HomeMy WebLinkAboutSubdivision Regulations 1949 REGULATION'S FOR PLOTTING
LAND SUBDIVISIONS
SOUTH WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT
APPROVED BY THE
TOWN PLAN CONJISSION
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TOWN PLAN REGULATIONS
FOR
TOWN OF SOUTH WINDSOR
CONNECTICUT
Persuant to 'the authority conferred by the General Statutes of Connecticut
to adopt regulations governing the subdivision of land,. the Town Plan Commission
adopts the following regulations:
Section 1. Submission and Approval of Plans.
A. Definitions
The term "street# or #streets" shall mean and include streets, avenues,
boulevards, roads, •lanes, alleys and other ways.
The term #subdivision# shall mean the division of a tract or parcel
of land into three or more lots in such a manner as to require the provi-
sion of a street or streets for the purpose, whether immediate or future,
of sale or building deVelopment and shall include resubdivision and, when
appropriate to the context, shall relate to the process of subdividing or
to the land or area subdivided.
"Commissions shall mean the Town Plan Commission.
B. General
1. No owner or agent of the owner of.any land located within the ,juris-
diction of the Commission shall transfer or sell or agree to sell or
negotiate to sell any land by reference to or exhibition of or by any
other use of a subdivision plan before such plan shall have been ap-
proved by the Commission and recorded or filed in the office of the
town clerk.
2. No plan of a subdivision of land shall be filed or recorded until it
shall have been approved by the Commission and an entry of such ap-
proval shall have been made on the plan by the Chairman or Secretary
of the Commission.
3. No plan shall be approved by the Commission unless it shall conform
to the regulations herein prescribed and to the Zoning Regulations of
the Town of South Windsor. Where a strict interpretation of the reg-
ulations herein prescribed would cause undue hardship or injustice to
the owner of any land, a subdivision plan of said land substantially
'.in conformity with said regulations may be approved by the Commission
provided that public convenience will not be adversely affected.
C. Preliminary Plan
A preliminary plan may be submitted by the subdivider for tentative
approval by the Commission, and this practice is strongly recommended.
D. Contents of Preliminary Plan
The preliminary plan may be drawn on paper with pencil on a scale of
one inch to each forty or fifty feet. It must be filed in duplicate and
must show:
(1) Name and location of subdivision; name of record owner, sub-
divider and designer; north point, date and scale;
(2) Names of all abutting owners:
(3) Existing and proposed linesq, grades and widths of streets and
ways within- the subdivision and on abutting land. Building
lines, easements and public areas within the subdivision and
on abutting land.
(4) Propoeials for water. supply, sewage disposal and drainage within
tize subdivision.
(5) Lot numbers, lines and approximate dimensions.
(6) Proposals for dedication and conditions of such dedication.
(7) In case of rolling or rough land topography with two foot contour
intervals and profiles,of proposed streets may be required. ,
B. Tentative Approval of Preliminary Plan
The Preliminary Plan will be discussed with the proposers and studied
by the Commission to determine whether it complies with the require-
ments in Section 2.' Within 30 days after filing, the Commission
shall tentatively approve, disapprove or approve with modifications
the preliminary elan, noting thereon any changes which should be
made. 'One copy. of the plan as tentatively approved or modified shall
be returned ,to the subdivider.
F. Final Plan
The subdivider shall file with the Commission the final plan of the
subdivision accompanied by a properly executed a-pplication form and
designer's certificate; and, when necessary, a dedication form.
G. Contents of Final Plan
A tracing on cloth as well as three black and white prints of the
final subdiv�iAlp an at a scale of ill to 40, or 501 shall be pre-
pared by a eoR Wevi 'surveyor and filed with the Commission. The
size of the sheets shall be 25" x 3611 and shall provide a margin of
Beside the information required for the Preliminary Plan (D
above) the Final Plan shall contain:
(1) Locatione .of all permanent monuments.
(2) Names of proposed streets in pencil until names are ap-
proved.
(3) Profiles and plans of streets drawn on 'Plate Aft profile
tracing cloth or lan paper, at scales of. 111 = 401 hori-
zontal., and 111 vertical.
H. Mounds or Monuments
Monuments of stone.^concrete or ire e. as required by the Com-
mission shall be installed at such points as are designated by the Com-
mission before final of plan by the Commission.
I. Final Approva
Within 45 days of the filing of the Final Plan, the Commission shall
hold a public hearing after notice as prescribed in the statute., Ap-
proval of a Final Plan, when granted, shall be attested on the original
and two copies og'the .plan by the signatures of a majority of the *Plan-
ning Commission. The original plan shall be retained by the Commission,
and the two copies shall be delivered to the proposers. Unless a bond
has been given as -provided in Section 3, approval shall be conditioned
upon the completion of street constructions as set forth in th?t section.
Within 30 days from approval of the plan, it must be recorded in the of-
fice of the Town Clerk, by the proposer.
Section 2. General Reyutrements for Subdivision of Land
A. Suitability of the Land
Land subject to flooding and land deemed by the Commission to be un-
healthful or undesirable for other reasons for residential purposes shall
not be subdivided therefor.
B. Suitability of Street System
(1) Streets shall be continuous and in alignment with existing streets.
(2) Provision shall be made. for the proper projection of the streets
where abutting -property is not. subdivided. ,
(3) Dead.end,streets may be' permitted under certain conditions, but whPrn
way with an .outside radius of, at,'least 50! , shall be provided at the
closed end.
(4) The minimum width of streets shall be '50 feet,: but greater widths
may be required for through streets.and for commercial streetsi
(5) Street grades shall 'conform'to the terrain; but grades of less than
per cent, or more than 7 per--cent, are not desirable, -,' '
(6) No intersecting streets shall be"laid out within the' angle included
between adjoining street lines less than'30 degrees nor greater than
150 degrees.
(7) Street int ersect ias t shall .. be !, ialArged with*radlt to the:.:, •': ••
nedrest •foot/as follows:
If .the block angle included between the adjoining street lines
is 90'degrees, then these lines •shall be joined by a curve of 20 ;
feet radius, the external secant of which is 8.28 feet. '
If the angle included between the adjoining street lines is less
than 90 degrees, then these lines shall be joined by a curve with a
radius of 20 feet minus 1.6 inches for- each- degree thai. the angle is
less than 90 degrees.
Zf. the angle included between adjoining street lines is greater
than 90 degrees, then these lines shall be joined by a curve with an
external secant of 9.28 feet plus 0.27 feet for. each degree that the
angle is greater than 90 degrees.
(S) Streets in cut or fill shall be provided with side slopes not steeper
than two feet horizontal to one foot vertical, or the ?permanence of
the street grade shall .be otherwise provided for to the satisfaction
of the Commission. „
(9) Block lengths should not be less than 600 feet nor more than 1,200
feet. Block widths should not be less than 300 feet nor more than
600 feet.
(10)'No privately owned reserved strips which control access to land ded—
icated to public use or which may be so dedicated shall be permitted,
(11) All lot sizes shall conform to the requirements of the Zoning Regu�-
lations.
(12) No land adjacent to the subdivision shall be withheld by the sub—
divider, which is not capable of satisfactory subdivision into lots
of the size specified. Nor shall there be any fragment of a lot or
remainder in the .subdivision area of less size. than specified for
lot' dimensions. Fragments and remainders must be incorporated into
full size lots.
(13) All streets shall be. graded and constructed to their full width by
the subdivider. Curbs and/or gutters shall be laid on steep grades
to the satisfaction of the Commission.
C. htlLe Open Spaces anO Na}u.�al Features
(1) Provisions for• open space for use as parks or playgrounds should be
considered by the subdivider, and may be required by the Commission.
(2) Due regard should be shown for all natural features, such as large
trees, water courses, scenic points and similar community assets.
Section Construction of. Streets
A. Bonds
Before anprova,l of a subdivision, there shall be filed a bond in an
amount sufficient to cover the cost of he construction of streets r'.s
specified below, approved as to form and sureties by the Town Treasurer,
and conditioned on the completion of -such streets within two years of the
date of the bond:
All streets shall be constructed and completed as required by these
regulations, including the specifications of the typical Street Section
Plan incorporated herein; and adequate provisions, as approved by, the Com—
mission, shall be made for drainage of all streets,.
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B. Conditional Approval '
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Instead of requiring a bond, the Commission may approve a final
plan on condition that- no lot shall be sold until the streets specified
by the Commission are satisfactorily constructed within two years of the
date of such conditional' approval. Upon completion of streets for the {
entire subdivision the Commission will execute and deliver to subdivider
a Release of Conditions, and, if requested by the subdivider, may deliver
such a release for any group of-10 or more lots, for which adequate
streets have been completed.
C. Acceptance of Streets By Town
Upon final approval of subdivision by the Commission under Section !
3A hereof, or upon conditional approval of a subdivision by the Com—
mission under Section 3B hereof, tha Commissionshall, if requested by
the subdivider, recommend.- to a town meeting that a vote be passed
whereby any street or streets within the subdivision shall be accepted
by the town effective' as of the date on which a majority of the members
of the Commission and a T#ajority of the members of' the Board-,of i
Selectmen file a certificate on the land records of the town certifying
that the street or streets described in the certificate have been com"
pleted in accordance with these regulations and that the title to said
street or streets has been duly conveyed to the town.
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