This Part 1 shall be known and may be cited as the "Town of DeWitt Subdivision
Regulations."
By virtue of a resolution adopted by the Town Board of the Town of DeWitt
on the 13th day of February 1961, pursuant to the provisions of Article 16
of the Town Law, the Planning Board of the Town of DeWitt has the power and
authority to approve plats of a subdivision or resubdivision of land, with
or without streets or highways, within that part of the Town of DeWitt outside
the limits of the Village of East Syracuse. Such approval shall be in accordance
with the procedures and regulations set forth below and is prerequisite to
the filing of any plat for the subdivision or resubdivision of land, as defined
herein, in the office of the Onondaga County Clerk. Subdivision approval in
accordance with these regulations shall be prerequisite to the issuance of
any building permit or certificate of occupancy for construction or use of
subdivided land.
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Town of DeWitt that the
subdivision and development of land shall be guided and regulated in such
a manner as to meet the following requirements for orderly and harmonious
growth:
A.
Land to be subdivided or developed shall be of such character
that it can be used safely without danger to health or peril from fire, flood,
erosion, excessive noise or smoke or other menace.
B.
Proper provisions shall be made for drainage, water supply,
sewerage and other appropriate utility services.
C.
The proposed streets shall provide a safe, convenient
and functional system for vehicular circulation and shall be properly related
to the Comprehensive Plan of the area.
D.
Streets shall be of such width, grade and location as
to accommodate prospective traffic as determined by existing and probable
future land and building uses.
E.
Buildings, lots, blocks and streets shall be so arranged
as to afford adequate light, view and air, to facilitate fire protection and
to provide ample access for fire-fighting equipment to buildings.
F.
Land shall be subdivided and developed with due regard
to topography so that the natural beauty of the land and vegetation shall
be protected and enhanced.
G.
Provisions shall be made for open land, including sites
for schools, parks, playgrounds and other community services.
Words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include
the singular. The word "person" includes a corporation, unincorporated association
and a partnership as well as an individual. The word "building" includes "structure"
and shall be construed as if followed by the words "or part thereof." The
word "street" includes "road," "highway" and "lane"; and "watercourse" includes
"drain," "ditch" and "stream." The words "shall" or "will" are mandatory and
not directive; the word "may" is permissive.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall, for the
purpose of these regulations, have the meanings indicated:
Those physical additions and changes to the land to be subdivided
that may be necessary to produce usable and desirable lots (grading, paving,
curbing, fire hydrants, water mains, sanitary sewers, storm sewers and drains,
sidewalks, crosswalks, street shade trees, street signs, street lighting and
monuments).
A parcel of land, intended for transfer of ownership, lease or building
development, that is presently occupied or capable of being occupied by one
principal building or use and by those buildings or uses accessory to the
principal buildings or uses and having, as a minimum, such open spaces as
required by the provisions of the Town of DeWitt Zoning Ordinance of 1967,
as amended, and as may be further amended.[1]
The Planning Board of the Town of DeWitt.
SKETCH PLAN—An informal plan, not necessarily to exact scale,
indicating salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the
general layout of a proposed subdivision.
PRELIMINARY PLAT—A tentative subdivision plan, in lesser detail
than the final plat, indicating the approximate proposed layout of a subdivision
as a basis for study and consideration prior to preparation of the final plat.
(For the purpose of the public hearing required in § 276, Subdivision
1, of the Town Law, the preliminary plat shall be regarded as the plat on
which the hearing shall be held.[2])
FINAL PLAT—The final map or drawing on which the exact subdivision
plan is presented for approval and which, if approved, will be submitted to
the County Clerk for recording.
A way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a street, highway,
thoroughfare, parkway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, drive, place or other
similar designation. "Streets" shall be classified as follows:
ARTERIAL STREETS—Those which are used primarily for fast or heavy
traffic, usually with complete or partial control over access from abutting
property.
COLLECTOR STREETS—Those which carry traffic from local streets
to a major system of arterial streets and highways.
LOCAL STREETS—Those which are used primarily for access to the
abutting properties.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETS—Local streets which are parallel to and
adjacent to arterial streets and highways and which provide access to abutting
properties and protection from through traffic.
CUL-DE-SAC STREETS—Local streets with one end open for public
vehicle and pedestrian access and the other end terminating in a vehicular
turnaround. The length of a cul-de-sac street shall be measured along the
center line from its intersection with the center line of the street from
which it runs to the center of the cul-de-sac turnaround.
PRIVATE ROAD—A way for vehicular traffic, not dedicated to the
public.
A division of any part, parcel or area of land by the developer or
agent by lots or by metes and bounds into lots or parcels two or more in number
for any purpose, including the purposes of conveyance, lease or building development.
The term "subdivision" includes resubdivision, which also includes consolidation
of lots into a lesser number of lots or elimination of lot line(s).
SIMPLE SUBDIVISION—A division of land involving the adjustment of an existing lot line(s) without the creation of a new or an extended street(s), curb cuts, infrastructure or building lot(s), provided the requirements of Chapter 192, Zoning, are met; or the elimination of an existing lot line(s) so as to consolidate one or more lots into a lesser number.
