These rules and regulations are adopted by authority
of the Mount Pleasant Town Board, pursuant to the provisions of Article
16, §§ 272 and 276 of the Town Law of the State of
New York.
Land within the unincorporated portion of the
Town of Mount Pleasant may be subdivided into lots, blocks or sites,
with or without streets or highways, only if approved by the Planning
Board in accordance with the procedures and requirements as set forth
in these regulations and only if the approved plat is duly filed in
the office of the County Clerk of Westchester County, New York. Construction,
excavation, filling, regrading, clearing of vegetation or other similar
activities shall not be begun within any area proposed or intended
for subdivision until said subdivision shall have been approved or
conditionally approved by the Planning Board.
A resubdivision, as defined herein, is subject
to the same procedure, rules and regulations applicable to an original
subdivision.
The review of subdivisions by the Planning Board
shall be in accordance with and under the authority granted by the
Town Board pursuant to provisions of Article 16 of the Town Law. It
is declared to be the policy of the Planning Board to consider land
subdivisions as part of a plan for the orderly, efficient and economical
development of the Town. 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 and without resulting
in significant and/or irreparable damage to the ecology of the area
in which it is located. Proper provision shall be made for drainage,
water, sewerage and other needed improvements. Streets shall compose
a convenient system conforming to the Official Map, if one exists,
and shall be properly related to the proposals shown on the Town Development
Plan. Streets shall be of such width, grade and location as to accommodate
the prospective traffic, to afford adequate light and air and to facilitate
fire protection. In proper cases and when required by the Planning
Board, one or more park areas of suitable location, size and character
for playground or other recreational purposes shall be shown on the
subdivision plat. Fees shall be required by the applicant to cover
the costs of technical and expert review of all design and development
proposals.
No permit shall be issued for the erection of
any building within a proposed subdivision until said subdivision
has been duly approved by the Planning Board and filed in the office
of the County Clerk and in accordance with § 280-a of the
Town Law. The Building Inspector may issue a single building permit
based upon the entire tract of land where there is no other existing
principal use within the proposed subdivision and where the location
of the proposed building is in accordance with an approved preliminary
plat.
If any article, section, subsection, paragraph,
sentence, clause or other part of these regulations is for any reason
held invalid, the validity of the remaining portion of these regulations
shall not be affected.
In order that land may be subdivided in accordance
with the authority, jurisdiction and policy as set forth above, these
regulations are hereby adopted and enacted.