By the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Village of
Fort Edward, the Fort Edward Planning Board is authorized and empowered
to approve plats showing lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets
or highways, to approve the development of entirely or partially undeveloped
plats already filed in the office of the Clerk of the county and to
conditionally approve preliminary plats within the Village of Fort
Edward. It is declared to be the policy of the Planning Board to consider
land subdivision plats for residential, industrial and commercial
use as part of a plan for the orderly, efficient and economical development
of the Village.
These regulations, which shall be known as and which may be
cited as the "Village of Fort Edward Land Subdivision Regulations"
have been adopted by the Planning Board on April 29, 2003, and approved
by the Village Board on October 10, 2003.
It is declared to be the policy of the Planning Board to consider
land subdivision plats as part of the orderly, efficient and economical
development of the Village of Fort Edward. This means, among other
things:
A. Land to be subdivided shall be of such character that it can be used
safely for building purposes without danger to health or peril from
fire, flood or other menace.
B. Proper provisions shall be made for water supply, drainage, sewerage
and other needed public improvements and utilities.
C. Proposed streets shall compose a convenient system conforming to
the Official Map.
D. Streets shall be of such width, grade and location as to accommodate present and prospective traffic and shall comply with §
278-7.
E. All development shall facilitate adequate fire protection and provide
access for fire-fighting equipment and other emergency equipment.
F. Open space for parks, playgrounds and green areas of suitable location,
size and character shall be provided as required by the Planning Board.
G. The proposed development shall be aesthetically compatible with the
existing development and character of the Village.
Nothing in these regulations shall prohibit the subdivider from
placing self-imposed restrictions, not in violation of these regulations,
on the development. Such restrictions, however, shall be indicated
on the plat.
No subdivision shall be made of land within the Village or 300
feet of the boundaries of the Village and no map, plat or plan of
any proposed subdivision thereof shall be approved by the Planning
Board except in conformity with all the regulations and provisions
of this chapter.
No owner and no agent of the owner of any land located within
a subdivision shall transfer or sell or agree to sell or negotiate
to sell any land by reference to or exhibition of or by other use
of a plat of a subdivision before such plat has been approved by the
Planning Board as provided in this chapter and recorded or filed in
the office of the County Clerk of Washington County; and the description
of such lot or parcel by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer
or other documents used in the process of selling or transferring
shall not exempt the transaction from such penalties or from the remedies
provided by this chapter.
No water main or other municipal street utility or improvements
shall be constructed in any street or highway until such street or
highway has been duly placed on the Official Map.
No permit for the erection or alteration of any building or
structure shall be issued unless a public street or highway giving
access to such building or structure has been duly placed on the Official
Map.