A. 
The subdivider shall observe the requirements and principles of land subdivision as set forth in this article in the design of each subdivision or portion thereof.
B. 
In acting upon plats, the Planning Board shall require, among other conditions in the public interest, that the tract be adequately drained. Streets shall be of sufficient width and suitable grade and suitably located to accommodate the prospective traffic, to provide access for fire-fighting equipment to buildings and to be coordinated so as to compose a convenient system conforming to the Official Map.[1] Where the Planning Board, after hearing, has adopted portions of the Master Plan with proposals regarding the street system within the proposed subdivision, the Planning Board may require that the streets shown conform in design and in width to the proposals shown on the Master Plan. No street of a width greater than 50 feet within the right-of-way lines may be required unless the street already has been shown on such Master Plan at the greater width or already has been shown in greater width on the Official Map.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said map is included in a pocket at the end of this volume.
C. 
The Planning Board shall further require that all lots shown on the plats be adaptable for the intended purposes without danger to health or peril from flood, fire erosion or other menace.
D. 
If portions of the Master Plan contain proposals for drainage rights-of-way, schools, parks or playgrounds within the proposed subdivision or in its vicinity, or if standards for the allocation of portions of subdivisions for drainage rights-of-way, school sites, park and playground purposes have been adopted, before approving subdivisions, the Planning Board may further require that such drainage rights-of-way, school sites, parks or playgrounds be shown in locations and sizes suitable to their intended uses.
E. 
The Planning Board shall be permitted to reserve the location and extent of school sites, public parks and playgrounds shown on the Master Plan or any part thereof for a period of one year after the approval of the final plat or within such further time as agreed to by the applying party. Unless, during such one-year period or extension thereof, the Borough shall have entered into a contract to purchase or instituted condemnation proceedings according to law for the school site, park or playground, the subdivider shall not be bound by the proposals for such areas shown on the Master Plan. This provision shall not apply to the streams or roads or drainage rights-of-way required for final approval of any plat and deemed essential to the public welfare.
A. 
The arrangement of streets not shown on the Master Plan or Official Map[1] shall be such as to provide for the appropriate extension of existing streets and to provide for future access to remaining land areas within the Borough.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said map is included in a pocket at the end of this volume.
B. 
In order to provide access to adjacent, undeveloped parcels of real property lying within the Borough and not otherwise having access to any existing street within the Borough, the Planning Board shall require the subdivider to dedicate a strip of land 50 feet in width running to the edge of the property being subdivided by major subdivision to give access to such property. Where, in the opinion of the Planning Board, this requirement creates an undue financial hardship on the subdivider, the Planning Board may accept, in lieu thereof, alternative arrangements such as the grant of an option to the adjoining property owner to acquire such fifty-foot strip at its fair market value as unimproved property.
C. 
Minor streets shall be so designated as to discourage through traffic.
D. 
Subdivisions abutting arterial streets shall provide a marginal access street or reverse frontage with a buffer strip for planting or some other means of separation of through and local traffic, as the Planning Board may determine appropriate.
E. 
The right-of-way width shall be measured from lot line to lot line and shall not be less than 50 feet.
[Amended 2-22-1994 by Ord. No. 600-C]
F. 
No subdivision showing reserve strips controlling access to streets shall be approved except where the control and disposal of land comprising such strips has been placed in the Council under conditions approved by the Planning Board.
G. 
Subdivisions that adjoin or include existing streets that do not conform to widths as shown on the Master Plan or Official Map or the street width requirements of this chapter shall dedicate additional width along either one or both sides of said road. If the subdivision is along one side only, 1/2 of the required extra width shall be dedicated.
H. 
Grades of streets shall not exceed 4% unless with the approval of the Planning Board. No street shall have a minimum grade of less than 8/10 of 1%.
I. 
Street intersections shall be as nearly at right angles as is possible, and in no case shall they be less than 60°. The block corners at intersections shall be rounded at the curbline with a curve having a radius of 25 feet.
J. 
Street jogs with center-line offsets of less than 125 feet shall be prohibited unless approved by the Planning Board.
K. 
All changes in grade shall be connected by vertical curves of sufficient radius to provide a smooth transition and proper sight distance.
L. 
Dead-end streets (culs-de-sac) shall provide a turnaround at the end with a radius of not less than 50 feet and tangent whenever possible to the right side of the street. If a dead-end street is of a temporary nature, a similar turnaround shall be provided and provisions made for future extension of the street and reversion of the excess right-of-way to the adjoining properties.
M. 
When the center line of any street shall deflect from itself at any one point by more than 10°, it shall be connected by a curve with a radius of not less than 100 feet for minor streets and 300 feet for arterial and collector streets.
N. 
The name of any new street shall be approved by the Planning Board.
O. 
When the Master Plan shows a proposed street servicing a tract to be subdivided, the access point or points to the development shall be in the location shown on the Master Plan.
[Amended 6-26-1989 by Ord. No. 525-C]
P. 
No proposed roadway shall convert an already developed property into a corner lot which will create any nonconformity. The creation of a conforming corner lot must be shown as a corner lot on the Master Plan, by appropriate amendment thereto.
[Amended 6-26-1989 by Ord. No. 525-C; 2-10-2003 by Ord. No. 03-741-C]
No subdivision plat shall make provision for any strips, gores or openings of any kind between the property for which subdivision is sought and any other abutting property owned by the subdivider, without the express approval of the Planning Board. Where such approval is granted, the subdivision plat shall contain a special legend setting forth the reserve strip.
A. 
Block length and width or acreage within bounding roads shall be such as to accommodate the size of the lot required in the area by Chapter 210, Zoning, and to provide for convenient access, circulation control and safety of street traffic.
B. 
For commercial, group housing or industrial use, block size shall be sufficient to meet all area and yard requirements for such use.
A. 
Lot dimensions and area shall not be less than the minimum requirements of Chapter 210, Zoning, but may be required in excess of such minimums where soil conditions, surface grades or other factors justify the same.
B. 
Insofar as is practical, side lot lines shall be at right angles to straight streets and radial to curved streets.
C. 
Each lot must front upon an approved street at least 50 feet in width.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
D. 
Where extra width has been dedicated for widening of existing streets, lots shall begin at such extra width line, but setbacks shall be measured from the original center line of the street.
E. 
Where there is a question as to the suitability of a lot or lots for their intended use due to factors such as rock formations, adverse soil, flood conditions or similar circumstances, the Planning Board may, after adequate investigation, withhold approval of such lots.
A. 
In large-scale developments, easements along rear property lines or elsewhere for utility installation may be required. Such easements shall be at least 20 feet wide and located in consultation with the companies or municipal departments concerned.
B. 
Where a subdivision is traversed by a watercourse, drainageway, channel or stream, there shall be provided a stormwater easement or drainage right-of-way conforming substantially to the lines of such watercourse and such further width or construction, or both, as will be adequate for the purpose. Within such drainage right-of-way, stormwater easement or watercourse, no obstructions of any kind to the flow of water, except dams approved by the Board, shall be made or permitted to exist.
C. 
Natural features, such as trees, brooks, hilltops and views, shall be preserved whenever possible in designing any subdivision containing such features.
D. 
Any land shown on the Master Plan as proposed for park, playground, school site or other public use shall be designated and reserved for such use.