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Town of Marcellus, NY
Onondaga County
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The sketch plan initially submitted to the Planning Board shall be based on Tax Map information or some other similarly accurate base map at a scale to enable the entire tract to be shown on one sheet. The sketch plan shall be submitted showing the following information:
A. 
A location map to indicate the relationship of the proposed subdivision to existing community facilities which will serve or influence the layout, such as existing road patterns, schools, parks and other public lands, local villages and hamlets, and special districts, including school, fire, agricultural, etc.
B. 
All existing structures, burial grounds, railroad rights-of-way, existing property lines, wooded areas and hedgerows, streams or watercourses, flood hazard areas, wetlands, quarries or excavations, bedrock outcrops, and other significant physical features within the area to be subdivided and within 200 feet thereof, as requested by the Planning Board.
C. 
The name of the subdivider, the name of the person responsible for the subdivision design, and shall identify any adjacent property owned by the subdivider, or any one of the subdividers if there be more than one.
D. 
The proposed subdivision name, the Tax Map sheet, block and lot numbers, scale, North arrow, and acreage involved.
E. 
Upon the Planning Board's request, all the utilities currently available, including the location of all existing easements and the location of all roads, and pedestrianways, which are either proposed, mapped, or built.
F. 
The proposed pattern and approximate number and average size of lots, road layout, and recreation area, and, if requested by the Planning Board, proposed surface water drainage, sewerage and water supply within the subdivision area.
G. 
All existing restrictions on the use of land, including easements, covenants, or zoning divisions.
H. 
A request to use a different scale for the preliminary plat, if applicable, and the reason(s) for the request.
The preliminary plat shall be submitted at a scale of one inch equals 100 feet, or another scale approved by the Planning Board, prior to the submission of the application. The preliminary plat shall be clearly marked "preliminary plat" and shall include:
A. 
The proposed subdivision name, the name of the Town and Onondaga County, the name, mailing address and telephone number of the subdivider and applicant (if different from the subdivider), the engineer or surveyor who prepared the plat (including license number and seal), the date of the preliminary plat (all revised versions of a preliminary plat shall contain a "revised date" and shall set forth, with particularity, the revisions made on that date), true North point and scale.
B. 
The name of all immediately adjacent subdivisions, if any, and the names and addresses of the owners of record, as shown on the most recent tax rolls of the Town, of: (1) all properties adjacent to the subdivision and within 500 feet of any perimeter boundary; and (2) all properties directly across existing streets. The names of those owners shall be shown on the preliminary plat, along with the recording information for the deeds under which the owners took title.
C. 
The location and dimensions of all property lines, the total acreage of the proposed subdivision, the zoning district(s) of the property, the location of any zoning district boundary lines (both on and adjacent to the lands involved in the subdivision), special districts or municipal boundary lines affecting the subdivision (including but not limited to the Village of Marcellus).
D. 
The location of all parcels of land, if any, proposed to be dedicated to the Town for roads, pedestrianways, sidewalks, easements, parks, or other public improvements or infrastructure improvements and the conditions, if any, of such dedication, and all lands to be reserved by the owner.
E. 
The location of all existing structures and pertinent features, including railroads, water bodies, watercourses, wetlands, flood hazard areas, stone walls, rock outcrops, wooded areas, hedgerows, ponds, creeks, drainageways, burial grounds, large trees, and all other significant existing features that may influence the design of the proposed subdivision area and located within the lands for which subdivision approval is being requested or within 200 feet of any outside perimeter of these lands, and shall show which of the above will be retained, removed, or installed.
F. 
The location of existing sewers, water mains, culverts, and drains serving the property, with pipe sites, grades, direction of flow, and existing easements (shown by location and book and page of recording).
G. 
The width, location, and names of any roads or public ways or places shown on the Official Map or in the Comprehensive Plan, within the area to be subdivided.
H. 
The width, location, and grades of all proposed and existing easements (clearly delineated as "existing" or "proposed") (each existing easement should also show the book and page of recording) and road profiles of all roads, sidewalks and pedestrianways proposed by the applicant.
I. 
Topographical contours, with intervals of five feet (or less if required by the Planning Board), including elevations on existing roads shall be provided.
J. 
The location and size of all proposed and existing (delineated as "existing" or "proposed") water lines, valves, fire hydrants, and sewer lines, or alternative means of water supply or sewage disposal and treatment, including sites for on-site systems as provided in the Public Health Law.
K. 
Profiles of all proposed water and sewer mains shall be provided.
L. 
If required by the Planning Board, the results of soil percolation test(s) and soil suitability test(s) shall be provided.
M. 
Grading plan indicating the approximate location and size of proposed drainage lines, their profiles and connection to existing drainage lines, or alternative means of disposal, including existing and proposed drainage easements.
N. 
An erosion control plan shall also be submitted as part of the grading plans.
O. 
Construction documents, including but not limited to construction plans, profiles, cross-sections, and other drawings as required to show the proposed location and types of all roads, sidewalks, road lighting (and road lighting standards), trees, curbs, water mains, sanitary sewers, storm drains, pavement and subbase, manholes, catch basins and all other public improvements and infrastructure improvements required by Article IV and any other infrastructure improvements and public improvements required by the Planning Board or proposed by the applicant.
P. 
Preliminary designs of any bridges or culverts, which may be required by the Planning Board, or which the applicant desires to construct.
Q. 
The proposed lot lines with the dimensions and acreage of each lot shown. Lots shall be numbered.
R. 
An actual field survey, certified to the Town, the subdivider, the applicant, and the title company, which will insure title to the lands to be conveyed to the Town, of the boundary perimeter lines of the lands to be subdivided, giving complete descriptive data by bearings and distances made and certified to by a surveyor.
S. 
The lands to be subdivided shall be marked by monuments in the ground as required by § 205-16.
T. 
The Planning Board shall have the right to require additional monuments. The location of all existing and proposed monuments (delineated as existing or proposed) shall be referenced on the preliminary plat and shall be shown as "existing" on the final plat.
U. 
Where the topography or design is such as to make difficult the inclusion of required facilities within the public areas as laid out, the preliminary plat shall show the boundaries of the proposed permanent easements over or under private property, which permanent easements:
(1) 
Shall not be less than 20 feet in width; and
(2) 
Shall provide satisfactory access to an existing or proposed road or public open space shown on the preliminary plat or official map.
V. 
A copy of any covenants or deed restrictions that are intended (or required) to cover all, any part of, the subdivision.
W. 
If the preliminary plat submitted for approval covers only a part of the subdivider's entire real estate holdings in the area, then a map shall be provided, having a scale of not less than one inch equals 400 feet, showing all such lands of the subdivider in relationship to the lands that are included on the preliminary plat.
X. 
A site location map, at a maximum scale of one inch equals 2,000 feet, showing the location of the subdivider's real property with respect to surrounding properties and roads including all utility lines.
Y. 
Copies of all existing easements and existing covenants or deed restrictions shall accompany the application.
Z. 
Areas to be dedicated for infrastructure improvements or public improvements shall be identified as such on the preliminary plat, with the understanding the Town Board makes the ultimate decision as to whether the Town will accept title or easement(s) to these areas.
AA. 
Notations explaining any drainage, slope, road widening, park area or other reservations or easements, as may be required by the Planning Board, including any self-imposed restrictions or covenants.
BB. 
To insure conformity with § 205-30B(6), the Planning Board may require, as part of the preliminary plat application, that the applicant submits site plans for lots.
The final plat shall be drawn at the same scale as the preliminary plat and shall conform to the filing requirements of the Onondaga County Clerk. When more than one sheet is required, an additional index map on the same size sheet shall be prepared and included for filing showing to scale the entire subdivision with lot and block lines clearly legible. The final plat submission shall include:
A. 
A final plat, showing all of the information required to be shown on the preliminary plat under § 205-48 above, except:
(1) 
The words "preliminary plat" shall be replaced with "final plat";
(2) 
If only a section of the lands shown on the preliminary plat is included in the application for final plat approval, the section number shall be included on the final plat for which approval is requested;
(3) 
The date of the final plat shall be updated to within 30 days of the applicant's filing of the application for final plat approval; and
(4) 
All preliminary designs shall be finalized.
B. 
A narrative, certified to by the subdivider (and by the applicant if different) as being true, accurate and complete, shall accompany the final plat application and shall state, with particularity, each and every insertion, deletion, change or revision:
(1) 
Appearing on the final plat when compared to the preliminary plat approved by the Planning Board;
(2) 
Appearing in the documents submitted for final plat approval which differ from the final information submitted to obtain preliminary plat approval; and
(3) 
Shall further state no other additions, deletions, changes or revisions were made to the plat or to the documents submitted for preliminary plat approval.
C. 
Sufficient data to enable the Planning Board to determine readily the location, bearing and length of every road line, lot line, boundary line, and to reproduce such lines upon the ground. The length and bearing of all straight lines, radii, length of curves, and central angles of all curves and tangent bearings shall be given for each road and for all lands the subdivider intends on conveying an interest in to the Town, by deed or easement. All dimensions and angles of the lines of each lot shall also be given. All dimensions shall be shown in feet and decimals of a foot. Where applicable, this data shall be referenced to monuments and ties into other reference points previously established.
D. 
The final plat shall show, by proper designation thereon: (1) all public open spaces, public improvements and public infrastructure for which proposed deeds or easements to the Town shall be included; and (2) the lands, if any, which will be reserved by the subdivider shall be identified with particularity. For any of the latter, there shall be submitted with the final plat copies of agreements or other documents showing the manner in which such areas are to be maintained and the provisions made therefor. All offers of cession and all covenants governing the maintenance of undeeded open space shall require the approval of the Planning Board and the Town Attorney as to form and legal sufficiency.
E. 
Roads, pedestrianways, lots, reservations, easements, and other public improvements and infrastructure improvements to be dedicated to public use shall be shown as such on the final plat, and the proposed deeds, easements, etc., shall be provided with the application.
F. 
Permanent reference monuments and, if required by the Planning Board, Lot corner markers shall be shown and their location referenced on the final plat.