The Planning Board, in considering an application for the subdivision
of land, shall be guided by the following considerations and standards.
A.
Character of land. 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.
B.
Conformity to Official Map and Town Plan. Subdivisions shall conform
to the streets and parks shown on the Official Map of the Town and
shall be properly related to the Town Master Plan as it is developed
and adopted by the Town Planning Board.
A.
The width of the rights-of-way for all streets to be offered for
cession to the Town of LeRoy shall be not less than 50 feet.
[Amended 9-25-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989]
B.
The construction of all streets in all subdivisions shall be in strict
conformity with the specifications for subdivision roadways, as promulgated
by the Town of LeRoy Planning Board and the Town of LeRoy Superintendent
of Highways, except that no subdivider shall be required to install
a street in conformity with any specification promulgated after the
approval of a final subdivision plat covering that street. The specifications
for subdivision roadways are not a part of these regulations and may
be amended, altered or changed without public hearing.
Streets shall be graded and improved with pavement, street signs,
sidewalks, streetlighting standards, curbs, gutters, street trees,
water mains, sanitary sewers, storm drains and fire hydrants, except
where waivers may be requested, and the Planning Board may waive,
subject to appropriate conditions, such improvements as it considers
are not requisite in the interest of the public health, safety and
general welfare. If placed in the street right-of-way, underground
utilities required by the Planning Board shall be placed between the
paved roadway and street line to simplify location and repair of the
lines. The subdivider shall install underground service connections
to the property line of each lot before the street is paved. Such
grading and improvements shall conform to said specifications for
subdivision roadways and shall be approved as to design and specifications
by the Town's Engineer and/or Superintendent of Highways. The developer,
before the approval of the final subdivision plat, shall complete
all improvements to the satisfaction of the Town's Engineer or Superintendent
of Highways or post a performance bond sufficient to ensure the satisfactory
completion of such improvements. Such bond may be waived in the sole
discretion of the Planning Board.
The lot arrangement shall be such that there will be no foreseeable difficulties, for reasons of topography or other conditions, in securing building permits to build on all lots in compliance with Chapter 165, Zoning, and in providing access to buildings on such lots from an approved street. The Planning Board may, subject to the resolution adopted by the Town Board of the Town of LeRoy on August 9, 1966, creating the Board, modify applicable provisions of Chapter 165, Zoning.
Where a watercourse separates the buildable area of a lot from
the street by which it has access, provision shall be made for the
installation of a culvert or other structure, of design in accord
with the specifications for subdivision roadways.
Lot dimensions shall at the least comply with the minimum standards of Chapter 165, Zoning. Where lots are more than double the minimum required area for the zoning district, the Planning Board may require that such lots be arranged so as to allow further subdivision and the opening of future streets where they would be necessary to serve such potential lots.
Side lot lines shall be at right angles to street lines, unless
a variation from this rule will give a better street or lot plan.
Lots shall not, in general, derive access exclusively from a
major street. Where driveway access from a major street may be necessary
for several adjoining lots, the Planning Board may require that such
lots be served by a combined access drive in order to limit possible
traffic hazard on such street.
A.
Parks and playgrounds. The Planning Board may require adequate, convenient
and suitable areas for parks and playgrounds or other recreational
purposes to be reserved on the plat, but, in no case, more than 5%
of the gross area of any subdivision. The area shall be shown and
marked on the plat "reserved for park or playground purposes." In
the case of a small subdivision where the area of any proposed park
would be so small as to be unsuitable for park purposes, the subdivider
shall pay to the Planning Board an amount equal to 5% of the value
of the property to be subdivided. This money shall be paid directly
to the Town of LeRoy and held by it in trust exclusively for use in
providing permanent playground or recreational equipment or buildings
or acquisition of land for park or playground purposes for the recreation
of the residents in the area of the subdivision.
B.
Widening or realignment of existing streets. Where the subdivision
borders an existing street and the Official Map or Master Plan indicates
plans for realignment or widening of the street that would require
reservation of some land of the subdivision, the Planning Board may
require that such areas be shown and marked on the plat "reserved
for street realignment (or widening) purposes."
C.
Utility and drainage easements. Where topography or other conditions
are such as to make impractical the inclusion of utilities or drainage
facilities within a street right-of-way, perpetual unobstructed easements
at least 20 feet in width for such utilities or drainage shall be
provided across property outside the street lines and with satisfactory
access to the street. Easements shall be indicated on the plat.
D.
Easements for pedestrian access. The Planning Board, where is deems
it necessary, may require, in order to facilitate pedestrian access
from streets to schools, parks, playgrounds or other nearby streets,
perpetual unobstructed easements at least 20 feet in width. Easements
shall be indicated on the plat.
E.
Responsibility for ownership of reservations. Ownership shall be
clearly indicated on all reservations for parks and playground purposes.
Existing features which would add value to residential development,
such as large trees, watercourses and falls, beaches, historic spots
and similar irreplaceable assets, should be preserved, insofar as
possible, through harmonious design of the subdivision.
The owner may place restrictions on the development greater than those required by Chapter 165, Zoning. Such restrictions, if any, shall be indicated on the final plat.
The Planning Board may modify specified requirements in any
individual case where, in the Board's judgment, such modification
is in the public interest or will avoid the imposition of unnecessary
individual hardship.
