A. 
Review for conformance with requirements. Upon the receipt of an application for subdivision review, the ZAP Secretary shall review the application to determine if all the required documentation and information has been submitted in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. If the application is deficient, the ZAP Secretary shall return the application to the applicant and inform the applicant in writing of the deficiencies. If the application is not deficient, the ZAP Secretary shall place the matter on the agenda of the next duly called Town Planning Board meeting for discussion purposes and shall distribute the application to involved and interested agencies, and the Code Enforcement Officer for review and comment.
B. 
Review by agencies. The Planning Board shall refer all subdivision applications to all involved and interested local, state and federal agencies. All comments received from reviewing agencies shall become a part of the permanent public record of the project.
C. 
Review of major subdivision plat by Engineer. The Planning Board may, where appropriate, direct that the subdivision plat be reviewed by the Engineer for the Town or an engineer of the Planning Board's choosing to ascertain that civil engineering standards are met. Review of a feature by the engineer may be appropriate only where another agency has not provided such review.
A. 
Improvements and performance bond. Before the Planning Board grants final approval of the subdivision plat, the subdivider shall either:
(1) 
Complete the installation of required improvements to the satisfaction of the appropriate reviewing authority; or
(2) 
Provide a bond or other security, preferably a cash deposit or an irrevocable letter of credit, for any uncompleted required improvements according to the procedures set forth in § 277-9 of the Town Law. For dedicated utilities, the bond or other surety instrument shall provide that an amount determined adequate by the Town Board shall be retained for a period of one year after the date of completion of the required improvements to assure their satisfactory condition.
B. 
A map of underground utilities to be provided. When the required improvements have been completed to the satisfaction of the appropriate reviewing authority, a map reasonably satisfactory to the Planning Board shall be submitted indicating the location of underground utilities as actually installed. The subdivider shall show all required improvements, to the extent completed at the time the plat is made. However, if the subdivider elects to provide a bond or other security for any uncompleted required improvements as specified in Subsection A(2), such bond shall not be released until the improvements have been completed to the satisfaction of the appropriate reviewing authority and such a map is submitted.
C. 
Inspection of improvements. At least five days prior to commencing construction of required improvements, the subdivider shall notify the Code Enforcement Officer in writing of the time when he proposes to commence construction of such improvements so that the Code Enforcement Officer may cause inspection to be made to assure that all Town specifications and requirements shall be met during the construction of required improvements, and to assure the satisfactory completion of improvements and utilities required by the Planning Board.
D. 
Proper installation of improvements. If the Code Enforcement Officer shall find, upon inspection of the improvements performed before the expiration date of the performance bond, that any of the required improvements have not been constructed in accordance with plans and specifications filed by the subdivider, he shall so report to the Town Board and Planning Board. The Town Board shall then notify the subdivider and, if necessary, the bonding company, and take all necessary steps to preserve the Town's rights under the bond. No plat shall be approved by the Planning Board as long as the subdivider is in default on a previously approved plat.
E. 
Private roads associated with subdivision. Where a new private road or extension of an existing private road is proposed by the developer, or required by the Planning Board for access to parcels resulting from subdivision, and the subdivision plat does not show the entirety of the private road or extension, the subdivider shall submit a site plan for review and approval under Chapter 93, Article II, of the Jerusalem Town Code, showing the private road or extension and the number and dimensions of the lots served by it for review with the subdivision plat. The subdivision plat shall show the portion(s) of the new private road clearly marked "Private Road" and shall reference the maintenance and repair agreement for the private road.
F. 
Site surface improvements. These improvements are required to assure the ecology of the subdivision is not disturbed adversely; that the subdivision presents an attractive appearance; that the access roads are properly paved and monumented. For major subdivision, all improvements shall be recorded on the final plat.
(1) 
Erosion control. Erosion and sedimentation control shall conform to the NYSDEC construction state pollution discharge (SPDES) erosion control and stormwater pollution prevention requirements.
(a) 
During the development process, the developer shall expose the smallest practical area of land at any one time. Proper erosion control measures shall be in place prior to any area being disturbed. Examples of normal erosion control are straw baling, silt dams made of synthetic materials and siltation collection depressions.
[1] 
Topsoil moved during the course of construction should be stored in such a manner as to allow for minimum volume to be stacked or stored at any one time. The stacking or storage period should be kept as short as reasonably possible.
[2] 
Removal, storage and redistribution of topsoil should be consistent with the phasing of construction for the purpose of reducing the need for the storage of large volumes of soil over a lengthy period. Soil shall be redistributed so as to cover all areas of the subdivision adequately and shall be stabilized by seeding or planting. Topsoil which is stored shall be stabilized by seeding.
[3] 
Removal of topsoil from the site must be approved by the Town Planning Board.
(b) 
Temporary vegetation and/or mulching should be provided to prevent potential erosion problems during construction.
(c) 
Upon completion of the project, the subdivider shall not leave any hills or mounds of dirt in or around the tract. All surfaces should be restored within six months of the time of the completion of the section of the subdivision. If required, the subdivider shall provide a copy of the notice of termination (NOT) submitted to the NYSDEC at the completion of all subdivision improvement activities. The completion of activities shall be defined as less than one acre of nonstabilized land area remaining in the subdivision.
(d) 
Upon completion of the project, the subdivider shall not leave any surface depressions which will collect pools of water except as may be required for retention of stormwater runoff.
(e) 
For major subdivision, prior to issuance of a permit to clear land for subdivision improvements the owner shall provide a copy of the NYSDEC Erosion control Plan and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan to the Town Engineer. The plan should be accompanied by a copy of the notice of intent (NOI) and approved permit from the NYSEC. This requirement applies to major subdivision which results in a cumulative clearing (subdivision and home sites) in excess of one acre.
G. 
Water supply and sewerage not required for minor subdivision. The provision of water supply and sewerage shall not be required improvements for minor subdivision.
H. 
Water supply and sewerage required for major subdivision. The provision of water supply and sewerage shall be required improvements for major subdivision.
A. 
Final approval and filing. Upon completion of the requirements in Article III above for minor subdivision or Article IV above for major subdivision and notation to that effect upon the subdivision plat, it shall be deemed to have final approval and shall be properly signed by the appropriate officer of the Planning Board (Chair or Acting Chair) and may be filed by the applicant in the office of the County Clerk. Any subdivision plat not so filed or recorded within 62 days of the date upon which such plat is approved or considered approved by reasons of the failure of the Planning Board to act shall become null and void.
B. 
Signing of the final plat. The final plat approved by the Planning Board according to this section shall carry the following endorsement:
"Approved by resolution of the Planning Board of the Town of Jerusalem, New York, on the _____ day of ______, 20___, subject to all requirements and conditions of said Resolution. Any change, erasure, modification, or revision of this subdivision plat, as approved, shall void this approval"
signed this _____ day of ______, 20___
 Chairman, Town of Jerusalem Planning Board
C. 
Plat void if revised after approval. No changes, erasures, modifications, or revisions shall be made in any subdivision plat after approval has been given by the Planning Board and endorsed in writing on the plat, unless the plat is first resubmitted to the Planning Board and such Planning Board approves any modifications. In the event that any such subdivision plat is filed without complying with this requirement, the same shall be considered null and void, and the Planning Board may institute proceedings to have the plat stricken from the records of the County Clerk.
A. 
Public acceptance of streets. The approval by the Planning Board of a subdivision plat shall not be deemed to constitute or be evidence of any acceptance by the Town of any road, easement, or other open space shown on such subdivision plat.
B. 
Ownership and maintenance of undedicated roads. The ownership and maintenance of undedicated roads shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 93, Article II, Rules for Private Roads, of the Jerusalem Code.
C. 
Ownership and maintenance of recreation areas for major subdivision. When a park, playground, or other recreation area shall have been shown on a major subdivision plat, the approval of said plat shall not constitute an acceptance by the Town of such area. The Planning Board shall require the plat to be endorsed with appropriate notes to this effect. The Planning Board may also require the filing of a written agreement between the applicant and the Town Board covering future deed and title, dedication, and provision for the cost of grading, development, equipment, and maintenance of any such recreation area.
In considering applications for subdivision of land, the Planning Board shall be guided by the standards set forth below. These standards shall be considered to be minimum requirements and shall be waived by the Planning Board only under circumstances set forth in Article VII herein.
A. 
Character of land. 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. 
Specifications for required improvements. All required improvements shall be constructed or installed to the specifications contained in the relevant Jerusalem Code, or to the relevant professional standards when the Jerusalem Code does not contain specifications.
C. 
Conformity to Official Map and comprehensive plan for major subdivision. Tracts resulting from major subdivision shall conform to the Official Map of the Town and shall be in harmony with the comprehensive plan if such exists.
A. 
Width, location and construction. Streets shall be of sufficient width, suitably located, and adequately constructed to accommodate the prospective traffic of all modes (motor vehicle, bicycle, pedestrian) and afford access for firefighting, snow removal and other road maintenance equipment. The arrangement of streets shall be such as to cause no undue hardship to adjoining properties.
B. 
Additional provisions for major subdivision.
(1) 
Arrangement. The arrangement of streets in the tract shall provide for the continuation of streets of adjoining tracts, and for proper projection of 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 Planning Board, topographic or other conditions make such continuance undesirable or impracticable, the above conditions may be modified.
(2) 
Special treatment along roads designed for heavy volumes of traffic. When a tract abuts or contains an existing or proposed road designed for heavy volumes of traffic, the Planning Board may require streets designed for access to abutting properties, deep lots with rear service lanes, or such other treatment as may be necessary for adequate protection of residential properties and to afford separation of through and local traffic and limit the access points to the road designed for heavy volume.
(3) 
Provision for future resubdivision. Where a tract in or adjacent to a hamlet is subdivided into lots substantially larger than the minimum size required in the zoning district in which a tract is located, the Planning Board may require that streets and lots be laid out so as to permit future resubdivision in accordance with the requirements contained in these regulations.
(4) 
Dead-end streets. The creation of dead-end or loop streets in a suburban development area should not interfere with normal traffic (including bicycle and pedestrian) circulation in the area. Where dead-end streets are needed, the Planning Board may require the reservation of a fifty-foot wide easement to provide for continuation of pedestrian traffic and utilities to the next street and the potential future continuation of the dead-end street pavement. Tracts containing 20 lots or more shall have at least two street connections with existing public streets, or streets shown on the Official Map, if such exists, or streets on an approved subdivision plat for which a bond has been filed.
(5) 
Block size. Blocks generally shall not be less than 400 feet nor more than 800 feet in length. If a block does exceed 800 feet in length, the Planning Board may require the reservation of a twenty-foot-wide easement through the block to provide for the crossing of underground utilities and pedestrian traffic where needed or desirable and may further specify, at its discretion, that a four-foot-wide paved footpath be included.
(6) 
Intersections with roads designed for heavy volumes of traffic. Street openings into such roads shall, in general, be at least 500 feet apart.
(7) 
Angle of intersection. In general, all streets in a suburban development area 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.
(8) 
Relation to topography. The street plan of a proposed tract shall bear a logical relationship to the topography of the property, and all streets in a suburban development area shall be arranged so as to obtain as many of the building sites as possible at or above the grade of the streets. Grades of streets shall conform as closely as possible to the original topography.
A. 
Road standards. Roads to be dedicated to the Town shall at a minimum conform to the design standards set forth in Chapter 93, Article I, Highway Construction Specifications, of the Jerusalem Code. Private roads shall at a minimum conform to the design standards set forth in Chapter 93, Article II, Rules of Private Roads, of the Jerusalem Code.
B. 
Watercourses.
(1) 
Where a watercourse separates a proposed street from abutting property, provisions shall be made for access to all lots by means of culverts or other structures of design approved by Yates County Soil and Water.
(2) 
Where a tract is traversed by a watercourse, drainageway, channel or stream, there shall be provided a stormwater easement or drainage right-of-way as required by Yates County Soil and Water.
C. 
Additional provisions for major subdivision.
(1) 
Curbs, gutters, sidewalks, streetlights, and paved streets. Curbs, gutters, sidewalks, streetlights, and paved streets may be required in suburban development areas, particularly if adjacent areas are similarly improved, but shall not be required in rural development areas.
(2) 
Utilities in streets. The Planning Board may, where practical in suburban development areas, require that underground utilities be placed in the street right-of-way between the paved roadway and street line. The subdivider shall install underground service connections to the property line of each lot within the tract for such required utilities before the street is paved.
(3) 
Utility easements. Where utilities are not included within the street rights-of-way, perpetual unobstructed easements of at least 20 feet in width shall be otherwise provided with satisfactory access to the street. Wherever possible in suburban development areas that are laid out in blocks, easements shall be continuous from block to block and shall present as few irregularities as possible. Such easements shall be cleared and graded where required. All utility easements shall be shown on the plats.
(4) 
Changes in grade. All changes in grade shall be connected by vertical curves of such length and radius as meet with the approval of the Town Highway Superintendent so that clear visibility shall be provided for a safe distance.
(5) 
Curve radii at street intersections. All street right-of-way lines at intersections shall be rounded by curves of at least twenty-feet radius. Curve radii at intersections of two streets designed for carrying limited volumes of traffic or the intersection of a street designed for limited volumes of traffic and a street designed for carrying a heavy volume of traffic shall be rounded by curves of no more than 25 feet. In all instances, curbs shall be adjusted accordingly.
(6) 
Steep grades and curves; visibility of intersections. A combination of steep grades and curves shall be avoided. In order to provide visibility for traffic safety, that portion of any corner lot (whether at an intersection entirely within the tract or of a new street with an existing street) shall be cleared of all growth (except isolated trees) and obstructions above the level of three feet higher than the center line of the street. If necessary, it may be required that ground shall be excavated to achieve visibility.
(7) 
Dead-end streets (culs-de-sac). Where dead-end streets in a suburban development area are designed to be so permanently, they should not exceed 400 feet in length, and shall terminate in a circular turnaround having a minimum right-of-way radius of 60 feet and pavement radius of 50 feet with a planted and/or landscaped (unpaved) center so as to reduce the amount of impervious surface. At the end of temporary dead-end streets, a temporary turnaround with a pavement radius of 50 feet shall be provided, unless the Planning Board approves an alternate arrangement.
(8) 
Curved radii. In general, street lines within a block, deflecting from each other at any one point by more than 10°, shall be connected with a curve, the radius of which for the center line of the street shall not be less than 400 feet on streets designed to carry heavy volumes of traffic, 200 feet on streets designed to carry limited volumes of traffic and 100 feet on streets not conducive to through traffic.
(9) 
Streets in commercial development. Paved rear service streets of not less than 18 feet in width, or in lieu thereof, adequate off-street loading space, suitably surfaced, shall be provided in connection with lots designed for commercial use.
A. 
Lots to be buildable. The lot arrangement shall be such that in constructing a building in compliance with Chapter 160, Zoning, there will be no foreseeable difficulties for reasons of topography, or other natural conditions.
B. 
Driveway access. Driveway access and grades shall conform to specifications of Chapter 79, Driveways, of the Jerusalem Code. Driveway grades between the street and the setback line shall not exceed 10%.
C. 
Additional provisions for major subdivision.
(1) 
Side lines. In suburban development areas, all side lines of lots shall be at substantially right angles to straight street lines and radial to curved street lines, unless a variance from this rule will give a better street or lot plan.
(2) 
Corner lots. In general, in suburban development areas, corner lots should be larger than interior lots to provide for proper building setback from each street and provide a desirable building site.
(3) 
Lot depth. In suburban development areas, lots should not be of such depth as to encourage the later creation of a second building lot at the front or rear except in the instances of corner lots where such a future lot subdivision could be accommodated and accessed by the perpendicular street.
(4) 
Monuments and lot corner markers. In suburban development areas, permanent monuments meeting specifications approved by the Town Engineer as to size, type and installation shall be set at such block corners, angle points, points of curves in streets and other points as the Town Engineer may require, and their location shall be shown on the subdivision plat.
A. 
Removal of spring- and surface water. The subdivider may be required by the Planning Board to carry away by pipe or open ditch any spring- or surface water that may exist either previous to or as a result of the subdivision. Such drainage facilities shall be located in the street right-of-way where feasible, or in perpetual unobstructed easements of appropriate width.
B. 
Drainage structure to accommodate potential development upstream. A culvert or other drainage facility shall, in each case, be large enough to accommodate potential runoff from its entire upstream drainage area, whether inside or outside the tract. Yates County Soil and Water shall approve the design and size of the facility.
C. 
Responsibility from drainage downstream. The subdivider is also responsible for the effect of the subdivision on the existing downstream drainage facilities outside the area of the tract. Where it is anticipated that the additional runoff incident to the development of the tract will overload an existing downstream drainage facility during a five-year storm, the Planning Board shall not approve the subdivision until provision has been made for the improvement of said condition.
D. 
Land subject to flooding. Subdivision of land subject to flooding shall be regulated according to the provisions of Chapter 87, Flood Damage Prevention, and Chapter 160, Article IX, Flood Hazard Areas, of the Jerusalem Town Code.
E. 
Drainage easements. Drainage easements shall be provided for all natural and man-made drainageways which do not fall within a dedicated right-of-way. All drainage easements shall be shown on the plats.
A. 
Preservation of natural features. Wherever practical, natural features that add aesthetic or historical value to the community and to the property being subdivided shall be preserved. Features such as historic landmarks and sites, rock outcroppings, hilltop lookouts, lake views, trees, and groves should be considered for preservation.
B. 
Additional provisions for major subdivision.
(1) 
Reservation of parks and playgrounds. For major subdivision in suburban development areas, the Planning Board may require reservation of parkland or payment in lieu thereof according to the provisions of § 277-4 of the Town Law.
(2) 
Preservation of natural features. Where there is a question as to the desirability of removing a tree or group of trees which serve to add interest and variety to the proposed tract, the Planning Board may, after proper investigation, require modification of the residential lots in the proposed plat to preserve the tree(s).
(3) 
Landscaping. For major subdivision in suburban development areas, all residential lots that are disturbed during the course of construction shall be appropriately landscaped by the subdivider, including the planting of trees where appropriate. Individual homeowners by written agreement with the subdivider may landscape their yards independently. Additional landscaping may be required by the Planning Board to screen or buffer the residential lots from a visually noncompatible use.
A. 
Water supply. Connections to the water supply from the Keuka Park Water District and extensions will be governed by and conform to Chapter 152. Water of the Jerusalem Code.
B. 
Sewerage. Connection to the Keuka Park Sewer District or extension thereto will be governed by and conform to Chapter 131, Sewers, of the Jerusalem Code. Wastewater treatment systems which are not subject to continuous licensing or regulation by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or Health shall conform to the standards of Chapter 150, Wastewater Management, of the Jerusalem Code.