A. 
Land shall be suited for the purpose for which it is to be developed, and the developer's engineer shall certify to such on the plans submitted for approval.
B. 
The Planning Board shall review proposed developments on their individual merit and their contribution to the Town.
C. 
The subdivider shall strive to comply with standards of good planning and adhere to the specification codes and ordinances of the Town as well as those rules of agencies having jurisdiction over any particular phase of a development.
Land subject to flooding and land deemed by the Planning Board to be uninhabitable shall not be plotted for residential occupancy nor for such other uses as may involve danger to health, life or property or aggravate the flood hazard, but such land within the area of the plan shall be set aside for such uses as shall not be endangered by periodic or occasional inundation.
A. 
Development plans shall conform to the Town's Comprehensive and/or Area Plan and any other Master Plans for the Town as shall have been prepared and adopted by the Planning Board or Town Board.
B. 
Streets in a new development shall be designed to provide connectivity between existing or future neighborhoods/developments. This would include provisions for the extension and/or continuation of streets into and from adjoining properties or areas. The design shall consider techniques to prevent or discourage "cut-through" vehicular traffic and excessive speeds.
C. 
If a portion of the tract is not subdivided, suitable access and street openings for such an eventuality shall be provided.
D. 
Streets shall be logically related to the topography and acceptable planning/engineering criteria to produce usable lots and reasonable grades.
E. 
Where a subdivision abuts or contains an existing or proposed major traffic street, the Planning Board may require marginal-access streets, rear service alleys, reverse-frontage lots or such other treatments as will provide protection for abutting properties, reduction in the number of intersections with the major street and separation of local and through traffic.
F. 
New half or partial streets will not be permitted, except where essential for reasonable subdivision of a tract in conformance with the other requirements and standards contained herein and where, in addition, satisfactory assurance for dedication of the remaining part of the street can be secured.
G. 
Wherever a tract to be subdivided borders on an existing half or partial street, the other part of the street shall be plotted within such tract,
H. 
Dead-end streets shall be prohibited, except as stubs to permit future street extension into adjoining tracts or when designed as a cul-de-sac.
I. 
Reserve strips which control access to right-of-way or utility easements are prohibited.
J. 
Street names shall be submitted by the developer for approval to the Wayne County 911, Wayne County Highway Department, United States Postal Service and others designated by the Town Board to avoid duplications or use of similarly sounding or spelled names. House numbers shall follow the practice established by the Town. A street which is a continuation of an existing one shall retain the same name. Private drives shall have names different from the dedicated road they have access from.
K. 
Private street signs, of the same specifications as those of the Town Highway Department, shall be erected at each intersection by the Highway Department and paid for by the developer.
A. 
Streets shall be laid out to intersect as nearly as possible at right angles. No street shall intersect another at an angle of less than 75°.
B. 
Multiple intersections involving a junction of more than two streets shall be avoided. Where this proves impossible, such intersections shall be designed with extreme care for both pedestrian and vehicular safety.
C. 
Streets entering opposite sides of another street shall be laid out either directly opposite one another or with a minimum offset of 250 feet between their center lines.
D. 
Where a subdivision abuts or contains an existing street of inadequate right-of-way width, additional right-of-way width will be required.
A. 
Cul-de-sac streets, permanently designed as such, should not exceed 1,200 feet in length and should be designated to be generally offset turnarounds per Appendix J to allow for effective snow removal and lot placement.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix J is included at the end of this chapter.
B. 
Hammerhead sections may be proposed as per Appendix K[2] to be used at the end of a cul-de-sac in lieu of the circle due to design considerations. If they are temporary, they shall be constructed to Town road specifications, except for the top course, which will not be required.
[2]
Editor's Note: Appendix K is included at the end of this chapter.
A. 
The length, width and shape of blocks shall be determined with due regard to the following:
(1) 
Provision of adequate building sites.
(2) 
Zoning requirements.
(3) 
Topography.
(4) 
Requirements for safe and convenient vehicular and pedestrian circulation and access.
(5) 
Utility service and the operation and maintenance of same.
B. 
All blocks in a subdivision shall have a minimum length of at least 500 feet with a maximum length of 1,200 feet. Such blocks containing individual lots shall be at least two lot depths in width, except where reverse frontage may be employed along existing roads or highways. Modifications of the above requirements are possible in commercial and industrial developments.
C. 
In large blocks, with interior parks, or where access to a school, shopping center, or other community facilities is necessary, a crosswalk with a minimum walk six feet in width shall be provided.
A. 
The minimum lot size and frontage shall be controlled by the provisions of the Zoning Regulations of the Town of Ontario at the time the applicant receives final approval.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 150, Zoning.
B. 
All lots shall abut a dedicated street with a minimum fee-title parcel width of 25 feet. Multiple lots using a common driveway under legal agreements may require less than 25 feet per lot.
C. 
Double-frontage lots should be avoided, except where employed to prevent vehicular access to major traffic streets or required by other design parameters. A planting screen easement of at least 20 feet wide through which there shall be no right of access shall be provided between the abutting existing roadways or highways and the home site.
D. 
Corner lots shall be 1 1/2 times the width of the average lot of the subdivision and a depth consistent with that of other lots in the subdivision.
E. 
Where either or both water supply and sanitary sewage disposal are provided by individual on-lot facilities and evidence indicates that the requirements of the Zoning Regulations are not adequate, the Planning Board may require tests and designs, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Department of Health and/or Department of Environmental Conservation, undertaken at the expense of the developer, to determine the adequacy of the proposed lot size and existing grade and soil conditions. Such tests and designs shall be subject to the review of the Town's consultants and department heads.
F. 
Where commercial subdivisions are proposed to be served by either or both on-lot sanitary sewage disposal and water supply facilities, the lot area and dimensions required to prevent health hazards shall be subject to individual review and determination by the Planning Board and the New York State Department of Health and/or Department of Environmental Conservation.
G. 
Depth and width of parcels laid out or reserved for nonresidential use shall be sufficient to provide satisfactory space for off-street parking and unloading as required by the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance.
H. 
Lots for development shall not be subdivided so that the depth of the lot is greater than three times the lot width at the right-of-way line. For flag lots, the lot width shall be that at the proposed building line.
I. 
Optimal sight conditions conforming to minimum safe stopping distance per "Geometric Design of Highways and Streets," AASHTO, latest edition, should be met when developing ingress/egress for a lot or lots.
J. 
When applicable, any plot of land 10 acres or more shall be designated so that a sixty-foot-wide road may be constructed for future subdivision.
The minimum building setbacks shall be controlled by the provisions set forth in the Zoning Regulations of the Town of Ontario[1] and the Building Code of New York State.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 150, Zoning.
If sewer, water, gas, electrical, streetlighting, cable TV or other public utility facilities are proposed, their location and installation shall be coordinated so that they may be operated and maintained at minimum cost.
A. 
Easements shall be provided for all utilities of a width necessary for installation, repair and/or replacement of said utility. The depth, type, size and location of a utility in addition to soil conditions will be considered when establishing an easement width. All easements shall be appropriately executed and filed prior to the issuance of any building permits.
B. 
To the fullest extent possible, easements shall be centered on the utility and located along rear or side lot lines.
C. 
No structure shall have its foundation built less than 10 feet from any easement line.
D. 
Where a development is traversed by a watercourse, the applicant shall provide to the Town at no cost a drainage easement or right-of-way conforming substantially with the line of such watercourse and of such width as will be adequate to preserve natural drainage and maintain the same based on the Town's Stormwater Drainage Study.
Alleys are prohibited in residential developments. In commercial or industrial districts, alleys shall be a minimum width of 22 feet. Where such alleys dead end, they shall be provided with a turnaround having an outside roadway diameter to allow emergency vehicle access.
The approval of any cluster subdivision development by the Planning Board shall be subject to the conditions set forth in Town Law § 278 and in any other local laws or ordinances within the Town. The purpose of cluster development shall be to enable and encourage flexibility of design and development of land in such a manner as to preserve the natural and scenic qualities of open lands.
A. 
In reviewing subdivision plans, the Planning Board will consider the adequacy of existing or proposed community facilities to serve the additional dwellings proposed by the subdivision. The layout of the proposed subdivision shall be in general conformity with the features or developments proposed in the Town's Comprehensive Plan and any other Master Plan in effect at the time of the submission of the proposed plat.
B. 
To meet the requirements of § A154-3 of the Land Development Regulations, and Town Law, the Planning Board may request the reservation and dedication of at least 10% of the area of land to be subdivided for park, playground, recreation, open land or other public purposes. In locating lands to be reserved and dedicated, the Board shall consider preservation of special environmental and geographic features, unsuitability of certain lands for building purposes, future expansion of public use areas, the most-appropriate type of public land use for the area and the conditions necessary to preserve access, use and maintenance of such lands for their intended purpose.
C. 
Prior to such lands being dedicated to the Town, a Phase 1 environmental site assessment shall be completed by the applicant at his/her/its expense.
D. 
In the event that the Planning Board, upon consultation with the Town Board, determines that reservation of land of adequate size and suitable purpose cannot be practically located in a proposed subdivision, or that said reservation would not appropriately serve the locale, the Board may condition its approval of a subdivision upon payment to the Town of a sum as set forth by the Town Board. The amount shall be available for use by the Town for neighborhood playgrounds or other recreation purposes, including the acquisition of property.
A. 
General.
(1) 
It is the Town's intent to control soil movement by employing effective erosion and sediment control measures before, during and after site disturbance.
(2) 
Erosion and sediment control measures, both temporary and permanent, must be designed per the SPDES general permit and presented for approval to the Planning Board prior to any site development or soil disturbance. A stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) shall be prepared as described in Chapter 116 of the Town Code and approved by the SMO prior to any site development or soil disturbance.
(3) 
The Planning Board and its designated representatives will evaluate submitted erosion and sediment control design plans against the most current edition of "New York State Standards and Specifications for Erosion and Sediment Control."
B. 
Vegetative controls.
(1) 
To attain the Town's goals, vegetative measures should be used in a site design to control surface water runoff, provide soil stabilization methods and entrap soil sediments generated from the forces of erosion.
(a) 
Site slopes shall be graded to be stable and provide control of any surface or subsurface water prior to vegetative plantings.
(b) 
Site disturbance, especially in sensitive areas, shall be kept at a minimum. Designs shall limit the removal of existing trees, hedgerows and indigenous plant cover.
(c) 
Physiographic features, such as drumlins, wetlands and forested areas shall be retained in their natural form.
(d) 
The site developer shall take whatever action is necessary to establish a stabilized vigorous stand of vegetative cover on all disturbed site soils within 14 calendar days after construction activities have ceased, unless otherwise authorized in the SWPPP.
(2) 
If phasing is necessary to meet these conditions, the developer shall present such in the development plans presented for Town review.
C. 
Structural controls. Some projects may require erosion and sediment controls that will be permanent in nature. If these measures are required to be constructed, they must be fully functional before upland site disturbance begins, as determined by the Town. Such structures may include but are not limited to such features as siltation traps, ponds, diversion swales or dikes.
D. 
Maintenance measures.
(1) 
It is imperative that both the vegetative and structural components as constructed be periodically reviewed and maintained for optimum erosion and sediment control.
(2) 
Facilities must be cleaned, repaired and/or replaced as necessary to meet the original design criteria established in the project approval.
(a) 
Dedicatable projects. If the project under consideration involves possible dedication of constructed facilities to the Town, the developer/owner must include sufficient funds in the maintenance bond to cover the projected cost of such facilities for a two year period.
(b) 
Private projects. If a project is under consideration without dedicatable facilities to the Town, the site owner is responsible to make sure the erosion control facilities are constructed and properly maintained. Final acceptance of the erosion control facilities is necessary for the Town to issue a certificate of occupancy.
E. 
Penalty. The Town is empowered to assess reasonable penalties to a site owner for failure to properly construct, operate and maintain an approved soil erosion and sedimentation control plan. The penalties shall be as follows:
(1) 
The site owner shall be charged for the Town's costs for, but not limited to, cleaning ditches, swales, drains or streams that require such due to the failure of the site owner to properly construct, operate and maintain site erosion and sedimentation control devices.
(2) 
No further reviews of such project shall be conducted by the Town until all payments for the Town charges have been satisfied and/or satisfactory completion of the required erosion and sediment control measures has occurred by the site owner.