The official name of this chapter and this document
shall be the "Subdivision Regulations of the Town of Union," hereinafter
referred to as "this chapter."
By authority of Article 16 of the Town Law of
the State of New York and by resolution of the Town Board of the Town
of Union, Broome County, New York, dated March 6, 1946, the Planning
Board of the Town of Union is empowered to review and approve, approve
with conditions or disapprove plats showing lots, blocks or sites,
with or without new streets, and to approve, approve with conditions
or disapprove preliminary plans within the Town of Union, outside
the corporate limits of the Village of Johnson City and Endicott.
It is the policy of the Town of Union that the
subdivision of land and the subsequent development of the subdivided
land shall be subject to the control of the Town of Union and in accordance
with the Future Land Use and Transportation Plan to assure the orderly,
planned, efficient and economical development of the Town. All subdivisions
shall be designed to achieve the following objectives:
A. Land development shall be in accordance with the Future
Land Use and Transportation Plan and with the objectives of Chapter
205, Zoning.
B. The development and redevelopment of land shall be
orderly to obtain harmonious and stable residential, commercial and
industrial areas.
C. The design and installation of improvements shall be in compliance with specifications and standards established by the Town of Union and contained in Article
IX and the detail drawings
included at the end of this chapter.
D. Subdivision design shall avoid or minimize natural
hazards and shall protect the natural resources.
E. Vehicular and pedestrian circulation shall be safe
and convenient.
F. The surveying of land and preparation and recording
of plats shall be accurate.
A division of land into four or fewer lots on
existing streets is considered to be a land partition not a subdivision
subject to the requirements of this chapter.
For a resubdivision, the same procedures, rules
and regulations shall apply as for a subdivision.
[Added 9-7-2005 by L.L. No. 5-2005]
The Town of Union has, by resolution, elected
to implement, and to make available to qualified applicants, the exemption
pursuant to Real Property Tax Law § 485-g. A copy of Real
Property Tax Law § 485-g is incorporated by reference hereto
and is so adopted.