This chapter shall be cited and may be referred
to as the "Subdivision Regulations of the Village of Airmont."
The intent of this chapter is to provide for
the future growth and development of the Village of Airmont and to
afford adequate facilities for the housing, transportation, distribution,
conform, convenience, safety, health and welfare of the residents
of the Village of Airmont.
By authority of the resolutions adopted by the Village Board pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 of the Village Law of the State of New York, and pursuant to the powers and jurisdiction vested through the Municipal Home Rule Law, Statute of Local Governments, Chapter
210, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Airmont, and other applicable laws and regulations of the State of New York and of the Village of Airmont, the Planning Board is hereby empowered and authorized to review and approve, modify and approve or disapprove plats for subdivisions within the Village of Airmont which show lots, blocks or sites with or without new streets or highways.
No land shall be subdivided within the Village
of Airmont until the subdivider or his agent shall submit a sketch
plat of the parcel to the Village Planning Board, and obtain approval
of the sketch plat and preliminary and final approval of the plat
itself by the Village Planning Board and until the approved plat is
filed with the Rockland County Clerk. No building permit or certificate
of occupancy shall be issued for any parcel or plot of land which
was created by subdivision after the effective date of, and not in
conformity with, the provisions of these subdivision regulations and
no excavation of land or construction of any public or private improvements
shall take place or be commenced except in conformity with these regulations.
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the
Village of Airmont to consider the subdivision of land and the subsequent
development of the subdivided plat as a separate business and occupation
and subject to the control by the Village of Airmont pursuant to the
objectives of the Village for the orderly, planned, efficient, physical
and economical development of the Village. Land to be subdivided shall
be of such character that it can be used safely for building purposes
without danger to health, or peril from fire, flood or other menace,
and land shall not be subdivided until available municipal services,
facilities and improvements exist and proper provision has been made
for drainage, water, sewerage and capital improvements such as schools,
transportation, parks and other needed improvements. The existing
and proposed public improvements shall conform to the Official Map,
and shall be properly related to the proposals shown on the Village
Master Plan and capital program, if such exist.
In order that land may be subdivided in accordance
with this policy these regulations are hereby adopted.
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause or other part of these regulations is, for any reason, held
invalid, the validity of the remaining portion of these regulations
shall not be affected.
Whenever access to the subdivision is required
across land in another municipality, the Village Planning Board may
request assurance from the Village Attorney that access is legally
established and from the Village Engineering Consultant that the access
road is adequately improved, or that a performance bond has been duly
executed and is sufficient in amount to assure the construction of
the access road. In general, lot lines should be laid out so as not
to cross Village boundary lines.
For a resubdivision, the same procedure, rules
and regulations shall apply as for a subdivision.
The subdivision of land is a privilege conferred
upon the developer by the Village Law of the State of New York and
through these subdivision regulations. It is the developer who is
seeking to acquire the advantages of lot subdivision and upon him
rests the duty of compliance with reasonable conditions laid down
by the Village Planning Board for design, dedication, improvement
and restrictive use of the land so as to conform to the physical and
economical development of the Village and to the safety and general
welfare of the future plot owners in the subdivision and of the community
at large.