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Town of Medfield, MA
Norfolk County
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These rules and regulations shall be known and may be cited as the "Land Subdivision Rules and Regulations of the Planning Board of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts."
These rules and regulations are hereby adopted by virtue of and pursuant to the authority granted the Planning Board of the Town of Medfield by MGL c. 41, §§ 81K to 81GG, herein called the "Subdivision Control Law," as now existing or hereafter amended. All forms, tables and figures appended hereto shall be a part of the Land Subdivision Rules and Regulations of the Planning Board of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts.
These rules and regulations have been adopted to fulfill the purpose of the Subdivision Control Law as stated in the Massachusetts General Laws, MGL c. 41, § 81M, and all other applicable sections.
A. 
For the purpose of these rules and regulations, unless a contrary intention clearly appears, the terms and words defined in the Subdivision Control Law shall have the following meanings:
AASHTO
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
AGENT
Inspector appointed by the Superintendent of Public Works acting as the agent of the Planning Board.
APPLICANT
All the owners of record of the land stated in the application for subdivision. An agent, representative or his or her assigns may act for an owner, provided written evidence of such fact, signed and notarized by all owners of record, is submitted to the Board. Evidence in the form of a list of their officers and designated authority to sign legal documents shall be required for a corporate owner.
BOARD
The Planning Board of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts.
DEFINITIVE PLAN
A plan of a proposed subdivision or resubdivision of land drawn in accordance with § 310-4.2 of these rules and regulations.
ENGINEER
A person registered or legally permitted to practice professional engineering in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
GENERAL LAWS
The Massachusetts General Laws.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
A person registered or legally permitted to practice professional landscape architecture in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.[1]
[Added 7-16-2019]
MDOT
Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
PRELIMINARY PLAN
A plan of a proposed subdivision or resubdivision of land drawn in accordance with § 310-4.1 of these rules and regulations.
STREETS
The meaning of streets shall include the traveled way, curbing, grass strips, sidewalks, drainage and utilities.
SURVEYOR
A person registered or legally permitted to practice land surveying in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS
The Land Subdivision Rules and Regulations of the Planning Board of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts.
[1]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "MDC," which immediately followed, was repealed 7-16-2019.
B. 
Terms and words not defined herein but defined in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Building Code shall have the meanings given therein unless a contrary intention clearly appears. Words not defined in either place shall have the meaning given in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Third Edition.