Pursuant to the provisions of § 7-728
of the Village Law and by authority of the resolution adopted by the
Board of Trustees, pursuant to the provisions of the former Article
6A of the Village Law of the State of New York, the Planning Board
shall have the authority to review and approve or disapprove subdivision
plats within the village.
It is declared to be the policy of the village
to consider land subdivisions as part of a plan for the orderly, efficient
and economical development of the village. Land to be subdivided shall
be of such character that it can be used safely for building or development
purposes without danger to health or peril from fire, flood or other
menace and without resulting in significant damage to the ecology
of the area in which it is located. Proper provision shall be made
for drainage, water, sewerage, electricity, telephone, gas and other
needed improvements. The proposed streets shall compose a convenient
and safe system and shall be properly related to potential streets
on adjoining properties. 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 and police protection. In proper
cases, and when required by the Planning Board, a park or parks of
suitable location, size and character for playground or other recreational
purposes shall be shown on the subdivision plat.
Except as hereinafter provided, land within
the village may be subdivided into lots, blocks or sites, with or
without streets or highways, only if approved by the Planning Board
in accordance with the procedures and requirements hereinafter set
forth and only if the approved plat is duly filed in the office of
the County Clerk of Nassau County, New York. Construction, excavation,
filling, regrading, clearing of vegetation or other similar activities
related to a proposed subdivision shall not be begun within any area
proposed or intended for subdivision until said subdivision shall
have been approved by the Planning Board. A resubdivision, as hereinafter
defined, is subject to the same procedures and requirements applicable
to a subdivision. Except where a waiver of subdivision approval has
been granted as hereinafter provided, no permit shall be issued for
the erection of any building within a proposed subdivision until said
subdivision has been duly approved by the Planning Board and filed
in the office of the Nassau County Clerk.
Where the Planning Board finds that because
of the special circumstances of a particular case, extraordinary hardship
may result from strict compliance with these regulations, it may modify
the application of these regulations so that substantial justice may
be done and the public interest secured; provided, however, that any
such modification shall be consistent with the spirit and intent of
these regulations and all village laws. In permitting any such modification,
the Planning Board shall attach such conditions as are, in its judgment,
necessary to secure substantially the objectives of the standard or
requirement so modified.
In order that land may be subdivided in accordance
with the authority, jurisdiction and policy as set forth above, these
regulations are hereby adopted.