A. 
The applicant shall observe the following requirements and principles of land subdivision in each subdivision or portion thereof.
B. 
The subdivision plat shall conform to the design standards that will encourage good development patterns within the Borough. Where either the Official Map[1] or Master Plan, or both, has been adopted, the subdivision shall conform to the proposals and conditions shown thereon. The streets, drainage rights-of-way, school sites, public parks and playgrounds shown on the adopted Master Plan or Official Map shall be considered in the approval of subdivision plats.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 280, Official Map.
A. 
The arrangements of streets now shown on the Master Plan or Official Map[1] shall be such as to provide for the appropriate extension of existing streets.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 280, Official Map.
B. 
Minor streets shall be so designed as to discourage through traffic.
C. 
Subdivisions abutting arterial streets shall provide a marginal service road or reverse frontage with a buffer strip for planting or some other means of separation of through and local traffic as the Planning Board may determine appropriate.
D. 
The right-of-way width shall be measured from lot line to lot line and shall not be less than the following:
(1) 
Arterial streets: 80 feet.
(2) 
Collector streets: 60 feet.
(3) 
Minor streets: 50 feet.
(4) 
Marginal access streets: 40 feet.
(5) 
The right-of-way width for internal roads and alleys in multifamily, commercial and industrial developments shall be determined on an individual basis and, in all cases, be of sufficient width and design to safely accommodate the maximum traffic, parking and loading needs and maximum access for fire-fighting equipment.
E. 
No subdivision showing reserve strips controlling access streets shall be approved except where the control and disposal of land comprising such strips has been placed in the governing body under conditions approved by the Planning Board.
F. 
Subdivisions that adjoin or include existing streets that do not conform to street widths as shown on the Master Plan or Official Map,[2] or that do not conform to the street width requirements of this chapter shall dedicate additional width along either one or both sides of such streets of substandard widths. If the subdivision is along one side only, 1/2 of the required extra width shall be dedicated.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 280, Official Map.
G. 
Grades or arterial and collector streets shall not exceed 4%. Grades on other streets shall not exceed 10%. However, the Planning Board and the governing body shall have the right to require grades of less than 10% where special conditions exist, provided that such special conditions are set forth, in writing, upon the minutes of said Planning Board and the governing body. No streets shall have a minimum grade of less than 3/4 of 1%.
H. 
Street intersections shall be as nearly at right angles as is possible and in no case shall be less than 60°. The block corners at intersections shall be rounded at the curbline with a curve having a radius of not less than 25 feet.
I. 
Street jogs with a center-line offset of less than 125 feet shall be prohibited.
J. 
A tangent at least 100 feet long shall be introduced between reverse curves or arterial and collector streets.
K. 
When connecting street lines deflect from each other at any one point by more than 10° and not more than 45°, they shall be connected by a curve with a radius of not less than 100 feet for minor streets and 300 feet for arterial and collector streets.
L. 
All changes in grade shall be connected by vertical curves of sufficient radius to provide a smooth transition and proper sight distance.
M. 
Dead-end streets (culs-de-sac) shall not be longer than 600 feet and shall provide a turnaround at the end with a radius of not less than 50 feet and tangent whenever possible to the right side of the street. If a dead-end street is of a temporary nature, a similar turnaround shall be provided and provisions made for future extension of the street and reversion of the excess right-of-way to the adjoining properties.
N. 
The governing body shall name and change the names of any public streets and highways located within the Borough. The continuation of any existing street shall have the same name.
[Amended 10-31-1995 by Ord. No. 95-1012]
A. 
Block length and width or acreage within bounding roads shall be such as to accommodate the size of lots required in the area by Chapter 400, Zoning, and to provide for convenient access, circulation control and safety of street traffic.
B. 
In blocks over 1,000 feet long, pedestrian crosswalks may be required in locations deemed necessary by the approving authority. Such walkway shall be 10 feet wide and shall be straight from street to street.
C. 
For commercial, group housing or industrial uses, block size shall be sufficient to meet all area and yard requirements for such use, except lots fronting on streets described in § 350-46.
D. 
Block patterns. Block length and width or acreage within bounding roads shall be such as to accommodate the size of lot required in the area by Chapter 400, Zoning, and to provide for convenient access, circulation, control and safety of street traffic.
A. 
Lot dimensions and areas shall not be less than required by Chapter 400, Zoning.
B. 
Insofar as is practical, side lot lines shall be at right angles to straight streets and radial to curved streets.
C. 
Each lot must front upon an approved and improved street with a right-of-way width as prescribed by ordinance.
D. 
Where extra width has been dedicated for widening of existing streets, lots shall begin at such new street line as established, and all setbacks shall be measured from such line.
E. 
Where proposed lots are determined to be unsuitable for their intended purpose by reason of such factors as rock formations, drainage conditions, watercourses, flooding or other similar circumstances, including poorly designed access resulting from improper lot platting, the approving agency may, after adequate investigation, withhold approval of such lots.
A. 
Where a subdivision is traversed by a watercourse, drainageway, channel or stream, there shall be provided a stormwater easement or drainage right-of-way conforming substantially with the lines of such watercourse and such further width or construction, or both, as will be adequate for the future maintenance of such areas.
B. 
Natural features, such as trees, brooks and ponds, shall be preserved wherever possible in designing any subdivision pertaining to such features. No trees four inches or larger in diameter measured 12 inches above the ground shall be removed from the subdivided plot unless the same shall interfere with the construction of buildings or utilities, except as is otherwise provided or may otherwise be provided by ordinance.
All installations of water mains, culverts and storm sewers shall be connected with an approved system and shall be adequate to serve all present and probable future development.
Sanitary sewers shall be installed in accordance with the ordinances of the Borough of Montvale.
A. 
For all major subdivisions, the applicant shall arrange for the services of its lands by the installation of underground utilities and service connections in accordance with the provisions of the applicable standard terms and conditions incorporated as a part of the tariffs of the serving utility, as the same are then on file with the State of New Jersey, Board of Public Utility Commissioners, and shall submit to the approving authority, prior to the granting of final approval, a written instrument from each such serving utility which shall evidence full compliance with the provisions of this section.
B. 
Whenever a utility is not installed in the public right-of-way, an appropriate utility easement not less than 20 feet in width shall be provided.
A. 
Soil removal and relocation shall be in accordance with Chapter 329, Soil Removal, and the amendments and supplements thereto, and further in accordance with Chapter 251 of Laws of 1975, the New Jersey Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 4:24-39 et seq.
B. 
Minimally, topsoil removed during the course of construction shall be redistributed so as to provide at least six inches of cover to all areas of the subdivision and shall be stabilized by seeding or planting so as to remain in place.
Shade trees exhibiting a diameter of no less than 2 1/2 inches measured six inches above the ground shall be planted on center at sixty-foot intervals as determined by the Planning Board with the advice of the Environmental Commission and shall be located on the street line in a manner so as not to interfere with utilities or sidewalks. Said shade trees shall be of the following types: Norway maple, sugar maple or plane tree.
Sidewalks shall be located within the subdivision on all arterial and collector streets and on such other streets as may serve as corridors for pedestrian traffic to schools, shopping and public facilities.
Fire alarms and apparatus shall be constructed at such locations as may be accessible to and serve the public safety, general welfare and convenience.
Streetlights shall be installed on center at such intervals providing a luminescence sufficient to assure the safe passage of motor vehicles and pedestrians.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
Monuments shall be established and located as required by N.J.S.A. 46:26B-3, Monumentation, adopted by P.L. 2011, c. 217, as the same may be amended and supplemented.
Water mains and their connections to the curblines and fire hydrants, culverts and storm sewers shall be properly connected with an approved system and shall be adequate to handle all present and probable future development.