A. 
The public health, safety, morals and general welfare require harmonious, orderly and progressive development of land within towns of the state. In furtherance of this purpose, regulations of the subdivision of land by Town governing authorities is desired for the following purposes, among others:
(1) 
To encourage the development of economically sound and stable communities.
(2) 
To assure the provision of required streets, utilities and other facilities and service to new land developments.
(3) 
To assure the adequate provision of safe and convenient traffic access and circulation, both vehicular and pedestrian, in new land developments.
(4) 
To assure the provision of needed public open spaces and building sites in new land developments through the dedication or reservation of land for recreational educational and other public purposes.
(5) 
To assure, in general, the wise development of new areas in harmony with the Master Plan of the town.
(6) 
To assure coordination of intergovernmental public improvement plans of the town.
(7) 
To assure coordination of intergovernmental public improvement plans and programs within the county.
(8) 
To assure proper legal description, identification, monumentation and recording of real estate boundaries.
(9) 
To secure equitable handling of all subdivision plats by providing uniform standards and procedures, thus providing suitable sites for building purposes and human habitation.
B. 
When the development is coordinated in the overall manner stated above, it will be of mutual benefit to the developer, the buyer, Town and county officials and the public.
By the authority of the resolution adopted by the Town Board on January 7, 1944, pursuant to the provisions of § 271 of the Town Law of the State of New York, the Planning Board of the Town of Hamburg is empowered and authorized to approve plats for land subdivision within the town.
The Hamburg Planning Board shall have jurisdiction of the subdivision of all lands located within the Town of Hamburg, excluding the Village of Hamburg and the Village of Blasdell. All subdivision plats shall be submitted to the Hamburg Town Planning Board for processing as stipulated in these regulations.
These regulations shall be known and may be cited as the 'Town of Hamburg Land Subdivision Regulations, 1991," or "Subdivision Regulations."