Prior to the granting of final plat approval, the subdivider shall have installed or shall have furnished an adequate performance bond for the installation within a specified time, the required improvements listed and described in this section. All of the required improvements shall be made in full compliance with the specifications for each of the various units of work as required by the municipality or the state and county health authorities, according to the nature of the improvements. Required improvements shall not be considered complete until the subdivider has provided to the Planning Board one complete set of as-built or record drawings showing the precise actual location, grades and elevations of all such improvements.
The lines of all streets or roads shall be monumented with concrete, stone or cast iron pipe with monument caps flush with the ground.
A. 
All streets and thoroughfares shall be graded to their full width, and improved in accordance with the minimum standards outlined or referred to in this section. A Village street right-of-way shall be 55 feet wide; the minimum pavement width shall be 24 feet face of curb to face of curb, with six-inch concrete curbs on each side of the roadway, five-foot snow storage/green space on each side of the roadway and five-foot sidewalks on each side of the roadway where building development has taken place. There shall be one continuous sidewalk on at least one side of a street. Closed storm drainage systems shall be installed as required. No open drainage ditches shall be allowed. Sanitary sewer lines, when feasible, shall be placed on one side of the roadway and under the snow storage area, preferably on the same side and with the gas utilities. Gas utilities shall be placed on one side of the roadway and under the snow storage area, water supply shall be placed on the other side of the roadway and under the snow storage area.
[Amended 4-15-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008]
B. 
Subgrade.
(1) 
Grading.
(a) 
All topsoil shall be removed along the area 22.5 feet wide on each side of the center line of the street, unless a fill of five feet or more is required. All unsuitable, unstable and otherwise objectionable materials shall be removed. Old foundations and retaining walls shall be demolished to an elevation that is satisfactory to the Village. The entire lengths of the roadway, ditches, side slopes, backslopes, sidewalk area, highway junctions and driveways shall be graded to the required lines and elevations.
[Amended 4-15-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008]
(b) 
Where the subgrade foundation is on a transition from excavation to embankment, either longitudinally or transversely, the existing ground slopes shall be benched as directed by the Village. During the process of excavating and making embankments, the grades shall be maintained in such condition that there will be good drainage at all times.
(c) 
After grading operations are completed, all loose stones larger than four (4) inches in their greatest dimensions shall be removed from the surface of all graded paving areas and disposed of as directed by the Village.
(2) 
Closed drainage systems shall be provided for all drainage purposes relative to Village streets.
[Amended 4-15-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed former Subsection B(3), which pertained to culverts.
C. 
Surface construction. After the sanitary sewers, water distribution lines and service connection lines have been installed and the subgrade approved by the Village, the subbase course 24 feet wide consisting of no less than 12 inches of NYSDOT crushed stone subbase with a maximum size of two inches must be placed and compacted in a single lift. The subbase course shall be graded, compacted and accepted by the Village prior to paving of the asphalt courses. A two-and-one-half-inch asphalt concrete binder course NYSDOT Type 3 shall be placed on the foundation material. A one-and-one-half-inch asphalt concrete top course NYSDOT type 7 shall be placed on the binder course.
[Amended 4-15-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008]
D. 
Curbs.
[Amended 4-15-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008]
(1) 
Where curbs exist on abutting properties, their extension by the developer will ordinarily be required throughout the proposed subdivision.
(2) 
Concrete curbs shall be wall type six by eighteen (6 x 18) inches and shall comply with current construction and material specifications of the New York State Department of Transportation and all applicable local laws.
(3) 
Asphalt concrete curbs are to be approved by the Village Board.
E. 
Sidewalks. The Planning Board shall require sidewalks to provide for the safety of pedestrians, unless all lots in the proposed subdivision exceed one acre in area and 200 feet in width at the street line. Concrete sidewalks at least five feet wide and four inches thick shall comply with the current construction and material specifications of the New York State Department of Transportation, ADA requirements and all other applicable local laws. Concrete walks shall be six inches thick where driveways cross the sidewalk. Sidewalks constructed, reconstructed, altered or replaced shall have curbing. No wing gutters shall be permitted. Snow storage area of not less than five feet of green space shall also be provided.
[Amended 4-15-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008]
The developer shall connect each house and lot with the public water supply, subject to Village approval.
The developer shall provide sanitary sewers and laterals for each lot with proper connection to Village lines, subject to Village approval.
A. 
Electrical service and other available utilities shall be provided by the developer within each subdivision prior to the approval of the final plat. All telephone, electrical and other service lines and cables shall be placed underground.
B. 
The Planning Board shall, wherever possible, require that underground utilities be placed in the street right-of-way between the paved roadway and street line to simplify location and repair of lines when they require attention. The subdivider shall install underground service connections to the property line of each lot within the subdivision for such required utilities before the street is paved.
C. 
Where topography is such as to make impractical the inclusion of utilities within the street rights-of-way, perpetual unobstruction easements at least twenty (20) feet in width shall be otherwise provided with satisfactory access to the street. Wherever possible, easements shall be continuous from block to block and shall present as few irregularities as possible. Such easements shall be cleared and graded where required.
A. 
Street trees shall be planted by the developer. The location and type of trees shall be approved by the Planning Board.
B. 
Planting strips. The area between the gutter and the property line shall be seeded by the subdivider and maintained by the owner.
C. 
Street name signs. Signs shall be furnished by the municipality and all street names shall be approved by the Planning Board.