[Amended 6-17-2014 by L.L. No. 8-2014]
In considering applications for subdivision of land, the Board of Trustees shall be guided by the standards set forth hereinafter. Said standards shall be considered to be minimum requirements and shall be waived by the Board of Trustees only under circumstances set forth in Article VII herein.
A. 
Land which cannot be used without danger to health or peril from fire, flood or other menace shall not be subdivided for residential purposes nor for such other uses as may increase danger to health, life or property or aggravate a flood hazard, but such land shall be set aside for such uses as shall not be endangered by periodic or occasional flooding or shall not produce unsatisfactory living conditions.
B. 
Subdivisions shall conform to the Official Map of the Village and shall be in harmony with such portions of the Village Comprehensive Plan as may be in existence from time to time.
A. 
Streets shall be of sufficient width, suitably located and adequately constructed to accommodate the prospective traffic and to afford access of fire-fighting, snow removal and other road maintenance equipment and shall be coordinated so as to compose a convenient system. The arrangement of streets shall be such as to cause no undue hardship to adjoining properties.
B. 
The arrangement of streets in the subdivision shall provide for the continuation of principal streets of adjoining subdivisions and for proper projection of principal streets into adjoining properties which are not yet subdivided, in order to make possible necessary fire protection, movement of traffic and the construction or extension, presently or when later required, of needed utilities and public services such as sewers, water and drainage facilities. Where, in the opinion of the Board of Trustees, topographic or other conditions make such continuance undesirable or impracticable, the above requirements may be modified.
[Amended 6-17-2014 by L.L. No. 8-2014]
C. 
Minor streets shall be so laid out that their use by through traffic shall be discouraged.
D. 
Where a subdivision abuts or contains an existing or proposed major street, the Board of Trustees may require marginal access streets, reverse frontage with screen planting contained in a nonaccess reservation along the rear property line, deep lots with rear access or such other treatment as may be necessary for adequate protection of residential properties and to afford separation of through and local traffic.
[Amended 6-17-2014 by L.L. No. 8-2014]
E. 
Where a subdivision borders on or contains a limited access highway right-of-way, the Board of Trustees may require a street approximately parallel to and on each side of such right-of-way, at a distance suitable for the appropriate use of the intervening land, as for park purposes in residential districts or for commercial or industrial purposes in appropriate districts. Such distances shall be determined with due regard for the requirements of approach grades and future grade separations.
[Amended 6-17-2014 by L.L. No. 8-2014]
F. 
Where a tract is subdivided into lots substantially larger than the minimum size required in the zoning district in which a subdivision is located, the Board of Trustees may require that streets and lots be laid out so as to permit future resubdivision in accordance with the requirements contained in these regulations.
[Amended 6-17-2014 by L.L. No. 8-2014]
G. 
Reserve strips controlling access to streets shall be prohibited.
H. 
The creation of dead-end or loop residential streets and overblocks will be encouraged wherever the Board of Trustees finds that such type of development will not interfere with normal traffic circulation in the area, provided that interior parks are covered by appropriate covenants as to maintenance. In the case of dead-end streets, where needed or desirable, the Board of Trustees may require the reservation of a twenty-one-foot-wide easement to provide for continuation of pedestrian traffic and utilities to the next street. Subdivisions containing 50 lots or more shall have at least two street connections with streets duly placed on the Official Map.
[Amended 6-17-2014 by L.L. No. 8-2014]
I. 
Minor or collector street openings into a major street shall, in general, be at least 500 feet apart.
J. 
Street jogs with center-line offsets of less than 125 feet shall not be permitted except with the approval of the Board of Trustees.
[Amended 6-17-2014 by L.L. No. 8-2014]
K. 
Blocks shall not be excessively long, thereby causing unnecessary circuitous travel on streets. In long blocks, the Board of Trustees may require the reservation of a twenty-one-foot-wide easement through the block to provide for the crossing of underground utilities and pedestrian traffic where needed or desirable. In general, no block shall be less than 210 feet in width nor more than 1,210 feet in length unless a special permit therefor shall have been obtained from the Board of Trustees.
[Amended 6-17-2014 by L.L. No. 8-2014]
L. 
The street plan of a proposed subdivision shall bear a logical relationship to the topography of the property, and all streets shall be arranged so as to obtain as many of the building sites as possible at or above the grade of the streets.
M. 
Except where impracticable, all streets shall join each other so that, for a distance of at least 100 feet, the street is approximately at right angles to the street it joins.
N. 
Cross (four-cornered) street intersections shall be avoided except where absolutely necessary.
O. 
No planting of trees or shrubbery shall be made within any street or right-of-way without approval of the Board of Trustees.
[Amended 6-17-2014 by L.L. No. 8-2014]
A. 
Streets shall have the following widths, unless otherwise indicated on the Village Comprehensive Plan:
(1) 
Major streets: 80 feet.
(2) 
Collector streets: 60 feet.
(3) 
Minor streets: 50 feet.
B. 
Streets shall be graded and improved with pavement, curbs, monuments, sidewalks, trees, drainage facilities, water, sewers, streetlights and signs and fire alarm signal devices and hydrants, except where waivers may be requested, and the Board of Trustees may waive, subject to appropriate conditions, such improvements as it considers may be omitted without jeopardy to the public health, safety and general welfare. Such grading and improvements shall be approved as to design and specifications by the Village Engineer.
[Amended 6-17-2014 by L.L. No. 8-2014]
C. 
Unless otherwise required by the Board of Trustees, underground utilities shall be placed in the street right-of-way directed by the Village Engineer. Where topographic or other conditions make such placement impracticable, the Board of Trustees may waive this requirement to the extent necessary. The subdivider shall install underground service connections to the property line of each lot within the subdivision for such required utilities before the street is paved.
[Amended 6-17-2014 by L.L. No. 8-2014]
D. 
Where topography is such as to make impractical the inclusion of utilities within the street lines, perpetual unobstructed easements at least 21 feet in width shall be provided across property outside the street lines and with satisfactory access to the street. Wherever possible, easements shall be continuous from block to block and shall present as few irregularities as possible.
E. 
Grades of all streets shall conform in general to the terrain and shall not be less that 1% nor more than 5% for major streets, 7% for collector streets or 10% for minor streets.
F. 
All changes in grade shall be connected by vertical curves of such length and radius as meet the approval of the Village Engineer so that clear visibility shall be provided for the safe distance.
G. 
All street intersection corners shall be rounded by curbs of radii of at least 30 feet. At curves, the street radius shall not be less than 100 feet.
H. 
A combination of steep grades and curves shall be avoided. Where the grade of a street intersecting another street exceeds 5%, the land at each corner of such intersection shall be so graded as to prevent a blind corner, and sufficient land shall be included in the street right-of-way at the intersection to permit permanent maintenance of visibility for safety of traffic.
I. 
Where dead-end streets are designed to be so permanently, they should, in general, not exceed 1,000 feet in length and shall terminate in a circular turnaround having a minimum radius of 50 feet.
J. 
Watercourses.
(1) 
Where a watercourse separates a proposed street abutting property, provision shall be made for access to all lots by means of culverts or other structures of design by the Village Engineer.
(2) 
Where a subdivision is traversed by a watercourse, drainageway, channel or stream, there shall be provided a stormwater easement or drainage right-of-way as required by the Village Engineer.
All electric and telephone lines and wires servicing a subdivision shall be installed underground, and the erection and construction of overhead electric and telephone lines and wires for streetlighting, cable television or other utility service is hereby prohibited.
A. 
All streets shown on a preliminary layout or subdivision plat shall be named. Streets shall have names and not numbers or letters such as "1st," "First" or "A Street." Street names shall be in keeping with the historic character of the Village.
B. 
Proposed street names shall be substantially different so as not to be confused in sound or spelling with present names in the Village or in the surrounding area, except that streets that are continuations of, or are in alignment with, streets of an abutting or neighboring property shall bear the same name. Final approval of street names shall be reserved to the Board of Trustees.
A. 
The lot arrangement shall be such that there will be no foreseeable difficulties, for reasons of topography or other natural conditions, in complying with Chapter 470, Zoning, of the Village Code in order to build on each lot. Lots shall not be of unreasonable depth, encouraging the later creation of a second building lot at the rear.
B. 
All side lines of lots shall be at right angles to straight street lines and radial to curved street lines, unless a variation from this rule will give a better street or lot plan.
C. 
Corner lots shall be of sufficient dimensions so that any structure placed thereon shall conform to the building setback line of each street.
D. 
Where practicable, lots shall be so laid out that the driveways have access to a street carrying the lesser amount of traffic of the streets on which such subdivision abuts.
E. 
All lots shall be in conformity with the requirements of Chapter 470, Zoning, of the Village Code for the district in which such lots are located.
F. 
Frontage on private streets shall be deemed acceptable only if such streets are designed and improved in accordance with these regulations.
[Amended 9-21-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010; 6-17-2014 by L.L. No. 8-2014]
A. 
Where a proposed park or playground shown on the Village Comprehensive Plan is located in whole or in part in a subdivision, the Board of Trustees may require the dedication or reservation of such area within the subdivision, in those cases in which the Board of Trustees deems such requirements to be reasonable.
B. 
Where deemed essential by the Board of Trustees, upon consideration of the particular type of development proposed in the subdivision, and especially in scale developments not anticipated in the Village Comprehensive Plan, the Board of Trustees may require, subject to the provisions of Subdivision 4 of § 7-730 of the Village Law, the dedication or reservation of sites of a character, extent and location suitable to the needs created by such development for playgrounds or parks. In no case shall the Board require that more than 10% of the gross area of the subdivision be so dedicated or reserved. The Board of Trustees shall give due credit for the provision of open spaces reserved for the common use of all property owners within the proposed subdivision by covenants in the deeds. Generally, the minimum area of contiguous open space acceptable for dedication for public use shall be at least three and preferably five acres. Open spaces with a lesser area may be approved by the Board of Trustees whenever it deems that the difference between the area offered and three acres may be made up in connection with the future subdivision of adjacent land.
C. 
The Board of Trustees may also require a subdivider to set aside such area as it may deem to be required for a school or other public use. Upon failure of the proper authorities to purchase such sites within one year after the date of the approval of the plat, the subdivider, upon application to the Board of Trustees and approval of such application, shall be relieved of the responsibility of reserving such land for public purposes.
D. 
The Board of Trustees may require the preservation of all natural features which add value to residential developments and to the community, such as large trees or groves, watercourses, historic spots and similar irreplaceable assets.