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Town of Irondequoit, NY
Monroe County
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
A. 
The applicant may present to the Planning Board a sketch plan not more than one inch equals 100 feet showing the parcel of land to be developed; the proposed subdivision of lots with affiliated road systems; adjoining property owners' names; a location plan showing the general location in relationship to the town; the schematic provision of sanitary, water and storm drainage facilities within the development; existing and adjacent utilities showing size, slope, depth, etc.; rough contours; and any other features which may govern the logical development of the proposed subdivision.
B. 
The purpose of this sketch plan is to allow an informal discussion between the Planning Board or its representatives and the applicant to describe the project, along with any anticipated problem areas and unusual features that can be expected in the development and to reduce the changes that may be necessitated in review of the preliminary plan.
C. 
After the completion of the review and informal meeting or meetings, the applicant may then proceed to have the preliminary plat prepared.
A. 
A preliminary plat shall be considered as a prefinal plan providing sufficient details or substantiation of the design to permit proper review by the Planning Board. A final plat shall contain all information as subsequently described and also shall contain any revisions or redesign necessitated by the review and approval of the preliminary plat.
B. 
The subdivider shall submit to the Planning Board a preliminary plat of the proposed subdivision, complete topography of the area at two-foot intervals, unless otherwise specified for profiles and cross sections.
C. 
These shall be submitted in triplicate, one Mylar and two black and white paper prints, at a scale of not more than 100 feet to one inch, and shall contain the following information:[1]
(1) 
The proposed subdivision name or identifying title and the tract in which the subdivision is located.
(2) 
The name and address personally signed, in India ink, of the record owner, applicant and designer of the preliminary plat.
(3) 
A deed description and map or survey of the tract boundary made and certified by a licensed surveyor to be a closed and balanced traverse and showing the location of property lines, existing easements, buildings, watercourses and other essential features.
(4) 
The names of all subdivisions immediately adjacent and the names of owners on record for adjacent acreage.
(5) 
The locations and size of any existing sewers, water or gas mains, culverts and drains or other underground utilities on the property to be subdivided.
(6) 
A key plan showing the location of the tract.
(7) 
Sanitary sewers detailed as follows:
(a) 
A plan view location of all proposed sewers and/or any plan and profile of all sewers showing all special features, such as inverted siphons, extra-strength pipe, sewer bridges, stream crossings, etc.
(b) 
Unique features that may be required, such as a pump station or shallow sewer. When there is a question of the sewer being sufficiently deep to serve any residence, the elevation and location of the basement floor or slab shall be plotted on a profile of the sewer which is to serve the house in question.
(c) 
Details of all ordinary sewer appurtenances, such as manholes, drop manholes, inspection chambers and inverted siphons, as well as of any special appurtenances or structures, such as regulators, sewer bridges, pumping stations, etc.
(d) 
Detailed plans of all sewer sections except standard pipe, clearly shown as such. Details of cradling and encasement must also be shown.
(e) 
A summary of design data for all sewers and for pumping stations or any similar facilities.
(8) 
Storm drainage and sewers detailed as follows:
(a) 
All details required for the collection and disposal of surface drainage shall be the same as that required for sanitary sewers.
(b) 
Details of any unusual features regarding catch basins, open channels, culverts, conduits, ditches and headwalls.
(c) 
General details as to show the ultimate disposal or point of discharge of stormwater.
(d) 
A summary of design data for all storm drainage.
(e) 
Approval granted by the Monroe County Department of Public Works, pursuant to § 239-k of the General Municipal Law, as amended or changed, if the subdivision is located within the county's jurisdiction.
(9) 
Locations, names and existing widths of present and proposed streets, highways, easements, building lines, alleys, parks and other public open spaces.
(10) 
The width, location, grades and street profiles of all proposed streets or other public ways.
(11) 
Typical cross sections of the proposed grading of the roadways and sidewalks and topographic conditions and additional cross sections at points where cut or fill exceeds three feet or multiples of three feet between grids.
(12) 
Zoning regulations for the area with zoning district boundaries affecting the area and all parcels of land proposed to be dedicated to public use and the conditions of such dedication.
(13) 
The date, scale and true North point.
(14) 
All proposed lot lines with approximate dimensions and building setback lines.
(15) 
The proposed location of and type of sidewalks; the location and species of street trees; the location, size and types of curbs and gutters; the location and size of water, gas and telephone, cable TV and electrical mains and lines and the character, width and depth of pavement and subbase.
(16) 
All necessary easements to service public areas.
(17) 
When and if the subdivision covers only a portion of the applicant's entire holding, a sketch of the prospective future street system of the entire area showing all prospective sewer and drainage facilities, with sizes, slope, location and area served.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
D. 
All preliminary plats must be submitted in accordance with one of the following sizes or multiples of these sizes: 17 inches by 22 inches; 22 inches by 34 inches; or 34 inches by 44 inches.
E. 
A suitable border line shall be placed on all drawings with a margin of not less than 1/2 inch on all sides.
The applicant shall submit the final plat and street profiles clearly and legibly drawn in India ink on Mylar. These shall be original drawings or prints on tracing cloth at a scale not more than 100 feet to one inch. In addition to the tracing cloth drawing, there shall be submitted four copies of the plans and profiles. The final plat shall incorporate all of the information as required of the preliminary plat and shall also include:
A. 
The proposed subdivision name or identifying title and the name of the tract in which the subdivision is located; the name and address of the record owner and applicant; the name, license number and seal of the registered professional engineer and surveyor or other designer.
B. 
Street lines, pedestrian ways, lots, reservations, easements and areas dedicated to public use.
C. 
Sufficient data to determine readily the location, bearing and length of every street, lot line, boundary line and to reproduce such lines upon the ground.
D. 
The length and bearing of all straight lines, the deflection angles, radii, length of curves and central angles of all curves, tangent distances and tangent bearings shall be given for each street. All dimensions of the lines of each lot shall be shown in feet and decimals of a foot. The property boundaries, location, scale and North points shall also be shown.
E. 
All offers of dedication with the certificate of approval of the Town Attorney as to their legal sufficiency.
F. 
Lots numbered.
G. 
Monuments.
H. 
Figures showing the manhole stationing, size of sewers, surface and sewer invert elevations at manholes and the grade of all sewers between two adjacent manholes on the profiles.
I. 
Certification from the applicant's engineer that all sewers are sufficiently deep to serve adjacent basements, except where otherwise noted on the plans.
J. 
Record (as-built) drawings, certified by the applicant's engineer, showing that sanitary sewers, storm drainage facilities, manholes, house lateral stubs and all other underground facilities were constructed by the applicant in accordance with the approved final plat or in accordance with waivers thereof approved by the Planning Board and to be submitted after subdivision is completed.
K. 
Certification of approval by the appropriate public authority, when and where required, as well as such other certificates, affidavits, endorsements or other agreements as may be required by the Planning Board, in the enforcement of this chapter, to include, but not limited to, the following:
(1) 
All Town Department heads concerned.
(2) 
Agencies of the County of Monroe under §§ 239-k, 239-1, 239-m and 239-n (of Article 12-B) of the General Municipal Law.
(3) 
The State of New York Department of Transportation (if applicable).
(4) 
The Monroe County Health Department.
(5) 
The Monroe County Water Authority or Sea Breeze and Vicinity Water District.
(6) 
Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation.
(7) 
Rochester Telephone Corporation.
(8) 
Other utilities.
L. 
Planting. Adequate tree planting may be required of the applicant. Street trees shall be a minimum of 35 feet and a maximum of 50 feet on center. Tentative tree species shall be indicated on the preliminary plan and shall be species which are not susceptible to salt spray and thrive within the anticipated climatic conditions of the location. Trees shall be northern-grown or locally grown and certified disease- and pest-free. Trees shall not be less than 2 1/2 inches in diameter at the base at time of planting. They may be planted on the owner's property only. Trees must be adequately supported by guy wires until firmly rooted.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
The following documents shall be submitted to the town:
A. 
Ten copies of the final plat drawings.
B. 
Storm drainage computations.
C. 
Development grading plan.
D. 
Estimated construction schedule.
E. 
Engineers estimate for the letter of credit.