A.
Existing conditions data shall include the following
except when otherwise specified by the Planning Board:
(1)
Key plan showing location and boundaries of the tract,
including names of adjoining property owners. The scale shall be one
inch equals 200 feet or larger.
(2)
Property lines and easements: location, width and
purpose of easements and existing platting (if this is a resubdivision
project).
(3)
Streets on and adjacent to the tract (including all
streets shown in the Official Map): name, right-of-way width and location;
type, location, width and elevation of surfacing; and legally established
center-line elevations, walks, curbs, gutters, bridges, culverts,
etc.
(4)
Utilities on and adjacent to the tract: location,
size and invert elevation of sanitary, storm and combined sewers,
culverts, ditches or other facilities for drainage; location and size
of water mains; location of gas lines, fire hydrants, electric and
telephone poles and streetlights. If water mains and sewers are not
on or adjacent to the tract, the direction and distance to and size
of nearest ones shall be indicated, showing invert elevation of sewers
or culverts. Where drainage is to be a natural watercourse, lake,
swamp, sink or roadside or drainage ditch, the elevation of water
in such watercourse or ditch at recognized flood stage shall be shown.
(5)
Ground elevation on the tract, based on United States
Geological Survey datum. For land that slopes 2%, elevations at all
breaks in grade, along all drainage channels or swales and at selected
points not more than 100 feet apart in all directions shall be shown;
for land that slopes more than approximately 2%, contours shall be
shown either at an interval of not more than five feet if ground slope
is regular and such information is sufficient for planning purposes
or at an interval of not more than two feet if necessary because of
irregular land or need for more detailed data for preparation of plans
and construction drawings.
(6)
Subsurface conditions on the tract, if required by
the Planning Board: location and results of tests made to ascertain
subsurface soil, rock and groundwater conditions; depth to groundwater
unless test pits are dry at a depth of five feet; location and results
of soil percolation tests if individual sewage disposal systems are
proposed.
(7)
Other conditions on the tract: watercourses, marshes,
rock outcrops, wooded areas, isolated preservable trees, houses, other
buildings and other significant features.
(8)
Other conditions on adjacent land: approximate direction
and gradient of ground slope, including any embankments or retaining
walls, character and location of buildings, railroads, power lines,
towers and other nearby nonresidential land uses or adverse influences;
owners of adjacent unplatted land. For adjacent platted land, subdivision
plat shall be referred to by name, recordation date and number, and
approximate percent of buildup, typical lot size and dwelling type
shall be shown.
(9)
Photographs, if required by the Planning Board: camera
locations, directions of view and key numbers.
(10)
Zoning on and adjacent to the tract.
(11)
Proposed public improvements; highway or other
major improvements planned by public authorities for further construction
on or near the tract.
(12)
Land title and survey; deed description according
to official records; names and address of record owners; map of survey
of tract boundary (including all pertinent bearings and distances),
made and certified by a registered land surveyor; ties into established
reference points and, where possible, related to the state system
of plane coordinates established by Chapter 545 of the Laws of 1938;
notations stating acreage, scale, North point, datum, bench marks
and date of survey.
B.
The preliminary subdivision plan shall be at a scale of not smaller than 200 feet to the inch (preferred scale: one inch equals 100 feet). It shall show or be accompanied by existing conditions data required above in Subsection A of this section and shall show all proposals, including the following:
(1)
Streets: names, right-of-way and roadway widths, approximate
grade and gradients.
(2)
Other rights-of-way or easements: location, width
and purpose.
(3)
Location of utilities, if not shown on other exhibits.
(4)
Lot lines and lot numbers.
(5)
Sites, if any, for multifamily dwellings, shopping
centers, churches, industry and other nonpublic uses exclusive of
single-family dwellings.
(6)
Building setback lines.
(7)
Site data, including the number of residential lots,
typical lot size and acres in park, etc.
(8)
Subdivision name or title (under which to be eventually
recorded); also scale, North point, date and the name of the subdivider
and designer.
(9)
The preliminary layout shall include, when required
by the Planning Board, profiles showing existing ground surface and
proposed street grades, including extensions for a reasonable distance
beyond the limits of the proposed subdivision; typical cross-sections
of the proposed grading, roadway and sidewalk as per Illustration
No. 1;[1] preliminary designs of any bridges and culverts which
may be required; preliminary plan of proposed water mains to connect
with existing public water supply or alternative means of water supply
approved by the Erie County Health Department; preliminary plan of
proposed sanitary sewers (with grades and sizes indicated) connecting
with existing sanitary sewerage systems or alternative means of treatment
and disposal approved by the Eric County Health Department; preliminary
plan for collecting and discharging storm drainage.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said illustration is on file
in the village offices.
C.
Draft of protective covenants, whereby the subdivider
proposes to regulate land use in the subdivision and otherwise protect
the proposed development, shall be submitted.
D.
Application for rezoning shall be submitted if such
rezoning is necessary. The Planning Board may confirm or make reasonable
changes in the land in the plat pursuant to § 7-738 of the
Village Law.
A.
Subdivision plats shall be printed as provided by
law. The scale shall be 100 feet to the inch or larger. Where necessary,
the plat may be on several sheets accompanied by an index sheet showing
the entire subdivision. For large subdivisions, the plat may be submitted
for approval progressively in contiguous sections satisfactory to
the Planning Board. The plat shall show the following:
(1)
Primary control points, approved by the engineer,
or descriptions and ties to such control points, to which all dimensions,
angles, bearings and similar data on the plat shall be referred.
(2)
Tract boundary lines, right-of-way lines of streets,
easements and other rights-of-way and property lines of residential
lots and other sites, with accurate dimensions, bearings or deflection
angles and radii, arcs and central angles of all curves.
(3)
The name and right-of-way width of each street or
other right-of-way.
(4)
The location, dimensions and purposes of any easement.
(5)
Number or identify each lot or site in sequential
order.
(6)
The purpose for which sites, other than residential
lots, are dedicated or reserved.
(7)
The building setback line on all lots and other sites.
(8)
The location and description of monuments, lot corner
markers and bench marks.
(9)
Certification by a registered land surveyor (including
the name, address, New York State license number and seal) certifying
to accuracy of the survey and plat.
(10)
Water supply and sewage disposal arrangements,
with details and certification of approval by the Erie County Health
Department. Where any water- or sewer line, water plant or sewage
treatment plant is to be installed by a developer outside existing
districts, the organization or enlargement of a water district and/or
a sewer district may be required.
(11)
The title, scale, North point and date.
B.
Before final approval of the plat, the following items
shall be completed and filed with the Village Clerk:
(1)
A statement by the engineer that the subdivider has
essentially complied with one of the following alternatives:
(a)
All improvements have been installed in accord
with the requirements of these regulations; or
(b)
A bond or certified check has been posted, which
is available to the village and in sufficient amount to assure such
completion of all required improvements. Said amount and time of the
bond shall be determined by the Planning Board.
(2)
Offers of cession by the owner dedicating streets,
rights-of-way and any sites for public use; and agreements covering
the improvement and maintenance of unceded public spaces and the conditions
and time limits, if any, applying to site reservations.
(3)
Approval by the Village Attorney of all offers of
cession, all covenants governing the maintenance of unceded public
open space, any action taken to establish or extend water and/or sewer
districts and the approval of the form of any bond offered in lieu
of the completion of required subdivision improvements.
(4)
Protective covenants in form for recording, including
covenants governing maintenance of unceded public spaces or reservations.
(5)
Such other certificates, affidavits, endorsements
or other agreements as may be required by the Planning Board in the
enforcement of these regulations. In special cases where there are
potential hazards which in the opinion of the engineer require the
services of an independent engineer or expert to recommend conditions
under which the subdivision may be approved, the expense of such engineer
or expert shall be borne by the subdivider.
