By authority of the resolution adopted by the
Village Board on the 15th day of February 1965, pursuant to the provisions
of Article 7 of the Village Law, the Village of Rhinebeck Planning
Board has the power and authority to approve or disapprove plats for
subdivision within the incorporated area of the Village of Rhinebeck.
In order that land in the Village of Rhinebeck
may be subdivided in accordance with the policy set forth herein,
these regulations are hereby adopted and shall be known and may be
cited as the "Village of Rhinebeck Land Subdivision Regulations."
It is declared to be the policy of the Village
of Rhinebeck Planning Board to consider land subdivision plats as
part of a plan for the orderly, efficient and economical development
of the Village. This shall be interpreted to include the following
objectives which shall guide the Planning Board's decisions:
A.
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.
B.
Proper provision shall be made for drainage, water
supply, sewerage and other needed improvements and utilities.
C.
Proposed streets shall compose a convenient system
conforming to the Official Map and shall be properly related to the
proposals shown on the Village Plan.
D.
Streets shall be of such width, grade and location
as to accommodate prospective traffic, to afford adequate light and
air and to facilitate fire protection.
E.
Park areas of suitable location, size and character
for playground or other recreational purposes shall be shown on the
plat, wherever appropriate.
Should any of these regulations conflict or
be inconsistent with any provision of the Village Law, such provision
of the Village Law shall apply.
Nothing in these regulations shall prohibit
the subdivider from placing self-imposed restrictions not in violation
of these regulations on the development. Such restrictions, however,
shall be indicated on the plat.
Designs for waterlines, sewers, streets, bridges
and drainage structures shall be prepared by a professional engineer
licensed to practice in the State of New York.
A.
Words in the singular include the plural, and words
in the plural include the singular.
B.
The word "persons" includes a corporation or unincorporated
association, and "building" includes "structure" and shall be construed
as if followed by the words "or part thereof."
C.
The word "street" includes "road," "highway" and "lane";
and "watercourse" includes "drain," "ditch" and "stream."
D.
The word "shall" means "must" unless otherwide indicated.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following
terms shall, for the purpose of these regulations, have the meanings
indicated:
A strip of land over which there is a right-of-way, publicly
or privately owned, on which no building fronts, serving as a secondary
means of access to two or more properties.
A performance bond duly issued by a bonding or surety company
approved by the Village Board with security acceptable to the Village
Board, or a performance bond duly issued by the developer-obligor
accompanied by security in the form of cash, certified check or United
States Government bearer bonds deposited with the Village Board in
the full amount of the obligation.
A right-of-way, publicly or privately owned, which cuts across
a block to furnish access for pedestrians to adjacent streets or properties.
A right granted to use certain land for a special purpose
not inconsistent with the general property rights of the owner.
Housekeeping accommodations for one or more persons living
as a family.
A physical change to the land necessary to produce usable
and desirable lots from raw acreage, including grading, pavement,
curbs, gutters, utilities, including water supply, together with sanitary
and storm sewers and drains and betterments to existing watercourses,
sidewalks, street signs, crosswalks, shade trees, sodding or seeding,
street name signs and monuments.
A parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership or building
development.
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lines
of a lot.
A lot, the generally opposite ends of which both abut on
streets.
The width of a lot at the building line.
The Comprehensive Plan, or part thereof, which may consist
of several maps, data, etc., prepared by the Planning Board and filed
in the office of the Planning Board, the office of the Village Engineer
or the Village Highway Superintendent and the office of the Village
Clerk, indicating the general locations recommended for major motorways,
parks and other public open spaces, public building sites and routes
for public utilities.
A map established by the County Board of Representatives
under § 239-h of Article 12-B of the General Municipal Law
and all changes and additions thereto made under the provisions of
§ 239-i of Article 12-B of the General Municipal Law.
A map established by the Village Board under § 7-724
of the Village Law showing the streets, highways and parks theretofore
laid out, adopted and established by law and all changes or additions
thereto made under the provisions of § 7-724 of the Village
Law.
The date when a sketch plan, a preliminary plat or a plat shall be considered submitted to the Planning Board, hereby defined to be the date of the meeting of the Planning Board at which all required surveys, plans and data described in Article IV are submitted.
The owner of the land proposed to be subdivided, or his agent.
The agency empowered by the municipal legislative body under
applicable New York State enabling legislation to act as the Planning
Board of the Village of Rhinebeck with respect to subdivision administration.
The final map or drawing prepared on a base map prepared
by a licensed land surveyor for recording, by a professional engineer,
registered architect, licensed land surveyor or licensed landscape
architect, which shall have his New York State seal affixed thereon
and on which the subdivider's plan of subdivision is presented to
the Planning Board for approval and which, if approved, will be submitted
to the County Clerk for recording.
A plan prepared by a licensed professional engineer, licensed
land surveyor, registered architect or a licensed landscape architect
on a base map prepared by a licensed land surveyor showing existing
features of the land and proposed street utility and lot layout within
and adjacent to a subdivision.
A change in a subdivision plat or resubdivision plat filed
in the office of the Dutchess County Clerk, which change affects any
street layout shown on such plat, affects any area reserved thereon
for public use or diminishes the size of any lot shown thereon.
A strip of land between property lines opened for use as
a street, alley or crosswalk.
A line, generally parallel to the street line, beyond which
the front portion of a building may not project into the front yard.
The distance an object 18 inches off the pavement (a taillight)
is visible from eye level 4 1/2 feet above the pavement (average
height of driver's eyes).
A freehand sketch made on a topographic survey map showing
the proposed subdivision in relation to existing conditions.
A general term used to describe a right-of-way, publicly
or privately owned, serving as a means of vehicular and pedestrian
travel and furnishing space for utilities. The following functional
classification is used in these regulations.
MINOR STREETA street intended to serve and provide access exclusively to the properties abutting thereon and not connecting with other streets in such a manner as to encourage through traffic.
COLLECTOR STREETA street connecting minor residential streets to each other, to community facilities and arterial streets serving primarily neighborhood traffic, and/or a street so designed on the Village Master Plan.
ARTERIAL STREETA street with considerable continuity connecting district centers, which serves, or will eventually serve, large volumes of traffic, and/or a street so designed on the Village Master Plan. "Arterial streets" are usually, but not always, state highways.
SECONDARY STREETA street which serves or is designed to serve as a route connecting different parts of the Village. "Secondary streets" are usually, but not always, County highways.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETMinor streets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets and highways and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
CUL-DE-SAC OR DEAD-END STREETA minor street with one end open for public vehicle and pedestrian access and the other end terminating in a vehicular turnaround.
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular
traffic.
The distance between property lines.
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association
who shall lay out any subdivision or part thereof as defined herein,
either for himself or others.
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots,
plots, sites or other division of land, with or without streets, for
the purpose of immediate or future sale or building development.
The duly elected Village Superintendent of Highways or other
such authorized official.
