By authority of the Resolution duly adopted by the Town Board
on July 23, 1962, pursuant to the provisions of Article 16 of the
Town Law, and acts amendatory thereto, the Town Board authorized and
empowered the Planning Board of the Town of Frankfort to approve or
disapprove:
A. Changes in the lines of existing streets, highways or public areas
shown on subdivision plats or maps filed in the County Clerk's
office.
B. The laying out of, closing off or abandonment of such streets, highways
or public areas under and subject to the provisions of the town and
highway laws.
C. All plats showing lots, blocks or sites with or without streets or
highways; and to pass and approve the development of plats already
filed in the County Clerk's office if such plats are entirely
or partially undeveloped; and to control subdivisions.
These regulations are enacted for the following purposes and
for such other or further purposes as may be authorized by law to:
A. Provide for the future growth and development of the town.
B. Afford adequate facilities for the housing, transportation, distribution,
comfort, convenience, safety, health and welfare.
C. Show, in proper cases, a park or parks suitably located for playground
or other recreational purposes.
D. Require that the streets and highways shall be of sufficient width
and suitable grade and shall be suitably located to accommodate the
prospective traffic, to afford adequate light and air, to facilitate
fire protection and to provide access of fire-fighting equipment to
buildings.
E. Assure that the subdivision streets and highways shall be coordinated
so as to compose a convenient system conforming to the Official Map
and properly related to the Master Plan and Zoning Ordinance.
F. Find that the land shown on such plats shall be of such character
that it can be used safely for building purposes without danger to
health or peril from flood, fire or other menace.
For the purpose of these regulations, which shall be known as
and may be cited as the "Town of Frankfort Subdivision Regulations,"
certain words used herein are defined as follows:
BOARD
The duly appointed Planning Board of the Town of Frankfort.
FINAL PLAT
The final map or drawing on which the plan of subdivision
is presented to the Board for approval, and which, if approved, will
be submitted to the County Clerk for filing.
MASTER PLAN
A comprehensive plan prepared for and by the Board pursuant
to Article 16, which plan indicates the general locations recommended
for the various public works, places and structures and for the general
physical development of the Town of Frankfort, and includes any unit
or part of such plan separately adopted and any amendment to such
plan or parts thereof.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map established by the Town of Frankfort pursuant to
§ 270 of the Town Law showing the streets, highways and
parks theretofore laid out, adopted and established by law and any
amendments thereto adopted by the Town of Frankfort or additions thereto
resulting from the approval of subdivision plats by the Board and
the subsequent filing of such approved plats. Streets not accepted
by the Town Board as public streets may be shown thereon but shall
be marked as private streets.
PRELIMINARY LAYOUT
The preliminary drawing or drawings indicating the proposed
manner or layout of the subdivision and width of proposed streets
to be submitted to the Board for its consideration.
STREET
A public or private way for vehicular traffic.
A.
Arterial streets and highways are those which are used primarily
for traffic with limited access.
B.
Major streets are those which carry traffic from minor streets
to the business and industrial districts.
C.
Minor streets are those which are used primarily for access
to abutting residential properties. A cul-de-sac is a minor street
with only one outlet and having a turning loop or Y at the closed
end.
D.
Frontage roads are generally parallel with and adjacent to arterial
streets and highways; and provide access to abutting properties and
protection from through traffic.
E.
Alleys are minor ways which are used primarily for vehicular
service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting
on a street.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel of land into three or more lots,
plots, sites or other division of land, for the purpose, whether immediate
or future, of transfer of ownership or building development, and shall
include resubdivision in whole or in part of any plat, filed or unfiled,
which is entirely or partially undeveloped.
Whenever any subdivision of land as herein before defined is
proposed to be made, the subdividing owner thereof, or his agent,
shall apply in writing to the Board for approval of such subdivision.
There shall first be filed with the Board a preliminary plan or layout
of the entire property for conditional approval and subsequently thereto
a final plat, as hereinafter specified.
Prior to the filing of an application for conditional approval
of a preliminary layout, the subdivider, his agent or engineer, may
appear and submit general site information and data regarding existing
conditions, a location map and a sketch plan with a request for informal
consideration by the Board and for an expression of its views. No
formal application is thereby required. The purpose of such appearance
and submission of information and data is primarily to afford the
subdivider an opportunity to consult informally and at an early stage
with the Board with the view toward conserving the time and expense
of the subdivider and creating mutual opportunities of the parties
for the achievement of a desirable subdivision in the public interest.
A filing fee of $1 per lot, with a minimum of $20 per plat shall
be paid to the Town Clerk for credit to the account of the Planning
Board in the general fund when the final plat is filed with the Board
for final approval.
The minimum width of an alley shall be 20 feet, if provided.
Where a proposed park, playground, school or other public use
shown in the Master Plan, or not anticipated in such Master Plan,
is located in whole or in part in a subdivision, such area shall either
be dedicated to the proper public agency; or it shall be reserved
for acquisition by such agency within a specified period by purchase
or other means and an agreement shall be entered into between the
subdivider and the public agency regarding the time and method of
acquisition, and the cost thereof. If the Planning Board determines
that a suitable park or parks of adequate size cannot be located in
any such plat or is otherwise not practical, the Board may require
as a condition to approval of any such plat such other or further
conditions as may be authorized by law.
Prior to or not later than 180 days after the date of the resolution
granting conditional approval, the subdivider shall have installed
or shall have furnished adequate bond or other security for the installation
within a specified time of the required improvements listed and described
in this section. All of the required improvements shall be made in
full compliance with the specifications for each of the various units
of work, as required by the municipality, or the state and county
health authorities, according to the nature of the improvements.
The tract boundary lines, and the lines of all streets or roads
shall be monumented with concrete, stone or iron monuments with monument
caps. Individual properties shall be monumented with iron pins or
pipe.
The developer shall connect each lot at the property line with
the public water supply, if available. Neighborhood water supply systems,
where provided, must conform to standards and inspection by the New
York State Department of Health.
If, in the opinion of the Board, a subdivision can be reasonably
served by the extension of a public sanitary sewer or by a neighborhood
system, the developer shall provide sanitary sewers and laterals for
each lot for such service. Where public or neighborhood sanitary sewers
are not feasible, the developer shall provide and install an individual
system for each lot in accordance with state and local requirements
upon specific approval by the Town Board.
Electrical service, gas mains, water and sewer mains and other
available utilities shall be provided by the developer within each
subdivision prior to acceptance of the gravel base and surface course
by the Street Superintendent. No cuts shall be made in the gravel
thereafter without permission from the Town Board, and whenever such
permission is given, the developer shall restore the surface of the
road to its previous condition to the satisfaction of the Superintendent
of Highways. In all cases where possible, the developer shall first
install any necessary sewer laterals, gas and water laterals to the
edge of the road for each lot on the plan before gravel is applied.