By the authority of the resolution of the Town Board of the
Town of Lenox, adopted on April 11, 1988, pursuant to the provisions
of Article 16 of the Town Law of the State of New York, the Planning
Board of the Town of Lenox is authorized and empowered to approve
plats showing lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways,
to approve the development of entirely or partially undeveloped plats
already filed in the office of the Clerk of the County and to approve
preliminary plats within that part of the Town of Lenox outside the
limits of any incorporated city or village. It is declared to be the
policy of the Planning Board to consider land subdivision plats as
part of a plan for the orderly, efficient and economical development
of the Town. This means, among other things, that 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; that proper provision shall be made for drainage, water supply,
sewerage and other needed improvements; that all proposed lots shall
be so laid out and of such size as to be in harmony with the development
pattern of the neighboring properties; that the proposed streets shall
compose a convenient system conforming to the Zoning Map, if such
exists, and shall be properly related to the proposals shown on the
Comprehensive Plan, if such exists, and shall be of such width, grade
and location as to accommodate the prospective traffic, to facilitate
fire protection and to provide access of fire-fighting equipment to
buildings; and that proper provision shall be made for open spaces
for parks and playgrounds. In order that land subdivisions may be
made in accordance with this policy, the regulations in this chapter,
which shall be known as and which may be cited as the "Town of Lenox
Land Subdivision Regulations," have been recommended by the Planning
Board on March 14, 1988, and approved by the Town Board on April 11,
1988.