ARTICLE 6 - SUBDIVISIONS
Article 6 - Subdivisions
6: Subdivisions
6.1.   Introductory Provisions
6.1.1.   How to Use these Standards
6.1.2.   Purpose and Intent
6.1.3.   Applicability
6.1.4.   Exemptions
6.1.5.   Compliance with Other Standards
6.1.6.   Approval of Subdivision Plats Required
6.1.7.   Recordation of Subdivision Plats Required
6.1.8.   Issuance of Permits Following Plat Approval
6.1.9.   Subdividing in Violation
6.2.   Conservation Subdivision
6.2.1.   Purpose and Intent
6.2.2.   Applicability
6.2.3.   Procedure
6.2.4.   Conservation Subdivision Standards
6.2.5.   Delineation of Conservation and Development Areas
6.2.6.   Evaluation Criteria for Conservation Subdivision Layout
6.3.   Fee-in-Lieu
6.3.1.   Purpose
6.3.2.   Procedure
6.3.3.   Amount
6.3.4.   Review Standards for Fee-in-Lieu
6.4.   Greenways
6.4.1.   Required Greenway Dedication and Construction
6.4.2.   Payment In-Lieu of Providing Greenways
6.4.3.   Greenway Configuration
6.4.4.   Density Credits
6.4.5.   Open Space Set-Aside Credits
6.5.   Owners' Associations
6.5.1.   Purpose
6.5.2.   Applicability
6.5.3.   Creation Required
6.5.4.   Responsibilities of Association
6.5.5.   Procedure for Association Establishment
6.5.6.   Documentation Requirements
6.5.7.   Membership Requirements
6.5.8.   Transfer of Maintenance Responsibility
6.5.9.   Failure to Maintain is a Violation
6.6.   Performance Guarantees
6.6.1.   Purpose and Intent
6.6.2.   Eligible Facilities and Features
6.6.3.   Ineligible Facilities
6.6.4.   Maximum Term of Guarantee
6.6.5.   Form of Guarantee
6.6.6.   Administration of Guarantees
6.6.7.   Amount of Guarantee
6.6.8.   Release or Reduction of Guarantee
6.6.9.   Improper Release of Performance Guarantees
6.6.10.   Forfeiture of Guarantee
6.6.11.   As-Built Plans Required
6.7.   Reservation of Public Lands
6.7.1.   Reservation of School Sites
6.7.2.   Dedication of Land for Public Parks
6.8.   Sidewalks
6.8.1.   Location
6.8.2.   Configuration
6.8.3.   Credit for Trails
6.8.4.   Payment In-Lieu of Providing Sidewalks
6.9.   Soil Erosion & Sedimentation
6.9.1.   Natural Drainage System Utilized to the Extent Feasible
6.9.2.   Development Must Drain Properly
6.9.3.   Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan Required
6.9.4.   Exemptions
6.9.5.   Timing of Review
6.10.   Street   
6.10.1.   Compliance with Guiding Documents
6.10.2.   Street Classification
6.10.3.   Street Rights-Of-Way
6.10.4.   Dedication and Construction
6.10.5.   Payment In-Lieu of Providing Road Improvements
6.10.6.   Private Streets
6.10.7.   Street Design
6.10.8.   Street Drainage
6.10.9.   Street Signs
6.10.10.   Traffic Control Signs and Signals
6.10.11.   Street Lights
6.10.12.   Vehicular Gates
6.10.13.   Bridges
6.10.14.   Dams
6.11.   Stormwater
6.11.1.   Generally
6.11.2.   Higher Adjacent Lands
6.11.3.   Lower Adjacent Lands
6.12.   Subdivision Standards
6.12.1.   Subdivision Name
6.12.2.   Reasonable Relationship
6.12.3.   Lot Configuration
6.12.4.   Access to Lots
6.12.5.   Monuments
6.12.6.   Easements
6.12.7.   Cluster Mailboxes
6.12.8.   Building Numbers
6.13.   Transportation Impact Analysis
6.13.1.   Introduction
6.13.2.   Purpose
6.13.3.   Applicability
6.13.4.   Pre-Application Conference
6.13.5.   Memorandum of Understanding
6.13.6.   Period of Validity
6.13.7.   Traffic Impact Analysis Report Elements
6.13.8.   Safety and Operational Analysis
6.13.9.   Deferral of Obligation
6.13.10.   Waiver
6.13.11.   Format and Submittal of Report
6.14.   Utilities and Infrastructure
6.14.1.   Utility Ownership and Easement Rights
6.14.2.   Lots Served by Governmentally Owned Water or Sewer Lines
6.14.3.   Sewage Disposal Facilities Required
6.14.4.   Water Supply System Required
6.14.5.   Electric Power
6.14.6.   Telephone Service
6.14.7.   Underground Utilities
6.14.8.   Utilities to be Consistent with Internal and External Development
6.14.9.   As-Built Drawings Required
6.14.10.   Fire Hydrants
6.1.   INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
6.1.1.   How to Use These Standards
   A.   The standards in this section are applied to applications seeking to divide land into two or more lots. Some subdivisions of land are exempted from complying with these requirements (see Section 6.1.4, Exemptions), while others are subject to these standards.
   B.   Any activity, whether associated with a subdivision or a site plan application, shall be subject to applicable infrastructure standards in this chapter.
   C.   Any applicant considering a subdivision of land should first determine if the subdivision is subject to or exempt from these standards. All subdivisions subject to these standards shall comply with the provisions in Section 6.12, Subdivision Standards, as well as any of the following applicable provisions.
   D.   Subdivisions (and site plans) that incorporate or rely on public infrastructure shall be subject to the various infrastructure-related provisions in this chapter such as those in Section 6.10, Streets, Section 6.8, Sidewalks, Section 6.14, Utilities and Infrastructure, and Section 6.4, Greenways.
   E.   Lots within a proposed subdivision (or individual structures proposed as part of a site plan) may not be conveyed or occupied until all required public infrastructure is installed and accepted by the Town or made subject to a performance guarantee posted by the applicant as a promise to complete all required public infrastructure in accordance with Section 6.6, Performance Guarantees.
   F.   Subdivisions (or individual developments established without a prior subdivision of land) that include land or infrastructure elements to be owned or operated in common by the owners of the development shall establish and operate an owner's association in accordance with the standards in Section 6.5, Owners' Associations.
   G.   Where permitted in accordance with this chapter and Article 3: Districts, subdivisions may be configured as conservation subdivisions, which are intended to protect open space farmland, natural resources, and rural character in accordance with Section 6.2, Conservation Subdivision.
(Ord. 2020-36, passed 12-2-2019)
6.1.2.   Purpose and Intent
The purpose of this section is to establish standards for the subdivision of land and extension of public infrastructure in the Town's jurisdiction. More specifically, this section is intended to:
   A.   Provide for the orderly growth and development of the Town;
   B.   Maintain conditions essential to the public's health, safety, and welfare;
   C.   Facilitate the further re-subdivision of larger tracts into smaller parcels of lands and individual lots, where appropriate;
   D.   Coordinate the provision of streets within and contiguous to proposed subdivisions;
   E.   Provide for the dedication or reservation of rights-of-way, and easements, in accordance with the Town's adopted policy guidance; and
   F.   Ensure lots and public infrastructure are configured in ways that ensure public safety, easy maintenance, and good planning practice.
(Ord. 2020-36, passed 12-2-2019)
6.1.3.   Applicability
Unless exempted in accordance with Section 6.1.4, Exemptions, any division of land consistent with the definition of a subdivision in Section 9.4, Definitions, that is located within the Town's jurisdiction shall comply with the requirements of this section.
(Ord. 2020-36, passed 12-2-2019)
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