be subdivided will produce building sites
of such character and area that will permit their development for
homes or buildings without danger to health or peril from fire, flood
or other menace.
B.
To facilitate the adequate and efficient provision of community facilities,
services and utilities and require the most desirable and appropriate
systems for drainage, water supply, sewage disposal and other needed
improvements, including any appropriate parks and playgrounds.
C.
To promote the safe and convenient circulation of vehicles and pedestrians
and to promote the efficient design, location and construction of
roads, streets, sidewalks, pathways, and driveways so as to accommodate
current and future needs.
D.
To minimize the destruction of the natural character of the land
and promote the conservation of all elements of topography and vegetation
which contribute to the natural beauty of the land.
E.
To provide, through all subdivision planning and development, for
the privacy of family residents while enhancing the general appearance
of the community.
