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Town of Philipstown, NY
Putnam County
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The maps and plans required by these regulations shall show the information and shall be prepared in accordance with the standards hereinafter specified. All preliminary and final plat maps, construction plans and grading plans shall be prepared by and bear the name, signature and seal of a land surveyor or professional engineer, or both, as required by law and licensed by the State of New York. Elements of such maps and plans and related studies and evaluations may be prepared by an architect, landscape architect or other designers or technicians as authorized by law and noted on the documents presented. Pertinent survey data and design computations shall be presented to the Planning Board and Town Board or their authorized agent for review upon request. Maps, plans, studies and evaluations shall include information hereinafter specified to the extent applicable to the particular plat.
The preliminary plat shall be drawn to a scale of not less than one inch equals 100 feet. The plan shall show existing conditions and the proposed layout of lots, streets and improvements for the proposed subdivision and all contiguous land of the applicant that may be subdivided in the future in order to enable the Planning Board to complete a general planning review of the proposed subdivision, including its relationship to the future subdivision of contiguous land of the applicant. The preliminary plat shall show at least the information specified in § 112-24.
Preliminary profiles of any proposed streets shall be based on a field survey or the contours shown on the preliminary plat. Such profile shall be drawn to a scale of one inch equals 40 feet or one inch equals 50 feet and a vertical scale of one inch equals four feet or one inch equals five feet and shall show the existing grades at both street right-of-way lines and the center line, as well as the proposed grade of the street at the center line.
The final plat map shall be drawn to a scale of one inch equals 40 feet or one inch equals 50 feet but in no case at a scale of less than one inch equals 100 feet. The map presented for approval and filing shall not be less than 20 inches by 20 inches, shall not exceed 36 inches by 48 inches and shall be drawn with black waterproof ink on good quality heavy linen tracing cloth or shall be a print on polyester film. The final plat map may be limited to the portion of the tract to be platted and shall show at least the information specified in § 112-24. Any subdivision plat of lots to which access is given by open development area private rights-of-way or easements shall be drawn on a final plat map separate from a map showing lots in the tract that have frontage on a proposed street or highway.
The following information is required to be shown on plat maps when indicated by the following codes:
P for preliminary plats.
M for minor subdivision plats presented as final plats.
F for final plat maps.
A. 
Title and location information as follows:
Code
Information Required
P
M
F
(1)
The title of the plat, which shall not duplicate the title of any previous plat in the County of Putnam.
P
M
F
(2)
The date, scale, North point, Town, county and state.
P
M
F
(3)
A location map showing the location of the plat in relation to existing streets in the Town at a scale of one inch equals 1,000 feet or one inch equals 2,000 feet.
P
M
F
(4)
A vicinity map showing all streets and property lines within 500 feet of the plat at a scale of one inch equals 400 feet or one inch equals 800 feet and identifying the owners of property abutting the tract, which owners may be derived from the Town Tax Assessor's records.
M
F
(5)
An index map, if the plat is divided into sections or is of such size that more than one sheet is required, showing the entire plat with lots, lot numbers, street, street names and delineation of areas covered by the section or sheet, at a scale of one inch equals 400 feet or one inch equals 800 feet.
B. 
Information on site conditions and land evaluations as follows:
[Amended 11-2-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
Code
Information Required
P
M
F
(1)
Existing contours at an interval not exceeding two feet, meeting or exceeding map accuracy standards of the Specifications for Survey Mapping for Highway Purposes, published by the New York State Department of Transportation, for maps having a scale of one inch equals 100 feet and based on official Town, county, state or United States bench marks or on a suitable bench mark approved by the Board and described on the map.
P
M
F
(2)
Existing permanent buildings and structures.
P
(3)
Any ledge outcrops.
P
(4)
The location of existing stone walls and fences.
P
M
F
(5)
Existing watercourses and watercourse buffer zones as defined in Chapter 93, and both intermittently and continuously flowing streams.
P
N
F
(6)
Wetlands, controlled wetlands and wetlands buffer zones, as defined in Chapter 93.
P
(7)
The location and approximate limits of each soil type on the tract, based on United States Soil Conservation Service soils surveys.
P
M
F
(8)
Special flood hazard areas and other areas subject to potential flooding.
P
M
F
(9)
The location and approximate limits of steep terrain, consisting of Class I, II and III slopes and steep terrain wetland/watercourse transition areas.
P
(10)
Principal wooded areas and the approximate location of any large isolated trees.
P
(11)
The approximate location of any seepage test holes, test pits and borings.
P
(12)
The approximate location of any wells on the tract and on land within 200 feet of the tract.
P
M
F
(13)
The location of any drainage discharge points onto the tract from any street or other property.
C. 
Property ownership information and proposals as follows, with all lines on a final plat map (including minor subdivision plats), except as noted, shown with dimensions to hundredths of a foot, the bearings or deflection angles on all straight lines, the central angle, tangent distance and radius of all arcs and radial lines when arcs are not tangent and all shown with sufficient information to prove a mathematical closure:
Code
Information Required
P
M
F
(1)
The name and address of the owner of the tract.
P
M
F
(2)
The name and address of the applicant if different from the owner.
P
(3)
The perimeter boundary of the tract, with approximate dimensions, and the estimated area of the tract to be platted.
M
F
(4)
The perimeter boundary of the tract, and the area of the tract to be platted.
P
M
F
(5)
The approximate location of existing property lines for a distance of 200 feet from the tract.
P
M
F
(6)
Both street right-of-way lines of any street abutting the tract.
F
(7)
The survey relationship of the tract to nearby monumented Town streets, county roads or state highways, where practical.
P
M
F
(8)
The names of all owners of property abutting the tract, as derived from the chain of title of the tract.
P
(9)
Proposed lots and lot numbers, with dimensions and lot areas, which may be approximate.
M
F
(10)
Proposed lots and lot numbers, and the area of each lot.
P
M
F
(11)
Proposed street and other rights-of-way and the width thereof.
F
(12)
Street names.
P
M
F
(13)
The location and dimension of existing and proposed easements.
P
M
F
(14)
Existing monuments.
F
(15)
Proposed monuments.
P
(16)
The zoning district in which the tract is located and any zoning district boundary upon or within 200 feet of the tract.
P
M
F
(17)
Any municipal or taxation district boundary line.
P
M
F
(18)
Any channel and building lines.
P
F
(19)
Parks and playgrounds and the area thereof.
P
M
F
(20)
Any reserved areas for watercourse and wetlands protection or for conservation areas.
D. 
Proposals for development of the plat as follows:
[Amended 11-2-2000 by L.L. No. 4-2000]
Code
Information Required
P
(1)
The location and width of street pavement.
P
(2)
The center-line stations along the proposed street at one hundred-foot intervals, coordinated with the preliminary profiles.
P
(3)
Storm drains, catch basins, manholes, headwalls, detention basins and ditches and tentative invert elevations at key points on the proposed drainage system.
P
(4)
Any relocation or improvement to channels or watercourses.
P
(5)
Any sanitary sewers, treatment facilities and appurtenances; any central water supply well site, water mains and appurtenances.
P
M
F
(6)
On each lot, to be used for a dwelling, the minimum buildable area and motor-vehicle driveway thereto, or location for such driveway, as specified in § 85-4 of Chapter 85 and § 175-30 of Chapter 175.
P
M
F
(7)
On each lot having frontage on a state highway or county road and otherwise on each lot located in other than a Residence District, the location proposed for any motor-vehicle driveway from the street onto the lot.
P
M
F
(8)
On each lot, the location proposed for water supply well sites; the location and dimensions of the area suitable for leaching fields for on-site sewage disposal systems and reserve area for future extensions; and the location proposed for a dwelling or other principal building and the motor vehicle driveway thereto.
P
M
F
(9)
On each lot near or containing watercourses, wetlands and special flood hazard areas, the proposed floor elevation of the lowest floor of a dwelling or other principal building.
P
M
F
(10)
On the plat and each lot, the limits of any area proposed for regrading by major excavation or filling.
P
M
F
(11)
On the plat and each lot, the limits of any areas to be reserved and protected from land disturbance.
E. 
The following additional information:
Code
Information Required
M
F
(1)
Certification by the land surveyor that the survey on which the map is based does not have an error of closure which exceeds one part in 5,000.
M
F
(2)
Certification by the land surveyor as to the date of completion of the survey on which the map is based, and the date of completion of the map.
M
F
(3)
A signature block entitled "Approved by the Philipstown Planning Board" with a place for a signature and a date.
M
F
(4)
A signature block for the owner and/or applicant authorizing filing of the map.
M
F
(5)
The endorsement of the Putnam County Department of Health approving the provision for water supply and sewage disposal.
M
F
(6)
Such additional notes as may be required or approved by the Planning Board specifying applicable zoning provisions or restrictions pertaining to private rights-of-way, channel and building lines, reserved areas, easements and other features of the map.
A. 
Construction plans for all proposed streets, drainage and other improvements, including parks and playgrounds, shall be drawn on good quality heavy linen tracing cloth or polyester film. Plan and profile drawings shall be prepared for all proposed streets, storm drains, gutters, catch basins, manholes, ditches, channels, headwalls, sidewalks, curbs, water mains, sanitary sewers and other structures and shall be drawn on a sheet size of 24 inches by 36 inches. Plan drawings may be prepared on a tracing of the final plat map. Profiles shall be drawn to a horizontal scale of one inch equals 40 feet or one inch equals 50 feet and a vertical scale of one inch equals four feet or one inch equals five feet. Profile drawings and elevations shall be based on official Town, county, state or United States bench marks or on a suitable bench mark approved by the Board and noted on the plan.
B. 
Construction drawings shall show at least the following information in accordance with good design practice:
(1) 
The title of the plat, the date, scale, North point, Town, county and state.
(2) 
For streets to be constructed to Town Road Specifications, the existing grades at the center line and at both street lines and the proposed grade at the center line, street lines and edge and width of pavement, a typical street cross section and a cross section at all cross culverts.
(3) 
For open development area private rights-of-way or easements, the existing and proposed grade at the center line, street lines and edge and width of the travelway, a typical street cross section and a cross section at all cross culverts.
(4) 
The depth, invert, slope and size of all pipes, ditches, culverts, manholes, catch basins, headwalls and channels, and ditch and channel cross sections.
(5) 
On the plan drawing, the approximate location of lot lines intersecting the street line, and lot numbers and street names.
(6) 
Sidewalks, curbs, gutters, water mains, sanitary sewers and other structures.
(7) 
Detail drawings of any bridges, box culverts, deep manholes and other special structures.
(8) 
If requested by the Planning Board in cases involving unusual regrading, existing contours and proposed grading contours at an interval not exceeding two feet for the following:
(a) 
Within not less than 25 feet outside the street right-of-way lines.
(b) 
Outside the street right-of-way lines at intersections and in sight easements.
(c) 
Within the street right-of-way lines, including pavement areas, at intersections.
(d) 
Construction and grading adjacent to watercourses, water bodies and wetlands.
(e) 
Improvement areas in park and recreation areas.
(9) 
Provision for temporary or permanent stormwater detention and provision for control of erosion and sedimentation during and upon completion of construction.
(10) 
Landscaping, grading, drainage, fencing or other improvements for park and recreation areas as required.
(11) 
A signature block entitled "Approved by the Philipstown Planning Board" with a place for a signature and a date.
A. 
The area shown on the grading plan may be limited to the portion of the plat affected by the proposed major regrading, cuts, fills or soil or rock removal, such as but not limited to borrow areas, low areas to be filled and substantial cut or fill areas along proposed streets. The grading plan shall be drawn on good quality heavy linen tracing cloth or polyester film to a scale of one inch equals 40 feet or one inch equals 50 feet. Contours and elevations shall be based on the same bench marks as provided in § 112-25.
B. 
The grading plan shall show at least the following information:
(1) 
The title of the subdivision, date, scale, North point, Town, county and state.
(2) 
The layout of existing and proposed lot lines and street lines and the boundary of the area to be regraded, cut or filled.
(3) 
Existing and proposed contours at intervals not exceeding two feet based on field or aerial survey, and if requested by the Planning Board, cross-section drawings of the area to be regraded.
(4) 
Existing and proposed drainage, watercourses, water bodies and wetlands.
(5) 
Existing and permanent buildings and structures.
(6) 
The location of all test holes, test pits and borings.
(7) 
Provision for temporary or permanent stormwater detention and provision for control of erosion and sedimentation during and upon completion of construction.
(8) 
A signature block entitled "Approved by the Philipstown Planning Board" with a place for a signature and a date.