It is the policy of the Commission to encourage all applicants for all subdivisions and resubdivision to simultaneously initiate the preapplication procedures and requirements of these regulations with both the Planning and Conservation Commissions. These procedures provide for an interactive approach to developing the subdivision plan. As a result, approval of the final application should be more timely and efficient. In the preapplication procedure active discussion with the subdivider is anticipated. In the final application procedure, discussion with the subdivider will only occur at the request of the Commission.
A. 
The purpose of the preapplication procedure is to:
(1) 
Provide for an exchange of ideas between the subdivider, the Commission and other Town officials;
(2) 
Respond to any questions regarding the substantive and procedural requirements of the Subdivision Regulations, Zoning Regulations, Plan of Conservation and Development and any other requirements;
(3) 
Identify policies and regulations that create opportunities or restraints for the proposed development;
(4) 
Review concept plans and consider opportunities to increase development benefits and mitigate undesirable project consequences;
(5) 
Permit input into the general design of the project;
(6) 
Provide the Commission with an opportunity to make a determination as to whether a site is developed as an O.S.C.A.R. subdivision or as a conventional subdivision.
B. 
Before preparing an application for subdivision, the subdivider shall familiarize himself with the provisions of these regulations, the Town of Marlborough Plan of Conservation and Development, the Zoning Map and Regulations, Town ordinances, the Highway Construction and Design Standards, the Inland Wetland and Watercourse Regulations and the approved plans of adjacent subdivisions if any.
C. 
Delivery of the material specified below shall not constitute a formal or legal submission and, where the preapplication procedure is optional, all of the material below will be expected by the Commission. Any suggestions or opinions rendered by the Commission or Town staff are advisory only. Preapplication will be held with an understanding that the comments and suggestions made by the Commission will in no way imply approval of the final application.
D. 
Preapplication plans should be accompanied by a letter, request or other form of correspondence indicating the preapplication procedure is being pursued and requested to be on a Planning Commission meeting agenda. Subject to normal work lead constraints, the Commission will make every effort to schedule the preapplication discussion for the next regular meeting.
E. 
The applicant shall not be required to pay a fee for the preapplication review.
F. 
The application checklist, although not required, has been recommended to establish a basis of communication between the subdivider and the Commission.
A. 
Although the Commission has established minimal detail, accuracy and information requirements for preapplication plans, drawings are expected to be of professional quality prepared by appropriate professionals. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent an application from presenting maps and documentation in greater detail and containing more information to the Commission, if the applicant feels it is in his/her best interest to do so.
B. 
Preapplication plans.
(1) 
Preapplication drawings shall generally be prepared at a scale that shall not be smaller than one inch equals 40 feet but, where amount of acreage or unusual land shape warrant, drawings may be at a scale of one inch equals 100 feet. Five paper prints of the preapplication plans shall be submitted to the Planning Commission at least four days prior to a regular meeting scheduled by the Commission for informal review, discussion and comment.
(2) 
Alternatively, the developer may, at his option, present drawings which conform to the final plan scale requirements. The preapplication plan shall contain the following information:
(a) 
Streets to be constructed and existing streets within the subdivision with width of right-of-way and pavement and roadway slopes.
(b) 
Boundary lines of the subdivision with accurate distances and bearings; number of acres in the total tract to the nearest tenth acre and the number of proposed building lots.
(c) 
Proposed lots with approximate dimensions and areas in square feet containing the proposed locations of homes, wells, driveways, subsurface sewage disposal areas and reserve area.
(d) 
Proposed minimum required yards and minimum buildable lot areas based on the requirements of the Marlborough Zoning Regulations.
(e) 
Proposed water, storm sewer and sanitary sewer lines and their connections with existing facilities.
(f) 
Proposed locations of easements for utility lines, drainage improvements, sidewalks, rights-of-way, and open space lands.
(g) 
Areas to be reserved for public use and notation of any type of development proposed for public land, if any.
(h) 
Agricultural and conservation easement areas within the subdivision, if any.
(i) 
The location of all major trees (18 inches in caliper, three feet off ground), distinctive stands of trees, specimen trees, trees of unusual variety for the area, walls, existing structures, ledge outcrops, ridgelines, scenic vistas, sites of historic or archeological value or other physical features of significance.
(j) 
Topographic data at two-foot contour intervals and the location of all inland wetland and watercourse conservation areas, as defined in the Marlborough Inland Wetland and watercourse regulations delineated by a State of Connecticut certified soil scientist.
(k) 
If any part of the subdivision falls within 1,000 feet of a state grid coordinate reference point, the subdivision boundary shall have reference to that point.
(l) 
Indication of zone district boundaries properly dimensioned with zone designations.
(m) 
Title block indicating the name of the owner, subdivider, subdivision, scale, date, North arrow, legend, and the name of the engineer and/or surveyor responsible for plan preparation.
(n) 
When a preapplication plan covers only a portion of the subdivider's entire holding, a sketch of the prospective future street and lot layout in the entire holding shall be furnished in the form of a key map at scale of one inch equals 200 feet.
(3) 
The drawings shall be based on a Class A-2 Survey, which shall be clearly indicated by a note on the drawings.
(4) 
A print of the Hartford County Soils Survey showing soil classifications as they relate to the proposed subdivision is recommended. Where there is a question about soil classification, it is recommended that the developer contact the Hartford County Soil and Water Conservation District before preapplication.
(5) 
Percolation tests, deep test pit results, and their locations shall be presented as part of the preapplication procedure.