The following minimum improvements may be required by the Planning Board to assure that all lots in subdivisions are adequately and properly served with streets, utilities, sanitation facilities which provide a healthy and safe environment and other safeguards to assure the property is properly identified, accessible to pedestrians and vehicles and protected against such dangers as flooding and erosion. Minimum improvements and construction standards required of all subdivisions shall be as set forth in this article and Article II. Where not set forth, they shall be in accordance with the prevailing standards as established by the Town Board upon advice of the Planning Board and the proper authorities. Alternate improvement standards may be substituted if the Planning Board finds them equal or superior in performance characteristics to the specified improvements. Additional or more elaborate improvements may be required where the Planning Board believes it necessary to create conditions essential to the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the Town of Manchester or to avoid damage to the environment as a consequence of subdivision development.
A. 
Monuments shall be placed so that the scored or marked point shall coincide exactly with the intersection of the lines to be marked and shall be set so that the top of the monument or marker is above ground at a height to be approved by the Town Engineer.
B. 
Monuments shall be set at the intersection of all lines forming angles in the boundary of the subdivision. Monuments may be of the following three types:
(1) 
Cut stone: five inches by five inches by three feet zero inches long with a drill hole in the center;
(2) 
Concrete: five inches by five inches by three feet zero inches long with a one-half-inch round brass pin in the center; or
(3) 
Galvanized pipe: 3/4 inch in diameter, 30 inches long.
C. 
Markers shall be set at the beginning and ending of all curves along street property lines, at all points where lot lines intersect curves either front or rear, at all angles in property lines of lots and at all corner lots. Markers shall consist of galvanized pipes 30 inches long and 3/4 inch in diameter.
A. 
Streets shall be constructed to provide adequate means of access to each lot of a subdivision.
B. 
Required movements and construction standards shall be in accordance with the document entitled "Road Specifications," on file in the Town offices.
C. 
Streets and alleys shall be graded, surfaced and improved to the grades and dimensions shown on plans, profiles and cross-sections submitted by the subdivider and approved by the Planning Board and Town Engineer.
D. 
Sidewalks may be installed on one or both sides of the street or road that provides access to the site, as may be required by the Planning Board depending upon local conditions or public safety. Where the site lies within the major thoroughfare sidewalks shall be provided as deemed necessary by the Planning Board.
Where a public water supply, in the opinion of the Planning Board, is reasonably accessible, the subdivision shall be provided with a complete water distribution system including a connection for each lot, vaults, valves and master meters; and appropriately spaced fire hydrants.
Where the public sanitary sewer system, in the opinion of the Planning Board, is reasonable accessible, sanitary sewers shall be installed to adequately provide all lots with connections to the public system. Where lots cannot be served by the extension of an existing public sanitary sewer, individual septic tanks and disposal fields may be installed subject to the approvals of the Code Enforcement Officer, Town of Manchester Sewer Department, Town Engineer, and New York State Department of Health, as required.
Storm sewers and other stormwater management improvements shall be installed when, in the opinion of the Planning Board, they are deemed necessary to provide adequate drainage for development of the subdivision and protection of neighboring properties.
These improvements are required to assure that the ecology of a subdivision site is not disturbed adversely and that the subdivision serves the needs of residents and presents an attractive appearance.
A. 
Erosion control.
(1) 
Erosion and sedimentation control methods shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 269, Stormwater Management; Erosion and Sediment Control, of the Code of the Town of Manchester.
(2) 
During the development process, the developer shall expose the smallest practical area of land at any one time. Proper erosion control measures shall be in place prior to any area being disturbed. Examples of normal erosion control are straw baling, silt dams made of synthetic materials and siltation collection depressions.
(a) 
The volume of topsoil moved during the course of construction which must be stacked or stored at any one time shall be kept to a minimum. The stacking or storage period shall be kept as short as possible.
(b) 
Removal, storage and redistribution of topsoil should be consistent with the phasing of construction in order to reduce the need for the storage of large volumes of soil over a lengthy period. Soil shall be redistributed so as to cover all areas of the subdivision adequately and shall be stabilized by seeding or planting and/or mulching. Topsoil which is stored shall be stabilized by seeding wherever possible; otherwise by straw, fiber mats, or such other materials approved by the Town Engineer for the purpose of preventing erosion.
(c) 
Topsoil may only be removed from the site with the approval of the Planning Board.