A.
The preliminary layout shall cover the entire holding
to be subdivided. Where the subdivision is to be divided into sections
for the purpose of submitting final subdivision plats, the preliminary
layout shall show the boundaries of each section and the number of
acres covered in each section. Each such section shall bear a number
indicating numerically the order in which the developer proposes to
submit for approval the subdivision plats covering such sections in
the development of the entire subdivision. The preliminary layout
shall be at a scale of one hundred (100) feet to the inch.
B.
The preliminary layout shall be prepared by a licensed
professional engineer and/or land surveyor.
C.
Accompanying such preliminary layout, there shall
be a description by metes and bounds and map of survey of the tract.
Boundaries shall be made and certified by a licensed land surveyor
and tied into established reference points. Also accompanying the
preliminary layout shall be three (3) copies of a topographic map
of the area showing differences or elevations or contours of existing
surface, with intervals not to exceed two (2) feet. Where the average
slope of the surface is less than one percent (1%), contour intervals
shall not exceed one (1) foot. The topographic map shall show all
watercourses, wooded areas and significant natural or man-made features.
D.
The preliminary layout map shall also include the
following information:
(1)
Proposed subdivision name.
(2)
Name and address of the record owner and subdivider.
(3)
Name, license number and seal of the licensed engineer
and land surveyor.
(4)
Tax map description according to Town Tax Map.
(5)
Date, north point and scale.
(6)
The name of all subdivisions immediately adjacent
and names of owners of record of adjoining undeveloped properties.
(7)
The use districts of Chapter 307, Zoning, applicable to the area to be subdivided and the boundaries of such districts thereof as affect the tract.
(8)
Location of property lines, school, fire and other
special district lines, political subdivision lines, buildings and
other essential existing features (on an eight-hundred-foot scale
location diagram).
(9)
Proposed connection with existing water supply or
alternate means of providing water supply to the subdivision, as provided
in the Sanitary Code of Westchester County.
(10)
The location of any existing storm and sanitary
sewers, culverts, streams, ponds and water and gas mains on the property
to be subdivided.
(11)
Proposed connections with existing sanitary
sewer system, the location of the nearest sanitary sewer trunk line
and approximate distance therefrom or a proposed alternate means of
treatment and disposal, as provided in the Sanitary Code of Westchester
County.
(12)
Proposed provisions for collecting and disposing
of stormwater drainage.
(13)
Location, names and present widths of existing
streets or service roads, major roads, existing public easements,
existing parks and other public open spaces and similar facts regarding
adjacent property.
(14)
The width and location of any streets or other
public ways or places, whether existing or shown on the Master Plan
within the area to be subdivided, and the width, location, grades
and street profiles of all streets or other public ways proposed by
the developer.
(15)
The names of all proposed streets, which names
shall be the same as the names of the streets of which they are continuations
or, if not continuations, shall be from the list supplied by the Planning
Board.
(16)
All parcels of land proposed to be dedicated
to public use and the conditions of such dedication.
(17)
A typical cross section of the proposed rights-of-way,
showing the horizontal and vertical relationship of the proposed improvements
to be placed thereon. Also, the preliminary layout should show the
proposed location of streetlighting and signposts.
(18)
Proposed lot lines, with approximate dimensions
and areas in square feet.
(19)
A typical plot plan indicating the general location
of buildings to be erected by the developer, where required by the
Planning Board.
E.
Where the topography is such as to make difficult
the inclusion of required public improvements with the public area
so proposed, the preliminary layout shall show the boundaries of proposed
easements over, under or through private property. Permanent easements
shall be not less than twenty (20) feet in width and shall provide
satisfactory access to an existing public highway or other public
open space shown upon the layout.
F.
Preliminary designs of any required bridges or culverts
shall be submitted with the preliminary layout.
G.
The accompanying map of the Planning Board, upon which
the proposed subdivision has been superimposed, in addition, should
show the following:
(1)
The location of existing schools and the approximate
distances therefrom to the proposed subdivision.
(2)
The location of any existing public parks or playgrounds
and the approximate distances therefrom.
(3)
The location of the nearest firehouse and the approximate
distance therefrom.
(4)
Any existing public transportation facilities in the
vicinity, indicating the nature thereof and the approximate distance
therefrom.
A.
The subdivision plat shall be accompanied by a certificate
of title in the applicant and shall show, in addition to the requirements
of the foregoing sections, the following:
(1)
The subdivision plat submitted for approval and subsequent
recording shall be clearly and legibly drawn in India ink upon tracing
cloth. The size of the sheets shall be twenty-four by thirty-six (24
x 36) inches. The drawings shall be at a scale of no more than one
hundred (100) feet to the inch. When more than one (1) sheet is required,
an additional key sheet shall be filed, showing upon a reduced scale
the entire subdivision on one (1) sheet with lot and block numbers.
(2)
Sufficient data to enable any engineer or surveyor
to determine readily the location, bearing and length of every street
line, lot line and boundary line and to reproduce such lines upon
the ground. These should be tied in, where possible, with reference
points previously established by a public authority or by a licensed
surveyor on adjacent developments.
(3)
The length of all straight lines and bearings, radii,
length of curves and central angles of all curves, tangent distances
and tangent bearings shall be given for each street. All dimensions
shall be shown in feet and decimals of a foot. Lot areas shall be
given in square feet.
(4)
By proper designation thereon, all public open spaces
for which deeds of cession are included and those spaces the title
to which is reserved by the developer. For any of the former, there
shall be submitted with the final subdivision plat copies of agreements
or other documents showing the manner in which such areas are to be
maintained and the provisions made therefor.
(5)
In residence districts, the subdivision laid out in
building plots which shall not violate the requirements of the applicable
zoning use district or districts for each subdivision.
(6)
The number of lots and blocks within a subdivision
shall conform to the requirements of the Planning Board.
(7)
Permanent references monuments, with their locations
noted and referenced upon the plat. Monuments shall be set at all
points required by the Planning Board.
(8)
Elevations of street intersections and all breaks
in grades based on approved datum and interim gradients.
(9)
Catch basins, manholes and drainage pipe with invert
elevations.
B.
The proposed subdivision plat shall be properly endorsed
and approved by the County Health Department, as required by the County
Sanitary Code, before any public hearing is scheduled. All requirements
of the Planning Board mentioned heretofore shall be met before Health
Department approval is sought.
C.
No changes, erasures, modifications or revisions shall
be made in any subdivision plat after approval has been given by the
Board and endorsed, in writing, on the plat unless said plat is first
resubmitted to the Board. In the event that any such subdivision plat
is recorded without complying with this requirement, the same shall
be considered null and void, and the Board shall institute proceedings
to have the plat stricken from the records of the County Clerk.
D.
Every subdivision plat submitted to the Board for
its approval shall carry the following endorsement:
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Approved by Resolution
of the Planning Board of the Town of Cortlandt, New York, on the ..........
day of ..................., 20....., subject to all requirements and
conditions of said Resolution. Any change, erasure, modification or
revision in this plat, after the above date, shall void this approval.
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Signed this .......... day of ___________.by
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Chairman
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Secretary
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E.
Officers authorized to sign plat. The authorized officers
of the Board, for the purpose of signing approved subdivision plats,
shall be the Chairman or Vice Chairman and Secretary.
F.
Upon approval, the Planning Board shall be furnished
with two (2) sepia reproducibles on cloth and six (6) prints of each
approved subdivision.
A.
The construction details sheet shall be drawn at the
same scale as the subdivision plat. Four (4) copies shall be submitted.
B.
The construction details sheet shall be prepared by
a professional engineer and shall conform to the accepted standards
of engineering practice as to form of presentation.
C.
The information to be shown on the construction details
sheet shall include:
(1)
Layout of street pavement and appurtenances.
(2)
Layout of underground utilities and appurtenances.
(3)
Profile of finished grade of streets, showing the
location of underground appurtenances.
(4)
Typical details of drainage structures such as culverts,
manholes and catch basins.
(5)
Typical street cross sections showing manner of construction.
(6)
Additional sketches or notes indicating character
and design of other facilities required.
