By a resolution adopted by the Board of Trustees
on January 14, 1956, and as affirmed by L.L. No. 2-1987, pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 of the Village
Law, the Planning Board of the Village of Tuxedo Park, New York, has
the power and authority to approve plats for subdivisions within the
Village of Tuxedo Park.
It is declared to be the policy of the Board
of Trustees, in enacting this chapter, and the Planning Board, in
approving plats, to consider land subdivisions as part of a plan for
the orderly development of the Village. Land to be subdivided shall
be of such character that it can be used for building purposes without
danger to health or peril from fire, flood or other menace and with
a minimum of detrimental effects on the water supply and total environment
of the Village. Proper provision shall be made for drainage, water,
sewerage and other needed improvements. Proposed streets shall compose
a safe and convenient system conforming to the Official Map as it
may be adopted and shall be properly related to the proposals shown
on the Comprehensive Plan, and all streets shall be of such width,
grade and location as to accommodate prospective traffic and facilitate
fire protection, snow removal and other emergency services.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BOARD
The Planning Board of the Village of Tuxedo Park.
EAF
SEQRA Environmental Assessment Form as referenced in 6 NYCRR
Part 617.
[Amended 3-18-2009 by L.L. No. 3-2009]
EIS
SEQRA Environmental Impact Statement as referenced in 6 NYCRR
Part 617.
[Amended 3-18-2009 by L.L. No. 3-2009]
ENGINEER
The duly designated Engineer of the Village of Tuxedo Park,
or, if there be no such official, the planning consultant or engineer
employed by or assigned to the Village Planning Board.
FINAL APPROVAL
Full approval of the final map or plat. It grants authority
to proceed when it is duly filed and all conditions are met.
LOT LINE REVISION
The change in boundary, merger or joining of parcels affecting
two or more parcels.
[Added 2-21-1990 by L.L. No. 1-1990]
MASTER PLAN
A comprehensive plan prepared by the Planning Board pursuant
to § 7-722 of the Village Law, which indicates the general
locations recommended for the various functional classes of public
works, places and structures and for the general physical development
of the Village of Tuxedo Park and includes any unit or part of such
plan separately adopted and any amendment to such plan or parts thereof.
OFFICIAL MAP
A map established by the Board of Trustees, pursuant to § 7-724
of the Village Law, showing streets, highways and parks theretofore
laid out, adopted and established by law and any amendments thereto
adopted by the Board of Trustees or additions thereto resulting from
approval of subdivision plats by the Planning Board and the subsequent
filing of such approved plats.
PLAT
The final map, drawing or chart, on tracing cloth or Mylar,
on which the subdivider's plan of subdivision is presented to the
Planning Board for approval, and which, if approved, will be submitted
to the Orange County Clerk or Registrar for recording.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
The conceptual approval of the subdivision after review of
the preliminary layout. Such approval implies no authority to sell
individual lots or perform construction or site work of any kind.
PRELIMINARY LAYOUT
The preliminary drawings indicating the proposed layout of
the subdivision to be submitted to the Planning Board for its consideration.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association
who shall lay out any subdivision or part thereof, as defined herein,
either for himself or others.
SUBDIVISION
The division or redivision of real property into parcels,
lots, plots, blocks, sites or other divisions of land. For jurisdiction
purposes, the term "subdivision" shall include lot line revisions
as herein defined.
[Amended 2-21-1990 by L.L. No. 1-1990]
VILLAGE
The Village of Tuxedo Park.