This chapter shall be cited and may be referred to as the "Subdivision Regulations of the Village of Airmont."
The intent of this chapter is to provide for the future growth and development of the Village of Airmont and to afford adequate facilities for the housing, transportation, distribution, conform, convenience, safety, health and welfare of the residents of the Village of Airmont.
By authority of the resolutions adopted by the Village Board pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 of the Village Law of the State of New York, and pursuant to the powers and jurisdiction vested through the Municipal Home Rule Law, Statute of Local Governments, Chapter 210, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Airmont, and other applicable laws and regulations of the State of New York and of the Village of Airmont, the Planning Board is hereby empowered and authorized to review and approve, modify and approve or disapprove plats for subdivisions within the Village of Airmont which show lots, blocks or sites with or without new streets or highways.
No land shall be subdivided within the Village of Airmont until the subdivider or his agent shall submit a sketch plat of the parcel to the Village Planning Board, and obtain approval of the sketch plat and preliminary and final approval of the plat itself by the Village Planning Board and until the approved plat is filed with the Rockland County Clerk. No building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any parcel or plot of land which was created by subdivision after the effective date of, and not in conformity with, the provisions of these subdivision regulations and no excavation of land or construction of any public or private improvements shall take place or be commenced except in conformity with these regulations.
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Village of Airmont to consider the subdivision of land and the subsequent development of the subdivided plat as a separate business and occupation and subject to the control by the Village of Airmont pursuant to the objectives of the Village for the orderly, planned, efficient, physical and economical development of the Village. 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, and land shall not be subdivided until available municipal services, facilities and improvements exist and proper provision has been made for drainage, water, sewerage and capital improvements such as schools, transportation, parks and other needed improvements. The existing and proposed public improvements shall conform to the Official Map, and shall be properly related to the proposals shown on the Village Master Plan and capital program, if such exist.
In order that land may be subdivided in accordance with this policy these regulations are hereby adopted.
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or other part of these regulations is, for any reason, held invalid, the validity of the remaining portion of these regulations shall not be affected.
Whenever access to the subdivision is required across land in another municipality, the Village Planning Board may request assurance from the Village Attorney that access is legally established and from the Village Engineering Consultant that the access road is adequately improved, or that a performance bond has been duly executed and is sufficient in amount to assure the construction of the access road. In general, lot lines should be laid out so as not to cross Village boundary lines.
For a resubdivision, the same procedure, rules and regulations shall apply as for a subdivision.
The subdivision of land is a privilege conferred upon the developer by the Village Law of the State of New York and through these subdivision regulations. It is the developer who is seeking to acquire the advantages of lot subdivision and upon him rests the duty of compliance with reasonable conditions laid down by the Village Planning Board for design, dedication, improvement and restrictive use of the land so as to conform to the physical and economical development of the Village and to the safety and general welfare of the future plot owners in the subdivision and of the community at large.