A.
The preliminary layout and the supporting documents
for a proposed subdivision constitute the material to be officially
submitted to the Planning Board, and later one copy shall become the
official record of the Municipal Clerk. They show the general design
of the subdivision and its public improvements so that the Planning
Board can indicate its approval or disapproval of the subdivision
prior to the time that the final plat, including the design and detailing
of the public improvements and utilities, is completed. Approval of
the preliminary layout does not constitute an approval of the final
plat, nor should it be considered a valid basis for the construction
of site improvements or for other commitments which depend upon its
design characteristics.
B.
When revision of the proposed subdivision is required,
the preliminary layout shall be revised accordingly so that the files
of the Planning Board and other municipal officials will be current.
C.
The preliminary layout shall serve as a key map to
subdivisions subsequently laid out in sections on final plats.
B.
The subdivider shall file his complete submission
of the preliminary layout and his filing fee at the Municipal Clerk's
office. A proposed submission which does not include all the required
drawings and documents will not be accepted for filing. A submission
shall be filed 15 days prior to a meeting date in order to be heard
at that particular meeting.
C.
The Municipal Clerk shall retain one complete set
of the preliminary submission for the municipal records. The remainder
of the preliminary submission shall be forwarded to the Planning Board,
which shall keep the complete Planning Board records pertaining to
the subdivision.
D.
The Planning Board shall take formal action either
approving or disapproving the preliminary layout submission, and copies
of such action shall be forwarded to the subdivider or his representative
who appeared for him and to the Municipal Clerk.
E.
If the approved preliminary subdivision of land occurs
within 500 feet of the municipal boundary, a copy of the preliminary
layout shall be sent by the Planning Board Secretary to the appropriate
municipal official of the adjoining community, indicating whether
the proposed subdivision is in reasonable harmony with its Master
Plan. Any written communication will be considered if received prior
to the public hearing date on the final plat.
[Amended 6-16-1987 by L.L. No. 6-1987]
The filing fee shall be established by resolution
of the Board of Trustees.
Planning Board approval of a preliminary layout
submission shall expire six months after the date of such formal action.
No Planning Board action will be taken after such expiration until
a new application and filing fee are submitted. A waiver for a reasonable
period of time may be given in cases of hardship, upon petition to
the Planning Board.
A.
The preliminary layout shall be prepared by a licensed
professional engineer and land surveyor and shall provide the information
noted in this section.
D.
Other notations.
(1)
Name, address, license number and seal of the professional
engineer and land surveyor who prepared the drawings.
(2)
Total acreage for the entire tract and for each zone
district within the tract.
(3)
Total number of proposed lots.
(4)
Date of original submission and of each subsequent
revised submission.
(5)
Graphic scale of 100 feet equals one inch.
(6)
True North point and the date taken.
(7)
Certification by the licensed land surveyor that the
topography shown resulted from an actual land survey or aerial survey
developed through the process of photogrammetry, and the date of that
survey.
E.
Key map (inset on preliminary layout).
(1)
Scale: one inch equals 400 feet.
(2)
Information:
(a)
Relationship to the existing highway system
and main intersections and Master Plan of streets and highways.
(b)
Boundary lines: special districts and municipal
properties and boundaries.
(c)
Subdivision streets and blocks, to scale.
(d)
Cut lines as needed when there are two or more
drawings to show the complete subdivision.
F.
Boundary lines of preliminary layout.
(1)
Subdivision boundary line (heavy solid line), true
bearings and lengths of courses.
(2)
Boundaries of adjacent properties and property owners'
names. Adjacent properties that are part of a recorded subdivision
plat may be identified by the subdivision name.
(3)
Boundaries of zoning districts.
(4)
Boundaries of special districts.
G.
Existing site conditions.
(1)
Topography.
(a)
For land with an average slope of less than
10%, topographic contours at two-foot intervals referred to the United
States Coast and Geodetic Survey datum of mean sea level.
(b)
For land with an average slope exceeding 10%,
topographic contours at not more than five-foot intervals,.
(c)
Smaller or larger topographic contour intervals,
when advisable due to the terrain, may be used after approval by the
Planning Board.
(d)
Contours shall extend 200 feet beyond the subdivision
boundary line.
(5)
Other utility structures, such as water and gas mains
and power lines, in the subdivision and within 200 feet of its boundaries.
(a)
Location and size or capacity.
(6)
Marshes, ponds, streams and land subject to periodic
or occasional flooding, or similar conditions, in the subdivision
and within 200 feet of its boundaries.
(7)
Test hole data.
(a)
Date, location and graphic representation of
findings for all test holes, including groundwater level; one test
hole shall be required for each acre of land to be subdivided.
(b)
Locations shall include critical conditions
and areas where drainage structures requiring seepage are to be constructed.
(8)
Municipal or other public lands, lands designated
as parks, open spaces or for some other public use.
(9)
Buildings and other structures located in the subdivision
and within 200 feet of its boundaries.
H.
Proposed site conditions (see Article VII, Design Standards).
(2)
Lot layout.
(3)
Preliminary stormwater drainage system plan.
(a)
Stormwater sewers and drainage structures.
(b)
Open drainage lines (watercourses and ditches).
(c)
Outline of watersheds tributary to stormwater
drains, drainage structures and open drainage lines, and their approximate
area in acres, including those that extend beyond the boundaries of
the subdivision, shall be shown in red ink on only two copies of the
preliminary layout.
