The way in which presently undeveloped acreage
in Kent is developed is of critical importance to the public interest.
It is hereby declared to be the purpose of this article to maintain
and protect environmentally sensitive lands in order to ensure the
public health, safety and general welfare for both present and future
residents of the Town of Kent. Further, it is a purpose of this legislation
to create, with a minimum of administrative procedures, new zoning
lots which can be developed with little or no disturbance of environmentally
sensitive lands.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A.
Residential lots.
(1)
Each residential lot created by subdivision shall
have, at minimum, a ten-thousand-square-foot rectangle with a minimum
dimension in all directions of 75 feet per side and a minimum depth
to bedrock of four feet that does not contain any environmentally
sensitive lands, nor lay beneath any existing or proposed structure
or residence. The septic field and septic field expansion area shall
be located and constructed within this rectangle.
(2)
Whenever the preparation of a conventional subdivision
plan is required so as to establish a unit lot count (e.g., planned
residential development and cluster subdivision under provisions of
§ 278 of the Town Law), such plan shall be prepared in accordance
with the above requirements.
B.
Commercial and IOC lots. Each lot located in the Commercial
or the IOC District created by subdivision shall have, at minimum,
a rectangle in square feet as specified below, with a minimum dimension
in all directions of 100 feet per side, and must not contain any environmentally
sensitive lands.
C.
Delineation of rectangle.
(1)
The map submitted to the Planning Board for subdivision
approval shall describe the proposed rectangle by two-foot contours
and shall be certified by a surveyor licensed by the State of New
York to include no topographical gradient greater than 15%.
(2)
For purposes of inspecting depth to bedrock, the applicant
shall install within each proposed rectangle two four-inch perforated
PVC pipes, no less than 60 feet apart. Said pipes shall be inserted
at least four feet into the ground and shall be free of rock and debris.
Additionally, an engineer licensed by the State of New York shall
certify to the Planning Board that the rectangle has a minimum soil
depth of four feet to bedrock.
