By authority of the resolution adopted by the
Board of Trustees of the Village of New Paltz, adopted on December
19, 1977, pursuant to the provisions of § 7-728 of the Village
Law of the State of New York, the Planning Board of the Village of
New Paltz is authorized and empowered to approve, modify and disapprove
plats showing lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways;
the development of entirely or partially undeveloped plats already
filed in the office of the County Clerk and to conditionally approve
preliminary plats.
It is declared to be the policy of the Village
of New Paltz Planning Board to consider land subdivision plats as
part of a plan for the orderly, efficient and economical development
of the Village. This shall be interpreted to include the following
objectives which shall guide the Planning Board's decisions:
A.
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.
B.
Proper provision shall be made for water supply, drainage,
sewerage, and other needed public improvements and utilities.
C.
Proposed streets shall compose a convenient system
conforming to the Master Plan.
D.
Streets shall be of such width, grade and location
as to accommodate present and prospective traffic.
E.
All development shall afford adequate light and air.
F.
All development shall facilitate adequate fire protection
and provide access for fire fighting equipment.
G.
Open space for parks and playgrounds of suitable location,
size and character shall be provided wherever appropriate.
H.
In case any of these regulations shall conflict or
be inconsistent with any provisions of the Village Law, the relevant
provisions of the Village Law shall apply. In order that land subdivisions
may be made in accordance with this policy these regulations which
shall be known and may be cited as the "Village of New Paltz Land
Subdivision Regulations" have been adopted.
No subdivision of any lot, tract or parcel of
land shall be effected; no erection of any structure in such proposed
subdivision shall commence; no street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer,
water main or other facilities in connection therewith shall be laid
out, constructed, opened or dedicated for public use and travel, or
the common use of occupants of buildings abutting thereon except in
strict accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
A building permit for erection of a structure
in a development laid out subsequent to the adoption of these regulations
shall not be issued unless the street giving access to any proposed
building appears on a plat approved by the Planning Board duly filed
with the County Clerk, suitably improved or bonded to cover the cost
of such improvement.
Whenever access to the subdivision is required
across land in another municipality the Planning Board may request
assurance from the Village Attorney that access is legally established
and from the Village Engineer 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.
Where a subdivision plat has been filed in the
office of the County Clerk prior to the creation and appointment of
the Planning Board, the Board may require those portions of the plat
which are entirely or partially redeveloped to be replatted and improved
to the standards and requirements of these Subdivision Regulations.
