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Town of Yorktown, NY
Westchester County
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The following documents shall be submitted to the Director of Planning prior to the submission of any application for subdivision:
A. 
A plan on a topographic map which shall show the proposed layout of streets, lots, marshland, watercourses, ponds, beaches, groves of trees and/or single trees with diameters in excess of eight inches, regulated buffer zones as defined by § 270-4 of Chapter 270 on all existing and proposed lot lines, and within those buffers all trees with a diameter at breast height of six inches or more and a minimum height of 25 feet.
[Amended 12-14-2010 by L.L. No. 16-2010]
B. 
General subdivision information which shall describe or outline the existing conditions of the site and the proposed development as necessary to supplement the required drawings. This information shall include data on existing covenants, land characteristics and available community facilities and utilities; and information describing subdivision proposals such as number of residential lots, typical lot width and depth, building types and sizes, price range, business or industry areas, playgrounds, parks and other public areas, protective covenants, utilities and street improvements.
C. 
All documents required to be submitted to the Director of Planning in this § 195-25 shall be submitted in electronic media format (PDF or TIF). The electronically filed documents shall be accompanied by at least one paper set of such documents bearing an original signature and seal of the architect or engineer, if so required by state law. The Director of Planning or the Planning Board may, in their discretion, require the submission of more than one paper set of such documents.
[Amended 5-21-2013 by L.L. No. 7-2013]
The following documents shall be submitted for conditional approval:
A. 
A preliminary layout, legibly drawn in ink or pencil on tracing paper or cloth in sheets not exceeding 30 inches by 40 inches, at a scale not smaller than 100 feet to the inch, and showing:
(1) 
Proposed subdivision name, acreage, date, North point, scale, name and address of owner, subdivider and engineer or surveyor, Town assessment section, parcel, block and lot number or numbers of the tract being subdivided and the name of the Town and county in which the subdivision is located.
(2) 
Names of owners and property lines of abutting property, and the names of abutting subdivisions.
(3) 
Boundaries of the property, easements, building lines, buildings, watercourses, ponds, marshes, rock outcroppings, wooded areas, groves of trees, single trees with a diameter of eight inches or more, regulated buffer zones as defined by § 270-4 of the Code of the Town of Yorktown on all existing and proposed lot lines, and within those buffers all trees with a diameter at breast height of six inches or more and a minimum height of 25 feet, and other significant existing features on or adjacent to the property to be subdivided.
[Amended 12-14-2010 by L.L. No. 16-2010]
(4) 
Width and location of any streets existing or shown on the Official Map and Comprehensive Plan within or adjacent to the property to be subdivided.
(5) 
Location of existing sewers, water mains, culverts, drains and manholes on the property, with pipe sizes, grades and direction of flow.
(6) 
Existing and proposed contours at intervals of five feet or less, referring to the United States Geological Survey datum, unless other datum is specified by the Town Engineer.
(7) 
Approximate location and dimensions of lots, easements and public or community areas.
(8) 
Approximate location of proposed water lines, valves and hydrants and sanitary sewer lines with profiles, indicating connections with existing lines or alternate means of water supply or sewage disposal and treatment as provided in §§ 1115 to 1118 of the Public Health Law and its related administrative rules and regulations, as well as the Westchester County Health Department Sanitary Code.
(9) 
Approximate location of proposed storm sewer lines, bridges and culverts and the preliminary design of said bridges and culverts.
(10) 
Proposed street names.
(11) 
Zoning districts of and adjacent to the property to be subdivided.
(12) 
Location map at a scale of one inch equals 800 feet showing major roads within and adjacent to the site.
(13) 
A computer-aided drafting (CAD) disk in an AutoCAD compatible format of the above shall also be submitted as part of the application. The lot lines shall be shown in the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83) coordinate system.
[Added 4-4-2000 by L.L. No. 23-2000]
B. 
When the application covers only a part of the applicant's entire holding, a map of the entire tract, drawn at a scale of not less than 200 feet to the inch, showing an outline of the platted area with its proposed street system and the probable future street system in the remaining portion of the tract.
C. 
Copies of such covenants or deed restrictions as are intended to cover all or any part of the tract.
D. 
Temporary stakes along center lines of road to facilitate field inspection.
E. 
Where required by the Board on the advice of the Town Engineer, a feasibility study by the applicant's engineer as to the adequacy of water supply and sanitary waste disposal as proposed by the submitted plan.
F. 
Preliminary cross sections and profiles indicating grades of proposed streets showing width of roadway, location and width of sidewalks and location and size of utility lines.
G. 
Any additional data the Board determines is necessary for its consideration of the preliminary plat.
H. 
An aerial photographic mosaic, at a scale of one inch equals 200 feet to include the entire tract owned by the applicant, plus the edges of the adjacent property ownerships, on which shall be delineated the existing property lines and the proposed limits of the tract submitted. This aerial photograph mosaic shall have added any roads, houses or other physical or constructed features existent since the date of the photograph. Included with the aerial photographic mosaic shall be an acetate transparent overlay showing the roads and lots, easements and recreation areas shown in the preliminary layout at the same scale as the aerial mosaic.
I. 
All documents required to be submitted to the Director of Planning in this § 195-26 shall be submitted in electronic media format (PDF or TIF). The electronically filed documents shall be accompanied by at least one paper set of such documents bearing an original signature and seal of the architect or engineer, if so required by state law. The Director of Planning or the Planning Board may, in their discretion, require the submission of more than one paper set of such documents.
[Added 5-21-2013 by L.L. No. 7-2013]
The following documents shall be submitted to the Board for plat approval:
A. 
A plat, legibly drawn in ink on tracing cloth, in sheets not exceeding 30 inches by 40 inches and at a scale not smaller than 50 feet to the inch. When more than one sheet is required, an additional index sheet of the same size shall be filed showing to scale the entire subdivision with lot and block numbers. In addition, an AutoCAD file of the as-built plan shall be submitted to the Engineering Department. The plat shall show the:
[Amended 4-4-2000 by L.L. No. 23-2000]
(1) 
Subdivision name, date, North point, scale and name of the Town and county in which said subdivision is located and a key map at a scale of one inch equals 800 feet.
(2) 
Certification of title showing ownership, name, address and signature of record owner.
(3) 
Names of owners and property lines of abutting land.
(4) 
Seal and license number of a land surveyor and his certification as to the accuracy of the survey and plat.
(5) 
Primary control points, or description and ties to said control points, to which all dimensions, angles, bearings and similar data on the plat shall be referred as United States Geological Survey (USGS), Town of Yorktown, North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), control points to enable the immediate determination of the location, bearing and length of every line shown on the plat and their reproduction upon the ground.
(6) 
Boundaries of the property, building or setback lines, and proposed buildings when required by the Board; lines of streets, lots, reservations, easements and lands to be dedicated to public use; lengths and bearings of all straight lines; and radii, lengths, central angles, tangent distances and radial bearings of all curves. All lengths shall be in feet and decimals of a foot, and all angles shall be given to the nearest 10 seconds unless otherwise specified by the Town Engineer.
(7) 
Area of each lot in square feet.
(8) 
Location of all permanent monuments, as specified by the Town Engineer.
(9) 
Proposed street names.
(10) 
Designation, purpose and area in square feet of all land to be dedicated or reserved for public use.
(11) 
Notation of dedication to the Town of all streets, public sites or open spaces shown on the plat.
(12) 
Tax lot designations as determined by the Assessor's office.
B. 
Deeds of cession of streets, right-of-way easements and any land for public use and offer of dedication in recordable form and title certification of same; and copies of agreements, covenants or other documents showing the manner in which areas to be reserved for the common use of the residents of the subdivision are to be maintained, all certified as to their legal sufficiency by the Town Attorney.
C. 
Appropriate Health Department approval.
D. 
Construction detail plans (improvement plans) in accordance with Article VI, § 195-37A and B. Planting plans showing types and location of street trees shall be shown on the submitted improvement plan.
E. 
Maps as required in Article VI, § 195-35B, of land to be reserved for public site and open spaces.
F. 
Utility company assurances and approval of their utility location.
G. 
An integrated plot plan showing the basement elevation, the existing and proposed topography and the existing and proposed street grades.
H. 
All documents required to be submitted to the Director of Planning in this § 195-27 shall be submitted in electronic media format (PDF or TIF). The electronically filed documents shall be accompanied by at least one paper set of such documents bearing an original signature and seal of the architect or engineer, if so required by state law. The Director of Planning or the Planning Board may, in their discretion, require the submission of more than one paper set of such documents.
[Added 5-21-2013 by L.L. No. 7-2013]