A. 
The preliminary layout shall cover the entire holding to be subdivided. Where the subdivision is to be divided into sections for the purpose of submitting final subdivision plats, the preliminary layout shall show the boundaries of each section and the number of acres covered in each section. Each such section shall bear a number indicating numerically the order in which the developer proposes to submit for approval the subdivision plats covering such sections in the development of the entire subdivision. The preliminary layout shall be at a scale of 100 feet to the inch.
B. 
The preliminary layout shall be prepared by a licensed professional engineer and/or land surveyor.
C. 
Accompanying such preliminary layout there shall be a description by metes and bounds and map of survey of the tract. Boundaries shall be made and certified by a licensed land surveyor and tied into established reference points. Also accompanying the preliminary layout shall be three copies of a topographic map of the area showing differences of elevations or contours of existing surface, with intervals not to exceed two feet. Where the average slope of the surface is less than 1%, contour intervals shall not exceed one foot. The topographic map shall show all watercourses, wooded areas and significant natural or man-made features.
D. 
The preliminary layout map shall also include the following information:
(1) 
The proposed subdivision name.
(2) 
The name and address of record owner and subdivider.
(3) 
The name, license number and seal of the licensed engineer and land surveyor.
(4) 
Tax map description according to the Village Tax Map.
(5) 
The date, North point and scale.
(6) 
The name of all subdivisions immediately adjacent and names of owners of record of adjoining undeveloped properties.
(7) 
The use districts of Chapter 211, Zoning, applicable to the area to be subdivided and the boundaries of such districts thereof, as affect the tract.
(8) 
The location of property lines, school, fire and other special district lines, political subdivision lines, buildings and other essential existing features (on an eight-hundred-foot scale location diagram).
(9) 
Proposed connection with existing water supply or alternate means of providing water supply to the subdivision, as provided in the Sanitary Code of Westchester County.
(10) 
The location of any existing storm and sanitary sewers, culverts, streams, ponds and water and gas mains on the property to be subdivided.
(11) 
Proposed connections with existing sanitary sewer system; the location of the nearest sanitary sewer trunk line and approximate distance therefrom, or proposed alternate means of treatment and disposal, as provided in the Sanitary Code of Westchester County.
(12) 
Proposed provisions for collecting and disposing of stormwater drainage.
(13) 
Location, names and present widths of existing streets or service roads, major roads, existing public easements, existing parks and other public open spaces and similar facts regarding adjacent property.
(14) 
The width and location of any streets or other public ways or places, whether existing or shown on the Master Plan, within the area to be subdivided, and the width, location, grades and street profiles of all streets or other public ways proposed by the developer.
(15) 
The names of all proposed streets, which names shall be the same as the names of the streets of which they are continuations or, if not continuations, shall be from list supplied by the Planning Board.
(16) 
All parcels of land proposed to be dedicated to public use and the conditions of such dedication.
(17) 
A typical cross section of the proposed rights-of-way showing the horizontal and vertical relationship of the proposed improvements to be placed thereon. Also the preliminary layout should show the proposed location of streetlighting and signposts.
(18) 
Proposed lot lines, with approximate dimensions, and areas in square feet.
(19) 
A typical plot plan indicating the general location of buildings to be erected by the developer, where required by the Planning Board.
E. 
Where the topography is such as to make difficult the inclusion of required public improvements with the public area so proposed, the preliminary layout shall show the boundaries of proposed easements over, under or through private property. Permanent easements shall be not less than 20 feet in width and shall provide satisfactory access to an existing public highway or other public open space shown upon the layout.
F. 
Preliminary designs of any required bridges or culverts shall be submitted with the preliminary layout.
G. 
The accompanying map of the Planning Board, upon which the proposed subdivision has been superimposed, in addition, should show the following:
(1) 
The location of existing schools and the approximate distances therefrom to the proposed subdivision.
(2) 
The location of any existing public parks or playgrounds and the approximate distance therefrom.
(3) 
The location of the nearest firehouse and the approximate distance therefrom.
(4) 
Any existing public transportation facilities in the vicinity, indicating the nature thereof and the approximate distance therefrom.
The subdivision plat shall be accompanied by a certificate of title in the applicant and shall show, in addition to the requirements of the foregoing sections, the following:
A. 
The subdivision plat submitted for approval and subsequent recording shall be clearly and legibly drawn in India ink upon tracing cloth. The size of the sheets shall be 24 inches by 36 inches. The drawings shall be at a scale no more than 100 feet to the inch. When more than one sheet is required, an additional key sheet shall be filed showing, upon a reduced scale, the entire subdivision on one sheet with lot and block numbers.
B. 
Sufficient data to enable any engineer or surveyor to determine readily the location, bearing and length of every street line, lot line and boundary line and to reproduce such lines upon the ground. These should be tied in, where possible, to reference points previously established by a public authority or by a licensed surveyor on adjacent developments.
C. 
The length of all straight lines and the bearings, radii, length of curves and central angles of all curves, tangent distances and tangent bearings shall be given for each street. All dimensions shall be shown in feet and decimals of a foot. Lot areas shall be given in square feet.
D. 
By proper designation thereon, all public open spaces for which deeds of cession are included, and those spaces, title to which is reserved by the developer, shall be shown. For any of the former, there shall be submitted, with the final subdivision plat, copies of agreements or other documents showing the manner in which such areas are to be maintained and the provisions made therefor.
E. 
In residence districts, the subdivision shall be laid out in building plots which shall not violate the requirements of the applicable zoning use district or districts for such subdivision.
F. 
The number of lots and blocks within a subdivision shall conform to the requirements of the Planning Board.
G. 
Permanent reference monuments should be shown and their location noted and referenced upon the plat. Monuments shall be set at all points required by the Planning Board.
H. 
Elevations of street intersections and all breaks in grades based on approved datum and interim gradients shall be shown.
I. 
Catch basins, manholes and drainage pipe with invert elevations shall be shown.
J. 
The proposed subdivision plat shall be properly endorsed and approved by the County Health Department, as required by the County Sanitary Code, before any public hearing is scheduled. All requirements of the Planning Board mentioned heretofore shall be met before Health Department approval is sought.
K. 
No changes, erasures, modifications or revisions shall be made in any subdivision plat after approval has been given by the Board and endorsed, in writing, on the plat, unless said plat is first resubmitted to the Board. In the event that any such subdivision plat is recorded without complying with this requirement, the same shall be considered null and void, and the Board shall institute proceedings to have the plat stricken from the records of the County Clerk.
L. 
Approval endorsement.
(1) 
Every subdivision plat submitted to the Board for its approval shall carry the following endorsement:
Approved by resolution of the Planning Board of the Village of Buchanan, New York, on the _____ day of _______________, 19 _____, subject to all requirements and conditions of said resolution. Any change, erasure, modification or revision in this plat, after the above date, shall void this approval. Not valid for filing after _______________, 19 _____. Signed this _____ day of _______________, 19 ____, by
Chairman
Secretary
(2) 
Officers authorized to sign plat. The authorized officers of the Board, for the purpose of signing approved subdivision plats, shall be the Chairman or Vice Chairman and the Secretary.
M. 
Upon approval, the Planning Board shall be furnished with two sepia reproducibles on cloth and six prints of each approved subdivision.
A. 
The construction details sheet shall be drawn at the same scale as the subdivision plat. Four copies shall be submitted.
B. 
The construction details sheet shall be prepared by a professional engineer and shall conform to the accepted standards of engineering practice as to form of presentation.
C. 
The information to be shown on the construction details sheet shall include:
(1) 
Layout of street pavement and appurtenances.
(2) 
Layout of underground utilities and appurtenances.
(3) 
Profile of finished grade of streets showing the location of underground appurtenances.
(4) 
Typical details of drainage structures such as culverts, manholes and catch basins.
(5) 
Typical street cross sections showing the manner of construction.
(6) 
Additional sketches or notes indicating character and design of other facilities required.
D. 
The original of the construction details sheet shall be signed by the developer and approved by the Planning Board. Said signed copy will be retained by the Planning Board.
[Amended 4-18-2005 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
A. 
Each and every developer shall be required to reimburse the Village for engineering services required for checking and inspection of the installation of all utilities, pavement, drainage, etc.
B. 
The Planning Board, in its review of an application for preliminary layout or final subdivision approval, or preliminary or final site development plan approval as described in Chapter 171 or Chapter 211, may refer any such application to such engineering, environmental or other technical consultant as the Planning Board shall deem reasonably necessary to enable it to review such application as required by law. The charges made by such consultants shall be in accordance with charges usually made for such services in the metropolitan New York region or pursuant to an existing contractual agreement between the Village and such consultant. The applicant shall reimburse the Village for the cost of such consultant services upon submission of a copy of the voucher therefor. Such reimbursement shall be made prior to any Board action on the preliminary or final subdivision or site development plan application. Any reimbursement of fees for professional consultant services rendered may be extended for one period of 90 days upon written request made by the applicant demonstrating good cause as may be determined by the Planning Board. However, in no event shall any action or approval on any such pending application be determined until any and all such reimbursements have been made in full by the applicant.