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<br />00231 q 42 <br />JUDICIAL REACTION <br /> <br />5-322 <br /> <br />lots shown on the plats shall be adaptable <br />for the intended.purposes without! danger <br />to health ~br peril from flood." r.rhe plaintiff... <br />in seekingaresubdi vision. . . subjected them- <br />selves to the terms of the act and the condi- <br />tions validly imposed upon them by the planning <br />board. under the authori tY~,of the act .17 <br /> <br />321.30 '-Waste Disposal Probl'ems <br /> <br />;~i?J <br /> <br />Several cases have upheld large minimum lot size re- <br /> <br /> <br />strictionsfor swampy or high groundwater areas because of <br /> <br />~ possibledifficul ty with onsi te waste disposaL18 <br /> <br /> <br />~21.40 Inadequate Access <br /> <br />,,; <br /> <br />One of the principal objectives of subdivision control <br />is to provide adequate access to the proposed subdivision from <br />a publi~ si:re;et.l~ Streets ~J:iich are periodically flooded to <br />a subst,mtial ~epth w:lll not. prnv{de aoceRS even for flood <br /> <br />rescue or fire protection veflicles. For this reason, some <br />communities requir~ that a~cess roads be located at elevations <br />'" , ' , , 20 <br />no lower than ,two (2) feet below the regulatory flood., In <br />other contexts, co~ri:s.have sanctioned'requirements that. roads <br />be adequate to provid':l access for emergency vehicles.2l <br />322. ,Court Disapp'roval of Objectives <br /> <br />Courts have occasionally disagreed with the decisions of local planning <br /> <br />boards in disapproving plats to serve broad community goals.' Courts have <br /> <br />generally held that some costs accompany all community growth and that <br /> <br />normal increase in costs for roads. schools. and similar facilities is ordinarily <br /> <br />not a ground for refusing plat approval. The New Jersey Supreme Court in a <br />22 <br />landmark case, Mansfield & Swett, Inc. v. West Orange suggested that <br /> <br />anticipated community expenses attributable to a subdivision must 1;>e <br /> <br />;')~5~,~ <br /> <br />abnormal to justify denial of plat approval: <br />