The purpose of the following section is to ensure that the highest standards of site, building and landscape design are conscientiously met through the use of qualified technical and aesthetic judgment, compatible with the Master Plan and relevant development law of the town. In acting upon subdivision plats, the Planning Board shall require, among other conditions in the public interest, that the tract shall be adequately drained, and the streets shall be of sufficient width and suitable grade and suitably located to accommodate the prospective traffic and to provide access for fire-fighting equipment to buildings. The Planning Board shall further require that all lots shown on the plats shall be adaptable for their intended purposes without danger to health or peril from flood, fire, erosion or other menace. Required improvements shall be designed and constructed to conform to the specifications as established by the town. In considering applications for subdivision of land, the Planning Board shall be guided by the standards hereinafter set forth. The standards shall be considered to be minimum requirements and shall be waived by the Board only under circumstances set forth in Article
V herein.
See Chapter
161 of the Code of the Town of Newburgh regarding street specifications.
[Amended 3-1-2010 by L.L. No. 2-2010]
See Chapters
157 and
109 of the Town of Newburgh Municipal Code regarding stormwater management, drainage and floodplain controls. A stormwater management plan consistent with the requirements of Chapter
157 shall be required for preliminary subdivision plat approval and final subdivision plat approval. The stormwater management plan shall meet the performance and design criteria and standards in Chapter
157. The approved preliminary and final subdivision plats shall be consistent with the provisions of Chapter
157.
It is required as a condition to final approval
of the plat that where central sewer and/or water systems are to be
installed, that an improvement district or transportation corporation
be legally formed or extended. Such systems with appurtenances may
be required to be offered for dedication to such districts without
cost to the district.
A. Water and sewage facilities.
(1) Endorsement. The proposed subdivision plat shall be
properly endorsed and approved by the Orange County Department of
Health. Such endorsement and approval shall be secured by the subdivider
after approval of the preliminary plat by the Planning Board.
(2) Local requirements.
(a)
In addition to Orange County and State Department
of Health and Department of Environmental Conservation approvals,
all water and sewer facilities shall be approved by the Town Engineer
as to design and specification of equipment for all public sanitary
and/or water systems which may be required for any subdivision.
(b)
The requirements contained in the Town of Newburgh Sewer Use Law, Chapter
148 of the Town Code, approved by the Town Board of the Town of Newburgh and as hereafter may be amended, shall apply, and all sewage disposal systems shall be constructed in conformance thereto.
(c)
The requirements contained in the Town of Newburgh
Water Department Rules and Law, approved by the Town Board of the Town of Newburgh and
as hereafter may be amended, shall apply and all water systems shall
be constructed in conformance thereto.
(3) Dedication. Such water and sewer facilities shall
be located in the street rights-of-way or in perpetually unobstructed
easements of a width adequate for servicing with a minimum width of
20 feet. Water and sewer mains and systems may be required to be offered
for dedication to the town or duly constituted improvement district
or to remain the property of a transportation corporation. Such offer
of dedication, when required, shall be made prior to final subdivision
approval.
(4) Connections. The subdivider shall be responsible,
not only for the laterals within the development, but also for any
lines or connections that may be necessary to bring the service to
the development from existing facilities.