In the layout, development and improvement of a subdivision, the subdivider shall comply with all standards, specifications, codes and ordinances of the village; and in addition, he shall meet, as minimums, the standards of design and principles of land subdivision, as set forth in this Article.
A. 
All utilities extended into the subdivision to furnish permanent service to new residential buildings within a subdivision must be installed underground in accordance with the related laws of New York State.
B. 
It shall be the responsibility of the subdivider to provide for the installation of all of the major underground facilities which will be required to serve the subdivision. The subdivider shall be responsible for installing all sewer and water trunk lines necessary to provide service to all of the lots in the subdivision, including house sewer laterals and water services to street right-of-way lines in compliance with all the regulations and standards specified by New York State and the Public Service Commission.
Land subject to flooding and land deemed by the Planning Board to be uninhabitable shall not be platted for residential occupancy, nor for such other uses as may involve danger to health, life or property or aggravate the flood hazards, but such land within the area of the plan shall be set aside for such uses as shall not be endangered by periodic or occasional inundation in conformance with Chapter 94, Flood Damage Prevention.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
A. 
Street system.
(1) 
The development plan shall conform to such plan or plans for the village as shall have been prepared and adopted by the Planning Board.
(2) 
Local residential streets in a new development shall be so laid out as to discourage through traffic, but provision for the extension and continuation of major streets into and from adjoining areas is required. If the subdivision abuts a present or proposed primary or major thoroughfare, marginal interceptor streets running parallel to the thoroughfare should be provided.
(3) 
At all times, the street layout should be logically related to the topography of the land.
(4) 
Where the center lines of minor streets opening into opposite sides of a major thoroughfare are within 200 feet of each other, they shall be made to coincide by curving or angling the minor streets.
(5) 
If the lots resulting from the original development are large enough for resubdivision or if a portion of the tract is not subdivided, suitable access and street openings for such an eventuality shall be provided.
(6) 
Culs-de-sac in the local street system shall not be less than 500 feet in length or exceed 1000 feet in length and must be designed with a turnaround having an outside roadway diameter of at least 125 feet and a street property line diameter of at least 145 feet.
(7) 
Intersecting minor and secondary streets leading from the same subdivision shall not empty into the same side of a major thoroughfare at intervals less than 800 feet.
B. 
Street alignment.
(1) 
The minimum radius at the center line for curves on primary roads or major thoroughfares shall be 500 feet; for collector streets or roads, 300 feet; and for local residential streets, 150 feet.
(2) 
Except for local residential streets, there shall be a tangent of at least 100 feet measured at the center line between reverse curves.
(3) 
Proper sight distances should be provided with respect to both horizontal and vertical alignment. Measured along the center line, the sight distance should be 400 feet for primary roads or major thoroughfares and 200 feet for local residential streets.
(4) 
Proper sight lines should be maintained at all intersections of streets. Measured along the center line, there should be a clear sight triangle of 75 feet from the point of intersection. No present or future building or obstruction shall be permitted in this area.
C. 
Street grades.
(1) 
There shall be a minimum grade of at least 3/4 of 1% 0.75%) on all streets; a maximum grade of 6% on primary roads, major thoroughfares and collector streets or roads; and 10% on local residential streets for maximum distances of 1,500 feet.
(2) 
Vertical curves shall be used in changes of grade exceeding 1% and should be designed for maximum visibility. Intersections shall be approached on all sides by leveling areas. Such leveling areas shall extend for a distance of 100 feet from the point of intersection of the center lines of the intersecting streets, and within which, no grade shall exceed a maximum of 3%. The grade of actual intersections shall not exceed 1% in any direction.
D. 
Street widths.
(1) 
Minimum street and pavement widths shall be shown in the accompanying chart of typical street cross sections.[1]
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Editor's Note: The Typical Cross-Sections Diagrams are included at the end of this chapter.
(2) 
Additional widths may be required by the Planning Board upon findings that the same are required for:
(a) 
Public safety and convenience.
(b) 
Parking in commercial or public use areas.
(c) 
Old roads which do not provide proper widths and where, as a consequence, additional dedication is necessary.
E. 
Street intersections.
(1) 
Multiple intersections involving the junction of more than four roadways shall be avoided, and where such avoidance is impossible, such intersections shall be designed with extreme care for both vehicular and pedestrian safety.
(2) 
Right-angle intersections shall be used whenever practicable, especially when local residential streets and rural streets and roads empty into major or collector thoroughfares, and there shall be no intersection angle measured at the center line of less than 75°.
(3) 
Streets that are extensions of or obviously in alignment with existing named streets shall bear the names of the existing streets, subject to the approval of the Planning Board. Street names shall be cleared with the County Highway Department to avoid duplications or use of similarly sounding names.
A. 
Blocks.
(1) 
All blocks in a subdivision shall have a minimum length of at least 500 feet, with a maximum length of 1,200 feet. Such blocks containing individual lots shall be at least two lot depths in width. Modifications of the above requirements are possible in commercial and industrial developments.
(2) 
In large blocks with interior parks or in exceptionally long blocks, a cross walk with a minimum right-of-way of 12 feet and a paved walk six feet in width shall be provided.
B. 
Lots.
(1) 
The minimum lot size and lot size width shall be as set forth in Chapter 175, Zoning, for the district in which the subdivision is located. Notwithstanding the provisions contained herein, where a well and a septic tank with a tile field occur on a single lot and provide it with its water supply and sewage disposal facilities, the area of such lot shall not be less than 20,000 square feet in area per dwelling unit contained thereon, and not less than 100 feet in width at the building line.
[Amended 4-17-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]
(2) 
All lots shall abut on a street, but double frontage lots are prohibited. All lot lines shall be at right angles to the street or to a tangent of the arc of a curved street. If, after subdividing, there exist remnants of land, they shall be included in proposed or existing lot areas.
A. 
Building lines. The minimum building set back shall be 40 feet from the right-of-way line.
B. 
Utilities.
(1) 
If sewer, water, gas, electrical, street lighting or other public utility facilities are to be located within street rights-of-way, their location and installation shall be coordinated so that they may be added to, repaired or enlarged at minimum cost.
(2) 
If easements are used at the rear of lots to provide such facilities, an easement shall be required having a minimum width of at least 20 feet (where lots back up to each other, this would require a ten-foot easement from each lot).
C. 
Alleys. Alleys are prohibited in residential developments. In commercial or industrial districts without expressly designed loading areas, alleys with a minimum width of 25 feet shall be required. Where such alleys are dead ends, they shall be provided with a turnaround having an outside roadway diameter of not less than 75 feet.
A. 
The Planning Board may require the dedication or reservation of an area for a proposed park, playground, school or other public use within the subdivision in those cases in which the Planning Board deems such requirements to be reasonable.
B. 
Where deemed essential by the Planning Board, upon consideration of the particular type of development proposed in the subdivision, and especially in large-scale neighborhood unit developments, the Planning Board may require the dedication or reservation of such other areas or sites of a character, extent and location suitable to the needs created by such development for schools, parks and other neighborhood purpose.
C. 
Pursuant to Subdivision 4(c) of § 7-730 of the Village Law, the Planning Board may require, in cases where a suitable park or parks of adequate size to meet the requirement cannot be properly located on such subdivision plat, the deposit of a sum of money, to be set by the Board of Trustees, in lieu of the reservation of parkland, which money shall be deposited into a trust fund to be used by the village exclusively for park, playground or other recreational purposes.
[Amended 4-17-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]