A.
By the authority of the resolution of the Town Board
of the Town of Hague adopted on November 10, 1977, pursuant to the provision
of Article 16 of the Town Law of the State of New York, the Planning Board
of the Town of Hague is authorized and empowered to review and approve, conditionally
approve or disapprove plats showing lots, blocks or sites, with or without
streets or highways; to approve the development of entirely or partially undeveloped
plats already filed in the office of the County Clerk; and to approve preliminary
plats within the Town of Hague. It is declared to be the policy of these regulations
to ensure optimum overall conservation, protection, development and use of
the unique scenic, aesthetic, wildlife, recreational, open space, historic,
ecological and natural resources of the town, to satisfy the criteria for
approval by the Adirondack Park Agency of a local land use program pursuant
to § 807, Subdivision 2, of the Adirondack Park Agency Act,[2] and to generally further the health, safety and welfare of the
community.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Executive Law § 807, Subdivision
2.
B.
It is further declared to be the policy of these regulations
to consider land subdivision plats as part of a plan for the orderly, efficient
and economical development of the town. This means, among other things, that
land to be subdivided shall be of such character that it can be used safely
for building purposes without danger to health or peril from fire, flood or
other menace; that proper provision shall be made for drainage, water supply,
sewage and other needed improvements; that all proposed lots shall be laid
out and of such size as to be in harmony with the development pattern of the
neighboring properties; that the proposed streets shall compose a convenient
and logical system conforming to the Official Map, if such exists, and shall
be properly related to the proposals set forth on the Land Use Plan, and shall
be of such width, grade and location as to accommodate prospective traffic,
to facilitate fire protection and to provide access of fire-fighting equipment
to buildings; and that proper provision shall be made for parks, playgrounds
and other recreational or open space areas. In order that land subdivisions
may be made in accordance with these policies, these, regulations which shall
be known as and which may be cited as the "Town of Hague Subdivision Regulations,"
have been adopted by the Town Board on November 10, 1977.
