For the purposes of the Regulations the following words and
terms used herein are hereby defined or the meaning thereof explained,
extended, or limited as stated in MGL c. 41, as amended. Where a term
is defined in the Subdivision Control Law or the Norwell Zoning Bylaw
and not herein, such definition shall be incorporated by reference
herein. Other terms or words or phrases shall be construed according
to the common and approved usage of the language, but technical words
and phrases and such other terms or phrases as may have acquired a
particular and appropriate meaning in law shall be construed and understood
according to such meaning.
Standard specifications for highway materials and methods
of sampling testing adopted by the American Association of State Highway
and Transportation Officials.
The American Concrete Institute.
The individual or individuals seeking definitive subdivision
approval or endorsement that subdivision approval is not required
from the Planning Board. The term "applicant" shall include the applicant's
successor in interest and the applicant's agents, servants and employees
and shall include any contractor and subcontractor engaged by the
applicant.
A plan of a proposed division of land submitted to the Planning
Board for its endorsement under MGL c. 41, §§ 81L and
81P, and prepared in accordance with the requirements set forth under
Article 4.
The American Society for Testing and Materials.
Massachusetts Building and Highway Construction Code.
An overall soil and water management plan, prepared in accordance with § 302-6.4D, that shall be followed during construction and provide a maintenance schedule which shall be followed after completion of the project.
The plan of a proposed subdivision, prepared under Article
6, submitted to the Planning Board for approval under the Subdivision
Control Law.
As defined in the Norwell Zoning Bylaw.
A right acquired for the use or control of property for designated
purposes.
A professional civil engineer who is registered to practice
in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
As defined and regulated under the Norwell Zoning Bylaw.
A professional land surveyor who is registered to practice
in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The measurement of the efficiency and adequacy of a roadway
segment or intersection to handle the existing or proposed traffic
flows, based upon existing or expected trip generation. The LOS shall
be calculated based on the methodology of the most recent edition
of the Transportation Research Board Highway Capacity Manual. An adequate
LOS shall be LOS "D" or better on every approach for residential roadways;
LOS "C" or better for residential roadways.
As defined and regulated under the Norwell Zoning Bylaw.
As defined and regulated under the Norwell Zoning Bylaw and
which shall include a lot which has legal frontage on both a public
way and on a proposed subdivision way, and which shall be shown on
any proposed subdivision plan and shall be considered a part of said
plan.
The General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with
all additions thereto and amendments thereof. In the case of a rearrangement
of the General Laws, any citation of particular sections herein set
forth shall be applicable to the corresponding sections in the new
codification.
The Manual of Concrete Practice published by the American
Concrete Institute.
Public utilities furnished by the Town of Norwell and all
private utilities proposed for a subdivision, including sanitary sewers
or septic systems, surface and subsurface water drains, water pipes,
gas pipes, electric lines, streetlighting, telephone lines, communication
cables, fire alarm lines, communication cables, and their respective
appurtenances.
All of the persons holding the ultimate fee simple title
to the land depicted on a definitive subdivision plan or approval
not required plan, as shown by the record in the appropriate Land
Registration Office, Registry of Deeds, or Registry of Probate. The
term "owner" shall include any successor in interest.
An individual, partnership, trust, corporation, or two or
more individuals or a group or association of individuals or other
legal entity.
The Planning Board of the Town of Norwell.
A registered professional civil engineer designated by the
Planning Board to act as its technical consultant and to provide the
Planning Board with engineering assistance or data as requested by
the Planning Board.
A plan for a proposed subdivision or resubdivision of land
prepared in accordance with Article 5.
A contact print, dark line on a white background.
The rules and regulations promulgated and adopted by the
Planning Board under MGL c. 41, § 81Q.
That portion of any way, right-of-way or street layout which
has been designed and constructed to serve vehicular traffic for more
than one lot. This term shall not include a driveway or common driveway
or any other way that is not a public way or a way has not been approved
under the Subdivision Control Law.
COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL STREETA street which is being used or will be used to serve as access to a business or industrial subdivision.
DEAD-END STREETA street or a combination of streets with only one means of through ingress or egress to a public way or through intersecting way and shall have a maximum length of not more than 550 feet as measured from the center line of the intersection of the nearest through public way to the furthest edge of pavement, except in the case of a cul-de-sac, to the center point of the cul-de-sac.
PRIVATE OR UNACCEPTED WAYA street which has not been accepted as a public way.
RESIDENTIAL STREETA street which is being used or will be used to serve a residential subdivision.
Any road designated as a scenic road under MGL c. 40, § 15C,
including, but not necessarily limited to, Bowker Street, Jacobs Lane,
Norwell Avenue, Stetson Road, Stetson Shrine Lane and Tiffany Road.[1]
The Massachusetts Standard Specifications for Highways, Bridges
and Waterways as adopted by the Massachusetts Department of Public
Works or Massachusetts Highway Department.
As defined and regulated under the Norwell Zoning Bylaw.
As defined under MGL c. 41, § 81L.
Massachusetts General Laws c. 41, §§ 81K to
81GG, inclusive, and any amendments thereof, additions thereto, or
substitutions therefor.
The Town of Norwell.
The expected number of vehicular trips to and from any given
type of land use activity or development. Trip generation figures
shall be calculated using the methodology and statistics presented
in the most recent edition of the Institute of Transportation Engineers
"Trip Generation."
The full strip of land designated as a way, including the
full right-of-way layout and any planting strips or sidewalks. A designated
way shall be available only for such uses as are customary for ways
in the Town, and shall not be available for any private construction
such as buildings, fuel tanks, septic systems, fences, or walls.
All land protected pursuant to MGL c. 131, § 40,
and all land protected under the Town's Zoning Bylaw and the Town's
Wetlands Protection Bylaw.[2]
The Zoning Bylaw of the Town of Norwell.[3]
