A. 
Pursuant to the provisions of § 276 of the Town Law, the Town Board has, by resolution, authorized the Planning Board to review and approve or disapprove plats for subdivisions within the Town. In order that all land will be subdivided in accordance with sound regulations and in accordance with a comprehensive plan, these regulations are hereby adopted.
B. 
These regulations shall be known as and may be cited by the title, "Subdivision Regulations of the Town of Carmel, Putnam County, New York."
It is declared to be the policy of the Planning Board to review land subdivisions as part of a plan to ensure the orderly, efficient and desirable development of the Town, guided by the following regulations. These regulations provide a procedure and standards for said review. Their intent is to encourage and require the best subdivision and development of land, and to ensure that:
A. 
The land to be subdivided shall be of such character that it will produce building sites of such good quality and dimensions that will permit their development without danger to health or peril from fire, flooding or other deleterious conditions.
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Proper provision shall be made for drainage, water, sewerage and other needed improvements.
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Proposed streets shall be designed, located and built to accommodate safely the projected traffic volume and promote safe and convenient circulation of vehicles and pedestrians.
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Protection of the environment and the prevention of the destruction of the natural character and beauty of the land shall be encouraged.
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In proper cases and where required by the Planning Board, park areas of suitable size, location and character for recreational purposes shall be identified in the subdivision plat.
For the purposes of these regulations, certain words and terms used herein are defined as follows:
APPLICANT
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who shall lay out, for the purpose of sale or development, any subdivision or a part thereof, as defined herein.
EASEMENT
Authorization by a property owner for the use by another and for a specified purpose of any designated part of his property.
FINAL PLAT
A map or drawing showing a proposed subdivision, containing 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.
FINAL PLAT APPROVAL
The signing of a final plat by the Chairman of the 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 County Clerk.
FINAL PLAT, CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF
The approval of a final plat subject to conditions set forth by the Planning Board in a resolution conditionally approving such plat. Such conditional approval does not qualify a final plat for recording, nor does it authorize issuance of building permits prior to the signing of the plat by the Chairman of the Planning Board and recording of the plat in the office of the County Clerk.
LAND, CONSERVATION
That portion of land in a subdivision which shall be preserved in its natural undeveloped state except for the establishment, when approved by the Planning Board, of nature trails and accessory nature study facilities.
LAND, RECREATION
That portion of land in a subdivision designed and developed with permanent facilities for recreation use in accordance with a plan approved by the Planning Board.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map and any amendments thereto adopted by the Town Board under § 270 of the Town Law.
OFFICIAL SUBMISSION DATE
The date when a subdivision plan shall be considered submitted, subject to § 276 of the Town Law, is hereby defined to be that date on which the complete application (i.e., a plat which includes all items required for submission pursuant to this chapter) is received by the Planning Board at a regularly scheduled meeting and determined to be complete.
PLANNING BOARD
The Town of Carmel Planning Board.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
A map or drawing showing the layout of a proposed subdivision, including but not restricted to those items prescribed in § 131-13 of these regulations.
PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL
The approval by the Planning Board of the layout of the proposed subdivision as set forth in a preliminary plat, but subject to approval of the plat in final form.
RESUBDIVISION
The same as "subdivision."
STREET
A way which is an existing state, county or Town highway, or a way shown on a subdivision plat approved by the Town Planning Board, as provided by law, or on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the County Clerk.
STREET, BUSINESS
A road which serves or is designed to serve as an access to abutting business properties.
STREET, COLLECTOR
A road which collects or will collect traffic from local roads and which carries or will carry through traffic from surrounding areas.
STREET, DEAD-END
A street or a portion of a street with only one vehicular outlet.
STREET, LOCAL
A road which serves or will serve primarily only those properties having frontage on it and which does not or will not carry through traffic from surrounding areas.
STREET, MAJOR
A street which serves or is designed to be used primarily for connecting different parts of the Town and usually carries a high volume of traffic.
SUBDIVISION
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots, plots, sites or other division of land, with or without streets, including any change of property lines.
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
A subdivision consisting of not more than five lots, plots, sites or other divisions of land each of which has access on an existing state, county or Town highway.
TOWN PLAN
A comprehensive plan for development of the Town prepared by the Planning Board pursuant to § 272-a of the Town Law, which indicates the general locations recommended for various public works and reservations and for the general physical development of the Town, and includes any part of such plan separately adopted and any amendment to such plan or parts thereof.
ZONING ORDINANCE
The officially adopted Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Carmel, together with any and all amendments thereto.[1]
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 156, Zoning.