In considering applications for the subdivision of land, the Planning Board shall be guided by the standards set forth hereinafter. Said standards shall be considered to be minimum requirements and shall be waived by the Board only under circumstances set forth in Article V herein.
A. 
Character of land. Land to be subdivided shall be of such character that it can be used safely for building purposes without danger to health or peril from fire, flood or other menace. Land which the Planning Board finds to be unsuitable for subdivision or development due to flooding, improper drainage, steep slopes, shallow depth to bedrock, utility easements, or other features which will reasonably be harmful to the safety, health or general welfare of the present or future inhabitants of the subdivision and/or its surrounding areas, shall not be subdivided or developed unless adequate methods are formulated by the subdivider, and approved by the Planning Board, to remediate the harmful conditions imposed by the unsuitable land conditions.
B. 
Conformity to official map and comprehensive plan. Subdivisions shall conform to the Official Map of the Town and shall be in harmony with the Comprehensive Plan, if such exists.
C. 
Specifications for required improvements. All required improvements shall be constructed or installed to conform to the Town specifications, which may be obtained from the Town Engineer.
A. 
Width, location and construction. Streets shall be of sufficient width, suitably located and adequately constructed to conform to the Comprehensive Plan and Official Maps of the Town and county, if such exist, and to accommodate the prospective traffic and afford access for firefighting, snow removal and other road maintenance equipment. The arrangement of streets shall be such as to cause no undue hardship to adjoining properties and shall be coordinated as to compose a convenient system.
B. 
Arrangement. The arrangement of streets in the subdivision shall provide for the continuation of principal streets of adjoining subdivisions and for proper projection of principal streets into adjoining properties which are not yet subdivided, in order to make possible necessary fire protection, movement of traffic and the construction or extension, presently or when later required, of needed utilities and public services such as sewers, water and drainage facilities. Where, in the opinion of the Planning Board, topographic or other conditions make such continuance undesirable or impracticable, the above conditions may be modified.
C. 
Minor streets. Minor streets shall be so laid out that their use by through traffic will be discouraged.
D. 
Special treatment along major arterial streets. When a subdivision abuts or contains an existing or proposed major arterial street, the Board may require marginal access streets, reverse frontage with screen planting contained in a nonaccess reservation along the rear property line, deep lots with rear service alleys or such other treatment as may be necessary for adequate protection of residential properties and to afford separation of through and local traffic.
E. 
Provision for future resubdivision. Where a tract is subdivided into lots substantially larger than the minimum size required in the zoning district in which a subdivision is located, the Board may require that streets and lots be laid out so as to permit future resubdivision in accordance with the requirements contained in these regulations. Regarding conservation subdivision in rural areas, the number of future lots created shall be determined from the size of the parent parcel as existing, and from the density of the Town of Waterford Zoning Law.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 161, Zoning.
F. 
Dead-end streets. The creation of dead-end or loop residential streets will be encouraged only wherever the Board finds that such type of development will not interfere with normal traffic circulation in the area. In the case of dead-end streets, where needed or desirable, the Board may require the reservation of a twenty-foot-wide easement to provide for continuation of pedestrian traffic and utilities to the next street. Subdivisions containing 20 lots or more shall have at least two street connections with existing public streets or streets shown on the Official Map, if such exists, or streets on an approved subdivision plat for which a bond has been filed.
G. 
Block size. Blocks, generally, shall not be less than 400 feet nor more than 1,200 feet in length. In general, no block width shall be less than twice the normal lot depth. In blocks exceeding 800 feet in length, the Planning Board may require the reservation of a twenty-foot-wide easement through the block to provide for the crossing of underground utilities and pedestrian traffic where needed or desirable and may further specify, at its discretion, that a four-foot-wide paved footpath be included.
H. 
Intersections with collector or major arterial roads. Minor or secondary street openings into such roads shall, in general, be at least 500 feet apart.
I. 
Street jogs. Street jogs with center-line offsets of less than 150 feet shall be avoided.
J. 
Angle of intersection. In general, all streets shall join each other so that, for a distance of at least 100 feet, the street is approximately at right angles to the street it joins.
K. 
Relation to topography. The street plan of a proposed subdivision shall bear a logical relationship to the topography of the property, and all streets shall be arranged to obtain as many of the building sites as possible at or above the grade of the streets. Grades of streets shall conform as closely as possible to the original topography.
L. 
Other required streets and street improvements. Where a subdivision borders on or contains a railroad right-of-way or limited access highway right-of-way, the Planning Board may require a street approximately parallel to and on each side of such right-of-way, at a distance suitable for the appropriate use of the intervening land (as for park purposes in residential districts or for commercial or industrial purposes in appropriate districts). Such distances shall also be determined with due regard for the requirements of approach grades and future grade separations.
M. 
The Planning Board may require the installation by subdivider of fencing, vegetated berm, or other suitable barricade for the protection of residents in the general vicinity. All such fences or barriers shall be designed to provide adequate safety but also to ensure that it is of appropriate style and design to be consistent with the neighborhood and character of the land. The Planning Board may also require other street improvements to promote complete streets that incorporate all modes of transportation, including walking, biking, and public transportation.
N. 
Reserve strips. Reserve strips controlling access to streets, water or sewage treatment plants or to other land dedicated or to be dedicated to public use shall be prohibited except where their control is definitely placed in the Town under conditions approved by the Planning Board.
O. 
Cross streets. Cross (four-cornered) streets shall be avoided insofar as practicable.
P. 
Reverse curves. A tangent shall be introduced between reverse curves and shall be of at least 100 feet in length on minor and collector streets and of such length as may be deemed necessary by the Planning Board for arterial streets.
Q. 
Curve radii. When continuing lines of collector streets deflect from each other at any one point by more than 10°, they shall be connected by a curve with a radius at the inner street right-of-way line of not less than 350 feet; where continuing street lines of arterial streets deflect from each other by more than 5°, they shall be connected by a curve of not less than 800 feet in radius.
A. 
Widths of rights-of-way. Streets of each type shall have the minimum widths for rights-of-way and pavement prescribed by current Town highway specifications, but in no case shall have less than the following:
Type of Street
Minimum Right-of-Way
(feet)
Minimum Pavement
(feet)
Major streets
66
28
Collector streets
60
24
Local minor streets
50
20
B. 
Improvements. Streets shall be graded and improved in accordance with Town highway specifications and with curbs and gutters, sidewalks, storm drainage facilities, water mains, sewers, streetlights and signs, street trees and fire hydrants, except where waivers may be requested, and the Planning Board may waive, subject to appropriate conditions, such improvements as it considers may be omitted without jeopardy to the public health, safety and general welfare. Pedestrian easements shall be improved as required by the Town Engineer. Such grading and improvements shall be approved as to design and specifications by the Town Engineer.
(1) 
Fire hydrants. Installation of fire hydrants shall be in conformity with all requirements of standard thread and nut as specified by the New York Fire Insurance Rating Organization and the Division of Fire Safety of the State of New York. The Planning Board may require the provision of a supply of water for firefighting purposes consisting of dry hydrants and a water source. This supply may be provided through fire hydrants connected to a community water supply system or by means of fire ponds. The design, location and capacity of fire ponds and hydrants shall conform to standards and specifications of the National Fire Protection Association and be acceptable to the Chief of the fire department in whose district the subdivision is located. Hydrants shall be of size, type and location specified by the Insurance Services Organization.
(2) 
Streetlighting facilities. Lighting facilities shall be in conformance with the lighting system of the Town. Such lighting standards and fixtures shall be installed after approval by the appropriate power company and the authorized Inspector.
C. 
Utilities in streets. The Planning Board shall, wherever possible, require that underground utilities be placed in the street right-of-way between the paved roadway and street line to simplify location and repair of lines when they require attention. The subdivider shall install underground service connections to the property line of each lot within the subdivision for such required utilities before the street is paved.
D. 
Utility easements. Where topography is such as to make impractical the inclusion of utilities within the street rights-of-way, perpetual unobstructed easements at least 20 feet in width shall be otherwise provided with satisfactory access to the street. Wherever possible, easements shall be continuous from block to block and shall present as few irregularities as possible. Such easements shall be cleared and graded where required.
E. 
Grades. Grades of all streets shall conform, in general, to the terrain and shall not be less than 1/2% nor more than 6% for major or collector streets or 8% for minor streets in residential zones, but in no case more than 3% within 50 feet of any intersection.
F. 
Changes in grade. All changes in grade shall be connected by vertical curves of such length and radius as meet with the approval of the Town Engineer so that clear visibility shall be provided for a safe distance.
G. 
Curve radii at street intersections. All street right-of-way lines at intersections shall be rounded by curves of at least 20 feet in radius, and curbs shall be adjusted accordingly.
H. 
Steep grades and curves; visibility of intersections. A combination of steep grades and curves shall be avoided. In order to provide visibility for traffic safety, that portion of any corner lot (whether at an intersection entirely within the subdivision or of a new street with an existing street) which is shown shaded on Sketch A shall be cleared of all growth (except isolated trees) and obstructions above the level three feet higher than the center line of the street. If directed, ground shall be excavated to achieve visibility. No obstructions to vision, such as shrubbery, brush, trees, earth or structure, shall be permitted at road intersections within the triangle formed by the intersections of road center lines and a line drawn between points along such lines 20 feet distance from their point of intersection.
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I. 
Dead-end streets (culs-de-sac). Where dead-end streets are designed to be so permanently, they should, in general, not exceed 500 feet in length and shall terminate in a circular turnaround having a minimum right-of-way radius of 60 feet and pavement radius of 50 feet. At the end of temporary dead-end streets, a temporary turnaround with a pavement radius of 50 feet shall be provided, unless the Planning Board approves an alternate arrangement.
J. 
Watercourses.
(1) 
Where a watercourse separates a proposed street from abutting property, provisions shall be made for access to all lots by means of culverts or other structures of design approved by the Town Engineer.
(2) 
Where a subdivision is traversed by a watercourse, drainageway, channel or stream, there shall be provided a stormwater easement or drainage right-of-way as required by the Town Engineer, and in no case less than 20 feet in width.
K. 
Curve radii. In general, street lines within a block deflecting from each other at any one point by more than 10° shall be connected with a curve the radius of which, for the center line of the street, shall not be less than 400 feet on major streets, 200 feet on collector streets and 100 feet on minor streets.
L. 
Service streets or loading space in commercial developments. Paved rear service streets of not less than 20 feet in width or, in lieu thereof, adequate off-street loading space, suitability surfaced, shall be provided in connection with lots designed for commercial use.
M. 
Free flow of vehicular traffic abutting commercial developments. In front of areas zoned and designed for commercial use, or where a change of zoning to a zone which permits commercial use is contemplated, the street width shall be increased by such amount on each side as may be deemed necessary by the Planning Board to assure the free flow of through traffic without interference by parked or parking vehicles and to provide adequate and safe parking space for such commercial or business district.
A. 
Type of name. All street names shown on a preliminary plat or subdivision plat shall be approved by the Planning Board and the Saratoga County Office of Emergency Services. In general, streets shall have names and not numbers or letters.
B. 
Names to be substantially different. Proposed street names shall be substantially different so as not to be confused in sound or spelling with present names, except that streets that join or are in alignment with streets of an abutting or neighboring property shall bear the same name. Generally, no street should change direction by more than 90° without a change in street name.
C. 
The cost of street name and traffic signs in future developments shall be the responsibility of the developer, and, further, for public convenience and safety, the developer shall be required to install the street name and traffic signs before any building permits shall be issued for that development.
A. 
Lots to be buildable. The lot arrangement shall be such that, in constructing a building in compliance with the Zoning Ordinance,[1] there will be no foreseeable difficulties for reasons of topography or other natural conditions. Lots should not be of such depth as to encourage the later creation of a second building lot at the front or rear. Lot dimensions and lot area shall conform to the standards and regulations set forth in the Town Zoning Law, unless a variance has been granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals. Where variances have been granted, the subdivision plan shall include notes stating the date any variance was approved and a description of said variance. Flag lots shall not be permitted.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 161, Zoning.
B. 
Side lines. All side lines of lots shall be at right angles to straight street lines and radial to curved street lines, unless a variance from this rule will give a better street or lot plan or unless part of a conservation subdivision layout.
C. 
Corner lots. In general, corner lots shall be larger than interior lots to provide for proper building setback from each street and provide a desirable building site.
D. 
Driveway access. Driveway access and grades shall conform to specifications of the Town Driveway Ordinance, if one exists. Driveway grades between the street and the setback line shall not exceed an average maximum slope of 8% measured from the street pavement edge to the top of the driveway, which is usually the garage if one exists, or the endpoint of the driveway if no garage exists.
E. 
Access from private streets. Access from private streets shall be deemed acceptable only if such streets are designed and improved in accordance with these regulations.
F. 
Monuments and lot corner markers. Permanent monuments meeting specifications approved by the Town Engineer as to size, type and installation shall be set at such block corners, angle points, points of curves in streets and other points as the Town Engineer may require, and their locations shall be shown on the subdivision plat. Monuments shall be located in sufficient number to control the subdivision but at minimum they shall be located at every point of tangency, point of curvature, point of deflection, and all intermediate points necessary to provide visibility between adjacent monuments along one right-of-way line of each street. All easements shall be similarly monumented. Iron pipes shall be located at all lot corners and shall be located by reference to monuments. Bench marks shall be set and marked with USGS elevation unless an assumed datum is allowed by the Board. One bench mark shall be required for every 25 acres developed. Monuments and bench marks shall be carried from existing monuments or bench marks and their origin noted on the subdivision plat. Suitable primary control points shall be shown on the plat and all other dimensions, bearings, angles and similar data shall be referred to them.
A. 
Removal of spring and surface water. The subdivider may be required by the Planning Board to carry away, by pipe or open ditch, any spring or surface water that may exist either before or as a result of the subdivision. Such drainage facilities shall be in the street right-of-way where feasible or in perpetual unobstructed easements of appropriate width. Further, such drainage facilities shall be consistent with any required stormwater pollution prevention plan pursuant to § A166-18F and any stormwater management agreements the subdivider maintains with the Town of Waterford.
B. 
Street drainage. Street drainage ditch grades shall not be less than 1%. Drainage structures and adequate ditches shall be provided by the owner to prevent ponding or damage to public or private property.
C. 
Drainage structure to accommodate potential development upstream. A culvert or other drainage facility shall, in each case, be large enough to accommodate potential runoff from its entire upstream drainage area, whether inside or outside the subdivision. The Town Engineer shall approve the design and size of facility based on anticipated runoff from a ten-year storm under conditions of total potential development permitted by the Zoning Ordinance[1] in the watershed.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 161, Zoning.
D. 
Responsibility for drainage downstream. The subdivider's engineer shall also study the effect of each subdivision on the existing downstream drainage facilities outside the area of the subdivision. This study shall be reviewed by the Town Engineer. Where it is anticipated that the additional runoff incident to the development of the subdivision will overload an existing downstream drainage facility during a five-year storm, the Planning Board shall notify the Town Board of such potential condition. In such case, the Planning Board shall not approve the subdivision until provision has been made for the improvement of said condition.
E. 
Land subject to flooding. Land subject to flooding or land deemed by the Planning Board to be uninhabitable shall not be platted for residential occupancy nor for such other uses as may increase danger to health, life or property or aggravate the flood hazard, but such land within the plat shall be set aside for such uses as shall not be endangered by periodic or occasional inundation or improved in a manner satisfactory to the Planning Board to remedy said hazardous conditions. Proposed subdivisions must conform with Town Law Chapter 91, Flood Damage Prevention.
F. 
Stormwater management facilities.
(1) 
The Planning Board shall not approve any plan which does not include adequate provision to manage post-construction stormwater runoff. Stormwater management facilities, where required, shall be approved by the Planning Board. All stormwater drainage shall be designed in accordance with the New York State Stormwater Management Design Manual, latest edition, including any standards required by NYS DEC under the general permit for stormwater discharges from construction activities. In particular, green infrastructure practices detailed in Chapter 5 of the New York State Stormwater Management Design Manual shall be incorporated into the subdivision design and layout to the maximum extent practical.
(2) 
In addition, all stormwater management facilities shall be regulated and designed in accordance with Town Law Chapter 142, Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control, and the Town of Waterford Zoning Law, Article XI.[2] Nothing herein shall limit the Planning Board from requiring drainage improvements to be installed in a subdivision which may disturb less than one acre, and where the Board determines that said improvement is necessary to mitigate potential drainage impacts. The Planning Board shall have the option to also require that the proposed stormwater system shall collect and manage not only the increase in peak rate of runoff but also any increase in the total volume of runoff.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 161, Zoning, § 161-71 et seq.
G. 
Grading. Lots shall be graded so that runoff from roofs, drives and other impervious surfaces flows toward a street except that such runoff may flow to the rear where a watercourse abuts the rear of a lot. If it is not practicable to direct runoff to the street, a grading plan for the area may be required by the Planning Board. Such grading plan shall show that grading is designed to prevent ponding and to direct water away from all buildings. Lots having driveways sloping away from streets shall have driveways graded to provide a high-point at or near the ROW. It is intended that this high point prevent street runoff from entering the lot.
H. 
Snow storage. Snow storage areas shall be constructed to minimize threats to groundwater quality. Where the recharge areas for wells are downhill of snow storage areas, the snow storage areas shall be impervious and drain to controlled stormwater outlets.
I. 
Dedication of drainage easements.
(1) 
General requirements. Where a subdivision is traversed by a watercourse, drainageway, channel, or stream, the Planning Board may require that an easement or right-of-way be established conforming substantially to the lines of the watercourse, and of such width and construction or both as will be adequate for the purpose of obtaining access and maintaining same. Watercourses should be maintained in a natural state wherever possible, unless improvements are necessitated to protect the health, safety and welfare of residents from flooding.
(2) 
Standards.
(a) 
Where topography or other conditions are such as to make impractical the inclusion of drainage facilities within road rights-of-way, perpetual unobstructed easements at least 20 feet in width for such drainage facilities shall be provided across property outside the road lines and with satisfactory access to the road. Easements shall be indicated on the plan. Such easements shall be centered on rear or side lot lines to the maximum extent practicable. Drainage easements shall be carried from the road to a natural watercourse or to other drainage facilities.
(b) 
When a proposed drainage system will carry water across private land outside the subdivision, appropriate drainage easements must be secured and indicated on the plan.
(c) 
The subdivider shall dedicate in fee or restrict by drainage easement land on both sides of existing watercourses, to a distance to be determined by the Planning Board.
(d) 
Stormwater management facilities not within a dedicated right of way shall be within an easement area, the boundary of which shall be a minimum of 10 feet outside of the facility grading limits, and which shall include within the easement a maintenance access with a minimum twenty-foot width from a public or private road. The stormwater management facility discharge shall also be within the easement, and the easement shall extend to the edge of the receiving water course, water body or wetland.
J. 
The Planning Board may recommend to the Town Board that a drainage district be created to own and/or maintain stormwater management facilities. The Planning Board may conditionally approve a subdivision plan on the formation of a drainage district, where the Town Board has agreed to establish such a district. Establishment of a drainage easement in no manner creates an obligation on the part of the Town to accept or maintain the easement. In the alternative, the Planning Board may require, as a condition of approval, that a homeowners' association be established to maintain said facilities.
A. 
Recreation areas shown on Town Plan. Where a proposed park, playground or open space shown on the Town Plan is located in whole or in part in a subdivision, the Board shall require that such area or areas be shown on the plat in accordance with the requirements specified in Subsection B below. Such area or areas may be dedicated to the Town by the subdivider if the Town Board approves such dedication.
B. 
Parks and playgrounds not shown on Town Plan.
(1) 
The Planning Board shall require that the plat show sites of a character, extent and location suitable for the development of a park, playground or other recreation purpose. The Planning Board may require that the developer satisfactorily grade any such recreation areas shown on the plat.
(2) 
The Board shall require that not less than three acres of recreation space be provided per 100 dwelling units shown on the plat. However, in no case shall the amount be less than 5% nor more than 10% of the total area of the subdivision. Such areas shall be dedicated to the Town by the subdivider on approval by the Town Board. Appropriate legal measures should be taken to assure that such land can never be developed for other than recreational purposes.
(3) 
The owner shall offer to the Town usable land. This land shall be used by the Town for parks, playgrounds or other specific public recreational uses as deemed desirable by the Town when deemed desirable by the Town.
(4) 
However, if the Planning Board should consider that the required portion of the total area would not be useful for a public purpose or if the dedication of land within the subdivision would not conform to the Comprehensive Plan or Official Map, the owner shall pay to the Town an amount equal to 150% of the application fee required for the subdivision. This payment shall not be used by the Town for any purpose other than the purchase of land to be used for public recreational uses serving the neighborhood as indicated above.
(5) 
The Planning Board shall require that more than 5% of the subdivider's tract be offered to the Town if such is required to comply with the Comprehensive Plan or Official Map. In this case, the owner shall be reimbursed at fair market value, determined at the time of final submission with the Planning Board, for land taken in excess of the minimum normally required.
(6) 
Unique and scenic areas and those areas bordering streams, lakes or other watercourses, wetlands and green space may be given special consideration by the Planning Board should they be desirable for public open spaces. Where such sites and open spaces are not shown on the Comprehensive Plan and where deemed essential by the Planning Board upon consideration of the particular type of development proposed in the subdivision and especially in large-scale neighborhood unit developments, the Planning Board may recommend that the Town Board require the offering or reservation of areas in excess of the minimum. Under such conditions, a money payment, at a fair market value determined at the time of the application for approval of the final subdivision plat is made to the Planning Board, shall be made to the owner to compensate his loss in excess of the minimum contribution.
(7) 
The determination of the value of the land upon which money payments shall be based shall be made by a board of three, consisting of a representative of the Town, a representative of the owner and a third person acceptable to the other two parties. All costs involved shall be borne equally by the Town and the owner.
C. 
Reserve strips prohibited. Reserve strips of land which might be used to control access from the proposed subdivision to any neighboring property or to any land within the subdivision itself shall be prohibited.
D. 
Preservation of natural features. The Planning Board shall, wherever possible, establish the preservation of all natural features which add value to residential developments and to the community, such as large trees or groves, watercourses and falls, beaches, historic spots, vistas and a similar irreplaceable assets. No tree with a diameter of eight inches or more, as measured three feet above the base of the trunk, shall be removed unless such tree is within the right-of-way of a street as shown on the final subdivision plat. Removal of additional trees shall be subject to the approval of the Planning Board. In no case, however, shall a tree with a diameter of eight inches or more, as measured three feet above the base of the trunk, be removed without prior approval by the Planning Board. The provisions of this section concerning tree removal requiring prior Planning Board approval are hereby waived as to property transferees following subdivision approval.
(1) 
The subdivision shall be designed to cause the least practicable disturbance to natural infiltration and percolation of precipitation to the groundwater table through careful planning of vegetation and land disturbance activities;
(2) 
The Planning Board shall assess potential impacts of a major subdivision on groundwater supplies to neighboring properties. The Planning Board may require a groundwater study to consider the location, yield and quality of wells, if deemed necessary;
(3) 
Disturbance to streams, wetlands, and areas with seasonally high water tables shall be avoided;
(4) 
Subdividers of major subdivisions shall evaluate existing biodiversity of flora and fauna to determine the extent to which ecological habitat should be conserved;
(5) 
Disturbances to steep slopes shall be avoided;
(6) 
The Planning Board may require visual impact analysis pursuant to the New York State DEC Visual Assessment Policy;
(7) 
Natural vegetative covers existing within the buffer area shall be encouraged to be preserved as part of that buffer to the maximum extent practical.
E. 
Utilities.
(1) 
It shall be the responsibility of the subdivider, where required, to provide water lines, storm drains, sanitary sewers, bridges and street pavement to the limits of the subdivision. It shall also be the responsibility of the subdivider to provide appropriate streetlighting at the intersection of proposed street with an existing arterial street. These facilities shall be constructed as required for inclusion in future Town systems. Each subdivider shall be responsible for the complete construction even though larger than normal sizes may be required.
(2) 
If individual lot water supply and sanitary waste disposal are proposed, it shall be the responsibility of the subdivider to provide dry water lines and sanitary sewers to the limits of the subdivision where required by the Board for the purpose of serving the subdivision when these services become available. The facilities shall be constructed as required for inclusion in existing or future Town systems.
(3) 
If it will be necessary to construct utilities within the right-of-way of an existing Town road, it will be the responsibility of the subdivider to apply for a permit for construction of utilities from the Town Highway Department. It shall be the responsibility of the subdivider, following approval of the application, to comply with all conditions and restrictions set forth in the permit.
F. 
Subdivision located within the Town and Village of Waterford Local Waterfront Area.
(1) 
The Planning Board, prior to approving any subdivision, shall make a determination that such action is consistent with the Town of Waterford LWRP policy standards and conditions pursuant to Chapter 159 of the Town of Waterford Code.