[Amended 10-18-1982 by L.L. No. 4-1982]
In accordance with the provisions of § 7-728 of the
Village Law and in order to promote and encourage the orderly and
efficient development of the Village, assure the most appropriate
use of land, help carry out the Master Plan, carry out the requirements
of the Official Map and assure the Village of an adequate standard
of improvements in new streets, this chapter governing the subdivision
of land in the Village of Buchanan is hereby adopted by the Planning
Board by authority delegated by ordinance of the Village Board.
[Amended 10-18-1982 by L.L. No. 4-1982]
After the effective date of this chapter, no person, owner or
agent shall sell, contract to sell or represent himself to be in a
position to sell any lot, plot or parcel of land in the Village of
Buchanan by reference to any map or subdivision plat showing any street
or way not filed with the Division of Land Records, Office of the
County Clerk of Westchester County, and approved by the Planning Board
in accordance with this chapter. The description of a lot, plot or
parcel of land by metes or bounds in the instruments of transfer or
other documents used in the process of selling or transferring shall
not exempt the transaction from the above prohibition.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any map or
subdivision plat filed with the County Clerk prior to the effective
date of this chapter.
