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Editor's Note: Changes to the Subdivision Rules and Regulations
become effective on the date that the changes are transmitted to the Norfolk
Registry of Deeds. The Dover Planning Board was established under the provisions
of MGL c. 41, §§ 81A through 81J at the Town Meeting of March
5, 1945. Rules and Regulations Governing the Submission and Approval of Plats
of Subdivisions of Land Adopted by the Planning Board July 7, 1947, under
MGL c. 41 §§ 81K through 81U, inclusive, as amended, and under
the section of the Town Bylaws relating to the development of streets, were
adopted by unanimous vote at the adjourned Town Meeting of March 10, 1947
and approved by the Attorney General on May 21, 1947.
The Subdivision Control Law[2] has been enacted for the purpose of protecting the safety, convenience
and welfare of the inhabitants of the cities and towns in which it is or may
hereafter be put in effect 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 a 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 subdivision 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
to life and limb in the operation of motor vehicles; for securing safety in
case of fire, flood, panic and the other emergencies; for ensuring compliance
with applicable zoning ordinances or bylaws; for securing adequate provisions
for water, sewerage, drainage and other requirements where necessary in a
subdivision; and for coordinating the ways in a subdivision with each other
and with the public ways in the city or town in which it is located and with
the ways in neighboring subdivisions.
These rules and regulations have been adopted under the authority vested
in the Planning Board of the Town of Dover by MGL c. 41, § 81Q,
as amended.
Before making any subdivision of land in Dover, the subdivider is required
by law to secure from the Planning Board approval or endorsement as approval
not required (ANR) of the plan for the proposed subdivision. The regulations
set out below indicate the requirements to be met and the procedure to be
followed before such approval or endorsement can be obtained.
