A.
Any person wishing to record in the Registry of Deeds
or to file with the Land Court a plan of land or a plan showing division
of land and who believes such plan does not require Planning Board
approval under the Subdivision Control Law[1] shall submit to the Planning Board office the printing master and four copies of the plan and two copies of application Form A (see appendix),[2] for determination that the plan is complete. The plan
will not be marked received until the next regularly scheduled meeting
of the Planning Board after such plan is deemed complete for review.
[1]
Editor's Note: See MGL c. 41, §§ 81K
et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: Form A is included at the end of this chapter.
B.
All such submissions shall include the proper filing fee as determined by the most recent Planning Board Fee Schedule.
C.
The Planning Board will endorse such plan within 21
days of submission at a regularly scheduled meeting. If the plan was
prepared using a CAD program, the Board may require an electronic
submittal of the plan compatible with the Town's current hardware
and software.
To validate such submission, any such person shall send to the Westminster Town Clerk application Form A.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Form A is included at the end of this chapter.
A.
If the Planning Board determines that such a plan
does not require approval, it shall forthwith, without a public hearing,
endorse on the plan the words "Approval under the Subdivision Control
Law not required."
B.
If the Planning Board shall determine that such a
plan does require subdivision review and approval, it shall so inform
the applicant and the Town Clerk, in writing.
The plan shall be prepared by a registered land
surveyor and shall contain the following information:
A.
North point, date of survey, scale and locus map indicating
the relation of the parcel (s) to neighboring roads.
B.
The statement "Approval Under the Subdivision Control
Law Not Required," together with sufficient space for the signatures
of the required number of Board members and the date of endorsement.
C.
Name and address of owner, subdivider, designer and
engineer or surveyor.
D.
Names and addresses of all owners of abutting land
as they appear in the most recent Town tax list.
E.
Town of Westminster Assessors' Map and Lot Number.
F.
Boundary lines of all proposed lots or divisions of
land, with their areas and dimensions in square feet or acres, and
with all of the lots designated numerically in sequence.
G.
Names, widths, and status (public or private) of streets
and ways shown on the plan.
H.
Zoning classification of the subject property and
location of any zoning district boundaries running through or along
the property.
I.
Notation clearly stating the purpose of the plan.
J.
Location of all existing buildings and significant
structures, stone walls, easements, cemeteries, public or private
burial grounds, rights-of-way, streets, ways, and such other references
as are known to the applicant or Board and as shall sufficiently identify
the land to which the plan relates.
L.
Notation stating that "No determination of compliance
with zoning requirements has been made or intended."
M.
Deed reference of record owner by book and page number.