§ 174-18. Preservation of natural features.

A. 

See also Town Code § 220-9A, Preservation of natural features.

B. 

Proposals for subdivision and development of land shall be designed to preserve and protect natural features as identified in the Natural Resources Inventory.

C. 

Existing vegetation shall be preserved by the applicant during development to the fullest extent possible.

(1) 

Special precaution shall be taken to protect existing trees and shrubbery during the process of grading the lots and roads.

(2) 

Where any land other than that included in public rights-of-way is to be reserved for public or common use, the developer shall only remove such trees and other vegetation from the land so reserved as are specifically designated for removal on the plat approved by the Planning Board.

D. 

The boundaries and alignment of existing surface water shall be preserved unless the Planning Board finds that a change would be ecologically sound.

E. 

Land development within federal and/or state regulated wetland areas shall be subject to the appropriate agency approval.

F. 

Land subject to flooding or land deemed by the Planning Board to be uninhabitable shall not be plotted for residential occupancy or uses that may be a danger to health, life or property or aggravate an existing flood hazard. Such land areas shall be noted as "undevelopable" on the plat and set aside.