[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Yonkers 6-8-1964. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any tract of land which is hereafter divided into five or
more parcels along an existing or proposed street, highway, easement
or right-of-way for sale or for rent as residential lots or residential
building plots, regardless of whether the lots or plots to be sold
or offered for sale, or leased for any period of time, are described
by metes and bounds or by reference to a map or survey of the property
or by any other method of description.
A.
No subdivision or portion thereof shall be sold, offered for sale,
leased or rented by any corporation, company or person and no permanent
building shall be erected thereon until a plan or map of such subdivision
shall be filed with and approved by the Bureau of Housing and Buildings
and such plan or map thereafter filed in the office of the Clerk of
the county in which such subdivision is located.[1]
B.
Such plan or map shall show methods for obtaining and furnishing
adequate and satisfactory waster supply and sewerage facilities to
said subdivision.
C.
Sewerage facilities shall meet the minimum standards set up in the
New York State Department of Health Rules and Regulations for the
Preparation and Submission of Plans for Sewerage and Sewage and Waste
Disposal Systems and shall be built according to the city specifications,
as set forth by the City Engineer.[2]
The County Clerk or Registrar shall not file nor record nor
accept for filing or recording any map or plat showing a subdivision
of land in the City of Yonkers unless there is endorsed thereon or
annexed thereto a certificate of the Bureau of Housing and Buildings
approving the water supply and sewerage systems proposed or installed
for such subdivision and consenting to the filing thereof.
A.
At the time of submitting a plan for approval, as required by this
article, a filing fee computed at the rate of $3.50 per lot shall
be paid to the Bureau of Housing and Buildings.
B.
The Bureau of Housing and Buildings shall not review or approve any
such subdivision map submitted for approval after this section takes
effect until such fee, as herein provided, has been received by it.
C.
If any plan submitted to the Bureau of Housing and Buildings cannot
be approved, such plan and the filing fee shall be returned to the
person who submitted the plan with a summary of the reasons for disapproval.
If the realty subdivision plans are signed by a licensed land
surveyor, they must also be signed by a licensed professional engineer
before the approval by this office can be given.
[Added 12-11-2007 by L.L. No. 12-2007]
A.
Preliminary subdivision plats. A stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) consistent with the requirements of §§ 56-174 through 56-181 of this Code shall be required for preliminary subdivision plat approval. The SWPPP shall meet the performance and design criteria and standards in Chapter 43, Article XVII, and Chapter 56, Article XVI. The approved preliminary subdivision plat shall be consistent with the provisions of Chapter 43, Article XVII, and Chapter 56, Article XVI.
B.
Final subdivision plats. A stormwater pollution prevention plan consistent with the requirements of §§ 56-174 through 56-181 of this Code and with the terms of preliminary plan approval shall be required for final subdivision plat approval. The SWPPP shall meet the performance and design criteria and standards in Chapter 43, Article XVII, and Chapter 56, Article XVI. The approved final subdivision plat shall be consistent with the provisions of Chapter 43, Article XVII, and Chapter 56, Article XVI.
[Added 4-22-2008 by L.L. No. 6-2008]
By Local Law No. 6 of the Year 2008 the City of Yonkers has
adopted the Compact Plan, as amended from time to time, as a statement
of policies, principles, and guides to supplement other established
land use policies in the City. In its discretionary actions under
this subdivision code, the reviewing agency should take into consideration
said statement of policies, principles and guides, as appropriate.
