A.
Conformance with Official Map and Comprehensive Plan and Open Space Plan, if any. Subdivision plats, open development areas and improvements, provided either thereon or as a consideration to the approval thereof, shall conform to the Official Map, if any, and Chapter 116, Zoning, of the Town of Aurora and shall be in harmony with any Town Comprehensive and Open Space Plan now existing or hereafter adopted.
B.
Plats with access through other municipalities. Whenever access to
a subdivision is by crossing land in another municipality, the Planning
Board may require certificates from authorities having appropriate
jurisdiction that such access is adequately improved or that a legally
adequate performance bond has been duly posted and is sufficient in
amount to assure the construction of the necessary road or roads.
C.
Frontage on improved road. The area to be subdivided shall have frontage
on, or access from, an existing street on the Town Official Map, which
shall have been improved to comply with the Town Highway Codes.
D.
The design standards for subdivisions shall be in accordance with
the Standard Specifications and Details for Materials and Construction
of the Town of Aurora.
E.
The design standards for subdivisions shall comply with any stormwater
pollution prevention plan submitted pursuant to this chapter.
A.
The arrangements, character, extent, width, grade and location of
all streets shall conform to the Comprehensive and Open Space Plan,
if any, and to the Official Map, if any, and shall be considered in
their relation to other existing and planned streets, to topographical
conditions, to public convenience and safety, to stormwater runoff,
and in their appropriate relation to the proposed uses of land to
be served and/or abutted by such streets.
B.
Where such is not shown on any comprehensive plan and open space
plan, the arrangements of streets in a subdivision shall either:
(1)
Provide for the continuation or appropriate projection of existing
principal streets in surrounding areas; or
(2)
Conform to a plan for the neighborhood approved or adopted by the
Board to meet a particular situation where topographical or other
conditions make continuance or conformance to existing streets impracticable.
C.
Specifications for the construction and laying out of streets and
Town highways are outlined in the Standard Specification and Details
for Materials and Construction of the Town of Aurora.
D.
Streets shall be so laid out that their use by through traffic will
be discouraged.
E.
Street jogs with centerline offsets of less than 125 feet shall be
avoided.
F.
No street names should be used which will duplicate or be confused
with the names of existing streets. Street names shall be subject
to the approval of the Town Board.
G.
Sidewalks and curbs may be required.
A.
Where the subdivision or open development area is traversed by a
watercourse, drainageway, channel or stream, there shall be provided
a stormwater easement or drainage right-of-way conforming substantially
to the lines of such watercourse and such further width or construction,
or both, as will be adequate for the purpose. Parallel streets or
parkways may be required in connection therewith. Adequate retention
areas shall be developed and maintained.
B.
Easements across lots or centered on rear or side lot lines shall
be provided for utilities where necessary and shall be as required.
C.
The applicant may be required to provide either drainage easements
or conservation districts along both sides of existing watercourses,
as shown on the Official Map, to a distance to be determined by the
Town Board upon the recommendation of the Town Engineer.
A.
The lot size, width, depth, shape and orientation and the minimum building setback lines shall be appropriate for the location of the subdivision and for the type of development and use contemplated and shall be subject to the applicable provisions of Chapter 116, Zoning.
B.
Lot dimensions shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 116, Zoning, unless the Town Board has approved options provided in Town Law § 281.
C.
Land subject to flooding shall not be platted for residential occupancy
nor for such other uses as may increase danger to life or property
or aggravate the flood hazard.
D.
Corner lots for residential use shall have extra width to permit
appropriate building setback from and orientation to both streets.
E.
Turnaround driveways may be mandatory on certain roads in the Town
of Aurora.
A.
Parks and public open spaces. Adequate land for parks and other public
open space purposes shall be provided.
(1)
Amount of land dedicated. In general, the Town Board may require
that not less than one acre of park and public open space land per
20 dwelling units be shown on the plat. However, in no case shall
the amount required be more than 10% of the total area of the subdivision.
(2)
The minimum area of contiguous public open space acceptable for this
use may be one acre. A smaller open space may be approved by the Town
Board if the difference in area between the space offered and the
one-acre minimum may be provided by future subdivision of adjacent
land. All lands designated on the plat as park or open space area
shall be subject to such conditions as the Town Board may establish
on the subdivision concerning access, use and maintenance of such
lands as deemed necessary to assure the preservation of the land,
in perpetuity, for its intended purposes. Such conditions shall be
clearly noted on the plat.
B.
Payment in lieu of dedication. In cases where, because of size, topography
or location of the subdivision, the requirement for land dedication
or reservation for parks and public open spaces would be unreasonable
or undesirable, the Town Board shall alternately require, under § 277
of the Town Law, that a payment be made into a special fund for Town
recreation site acquisition or improvements to existing recreation
facilities in lieu of such land dedication. Such payment requirements
shall be a condition of approval of the plat and shall be per the
Standard Schedule of Fees per proposed dwelling unit in the project
or such sum as may be set by resolution of the Town Board from time
to time.
A.
The applicant shall be required by the Town Board to carry away,
by pipe, open ditch or other drainage facility, any spring or surface
water that may exist either previous to or as a result of the subdivision.
Such drainage facilities shall be located in the road rights-of-way
where feasible, or in perpetual unobstructed easements of appropriate
width, and shall be constructed in accordance with the Standard Specifications
and Details for Materials and Construction of the Town of Aurora,
the New York Stormwater Management Design Manual, and the New York
Standards and Specifications for Erosion and Sediment Control.
B.
A culvert or other drainage facility shall, in each case, be large enough to accommodate potential runoff from its entire upstream drainage area, whether inside or outside the subdivision. The applicant's engineer shall determine the necessary size of the drainage facility based on the provisions of the Town construction standards and specifications, assuming conditions of maximum potential watershed development permitted by Chapter 116, Zoning. Accommodations for proper drainage shall also be determined by the New York Standards and Specifications for Erosion and Sediment Control.
C.
The applicant's engineer shall also study the effect of the
subdivision on existing downstream drainage facilities outside the
area of the subdivision. No subdivision shall be approved unless adequate
drainage will be provided to an adequate drainage watercourse or facility.
