As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BOARD
The Planning Board of the Village of Babylon.
DEVELOPER
The owner of property or his agent engaged in creating a
subdivision.
ENGINEER
The duly designated Engineer of the Village of Babylon.
MASTER PLAN
A comprehensive plan prepared by the Planning Board, pursuant
to the Village Law, for the general physical development of the Village
of Babylon, and any amendments thereto.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map established by the Village Board under the Village
Law and any amendments thereto adopted by the Village Board or additions
thereto resulting from the approval of subdivision plats by the Planning
Board and the subsequent filing of such approved plats.
PLAT
The final map on which the subdivider's plan of subdivision
is presented to the Planning Board for approval and which, if approved,
will be submitted to the County Clerk or Registrar for recording.
PRELIMINARY LAYOUT
The preliminary drawings indicating the proposed subdivision
layout to be submitted to the Planning Board for its consideration.
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, with or without streets or highways.
It is the purpose of these specifications to
establish minimum acceptable methods of street construction, including
widths and development of right-of-way, paved roadway, storm drainage
and other utilities in the Village of Babylon. Dedication of the right-of-way
will not be accepted until the Engineer and the Village Superintendent
of Public Works shall have certified to the Village Board that the
development of the street has been completed in accordance with the
approved plans, which shall conform to the following specifications.
The plan of the proposed street shall be prepared
by a qualified engineer properly licensed by the State of New York.
The plan shall clearly define the limits of the proposed right-of-way
and shall include the location, profile and grades of proposed roadways
and storm drainage, including culverts and other drainage structures,
and the location of easements and utilities. The plan shall first
be submitted to the Village Superintendent of Public Works and Village
Engineer and then to the Town or County Superintendent of Highways
when any street drains toward a town or county highway and then to
the Village Planning Board for review and approval under the applicable
subdivision regulations of the Village. Such plans so submitted shall
not be altered or amended after having been approved by the Planning
Board, except after amended plans have been resubmitted and approved
as above. However, the developer shall, at his own expense, provide
additional storm drainage facilities as may be ordered by the Village
Superintendent of Public Works if, during the progress of the work,
in the opinion of the Village Superintendent of Public Works, the
Village Engineer and/or the Town or County Superintendent of Highways,
such additional structures or facilities are necessary to assure the
durability of pavement and future maintenance of the right-of-way.
After the penetration macadam base course has
been completed and cured, and after the surface has been thoroughly
cleaned of all foreign material, a premixed asphaltic concrete wearing
course shall be constructed. This wearing course shall consist of
a uniform layer of asphaltic concrete and shall have a compacted thickness
of not less than 1 1/2 inches. Pavement construction shall conform
to Item 50M, New York State Highway Specifications. Material shall
be placed by mechanical paving and finishing machine of approved design.
After proper thickness of wearing course has been placed, pavement
shall be thoroughly rolled with a tandem roller weighing not less
than eight tons.
A minimum of one street marker or sign shall
be placed at each street intersection. The sign shall be constructed
of cast aluminum. The casting shall be a minimum of 21 inches in length
and at least four inches in width. The lettering shall be raised type
and shall be coated with a reflecting agent that will provide visibility
at night. Signs shall be mounted on a suitable galvanized pipe standard
eight feet long, with the lower two feet embedded in concrete below
grade.
The subdivider shall observe the following general
requirements and principles of land subdivision:
A. In general, the proposed subdivision shall conform
to the Official Map and to the Master Plan, if any.
B. The subdivision shall comply with all applicable provisions
of the Village Law and the Real Property Law.
C. The arrangement of streets in the subdivision shall
provide for the continuation of the principal streets in adjoining
subdivisions or for their proper projection when adjoining property
is not subdivided and shall be of a width at least as great as that
of such existing connection streets.
D. In general, main highways and secondary highways shall
not be less than the width shown on the Master Plan; parkways and
boulevards, such width as may be designated by the Board. The width
of minor streets shall not be less than 50 feet, as required under
the New York State Highway Law.
E. Dead-end streets shall not in general exceed 400 feet
in length, shall have a cul-de-sac with minimum radius of 50 feet
and shall be equipped with a turnaround roadway with a minimum radius
of 42 feet for the outside curb at the closed end.
F. Curb radii at street intersections shall be not less
than 28 feet, and property lines shall be adjusted accordingly.
G. Side lines of lots, so far as practicable, shall be
at right angles or radial to street lines.
H. Grades of all streets shall be the reasonable minimum
but shall not be less than 0.5% nor more than 5% for main thoroughfares
nor more than 10% for minor streets.
I. Land subject to flooding shall not be platted for
residential occupancy nor for such other uses as may increase danger
to life or property or aggravate the flood hazard, but such land within
the plat shall be set aside for such uses as shall not be endangered
by periodic or occasional inundation.
J. In case a tract is subdivided into larger parcels
than normal building lots, such parcels shall be arranged so as to
allow the opening of future streets and logical further resubdivision.
K. No reserve strips will be permitted.
L. In general, street lines within a block deflecting
from each other at any one point more than 10° shall be connected
with a curve, the radius of which for the inner street lines shall
not be less than 350 feet on main thoroughfares, 250 feet on secondary
thoroughfares and 100 feet on local streets. The outer street line
in each case shall be parallel to such inner street lines.
M. Variations of the general requirements above outlined
may be permitted by the Board on application to the Board when, in
its judgment, special factors warrant such a variation.
[Added 9-12-1972]
All regulations relating to subdivision and
site plans shall apply in all aspects to condominiums, cooperatives,
industrial parks and other like developments.