The sketch plan initially submitted to the Planning Board shall
be based on Tax Map information or some other similarly accurate base
map at a scale to enable the entire tract to be shown on one sheet.
The sketch plan shall be submitted showing the following information:
A. A location map to indicate the relationship of the proposed subdivision
to existing community facilities which will serve or influence the
layout, such as existing road patterns, schools, parks and other public
lands, local villages and hamlets, and special districts, including
school, fire, agricultural, etc.
B. All existing structures, burial grounds, railroad rights-of-way,
existing property lines, wooded areas and hedgerows, streams or watercourses,
flood hazard areas, wetlands, quarries or excavations, bedrock outcrops,
and other significant physical features within the area to be subdivided
and within 200 feet thereof, as requested by the Planning Board.
C. The name of the subdivider, the name of the person responsible for
the subdivision design, and shall identify any adjacent property owned
by the subdivider, or any one of the subdividers if there be more
than one.
D. The proposed subdivision name, the Tax Map sheet, block and lot numbers,
scale, North arrow, and acreage involved.
E. Upon the Planning Board's request, all the utilities currently available,
including the location of all existing easements and the location
of all roads, and pedestrianways, which are either proposed, mapped,
or built.
F. The proposed pattern and approximate number and average size of lots,
road layout, and recreation area, and, if requested by the Planning
Board, proposed surface water drainage, sewerage and water supply
within the subdivision area.
G. All existing restrictions on the use of land, including easements,
covenants, or zoning divisions.
H. A request to use a different scale for the preliminary plat, if applicable,
and the reason(s) for the request.
The preliminary plat shall be submitted at a scale of one inch
equals 100 feet, or another scale approved by the Planning Board,
prior to the submission of the application. The preliminary plat shall
be clearly marked "preliminary plat" and shall include:
A. The proposed subdivision name, the name of the Town and Onondaga
County, the name, mailing address and telephone number of the subdivider
and applicant (if different from the subdivider), the engineer or
surveyor who prepared the plat (including license number and seal),
the date of the preliminary plat (all revised versions of a preliminary
plat shall contain a "revised date" and shall set forth, with particularity,
the revisions made on that date), true North point and scale.
B. The name of all immediately adjacent subdivisions, if any, and the
names and addresses of the owners of record, as shown on the most
recent tax rolls of the Town, of: (1) all properties adjacent to the
subdivision and within 500 feet of any perimeter boundary; and (2)
all properties directly across existing streets. The names of those
owners shall be shown on the preliminary plat, along with the recording
information for the deeds under which the owners took title.
C. The location and dimensions of all property lines, the total acreage
of the proposed subdivision, the zoning district(s) of the property,
the location of any zoning district boundary lines (both on and adjacent
to the lands involved in the subdivision), special districts or municipal
boundary lines affecting the subdivision (including but not limited
to the Village of Marcellus).
D. The location of all parcels of land, if any, proposed to be dedicated
to the Town for roads, pedestrianways, sidewalks, easements, parks,
or other public improvements or infrastructure improvements and the
conditions, if any, of such dedication, and all lands to be reserved
by the owner.
E. The location of all existing structures and pertinent features, including
railroads, water bodies, watercourses, wetlands, flood hazard areas,
stone walls, rock outcrops, wooded areas, hedgerows, ponds, creeks,
drainageways, burial grounds, large trees, and all other significant
existing features that may influence the design of the proposed subdivision
area and located within the lands for which subdivision approval is
being requested or within 200 feet of any outside perimeter of these
lands, and shall show which of the above will be retained, removed,
or installed.
F. The location of existing sewers, water mains, culverts, and drains
serving the property, with pipe sites, grades, direction of flow,
and existing easements (shown by location and book and page of recording).
G. The width, location, and names of any roads or public ways or places
shown on the Official Map or in the Comprehensive Plan, within the
area to be subdivided.
H. The width, location, and grades of all proposed and existing easements
(clearly delineated as "existing" or "proposed") (each existing easement
should also show the book and page of recording) and road profiles
of all roads, sidewalks and pedestrianways proposed by the applicant.
I. Topographical contours, with intervals of five feet (or less if required
by the Planning Board), including elevations on existing roads shall
be provided.
J. The location and size of all proposed and existing (delineated as
"existing" or "proposed") water lines, valves, fire hydrants, and
sewer lines, or alternative means of water supply or sewage disposal
and treatment, including sites for on-site systems as provided in
the Public Health Law.
K. Profiles of all proposed water and sewer mains shall be provided.
L. If required by the Planning Board, the results of soil percolation
test(s) and soil suitability test(s) shall be provided.
M. Grading plan indicating the approximate location and size of proposed
drainage lines, their profiles and connection to existing drainage
lines, or alternative means of disposal, including existing and proposed
drainage easements.
N. An erosion control plan shall also be submitted as part of the grading
plans.
O. Construction documents, including but not limited to construction plans, profiles, cross-sections, and other drawings as required to show the proposed location and types of all roads, sidewalks, road lighting (and road lighting standards), trees, curbs, water mains, sanitary sewers, storm drains, pavement and subbase, manholes, catch basins and all other public improvements and infrastructure improvements required by Article
IV and any other infrastructure improvements and public improvements required by the Planning Board or proposed by the applicant.
P. Preliminary designs of any bridges or culverts, which may be required
by the Planning Board, or which the applicant desires to construct.
Q. The proposed lot lines with the dimensions and acreage of each lot
shown. Lots shall be numbered.
R. An actual field survey, certified to the Town, the subdivider, the
applicant, and the title company, which will insure title to the lands
to be conveyed to the Town, of the boundary perimeter lines of the
lands to be subdivided, giving complete descriptive data by bearings
and distances made and certified to by a surveyor.
S. The lands to be subdivided shall be marked by monuments in the ground as required by §
205-16.
T. The Planning Board shall have the right to require additional monuments.
The location of all existing and proposed monuments (delineated as
existing or proposed) shall be referenced on the preliminary plat
and shall be shown as "existing" on the final plat.
U. Where the topography or design is such as to make difficult the inclusion
of required facilities within the public areas as laid out, the preliminary
plat shall show the boundaries of the proposed permanent easements
over or under private property, which permanent easements:
(1) Shall
not be less than 20 feet in width; and
(2) Shall
provide satisfactory access to an existing or proposed road or public
open space shown on the preliminary plat or official map.
V. A copy of any covenants or deed restrictions that are intended (or
required) to cover all, any part of, the subdivision.
W. If the preliminary plat submitted for approval covers only a part
of the subdivider's entire real estate holdings in the area, then
a map shall be provided, having a scale of not less than one inch
equals 400 feet, showing all such lands of the subdivider in relationship
to the lands that are included on the preliminary plat.
X. A site location map, at a maximum scale of one inch equals 2,000
feet, showing the location of the subdivider's real property with
respect to surrounding properties and roads including all utility
lines.
Y. Copies of all existing easements and existing covenants or deed restrictions
shall accompany the application.
Z. Areas to be dedicated for infrastructure improvements or public improvements
shall be identified as such on the preliminary plat, with the understanding
the Town Board makes the ultimate decision as to whether the Town
will accept title or easement(s) to these areas.
AA. Notations explaining any drainage, slope, road widening, park area
or other reservations or easements, as may be required by the Planning
Board, including any self-imposed restrictions or covenants.
BB. To insure conformity with § 205-30B(6), the Planning Board
may require, as part of the preliminary plat application, that the
applicant submits site plans for lots.
The final plat shall be drawn at the same scale as the preliminary
plat and shall conform to the filing requirements of the Onondaga
County Clerk. When more than one sheet is required, an additional
index map on the same size sheet shall be prepared and included for
filing showing to scale the entire subdivision with lot and block
lines clearly legible. The final plat submission shall include:
A. A final plat, showing all of the information required to be shown on the preliminary plat under §
205-48 above, except:
(1) The words "preliminary plat" shall be replaced with "final plat";
(2) If only a section of the lands shown on the preliminary plat is included
in the application for final plat approval, the section number shall
be included on the final plat for which approval is requested;
(3) The date of the final plat shall be updated to within 30 days of
the applicant's filing of the application for final plat approval;
and
(4) All preliminary designs shall be finalized.
B. A narrative, certified to by the subdivider (and by the applicant
if different) as being true, accurate and complete, shall accompany
the final plat application and shall state, with particularity, each
and every insertion, deletion, change or revision:
(1) Appearing on the final plat when compared to the preliminary plat
approved by the Planning Board;
(2) Appearing in the documents submitted for final plat approval which
differ from the final information submitted to obtain preliminary
plat approval; and
(3) Shall further state no other additions, deletions, changes or revisions
were made to the plat or to the documents submitted for preliminary
plat approval.
C. Sufficient data to enable the Planning Board to determine readily
the location, bearing and length of every road line, lot line, boundary
line, and to reproduce such lines upon the ground. The length and
bearing of all straight lines, radii, length of curves, and central
angles of all curves and tangent bearings shall be given for each
road and for all lands the subdivider intends on conveying an interest
in to the Town, by deed or easement. All dimensions and angles of
the lines of each lot shall also be given. All dimensions shall be
shown in feet and decimals of a foot. Where applicable, this data
shall be referenced to monuments and ties into other reference points
previously established.
D. The final plat shall show, by proper designation thereon: (1) all
public open spaces, public improvements and public infrastructure
for which proposed deeds or easements to the Town shall be included;
and (2) the lands, if any, which will be reserved by the subdivider
shall be identified with particularity. For any of the latter, there
shall be submitted with the final plat copies of agreements or other
documents showing the manner in which such areas are to be maintained
and the provisions made therefor. All offers of cession and all covenants
governing the maintenance of undeeded open space shall require the
approval of the Planning Board and the Town Attorney as to form and
legal sufficiency.
E. Roads, pedestrianways, lots, reservations, easements, and other public
improvements and infrastructure improvements to be dedicated to public
use shall be shown as such on the final plat, and the proposed deeds,
easements, etc., shall be provided with the application.
F. Permanent reference monuments and, if required by the Planning Board,
Lot corner markers shall be shown and their location referenced on
the final plat.