The regulations contained in this article for the design and
construction of land development shall apply to all public works improvements
within the Town of Macedon.
Land subject to flooding and land deemed by the Planning Board
to be uninhabitable shall not be plotted for residential occupancy,
nor for such other uses as may involve danger to health, life or property
or aggravate the flood hazard, but such land within the area of the
plan shall be set aside for such uses as shall not be endangered by
periodic or occasional inundation.
[Amended 6-8-2000 by L.L.
No. 4-2000; 6-25-2020 by L.L. No. 3-2020]
The purpose of this section is to ensure consistent development
of the Town's roadways as it relates to dwelling construction, as
well as to provide residents with reasonable expectations of privacy,
safety, quality of life and dwelling resale value.
A. Development plans shall conform to any Master Plans for the Town
as shall have been prepared and adopted by the Planning Board or Town
Board.
B. Streets in a new development shall be so designed to discourage through
traffic; however, provisions for the extension and/or continuation
of streets into and from adjoining areas shall be made, unless the
Planning Board deems such an extension undesirable for specific planning
reasons.
C. If a portion of a tract is not subdivided, suitable access and street
openings for such an eventuality shall be provided.
D. Streets shall be logically related to the topography, and acceptable
planning/engineering criteria employed to produce usable lots and
reasonable grades.
E. Local roads shall be laid out to discourage through traffic, but
provision for street connections into and from adjacent areas will
generally be required.
F. Any dwelling located on a lot bounded by more than one roadway, whether
public or private, shall be situated such that the front of the dwelling
faces the major traffic highway.
(1)Â The Town Planning Board, as part of its site development approval
process, shall verify that dwellings to be constructed on these lots
are architecturally designed such that typical "house front" architecture
faces the major traffic highway. If no dwelling plan is available
at the time of site development approval, the Town Planning Board
may, at its discretion, assign this architectural verification to
the Town Zoning Enforcement Officer for later approval prior to the
start of dwelling construction. Actual dwelling blueprints may be
necessary to accomplish this verification.
(2)Â The only exception is as follows: On corner lots, the Town Planning
Board may approve any dwelling location and facing requirements it
feels appropriate for the orderly development of the neighborhood,
keeping in mind the purpose of this section.
G. New half or partial streets will not be permitted, except where essential
for reasonable subdivision of a tract in conformance with the other
requirements and standards contained herein and where, in addition,
satisfactory assurance for dedication of the remaining part of the
street can be secured.
H. Wherever a tract to be subdivided borders on an existing half or
partial street, the other part of the street shall be plotted within
such tract.
I. Dead-end streets shall be prohibited, except as stubs to permit future
street extension into adjoining tracts or when designed as a cul-de-sac.
J. Reserve strips which control access to right-of-way or utility easements
are prohibited.
K. Street names shall be submitted for approval to the County Highway
Department, Postal Service and others designated by the Town Board
to avoid duplications or use of similarly sounding or spelled names.
Dwelling numbers shall follow the practice established by the Town.
A street which is a continuation of an existing one shall retain the
same name.
The minimum building setbacks shall be controlled by the provisions set forth in Chapter
300, Zoning, of the Code of the Town of Macedon.
[Amended 6-25-2020 by L.L. No. 3-2020]
If sewer, water, gas, electrical, streetlighting or other public utility facilities are proposed, their location and installation shall comply with §Â
190-45 of this chapter and shall be coordinated so that they may be operated and maintained at minimum cost.
Alleys are prohibited in residential developments. In commercial
or industrial districts, alleys shall be a minimum width of 22 feet.
Where such alleys dead-end, they shall be provided with a turnaround
having an outside roadway diameter to allow emergency vehicle access.