Pursuant to the provisions of § 7-728
of the Village Law, the Village Board of Trustees has by resolution
authorized the Planning Commission to review and approve or disapprove
subdivision plats showing lots, blocks or sites, with or without roads,
within the area of the village.
Land within the Village of Pleasantville may
be subdivided into lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets
or highways, only if approved by the Planning Commission in accordance
with the procedures and requirements as set forth in these regulations
and only if the approved plat is duly filed in the office of the County
Clerk of Westchester County, New York. Construction, excavation, filling,
regrading, clearing of vegetation or other similar activities related
to a proposed subdivision shall not begin within any area proposed
or intended for subdivision until said subdivision shall have been
approved by the Planning Commission.
A resubdivision, as defined herein, is subject
to the same procedure, rules and regulations applicable to a subdivision.
It is declared to be the policy of the village
to consider land subdivisions as part of a plan for the orderly, efficient
and economical development of the village. Land to be subdivided shall
be of such character that it can be used safely for building or development
purposes without danger to health or peril from fire, flood or other
menace and without resulting in significant damage to the ecology
of the area in which it is located. Proper provision shall be made
for drainage, water, sewerage, electric, telephone, gas and other
needed improvements. The proposed streets shall compose a convenient
system conforming to the Official Map and shall be properly related
to the proposals shown on the Village Long-Range Development Plan.
Streets shall be of such width, grade and location as to accommodate
the prospective traffic, to afford adequate light and air and to facilitate
fire and police protection. In proper cases and when required by the
Planning Commission, a park or parks of suitable location, size and
character for playground or other recreational purposes shall be shown
on the subdivision plat.
No permit shall be issued for the erection of
any building within a proposed subdivision until said subdivision
has been duly approved by the Planning Commission and filed in the
office of the County Clerk, except that the Building Inspector may
issue a building permit for a single building based upon the entire
tract of land where there is no other existing building within the
proposed subdivision and where the proposed building is in accordance
with an approved preliminary plat.
Where the Planning Commission finds that, because
of the special circumstances of a particular case, extraordinary hardship
may result from strict compliance with these regulations, it may modify
the regulations so that substantial justice may be done and the public
interest secured; provided, however, that any such modification will
be consistent with the spirit and intent of these regulations, all
village laws, the Village Long-Range Development Plan and the Official
Map. In permitting any such modification, the Planning Commission
shall attach such conditions as are, in its judgment, necessary to
secure substantially the objectives of the standard or requirement
so modified.
In order that land may be subdivided in accordance
with the authority, jurisdiction and policy as set forth above, these
regulations are hereby adopted.