A. 
The Town Board of the Town of Urbana, County of Steuben, State of New York, pursuant to the provisions of Article 16 of the Town Law and § 10, Subdivision 2, of the Municipal Home Rule Law, for the purpose set forth herein, does hereby ordain, enact and publish as follows:
There is hereby established a Subdivision Regulation for the Town of Urbana, Steuben County, New York, which authorizes and empowers the Planning Board 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 the corporate boundaries of the Town.
B. 
In order that land subdivision may be made in accordance with this policy, these regulations, which shall be known as and which may be cited as the "Town of Urbana Land Subdivision Regulations," are hereby enacted this 30th day of December, 1985.
It is declared to be the policy of the Town Board and the Town 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 Official Map, if such exists, and shall be properly related to the proposals shown in the Town Planning Studies and/or Land Use 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 parks and playgrounds.
For the purpose of these regulations, certain words and terms used herein are defined as follows:
COLLECTOR STREET
A street which serves or is designed to serve as a trafficway for a neighborhood or as a feeder to a major street.
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF FINAL PLAT
Planning Board approval of the final plat subject to conditions set forth by the Planning Board in a resolution conditionally approving the plat. Such "conditional approval" does not qualify a final plat for recording nor authorize issuance of building permits prior to the signing of the plat by a duly authorized officer of the Planning Board and recording of the plat by a duly authorized officer of the Planning Board and recording of the plat in the office of the Steuben County Clerk in accordance with these regulations.
DEAD-END STREET OR CUL-DE-SAC
A street or portion of a street with only one vehicular traffic outlet.
EASEMENT
An authorization by a property owner for the use by another and for a specified purpose of any designated part of his property.
ENGINEER OR LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER
A person licensed as a professional engineer by the State of New York.
FINAL PLAT
A drawing prepared in a manner prescribed by local regulation showing a proposed subdivision, containing in such additional detail as shall be provided by local regulation all information required to appear on a preliminary plat and the modifications, if any, required by the Planning Board at the time of approval of a preliminary plat of such proposed subdivision, if such preliminary plat has been so approved.
FINAL PLAT APPROVAL
Planning Board approval of a plat in final form by signing of the final plat by a duly authorized officer of a Planning Board after a resolution granting final approval to the plat or after conditions specified in a resolution granting conditional approval of the plat are completed. Such "final approval" qualifies the plat for recording in the office of the Steuben County Clerk.
[Amended 9-10-1990 by L.L. No. 2-1990]
FLOOD
A temporary rise in stream or lake level that results in inundation of areas not ordinarily covered by water.
FLOOD FREQUENCY
The statistically determined average from how often a specific flood level or discharge may be equaled or exceeded.
FLOODWAY
The channel of a watercourse and portions of the adjoining floodplain which are reasonably required to carry and discharge the regulatory flood.
FLOODWAY FRINGE
The area adjoining a watercourse which, although not lying within the floodway, has been or may hereafter be covered by a regulatory flood.
LAND USE PLAN/PLANNING STUDIES
A comprehensive plan prepared by the Planning Board pursuant to § 272-a of the Town Law which indicates the general locations recommended for various functional classes of public works, places and structures and for general physical development of the Town, and includes any unit or part of such plan separately prepared and any amendment to such plan or parts therein.
MAJOR STREET
A street which serves or is designed to serve heavy flows of traffic and which is used primarily as a route for traffic between communities and/or other heavy traffic generating areas.
MAJOR SUBDIVISION
Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision, including but not limited to subdivision of five or more lots or any size subdivision requiring any new street or extension of municipal facilities.
MINOR STREET
A street intended to serve primarily as an access to abutting properties.
MINOR SUBDIVISION
Any subdivision containing not more than four lots fronting on an existing street, not involving any new street or road or the extension of municipal facilities and not adversely affecting the development of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining property and not in conflict with any provision or portion of the Land Use Plan, if such exists, Chapter 105, Zoning, or these regulations.
[Amended 9-10-1990 by L.L. No. 2-1990]
OFFICIAL MAP
The Map established by the Town Board pursuant to § 270 of the Town Law, showing streets, highways and parks and drainage, both existing and proposed.
PLANNING BOARD OR BOARD
The Planning Board of the Town of Urbana.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
A drawing prepared in a manner prescribed by local regulation, showing the layout of a proposed subdivision, including but not restricted to road and lot layout and approximate dimensions, key plan, topography and drainage, all proposed facilities unsized, including preliminary plans and profiles, at suitable scale in such detail as local regulation may require.
PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL
Planning Board approval of the layout of a proposed subdivision as set forth in a preliminary plat, but subject to approval of the plat in final form in accordance with the provision of these regulations.
REACH
A hydraulic engineering term to describe a longitudinal segment of a stream or river.
REGULATORY FLOOD
A flood with a frequency of approximately 100 years, as determined from an analysis of floods on a particular stream and other streams or land in the same general region.
REGULATORY FLOOD PROTECTION ELEVATION
The elevation of the regulatory flood, plus any freeboard required herein to provide a safety factor.
SKETCH PLAT
A sketch of a proposed subdivision showing the information specified in § 93-24 of these regulations to enable the subdivider to save time and expense in reaching general agreement with the Planning Board as to the layout and objectives of these regulations.
[Amended 9-10-1990 by L.L. No. 2-1990]
STREET
Includes streets, roads, avenues, lanes or other trafficways, between right-of-way lines.
STREET PAVEMENT
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular traffic.
STREET WIDTH
The width of the right-of-way, measured at right angles to the center line of the street.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who shall lay out any subdivision or part thereof, as defined herein, either for himself or others.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways, and includes resubdivision.
SURVEYOR
A person licensed as a land surveyor by the State of New York.