In making such determination regarding streets,
highways, parks and required improvements, the Planning and Zoning
Commission shall take into consideration the prospective character
of the development, whether dense residence, open residence, business
or industrial.
Before the approval by the Planning and Zoning
Commission of a site plan or subdivision showing lots, blocks or sites,
with or without streets or highways, the Planning and Zoning Commission
shall require that the land shown on the plat be of such character
that it can be used safely for building purposes without danger to
health or peril from fire, flood, drainage or other menace to neighboring
properties or the public health, safety and welfare. Further, it is
declared to be the policy of the Town of Glenville to consider land
subdivisions and site plans as part of a plan for the orderly, efficient
and economical development of the Town and in a manner that is reasonable
and in the best interests of the community. The Planning and Zoning
Commission will be guided in its consideration of an application for
a site plan or subdivision and development of land by the following
general requirements:
A.
Streets and highways be of sufficient width and suitable
grade and shall be suitably located to accommodate the prospective
traffic, to afford adequate light and air, to facilitate fire protection,
and to provide access of fire fighting equipment to buildings. Such
streets and highways shall be coordinated so as to compose a convenient
system conforming to the Official Map and properly related to the
proposals shown in the Comprehensive Plan of the Town;
B.
All streets or other public places shown on such plats
be suitably graded and paved; street signs, sidewalks, streetlighting
standards, curbs, gutters, street trees, water mains, fire alarm signal
devices (including necessary ducts and cables or other connecting
facilities), sanitary sewers and storm drains be installed all in
accordance with standards, specifications and procedures acceptable
to the appropriate Town departments, except as hereinafter provided,
or alternatively that a performance bond or other security be furnished
to the Town, as hereinafter provided.
C.
Insofar as possible, all existing features of the
landscape, such as large trees, rock outcrops, unusual glacial formations,
water and flood courses, wetlands, historic sites and other such irreplaceable
and environmentally sensitive areas and assets, should be preserved.
D.
Compliance with Comprehensive Plan and other laws.
(1)
Subdivisions shall be in conformance with the Town
Comprehensive Plan and all other local ordinances. Subdivisions shall
conform to the streets, parks and other public ways or spaces shown
on the Official Map of the Town, if any. Streets shall be of such
width, grade and location as to accommodate the prospective traffic,
to afford adequate light and air, and to facilitate fire protection.
[Amended 10-1-2014 by L.L. No. 6-2014]
(2)
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall consider
the effect of any subdivision or site plan on agricultural operations
within or adjacent to agriculture districts pursuant to Article 25AA
of the Agriculture and Markets Law.
E.
Land subject to flooding and land deemed by the Planning
and Zoning Commission to be uninhabitable shall not be platted for
residential occupancy nor such other uses as may increase danger to
health, life or property or aggravate the flood hazard, but such land
within the final plat shall be set aside for such uses as shall not
be endangered by periodic or occasional inundation or shall not produce
unsatisfactory living conditions.
F.
In case a tract is subdivided into larger parcels
than ordinary building lots, such parcels shall be arranged so as
to allow the opening of future streets and logical further resubdivision.
G.
No privately owned reserved strips controlling access
to land dedicated or to be dedicated to public use shall be permitted.
I.
Standards for required improvements shall be appropriate
for the public use and demand anticipated upon full development and
shall be of sufficient size to accommodate development of proximate
areas, if these are considered by the Planning and Zoning Commission
to be logically served through the subject property.
J.
Applicants bear the responsibility of providing sound
engineering design of all infrastructure, subject to the approval
of the Town of Glenville and the respective authorities having jurisdiction
over existing infrastructure. The design shall be prepared by a professional
engineer licensed to practice in the State of New York, who shall
have had experience in infrastructure design. The design shall conform
to the requirements set forth herein.
