This chapter establishes rules, regulations and standards governing
the subdivision of land within the Village of Washingtonville, Orange
County, New York, pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 of the Village
Law of the State of New York and amendments thereto and sets forth
the procedure to be followed by the Planning Board in applying and
administering these rules, regulations and standards. It shall be
known as the "Land Subdivision Regulations of the Village of Washingtonville,
New York."
The purpose of these regulations shall be to provide rules,
standards and procedure for the subdivision of land in the Village
of Washingtonville, New York, in order to promote the public health,
safety, convenience and general welfare of the municipality. It shall
be administered to ensure the orderly growth and development, the
conservation, protection and proper use of land and adequate provisions
for circulation, utilities and service.
For the purpose of these regulations, certain words herein are
defined as follows:
- BOARD
- The Planning Board of the village.
- ENGINEER
- The engineer or planning consultant employed or assigned
to the Board.
- LOT
- A parcel or portion of land separated from other parcels
or portions for purpose of sale, lease or separate use by means of
a description as indicated by a subdivision plat, a recorded map or
by metes and bounds.
- MASTER PLAN
- A composite of the mapped and written proposals as provided
for in § 7-722 of Village Law recommending the physical
development of the community which shall have been duly adopted in
part or whole by the Board.
- MONUMENTS
- Approved monuments whose construction is specified by the
Zoning Enforcement Officer, Village Engineer or duly designated official.
- OFFICIAL MAP
- The map established by the Village Board under § 7-724
of Village Law showing streets, highways and parks theretofore laid
out, adopted and established by law and any amendments thereto adopted
by the Village Board or additions thereto resulting from approval
of subdivision plats by the Planning Board and the subsequent filing
of such approved plats.
- PERFORMANCE BOND
- A security which may be accepted by the municipality in lieu
of a requirement that certain improvements be made before the Board
gives final approval to a subdivision plat. Such security shall be
sufficient to cover the full cost of all incomplete improvements in
the subdivision as estimated by the Board or agency designated by
the Board. Securities shall include such collateral or agreements
acceptable to the Village Board or a bond issued by a surety company
and to run for a term not to exceed three years; provided, however,
that the term may be extended by the Board with the consent of the
parties thereto.
- PLAT
- The drawing of all or part of the subdivider's plat
as presented to the Board for final approval and which, if approved,
shall be filed for record with the County Clerk.
- PRELIMINARY PLAT
- The drawings of the entire tract which in part or in entirety
is proposed to be subdivided and submitted to the Board for its consideration
for approval.
- RESERVE STRIP
- A privately owned strip of land of less width than the lot
depth permitted by the applicable regulations, bounded on one side
by a proposed street and on the other by the boundary of a subdivision
containing said proposed street.
- ROUGH SKETCH PLAT
- The first draft of the subdivision plat, prepared to enable
the subdivider to save time and expense in reaching a general agreement
with the Board as to the arrangement of the plat and the objectives
of these regulations.
- STREET
- A way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a street,
highway, parkway, throughway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place
or however else designated. The term "street" includes the land between
the street right-of-way lines, whether improved or unimproved, and
may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, sidewalks, planted strips,
parking areas and other areas within such street lines.
- STREET, ARTERIAL
- Those streets which carry or are intended to carry fast or
heavy volumes of traffic.
- STREET, COLLECTOR
- Those streets which carry traffic from minor streets to the
major system of arterial streets and highways, including the principal
entrance streets of large residential developments.
- STREET, MARGINAL
- Those streets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial
streets and highways and which provide access to abutting properties
and protection from through traffic.
- STREET, MINOR
- Those streets which are used primarily for access to abutting
properties.
- SUBDIVIDER
- Any person, firm, association, syndicate, partnership, corporation,
fiduciary, trust or any other legal entity seeking a subdivision of
land hereunder as owner or as agent for the owner of land affected
by a subdivision.
- SUBDIVISION
- The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots,
plots, sites or other divisions of land for immediate or future sale
or for building development.
- TOWN
- The Town of Blooming Grove, in the County of Orange and State
of New York, except that part thereof within the Incorporated Village
of Washingtonville.
- TOWN BOARD
- The Town Board of the town.
- VILLAGE
- All lands contained within the Incorporated Village of Washingtonville,
County of Orange, State of New York.
- VILLAGE BOARD
- The Board of Trustees of the village.
- ZONING ORDINANCE
- The Zoning Ordinance of the village.