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Town of Ossining, NY
Westchester County
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The sketch plan, which is the initial submission to the Planning Board, shall show the proposed layout of streets, lots and other features sketched roughly on a print of a survey of the property with contour lines at intervals of no more than five feet, and shall also show or otherwise include the information specified in § 176-24A(1) through (8), (11) and (19) as well as a sketch of the vicinity map described in § 176-24B of this article.
In the case of a minor subdivision, the subdivision plat application shall include the following information:
A. 
A copy of such covenants or deed restrictions as are intended to cover all or part of the tract.
B. 
An actual field survey of the boundary lines of the tract, giving complete descriptive data by bearings and distances, made and certified by a licensed land surveyor. The corners of the tract shall be located on the ground and marked by monuments approved by the Town Engineer, and shall be referenced as shown on the plat.
C. 
All on-site sanitation and water supply facilities shall be shown designed to meet the minimum specifications of the State Department of Health, and a note to this effect shall be stated on the plat and signed by a licensed engineer.
D. 
Proposed name of the subdivision or identifying title, name of the Town and county in which it is located.
E. 
The date, North point, map scale, name and address of record owner and subdivider, and names of adjoining property owners.
F. 
The plat to be filed with the County Clerk shall be printed on linen or clearly drawn with India ink on tracing cloth. The size of the sheet shall comply with the requirements of the County Clerk, Division of Land Records, White Plains, New York, and shall not exceed 36 inches by 48 inches.
A. 
The preliminary subdivision plat shall consist of six copies of one or more maps or drawings which may be printed or reproduced on paper with all dimensions shown in feet or decimals of a foot, drawn to a scale of not more than 100 feet to the inch where lots have frontage of 100 feet or more, or 60 feet to the inch where lots have less than 100 feet of frontage, showing or accompanied by the following information:
(1) 
The proposed subdivision name or identifying title and the name of the Town and county.
(2) 
The name and address of record owner, subdivider and designer of preliminary layout.
(3) 
The number of acres within the proposed subdivision, location of property lines, existing easements, buildings, watercourses and other essential existing physical features.
(4) 
The names of all subdivisions immediately adjacent and the names of owners of record of adjacent acreage.
(5) 
The provisions of the Zoning Ordinance[1] applicable to the area to be subdivided and any zoning district boundaries affecting the tract.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 200, Zoning.
(6) 
The location and size of any existing sewers and water mains, culverts and drains on the property to be subdivided.
(7) 
The locations, names and present widths of existing and proposed streets, highways, easements, building lines, alleys, parks and other public open spaces, as well as similar facts regarding adjacent property.
(8) 
The width and location of any streets or other public ways or places shown upon the Official Map and the Comprehensive Development Plan, if any, within the area to be subdivided, and the width, location, grades and street profiles of all streets or other public ways proposed by the subdivider.
(9) 
Contour lines at intervals of five feet, based on United States Geological Survey datum of existing grades and also of proposed finished grades where change of existing ground elevation will be five feet where required by the Westchester County Department of Health.
(10) 
Typical cross sections of the proposed grading and roadways and of sidewalks.
(11) 
Date, true North point and scale.
(12) 
Deed description and map of survey of tract boundary made and certified by a licensed land surveyor tied into established Town reference points.
(13) 
Connection with existing water supply or alternative means of providing water supply to the proposed subdivision as provided in §§ 1115 through 1118 (former § 89) of the Public Health Law.
(14) 
Connection with existing sanitary sewage system or alternative means of treatment and disposal proposed as provided in §§ 1115 through 1118 (former § 89) of the Public Health Law.
(15) 
If private sewage disposal system is proposed, location and results of tests to ascertain subsurface soil, rock and groundwater conditions; depth to groundwater unless pits are dry at depth of five feet; and location and results of percolation tests.
(16) 
Provisions for collecting and discharging storm drainage, in the form of drainage plan.
(17) 
Preliminary designs of any bridges or culverts which may be required.
(18) 
The proposed lot lines with approximate dimensions and suggested locations of buildings.
(19) 
The location of temporary markers adequate to enable the Board to locate readily and appraise the basic layout in the field. Unless an existing street intersection is shown, the distance along a street from one corner of the property to the nearest existing street intersection shall be shown.
(20) 
All parcels of land proposed to be dedicated to public use and the conditions of such dedication.
(21) 
The location of all trees on the site over six inches in diameter and all other natural features or site elements to be preserved.
B. 
Vicinity map. The preliminary plat shall be accompanied by a vicinity map drawn at the scale or not over 400 feet to the inch to show the relation of the proposed subdivision to the adjacent properties and to the general surrounding area. The vicinity map shall show all the area within 2,000 feet of any property line of the proposed subdivision or any smaller area between the tract and all surrounding existing streets, provided that any part of such a street used as part of the perimeter for the vicinity map is at least 500 feet from any boundary of the proposed subdivision. Within such area, the vicinity map shall show:
(1) 
All existing subdivisions and approximate tract lines of acreage parcels, together with the names of the record owners of all adjacent parcels of land, namely those directly abutting or directly across any street joining the proposed subdivision.
(2) 
Locations, widths and names of existing, filed or proposed streets, easements, building lines and alleys pertaining to the proposed subdivision and to the adjacent properties as designated in Subsection B(1) above.
(3) 
The boundaries and designations of zoning districts, special improvement districts, school districts and parks or other public spaces.
(4) 
An outline of the platted area, together with its street system and an indication of the future probable street system of the remaining portion of the tract, if the preliminary plat submitted covers only part of the subdivider's entire holding.
A. 
The final subdivision plat shall consist of one or more sheets of drawings which conform to the requirements of § 334 of the Real Property Law. It shall be printed upon linen or canvas-backed paper or be clearly and legibly drawn in India ink upon tracing cloth. The size of the street shall comply with the requirements of the County Clerk, Division of Land Records, White Plains, New York, and shall not exceed 36 inches by 48 inches. Such sheets shall have a margin of two inches outside of the border lines of the left side for binding and a one-inch margin outside the border along the remaining sides. Space shall be reserved thereon for endorsement by the County Department of Health and two boxes provided for the Board's stamp of conditional and final approval. The subdivision plat as approved by the Board and any further requirements of the Board and shall show:
(1) 
The proposed subdivision name or identifying title, the name of the Town and county, the name and address of the record owner and subdivider, the name, license number and seal of the licensed land surveyor, the boundaries of the subdivision and its general location in relation to the existing streets or other landmarks and graphic scale, date and true North point.
(2) 
The street names and lines, pedestrian ways, lots, reservations, easements and area to be dedicated to public use.
(3) 
Sufficient data acceptable to the Town Engineer and Town Superintendent of Highways to determine readily the location, bearing and length of every street line, lot line, boundary line and to reproduce such lines upon the ground. Where practicable, these should be referenced to monuments, included in the state system of plane coordinates, and in any event should be tied to reference points previously established by a public authority.
(4) 
The length of all straight lines, the deflection angles, radii, length of curves and central angles of all curves, tangent distances and tangent bearings for each street.
(5) 
By proper designation on such plat, all public open space for which offers of cession are made by the subdivider and those spaces, title to which is reserved by him.
(6) 
Lots within the subdivision numbered in numerical order within blocks, and blocks lettered in alphabetical order.
(7) 
The location of all of the improvements referred to in Subsection B of this section, and in addition thereto, sewage disposal systems and other devices and methods of draining the area within the subdivision.
(8) 
Permanent reference monuments shown thus: insert symbol They shall be constructed in accordance with specifications of the Town Engineer and where referenced to the state system of plane coordinates shall also conform to the requirements of the State Department of Public Works. They shall be placed as required by the Town Engineer, and their location noted and referenced upon the plat.
(9) 
All lot corner markers shown thus: insert symbol They shall be of metal at least 3/4 inch in diameter and at least 24 inches in length, and located in the ground to finished grade.
(10) 
Monuments of a type approved by the Town Engineer, which shall be set at all corners and angle points of the boundaries of the subdivision and monuments required by Town specifications for new roads, at all street intersections, angle points in street lines, points of curve and such intermediate points as shall be required by the Engineer.
B. 
In accordance with § 277 of the Town Law, all streets or other public places shown on such plat shall be suitably graded and paved, and all sidewalks, streetlighting standards, curbs, gutters, street trees, water mains, sanitary sewers and storm drains, where required by the Board on the advice of the Town Engineer and Town Superintendent of Highways and planning office or consultants employed by the Town Board, shall be installed in accordance with the standards, specifications and procedure set forth in these regulations and other applicable Town regulations and ordinances, or alternatively, a performance bond to insure completion of such improvements.
C. 
There shall be submitted to the Board with the subdivision plat:
(1) 
Written offers of cession to the Town of all public open space shown on the plat, and copies of agreements or other documents showing the manner in which space, title to which is reserved by the subdivider, are to be maintained.
(2) 
Written evidence that the Town Attorney is satisfied with the legal sufficiency of the documents referred to in Subsection C(1) above. Such written evidence shall not constitute an acceptance by the Town of any public open space referred to in Subsection C(1) above.
(3) 
A certificate of the Town Engineer and Town Superintendent of Highways as to the completion of all improvements required by the Board to the satisfaction of the Town Engineer and Town Superintendent of Highways and in accord with standards and specifications prescribed by them, or, in lieu of any required improvements not so completed, a performance bond to secure completion of such improvements and written evidence that the Town Board is satisfied with the sufficiency of such bond.