These Subdivision Regulations are adopted under
the provisions of MGL c. 41,[1] for the purpose of protecting the safety, convenience
and welfare of the inhabitants of the Town of Boxford by "regulating
the laying out and construction of ways in subdivisions providing
access to the several lots therein, but which have not become public
ways, and ensuring sanitary conditions in subdivisions and in proper
cases parks and open areas. The powers of the Planning Board and of
the Board of Appeals under the Subdivision Control Law shall be exercised
with due regard for the provision of adequate access to all of the
lots in a subdivisions by ways that will be safe and convenient for
travel; for lessening congestion in such ways and in the adjacent
public ways; for reducing danger of life and limb in the operation
of motor vehicles; for securing safety in the case of fire, flood,
panic and other emergencies; for insuring compliance with the Zoning
Bylaw; for securing adequate provision for water, sewerage, drainage,
underground utility services, fire, police and other similar town
equipment, streetlighting and other requirements where necessary in
a subdivision; and for coordinating the ways in a subdivision; and
for coordinating the ways in a subdivision with each other and with
the public ways in the town and with the ways in neighboring subdivisions."
[1]
Editor's Note: See MGL c. 41, §§ 81K
to 81GG, inclusive.
Under the authority vested in the Planning Board
of the Town of Boxford by MGL c. 41, § 81-Q, said Board
has hereby adopted these Rules and Regulations Governing the Subdivision
of Land in the Town of Boxford.
