Pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 of the Village Law of the State
of New York, the Planning Board of the Village of Scotia is authorized and
empowered to approve plats showing lots, blocks or sites, with or without
streets or highways, to approve the development of entirely or partially undeveloped
plats already filed in the office of the Schenectady County Clerk and to approve
preliminary plats within the Village of Scotia.
It is declared to be the policy of the Planning Board to consider land
subdivision plats as part of a plan for the orderly, efficient and economical
development of the village. This means, among other things, that land to be
subdivided shall be of such character that it can be used safely for building
purposes without danger to health or peril from fire, flood or other menace;
that proper provision shall be made for drainage, water supply, sewerage and
other needed improvements; that all proposed lots shall be so laid out and
of such size as to be in harmony with the development pattern of neighboring
properties; that the proposed streets shall compose a convenient system conforming
to the Official Map, if such exists, and shall be properly related to the
policies and recommendations of the Comprehensive 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 to buildings;
and that proper provision shall be made for open spaces for parks and playgrounds.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Village of Scotia
Subdivision Regulations."
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
That person who shall be designated to perform the duties of the
Clerk of the Planning Board for all purposes of this chapter.
A long-term policy document prepared by the Planning Board pursuant
to § 7-722 of the Village Law which establishes goals, policies
and recommendations for the general physical development of the village and
includes any unit or part of such plan separately prepared and any amendment
to such plan or parts therein.
Authorization by a property owner for the use by another, and for
a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property.
A person licensed as a professional engineer by the State of New
York.
The Planning Board of the Village of Scotia.
A drawing or drawings clearly marked "preliminary plat" showing the layout of a proposed subdivision, as specified in § 219-23 of this chapter, submitted to the Planning Board for approval 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.
A sketch of a proposed subdivision showing the information specified in § 219-21 of this chapter to enable the subdivider to save time and expense in reaching general agreement with the Planning Board as to the proposed layout and the objectives of this chapter.
Includes streets, roads, avenues, lanes or other traffic ways, between
right-of-way lines, and intended for public use.
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 short dead-end street with a looped turnaround at the street's
terminus.
A street or a portion of a street with only one (1) vehicular traffic
outlet.
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 street intended to serve primarily as an access to abutting properties.
The exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular traffic.
A traffic way intended for private use which is not owned or maintained
by any governmental body.
The width of right-of-way, measured at right angles to the center
line of the street.
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who shall
lay out any subdivision or part thereof as defined herein, either for himself
or others.
The division of any parcel of land into two (2) or more buildable
lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways and includes resubdivision.
Any division of land not classified as a minor subdivision, including
but not limited to subdivisions of five (5) or more lots, or any size subdivision
requiring any new street or extension of municipal facilities.
Any division of land containing not more than four (4) lots fronting
on an existing street, not involving any new street or road or the extension
of municipal facilities.
A drawing, in final form, showing a proposed subdivision containing
all information or detail required by law and by this chapter 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 Schenectady County Clerk.
A person licensed as a land surveyor by the State of New York.
The duly designated engineer of the village.
