§ 249-25. Contents and accompanying data of major subdivision preliminary plats.  


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  • The following documents shall be submitted for approval:
    A. 
    Eight copies of the preliminary plat prepared at a scale of not more than 100 but preferably not less than 50 feet to the inch, showing:
    (1) 
    Proposed subdivision name, "Rotterdam, Schenectady County," date, true North point, scale, name and address of record owner, subdivider and engineer or surveyor, including license number and seal.
    (2) 
    The name of all subdivisions immediately adjacent and the name of the owners of record of all adjacent unsubdivided property.
    (3) 
    Zoning district, including exact boundary lines of district, if more than one district and any proposed changes in the zoning district lines and/or the Zoning Ordinance text applicable to the area to be subdivided.
    Editor's Note: See Ch. 270, Zoning.
    (4) 
    All parcels of land proposed to be dedicated to public use and the conditions of such dedication.
    (5) 
    Location of existing property lines, easements, buildings, watercourses, marshes, rock outcrops, wooded areas, single trees with a diameter of eight inches or more as measured three feet above the base of the trunk and other significant existing features for the proposed subdivision and adjacent property.
    (6) 
    Location of existing sewers, water mains, culverts and drains on and adjacent to the property, with pipe sizes, grades and direction of flow.
    (7) 
    Contours, with intervals of five feet or less, as required by the Commission, including elevations on existing roads. Approximate grading plan if natural contours are to be changed more than two feet.
    (8) 
    The width and location of any streets or public ways or places shown on the Official Map (if any) or the Master Plan within the area to be subdivided, and the width, location, grades and street profiles of all streets or public ways proposed by the developer.
    (9) 
    The approximate location and size of all proposed water lines, valves, hydrants and sewer lines and fire alarm boxes. Connection to existing lines or alternate means of water supply or sewage disposal and treatment as provided in the Public Health Law. Profiles of all proposed water and sewer lines.
    (10) 
    Storm drainage plan indicating the approximate location and size of proposed lines and their profiles. Connection to existing lines or alternate means of disposal.
    (11) 
    Plans and cross sections showing the proposed location and type of sidewalks, street lighting standards, street trees, curbs, water mains, sanitary sewers and storm drains, and the size and type thereof, the character, width and depth of pavements and subbase, the location of manholes, basins and underground conduits.
    (12) 
    Profiles of proposed streets with existing elevations every 50 feet and street grades shown.
    (13) 
    Preliminary designs of any bridges or culverts which may be required.
    (14) 
    The proposed lot lines with approximate dimensions and area of each lot.
    (15) 
    Where the topography is such as to make difficult the inclusion of any of the required facilities within the public areas as laid out, the preliminary plat shall show the boundaries of proposed permanent easements over or under private property, and which shall provide satisfactory access to a public highway or public open space shown on the subdivision of the Official Map (if any).
    (16) 
    An actual field survey of the boundary lines of the tract, giving complete description data by bearings and distances, made and certified to by a licensed land surveyor. The tract corners shall also be located on the ground and marked by substantial monuments of such size and type as are approved by the Town Engineer, and shall be referenced and shown on the plat.
    B. 
    If the application covers only a part of the subdivider's entire holding, a map of the entire tract, drawn at a scale of not less than 400 feet to the inch showing an outline of the platted area with its proposed streets and indication of the probable future street system with its grades and drainage in the remaining portion of the tract and the probable future drainage layout of the entire tract shall be submitted. The part of the subdivider's entire holding submitted shall be considered in the light of the entire holdings.
    C. 
    A copy of such covenants or deed restrictions as are intended to cover all or part of the tract.
    D. 
    A stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) consistent with § 270-215 shall be required.
    [Added 4-27-2005 by L.L. No. 10-2005]
Amended 4-5-1978