By ordinance adopted by the Verona Town Board on the second
day of June 1958, the Planning Board of the Town of Verona has power
and authority to approve plats for subdivisions within the Town, pursuant
to the provisions of Article 16 of the Town Laws of the State of New
York. As a basis for such approval the Planning Board prescribes the
following regulations.
This chapter is enacted for the following purposes:
A.
To provide for the future growth and development of the Town.
B.
To afford adequate facilities for the housing, transportation, distribution,
comfort, convenience, safety, health and welfare.
C.
To show in proper cases a park or parks suitably located for playground
or other recreational purposes.
D.
To 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.
To 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 Comprehensive Plan and Chapter 262, Zoning.
F.
That the land shown on such plats shall be of such character that
it can be used safety for building purposes without danger to health,
or peril from flood, fire or other menace.
For the purpose of this chapter, which shall be known as and
may be cited as "Town of Verona Subdivision Regulations," certain
words used herein are defined as follows:
A Comprehensive Plan prepared by the Planning Board pursuant
to Article 16 of the Town Law, which plan indicates the general locations
recommended for the various functional classes of public works, places
and structures and for the general physical development of the Town
of Verona, and includes any unit or part of such plan separately adopted
and any amendment to such plan or parts thereof.
The final map or drawing on which the plan of subdivision
is presented to the Planning Board for approval, and which, if approved,
will be submitted to the County Clerk for recording.
The map established by the Town of Verona pursuant to Article
16 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 Board or additions thereto resulting from the
approval of subdivision plats by the Planning Board and the subsequent
filing of such approved plats.
The general plan of subdivision, drawn to scale, and showing
the pattern of streets and lots as proposed by the developer.
A way for vehicular traffic.
ARTERIAL STREETS AND HIGHWAYSStreets which are used primarily for traffic with limited access.
MAJOR STREETSStreets which carry traffic from minor streets to the business and industrial districts.
MINOR STREETSStreets 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 at the closed end.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETSStreets which are generally parallel with and adjacent to arterial streets and highways and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
ALLEYSMinor ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
The division of a parcel of land into two or more lots, blocks
or sites, with or without streets or highways, for the purpose of
conveyance, lease or building development. A subdivision shall include
all contiguous land owned by the same person. A subdivision shall
not include the division of land for agricultural purposes into lots
in excess of five acres each unless it involves the creation of a
new street. The term "subdivision" includes "resubdivision." [NOTE:
The word "person," for purposes herein, is defined and intended to
include corporations, unincorporated associations, partnerships and
individuals.]
[Amended 8-1-1994 by L.L.
No. 3-1994]
