The final plat and supporting drawings and documents
for a proposed subdivision constitute the complete development of
the subdivision proposal and include the recommendations resulting
from the Planning Board review of the preliminary layout as well as
the detailed layout drawings for the public improvements and utilities.
After public hearing and approval by the Planning Board, this complete
submission, along with the performance bond and the provision of the
liability insurance policy, as approved by the Town Board, becomes
the basis for the construction of the subdivision and the inspection
service by the Superintendent of Highways and the Planning Board.
The plat itself must be recorded at the County Clerk's office to have
legal status. An unrecorded plat is not a valid basis for site improvements
or other commitments which depend on its design characteristics.
Letters directed to the Chairman of the Planning Board
and signed by a responsible official of the lighting agency, water
company or any utility company or governmental authority or district
which provides necessary utility service and has jurisdiction in the
area, approving each proposed utility installation design, and a statement
as to who will construct the facility so that service will be available
when required in conformity with the provision of the filed rate schedule.
A letter directed to the Chairman of the Planning
Board signed by a responsible official of the school system, acknowledging
the number of residential lots and indicating the availability of
school facilities for the new pupils and any needed new school sites
and facilities which relate to the subdivision area.
A letter, in appropriate cases, directed to the Chairman
of the Planning Board signed by a responsible official of the State
Highway Department or the Orange County Superintendent of Highways,
approving proposed construction on state or county rights-of-way.
Deeds of dedication (standard law form as established
by the Town Attorney), three copies each for all properties, including
street rights-of-way, to be offered to the Town for dedication.
The subdivider or his agent shall submit the final
plat and supporting drawings and documents to the Planning Board at
least 21 days prior to the regular meeting date at which the plat
is to be acted upon.
[Amended 10-3-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994; 8-1-2005 by L.L. No. 1-2005]
The Planning Board shall forward one complete set
of the final plat submission to the Town Clerk for the municipal records.
The balance of the final plat submission shall remain with the Planning
Board and shall constitute the official records pertaining to the
subdivision.
The Planning Board may send one complete set of the
final plat submission to the planning consultant, who shall prepare
a report of findings for Planning Board consideration and action.
The Town Engineer or Superintendent of Highways shall prepare a performance bond estimate, § A65-36, seven copies, to be submitted along with his recommendations on the final plat.
Obtain a performance bond in the amount of the bond estimate and a general liability insurance policy and submit them to the Town Attorney for approval as to form. See Article V, Performance Bond, and Article VI, General Liability Insurance.
The owner shall file the final plat in the Orange
County Clerk's office and, within 30 days of the date of filing, shall
submit to the Planning Board one Mylar and six paper prints of the
final plat showing the endorsement of the County Clerk, the date of
filing and map number assigned.
If authorized by the Planning Board, the Chairman will sign his approval on the final plat, the approved road profiles and the public improvement and utility plan, upon receipt of a compliance report, § A65-37, from the planning consultant, and notification that the required bond and insurance has had the approval of the Town Attorney and that the required inspection fee has been deposited.
Subdivider: all original final plat drawings and the
two opaque cloth litho prints. The two opaque cloth litho prints shall
be filed by the subdivider in the Orange County Clerk's office.
Planning Board approval of a final plat shall not
be deemed an acceptance by the Town of any street or other land shown
as offered for dedication to public use.
Editor's Note: Former § A65-11,
Expiration of approval; extensions, was repealed 10-3-1994 by L.L.
No. 2, 1994. This local law also provided as follows: "The provisions
of this local law shall apply to all subdivision applications submitted
to the Planning Board on or after the effective date herein. All subdivision
applications presently under review by the Planning Board prior to
the effective date of this local law shall be processed and approved
in accordance with the provisions of the Town Code and Town Law and
the practices of the Planning Board in effect at the time of the filing
of such application.
Other notations shall be the same as those required for the preliminary layout, except that the certification that the topography shown resulted from an actual field survey shall be omitted. [See § A65-8D(1) through (3) and (5).]
The performance bond and the inspection service shall
be based on this drawing, the final plat itself, these subdivision
regulations and the Town specifications for such public improvements
and utilities.
Unless a specific waiver is requested in writing,
the proposed public improvements and utilities shall be considered
to comply specifically with these subdivision regulations and the
Town specifications.
Complete stormwater management system for the entire subdivision, designed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the Town Code, with appropriate development stages for each of the final plat sections, shall be shown graphically with all existing drainage features which are to be incorporated properly identified as "existing."
All appropriate details and dimension necessary to
clearly explain the proposed construction, including type of construction,
material, size, pitch and invert elevations, among other things, in
accordance with good engineering practice.
Typical lot layout, indicating location of individual
system with reference to house and water supply, and detailed drawing
of proposed sanitary waste disposal unit.
All profiles shall show the existing natural grades,
the typical cross section of existing or proposed roads, the center
lines of intersecting roads and a system of survey stations.