A.
The first or ground floor of every private dwelling,
or the concrete slab where the building has no basement or cellar,
and the garage floor shall be constructed at a grade at least one
foot above the crown of the finished road in front of the lot unless
the natural topography dictates otherwise.
(1)
All garages shall be constructed at least one foot
above the crown of the road to which the driveway extends, unless
more is required by the village.
(2)
Driveway construction; aprons.
[Amended 9-2-1999 by L.L. No. 8-1999]
(a)
All newly constructed driveways shall be constructed
of blacktop consisting of 2 1/2 inches of stone base with at
least 1 1/2 inches of asphalt concrete wearing course, or with
at least four inches of concrete. Other material for driveways may
be approved by the Building Inspector.
(b)
Aprons constructed of reinforced concrete not
less than six inches in thickness shall only be required where sidewalks
exist or when required by the Planning Board for newly constructed
homes or where the driveway leads to a commercial structure or building.
(3)
Driveways shall be built in such a manner that all
rainwater will flow away from the buildings.
(4)
Where the ground level of a lot is below the crown
of the road, dirt fill shall be provided so that at least the concrete
slab or the ground floor of the building and/or garage shall be above
the crown of the road as hereinabove provided, unless provision is
made to pitch the drive and surrounding grounds away from the building
and runoff is provided for by the use of dry wells or other approved
means sufficient to store two inches of rainfall.
[Amended 2-4-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
(5)
In addition to the driveway aprons required above,
all new construction shall include the installation of sidewalk and
curb for the entire length of the abutting street frontage. All sidewalks
shall be four feet in width in residential zones and at least five
feet in width in business and commercial zones. Curbs shall be six
inches wide by 18 inches deep and installed only after the grades
have been approved by the Superintendent of Public Works or head of
the Village Highway Department. The back edge of the sidewalk shall
be set two inches above the top of the curb, and the sidewalk shall
pitch toward the street at the rate of 1/4 inch per foot. All concrete
used in the construction of curb and sidewalk shall have 4,000 pounds
per square inch average compressive strength and contain a minimum
air entrainment of 5%. In lieu of the construction of sidewalks and
curbs, where such would not conform to the area, an equivalent monetary
sum shall be paid to the sidewalk fund.
[Amended 2-4-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
B.
All roofs of buildings shall be provided with a gutter
on each side of the structure with connecting drainpipes leading into
a dry well for the storage of draining of the roof rainwater.
(1)
All slanting roofs shall be provided with gutters
and drainpipes at each corner of the building, all such gutters and
drainpipes draining into a dry well or wells.
(2)
All dry wells for the collecting of rainwater shall
be built of precast sections sufficient in size to store the runoff
resulting from two-inch rainfall over the entire roof area and must
be deep enough until the bottom is in at least 12 inches of sand.
Each dry well shall be surrounded by three-fourths-inch broken stone
or washed gravel stone for a distance of one foot before backfilling.
[Amended 2-4-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
(3)
All dry wells shall be built at least 10 feet from
the sides of the slab or foundation of the building.
C.
Where a lot is located in the bottom or lowest elevation
of the plots in the area, and/or if found necessary and at the recommendation
of the Village Engineer, it shall be required to construct a curb
catch basin of sufficient size and depth and capacity in order to
minimize flooding or severe drainage problems to the occupants in
the neighboring or abutting dwellings.
The drainage plan shall include detailed plans
of all stormwater drainage facilities, street profiles and other utilities
which may be required by the Planning Board. These plans are considered
to be an integral part of the final plat submission and are, therefore,
the basis for the performance bond and inspection fee.
A.
It is intended that all drainage problems within the
limits of the development or subdivision area will be completely resolved
by the design as approved by the Planning Board before any work is
started. However, in the event that an error on the part of the designing
engineer, either of design or judgment, becomes apparent during the
progress of the work or after completion of the work, the Planning
Board reserves the right to stop the work and/or order the necessary
changes to correct the situation. The Planning Board shall be held
blameless for any change so made.
B.
In order to achieve better comprehensive drainage
design, subdivision storm drainage systems shall, upon recommendation
of the Planning Board, be partially or completely integrated with
the area storm drainage system. In the following cases the developer
may be required to pay to the village a drainage contribution towards
the cost of such area storm drainage system:
(1)
As to subdivisions lying within drainage areas for
which the village has designed storm drainage collection and disposal
systems, the drainage contribution toward the cost of participating
in the village drain system shall be borne by the developer on the
basis of his proportional share of the drainage contributed to the
total system and shall be computed by the Village Engineer.
(2)
In a subdivision which, because of the small area
being drained, would result in a disproportionately high cost of maintenance
for the system, the developer shall participate in the cost of the
future drainage systems on the basis of the alternate cost to him
of a drainage system if constructed within the subdivision.
A.
Where a commercial, business or a residential dwelling
subdivision or lot or plot, regardless of size or area, borders on
an existing narrow street less than 50 feet wide, or when the Village
Master Plan indicates a realignment and/or widening of a street that
would require use of some of the land in a subdivision or development
or lot or plot, the Village Board may require the subdivider, builders
or owner to offer to dedicate or reserve an area of land for such
widening or realignment at no cost to the village.
B.
This offer of dedication of such land as may be required
must be made before approval of the site plan and before a building
permit is issued.
C.
All buildings or structures, commercial, business
or residential dwellings shall be constructed bordering on an existing
or proposed public street or road having a minimum width of not less
than 50 feet.
Where leaching wells have been approved by the
Village Engineer for the drainage of a particular area, the following
minimum specifications shall be complied with:
A.
Each drainage leaching well shall consist of three
eight-foot-in-diameter precast sections and 4 1/2 feet deep of
precast sections and one precast dome section or flat slab with cast-iron
manhole frame and heavy-duty cover set flush with the grade and designed
to accommodate normal traffic loadings as established by the Village
Engineer upon reference to Suffolk County, New York State AASHTO standards.
[Amended 2-4-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
B.
Leaching wells shall be set on right-of-way, off the
pavement, and a combination curb and gutter outlet catch basin shall
be provided at the edge of the pavement with a heavy-duty drainage
cover designed to accommodate normal traffic loadings as established
by the Village Engineer upon reference to Suffolk County, New York
State AASHTO standards, and connected to the leaching well with reinforced
concrete pipe of sufficient size.
[Amended 2-4-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
C.
Each leaching well shall be surrounded by three-fourths-inch
broken stone or washed gravel stone for a distance of one foot before
backfilling.
A.
In any area road, path or street where, in the opinion
and upon the recommendations of the Village Engineer and at the request
of the Superintendent of Public Works or head of the Highway Department
of the village, it appears that a drainage problem or possible flooding
would occur, the builder, developer or person constructing a single
dwelling on one lot or plot, regardless of size or area, or a developer
of a subdivision of many dwellings, shall be required to install one
or more curb catch basins, where required, as so directed by the Village
Engineer.
B.
No certificate of occupancy shall be issued, nor shall
a performance bond filed with the village be released, until such
requirement for the construction of one or more curb catch basins
has been complied with and accomplished.
