Pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 of the
Village Law of the State of New York, the Planning Board of the Village
of Piermont is hereby authorized and empowered by the Village Board
of Trustees (hereinafter “Village Board”) to approve plats
showing lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways,
to conditionally approve preliminary plats and to approve the development
of plats, entirely or partially undeveloped and which have been filed
in the office of the County Clerk of the County of Rockland. It is
declared to be the policy of the Planning Board to consider land subdivision
regulations as part of a plan for the environmentally sound and prudent,
orderly, efficient and economical development of the Village. The
Village Board recognizes that the entire Village of Piermont has previously
been declared a Critical Environmental Area by enactment of a local
law codifying said declaration into the Code of the Village of Piermont
(hereinafter “Piermont Code”); and the Village Board further
finds and determines that there are many areas within the Village
that contain environmentally sensitive sites or features, even more
acute in their susceptibility to adverse environmental impacts caused
by development, that merit heightened protection from potential adverse
environmental impacts precipitated by the subdivision of land. By
this enactment, it is the further intent of the Village Board to minimize
the potential for adverse environmental impacts that may be caused
by the subdivision of land, and to provide clear and distinct guidelines,
standards, criteria, factors, regulations and procedures to aid and
assist both the Planning Board and applicants seeking subdivision
approval. The Village Board additionally finds that land to be subdivided
shall be of such character that it can be used safely for building
purposes without danger or detriment to the public health, safety
or general welfare, or peril from fire, flood or other menace; that
proper provisions, protections, systems and/or plans shall be made
for, but not limited to: street improvements; drainage; run-off; flooding;
soil erosion and sediment control both during construction and after
completion of all improvements; magnitude and extent of excavation,
grading and/or fill; potential adverse impacts upon existing topography
and/or terrain; potential deleterious effects upon existing viewscapes
and vistas of natural features in the area; preservation and/or planting
of trees, vegetation and/or landscaping; disposal of sewage; water
supply; installation of utilities; emergency vehicle access; and other
needed improvements. In addition, the Village Board finds that land
to be subdivided shall be of such character that all proposed lots
shall be so laid out and of such size as to be in harmony with the
development pattern of the neighboring properties; that the proposed
street pattern shall conform to the Official Map and shall be properly
related to the proposals shown on the Comprehensive/Master Plan and
shall be of such width, grade and location as to accommodate the prospective
traffic, to facilitate fire protection and to provide access of fire-fighting
equipment and other emergency vehicles to buildings; and that proper
provision shall be made for parks, playgrounds or other recreational
facilities.
For the purpose of these regulations, certain
words and terms used herein are defined as follows:
A street which serves, or is designed to serve, as a traffic
way for a neighborhood or as a feeder to a major street.
A street, or a portion of a street, with only one vehicular
traffic outlet.
Authorization by a property owner for the use by another
of any designated part of his property for a specified purpose.
A person licensed as a professional engineer by the State
of New York.
A street which serves, or is designed to serve, heavy flows
of traffic and which is used primarily as a route for traffic between
communities and/or other heavy traffic generating areas.
A comprehensive plan, prepared by the Planning Board pursuant
to § 7-722 of the Village Law, which indicates the general
locations recommended for various functional classes of public works,
places and structures and for general physical development of the
Village and which includes any unit or part of such plan separately
prepared and any amendment to such plan or parts therein.
A street intended to serve primarily as an access to abutting
properties.
The map established by the Board of Trustees, pursuant to
§ 7-724 of the Village Law, showing streets, highways and
parks and drainage, both existing and proposed.
A human-induced condition or contaminant which, in some quantities,
may be injurious to human, plant or animal life or to property.
A drawing or drawings, clearly marked “preliminary plat,” showing the salient features of a proposed subdivision, as specified in Article IV, § 174-18, of these regulations, submitted to the Planning Board for purposes of consideration prior to submission of the plat in final form, and of sufficient detail to apprise the Planning Board of the layout of the proposed subdivision.
Includes streets, roads, avenues, lanes or other trafficways
between right-of-way lines.
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular
traffic.
The width of the right-of-way, measured at right angles to
the center line of the street.
The division of any parcel of land into two or more lots,
blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways, and includes
resubdivision.
A drawing, in final form, showing a proposed subdivision, containing all information or detail required by law and by Article IV, § 174-19, of these regulations, to be presented to the Planning Board for approval, and which, if approved, may be duly filed or recorded by the applicant in the office of the County Clerk.
A person licensed as a land surveyor by the State of New
York.
