When required by the Planning Board or Town Planner, the subdivider shall present a sketch plat and supporting data for purposes of informal review and discussion. When not otherwise required, a sketch plat may be submitted at the option of the applicant. When provided, a sketch plat should include the following information:
A. 
General subdivision information outlining the existing conditions of the site and the proposed development.
B. 
A location map showing the relationship of the proposed subdivision to existing community facilities.
C. 
A plat showing in simple form the proposed layout of streets, lots, and other features of the proposed subdivision.
D. 
A Town of Ithaca Short Environmental Assessment Form, Part I, which should be completed and filed with the Planning Board at the time of sketch plat review.
E. 
A fee or deposit in the amount set from time to time by Town Board resolution.
[Amended 7-12-2004 by L.L. No. 7-2004; 12-7-2009 by L.L. No. 25-2009[1]]
[1]
Editor’s Note: This local law also provided for an effective date of 1-1-2010.
A. 
The procedure for preliminary subdivision review shall be as provided for in these regulations and Town Law §§ 276 through 281, as they may from time to time be amended. The preliminary plat, topographic map, street profiles and all other necessary information shall be in full compliance with the provisions of Town Law and these regulations except where variations therefrom may be specifically authorized by the Board.
B. 
The subdivider shall submit to the Town Planner or the Town Planner's designee a development review application, a preliminary plat in the form required by Article VI, § 234-36, the Town of Ithaca Environmental Assessment Form, Part I, a stormwater pollution prevention plan meeting the requirements of Town Code Chapter 228, and 20 reduced copies of the improvement plans and other information required by these regulations. All required information must be received by the Planning Department at least 20 business days prior to the Planning Board meeting at which the subdivision will be considered.
[Amended 2-11-2008 by L.L. No. 5-2008]
C. 
The applicant shall post a public notice sign on the property at least 14 and no more than 30 days prior to the public hearing as specified in § 234-4D, as amended. Failure to post or maintain the signs as provided in this subsection shall not be a jurisdictional defect and any action taken by the Planning Board in connection with the application shall not be nullified or voidable by reason of the failure to comply with this subsection. However, the failure to post or maintain the sign may be grounds, should the Planning Board in its discretion so determine, to deny the application sought or to decline to hear the matter at the scheduled meeting date by reason of the failure to have the appropriate signs installed and/or maintained. The Planning Board may, on good cause shown, waive the requirement of the posting of signs as called for by this section and by the applicable provisions of Chapter 270, Zoning.
D. 
Any action or determination of the Planning Board approving an application, in whole or in part, whether final or preliminary, shall be revocable, in whole or in part, if the action or determination was made in reliance on any misrepresentation, concealment, or other fraudulent act or statement by the applicant or was based on a mistake as to a material matter.
A. 
The procedure for final subdivision review shall be as provided for in these regulations and Town Law §§ 276 through 281, as they may from time to time be amended. The subdivider must file with the Board an original and four copies of the final subdivision plat and street profiles in the form described in Article VI, § 234-38, except where variations therefrom may be specifically authorized by the Board. The subdivider must also file a modified stormwater pollution prevention plan meeting the requirements of Town Code Chapter 228, if modifications are necessary to comply with any conditions imposed as part of the preliminary plat approval.
[Amended 2-11-2008 by L.L. No. 5-2008]
B. 
The final plat and improvement plans shall be submitted to the Town Planner or Town Planner's designee at least 20 business days prior to the date of the Planning Board meeting at which time final approval is requested. The Town Planner shall enter the date of receipt on the material submitted.
C. 
The Planning Board shall, within 45 days from the date of submission of the final plat, conditionally approve with or without modifications, disapprove, or grant final approval and authorize signing of such plat. The Planning Board may also, for good reason, cause the extension of this review period. Such approval shall, however, not be deemed final until the subdivider has complied with the provisions of the following subsections:
(1) 
The subdivider shall tender "offers of cession," in a form certified as satisfactory by the Town Attorney, of all land included in streets, highways or other public improvements. However, approval of the plat by the Planning Board shall not constitute acceptance by the Town Board of any street, highway, or other public improvements.
(2) 
The subdivider shall obtain and file with the Planning Board a letter from the Tompkins County Department of Health indicating satisfactory design compliance with the realty subdivision provisions of the County Sanitary Code.
D. 
In a regulating plan area for traditional neighborhood development (TND), additional and different requirements for final subdivision approval apply. (See § 272-803.4.)
[Added 11-9-2020 by L.L. No. 7-2020]
If there are modifications of the final plat requested by the subdivider subsequent to its filing in the office of the County Clerk, such requests shall be made in writing to the Town Engineer, who is hereby empowered to approve minor, practical modifications on behalf of the Planning Board. When, in the opinion of the Town Engineer, the requested modifications are substantial in nature, scope or extent, and materially affect the subdivision plat as approved by the Planning Board, the subdivider shall not proceed without the approval of the Planning Board. Such approval may be granted at any public meeting of the Board called for this purpose. The Town Engineer shall report any modifications approved by him to the Planning Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting.