The Rules and Regulations Governing the Subdivision
of Land in the Town of Salisbury, Massachusetts, have been enacted
for the purpose of protecting the safety, convenience and welfare
of the inhabitants of Salisbury 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 Zoning Board of Appeals under the
Subdivision Control Law[1] 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
the case of fire, flood, panic and other emergencies; for ensuring
compliance with the Salisbury Zoning Bylaw and Earth Removal Bylaw;[2] for securing adequate provision 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 Salisbury and with the ways in neighboring subdivisions.
Under the authority vested in the Planning Board
of the Town of Salisbury by MGL c. 41, § 81M, said Board
hereby adopts these Rules and Regulations Governing the Subdivision
of Land in the Town of Salisbury. These rules and regulations shall
be effective on and after June 1, 1975.
Any previous rules and regulations governing
subdivision of land in Salisbury, and all amendments thereto, are
amended in whole.
