Within six months after a determination of the planning on the sketch plan, subdivision by the Planning Board, the applicant shall submit an application for preliminary plat approval. The preliminary plat shall conform to the approved layout shown on the sketch plan plus any recommendations made by the Planning Board. Five copies of the preliminary plat and accompanying materials shall be submitted.
A.
The preliminary plat submitted to the Planning Board shall show or be accompanied by the following information, as well as contain the information on the approved sketch plan:
(1)
Location, bearings, and distance of tract boundary.
(2)
Field-generated topography at a contour interval of two feet, with a zero base elevation referring to sea level, and referred to a datum satisfactory to the Board.
(3)
Names of all property owners of record within 250 feet of any portion of the lands to be subdivided.
(4)
Location, name, and dimensions of existing roads (including edges of pavement), easements, property lines, buildings, parks, and public properties.
(5)
Location of existing sewers, water mains, culverts, and storm drains, if any, including pipe sizes, grades, and direction of flow.
(6)
Precise location of pertinent natural features that shall influence the design of the subdivision, such as watercourses, wetlands, steep slopes, rock outcrops, and single trees eight inches or more in diameter, where such trees will be affected by proposed site disturbance.
(7)
Location, width, and approximate grade of all roads with approximate elevations shown at the beginning and end of each road, at road intersections and at all points where there is a decided change in the slope or direction, and profiles showing existing and proposed elevations along the center lines.
(8)
Proposed provision of water supply, fire protection, sanitary waste disposal, stormwater drainage, street trees, streetlight fixtures, road signs, sidewalks, pathways and crosswalks.
(9)
Proposed or future location of public sewer lines and easements.
(10)
Proposed geometry, dimensions, and area of all proposed and existing lots.
(11)
Proposed building envelopes, location and maximum gradient of driveways and retaining structures.
(12)
Approximate location and dimensions of property proposed to be reserved for recreation or other public use.
(13)
Conceptual approval, as a minimum, from the appropriate transportation department (Town of Beekman Highway Department, Dutchess County Department of Public Works Highway Division, or New York State Department of Transportation) for proposed intersections of existing roads with proposed roads and/or driveways. NOTE: The applicant is responsible for contacting the appropriate transportation department and requesting written comments for submission to the Planning Board.
(14)
One-hundred-year floodplain boundaries and elevations from current Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) series, or calculations for watercourses not shown on the FIRM series.
(15)
Minimum basement floor elevations for areas near or adjacent to one-hundred-year flood zone (FIRM or calculated). NOTE: Elevations must be at least two feet above flood level.
(16)
All existing buildings or structures. Any proposed demolition to be noted.
(17)
Owner's certification note: "The undersigned owner(s) of the property hereon states that he/she is familiar with this map, its contents to all said terms and conditions as stated hereon." NOTE: The owner is not to sign the certification until after all revisions necessary for final subdivision plat approval have been made.
(18)
Stormwater pollution prevention plan (SPPP), where applicable, including all necessary plans and calculations.
(20)
In cases where any of the property has frontage on a Town road, all lands within 25 feet of the center line of the traveled way must be shown and subsequently deeded to the Town.
(21)
The following individual lot soil erosion/siltation control note is to be placed on the plan: "A building permit will not be issued until a plot plan showing satisfactory provisions to minimize or prevent soil erosion and siltation is submitted to and accepted by the Building Inspector and such provisions are implemented to the satisfaction of the Town."
(22)
Erosion and siltation plans for use during road construction and/or project improvements/infrastructure.
(23)
Any traffic planning studies requested by the Planning Board.
(24)
Proposed road names, to be selected from approved Town list.
(25)
Street trees, at least 2 1/2 inches in diameter at breast height, every 75 feet, with a minimum of two trees per lot.
(26)
Approximate location, dimensions, and improvements of any land that the Planning Board has required to be deeded to the Town (e.g., parkland).
(27)
Any building elevation drawings or landscape plans prepared by a New York State registered architect or registered landscape architect, or as otherwise required by the Planning Board.
The preliminary plat shall not be considered complete until the applicable requirements of New York State statutes have been fulfilled, including the following:
B.
Agricultural districts program. Agricultural data statement; submission, evaluation. In accordance with New York State Town Law § 283-a and Article 25-AA of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law, any application that would occur on property within an agricultural district containing a farm operation or on property with boundaries within 500 feet of a farm operation located in an agricultural district shall include an agricultural data statement. The Planning Board shall evaluate and consider the agricultural data statement in its review of the possible impacts of the proposed project upon the functioning of farm operations within such agricultural district, as well as adhere to the following procedures:
(1)
Agricultural data statement; notice provision. Upon the receipt of such application by the Planning Board the Clerk of such Board shall mail written notice of such application to the owners of land as identified by the applicant in the agricultural data statement. Such notice shall include a description of the proposed project and its location; the cost of mailing said notice shall be borne by the applicant.
(2)
Agricultural data statement; content. An agricultural data statement shall include the following information: the name and address of the applicant; a description of the proposed project and its location; the name and address of any owner of land within the agricultural district, which land contains farm operations and is located within 500 feet of the boundary of the property upon which the project is proposed; and a Tax Map or other map showing the site of the proposed project relative to the location of farm operations identified in the agricultural data statement.
(3)
Notice to county Planning Board or agency or regional planning council. The Administrative Secretary shall refer all applications requiring an agricultural data statement to the county Planning Board or agency or regional planning council as required by §§ 239-m and 239-n of the General Municipal Law.
C.
Notice of public hearing on preliminary plat to adjacent municipalities. In accordance with General Municipal Law § 239-nn, the Clerk of the Town Planning Board shall give notice to an adjacent municipality of a public hearing on any subdivision of property situated within 500 feet of an adjacent municipality. The required notice shall be given by regular mail or electronic transmission to the Clerk of the adjacent municipality, at least 10 days prior to the hearing.
A public hearing shall be held by the Planning Board within 62 days from the time of submission of the preliminary plat for approval, provided that the plat meets all the requirements of this chapter. Said hearing shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town at least 10 days before such hearing. In addition to notice of the hearing by publication in the official newspaper, the applicant shall be responsible for providing notice via certified/return receipt United States Mail to all property owners of record within 250 feet of any portion of the lands proposed to be subdivided.
Within 62 days of the conclusion of the public hearing, the Planning Board shall approve with or without modification, or disapprove the preliminary plat, and the grounds for modification, if any, or the grounds for disapproval shall be stated upon the records of the Planning Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of the subdivision, the time in which the Planning Board must take action on such plat may be extended by mutual consent of the owner and the Planning Board. When so approving a preliminary plat, the Planning Board shall state in the record modifications, if any, as it deems necessary for submission of the plat in final form. Within five days of the approval of such preliminary plat, it shall be certified by the Administrative Secretary as granted preliminary approval and a copy filed in his office and a certified copy mailed to the owner.