The subdivider shall be responsible for the
installation of the following improvements. The Planning Board may
relieve the subdivider of responsibility for such portions of the
installation for which the Town Board, appropriate district or other
public authority shall have, by resolution, indicated its intention
to install.
All monuments shown on the preliminary plat
shall be located and installed under the direction of a licensed land
surveyor, who shall certify to their location. Monuments shall be
as follows:
A. Plat and block. Permanent reference monuments shall
be placed at all block corners, angle points and points of tangency,
and not less than four per block. They shall be of durable stone or
precast concrete, not less than four inches square at the top and
six inches square at the bottom and at least 24 inches in depth, with
surface edges beveled; or such other standard as may have been established
by the Town Board.
B. Lot corners. All lot corners shall be located with
a metal pin, not less than 3/4 of an inch in diameter and 30 inches
in length, located in the ground to finished grade.
C. Existing monuments. Any existing monuments disturbed
during construction shall be relocated in the same manner as provided
for a new monument.
All storm drainage facilities and improvements
to existing natural channels and facilities shall be installed as
approved on the preliminary plat and to Town standards. All such facilities
shall be inspected and approved by the Town Highway Superintendent.
Any pipe, culvert or other structure to be covered must be inspected
and approved prior to coverage. Any required seeding, sodding or other
erosion control measures must be performed in accordance with Town
standards and to the approval of the Highway Superintendent.
All new streets required in the approved preliminary
plan and any required improvement in existing streets shall be installed
to Town standards and under the supervision of the Town Highway Superintendent.
All required appurtenances, including drainage facilities, utilities,
curb, sidewalk and street name standards, as required by this chapter,
Town standards and the approved plats shall be installed according
to the standards, procedures and policies of the Town and the Highway
Superintendent. Final inspection shall be performed by the Highway
Superintendent in association with the Town Engineer, who shall submit
signed inspection statements to the Town Board.
Any required street trees shall be installed
and a suitable one-year replacement guaranty filed with the Superintendent
of Highways.
The subdivider shall furnish a performance bond
or cause a deposit sufficient to cover the full costs of the construction
of such utility and street improvements as may be required by the
Planning Board in accordance with § 277 of the Town Law.
Such bond or deposit is to be satisfactory in form to the Town Attorney.
The subdivider may install such utility and street improvements at
his own expense or, in the alternative, may secure the formation of
a special district to install such utility and street improvements
pursuant to the laws of the state.