This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Subdivision
Regulations of the Town of Pompey."
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Town of Pompey
that the subdivision and development of land for residential, commercial
and industrial and other purposes shall be guided and regulated in
such a manner as to meet the following requirements for orderly and
harmonious growth:
A.
Land to be subdivided or developed shall be of such character that
it can be used safely without danger to health or peril from fire,
flood, erosion, excessive noise or smoke or other menace.
B.
Proper provisions shall be made for drainage, water supply, sewage
disposal and other appropriate utility services.
C.
The proposed streets shall provide a safe, convenient and functional
system for vehicular circulation and shall be properly related to
the Master Plan of the area. Streets shall be of such width, grade
and location as to accommodate prospective traffic as determined by
existing and probable future land and building uses.
D.
Buildings, lots, blocks and streets shall be so arranged as to afford
adequate light, view and air, to facilitate fire protection and to
provide ample access for fire-fighting equipment to buildings.
E.
Land shall be subdivided or developed with due regard to topography
so that the natural beauty of the land and vegetation shall be protected
and enhanced.
F.
Adequate sites for schools, parks, playgrounds and other community
services shall be located so that residents of all neighborhoods shall
have convenient access to such facilities.
For the purpose of this chapter, certain words used herein are
defined as follows:
The Planning Board of the Town of Pompey.
The final map or drawing on which the exact subdivision plan
is presented for approval and which, if approved, will be submitted
to the County Clerk for recording. (For the purpose of the public
hearing required in § 276, Subdivision 4, of the Town Law,[1] the "final plat" shall be regarded as the plat on which
the hearing shall be held.)
A tentative subdivision plat, in lesser detail than the final
plat, indicating the approximate proposed layout of a subdivision
as a basis for study and consideration prior to preparation of the
final plat.
An informal plan, not necessarily to exact scale, indicating
salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the
general layout of a proposed subdivision.
A way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a street,
highway, thoroughfare, parkway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, drive,
place or other similar designation. The following classification is
used in this chapter:
ARTERIAL STREETSThose which are used primarily for fast or heavy traffic, usually with complete or partial control over access from abutting property.
COLLECTOR STREETSThose which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets and highways.
MINOR STREETSThose which are used primarily for access to the abutting properties.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETSMinor streets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets and highways and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
CUL-DE-SAC STREETSMinor streets with one end open for public vehicle and pedestrian access and the other end terminating in a vehicular turnaround. The length of a "cul-de-sac street" shall be measured along the center line from its intersection with the center line of the street from which it runs to the center of the cul-de-sac turnaround.
SERVICE DRIVESMinor private ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
A division of any part, parcel or area of land by the owner
or agent, either by lots or by metes and bounds, into lots or parcels
two or more in number for the purpose of conveyance, transfer, improvement,
building development or sale. A "subdivision" shall not include the
division of land for agricultural purposes into two or more lots,
each five acres or more in area, and which does not involve the creation
of a new street or highway. The term "subdivision" includes resubdivision.
The following classifications of subdivisions shall be known as "simple subdivisions" and shall be considered and approved, approved with modifications or disapproved by the Zoning Enforcement Officer as set forth in § 144-5 herein.
[Added 5-1-2000 by L.L. No. 1-2000]
Subdivisions involving the mere adjustment of existing lot lines
or lot lines shown on an approved, yet unfiled, plat map, without
the creation of new streets, curb cuts, infrastructures or building
lots.
Subdivisions involving the elimination of existing lot lines
so as to consolidate one or more lots into a lesser number and not
involving the creation of new streets, curb cuts, infrastructure or
building lots.
[1]
Editor's Note: The public hearing requirements for final
plats are now set forth in Town Law § 276, Subdivision 6.
