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.
AASHTO
Standard specifications for highway materials and methods of sampling testing adopted by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
ABUTTER
A. 
An owner of land that shares a common property line with the owner(s) of land that is the subject of a subdivision application; and
B. 
An owner of land that is directly across a way from the land that is the subject of a subdivision application.
ACI
The American Concrete Institute.
APPLICANT
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.
APPROVAL NOT REQUIRED PLAN (ANR)
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.
ASTM
The American Society for Testing and Materials.
BUILDING CODE
Massachusetts Building and Highway Construction Code.
CONSTRUCTION PLAN
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.
DEFINITIVE PLAN
The plan of a proposed subdivision, prepared under Article 6, submitted to the Planning Board for approval under the Subdivision Control Law.
DWELLING
As defined in the Norwell Zoning Bylaw.
EASEMENT
A right acquired for the use or control of property for designated purposes.
ENGINEER
A professional civil engineer who is registered to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRONTAGE
As defined and regulated under the Norwell Zoning Bylaw.
LAND SURVEYOR
A professional land surveyor who is registered to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LEVEL OF SERVICE (LOS)
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.
LOT
As defined and regulated under the Norwell Zoning Bylaw.
LOT, CORNER
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.
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS or MGL
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.
MCP
The Manual of Concrete Practice published by the American Concrete Institute.
MUNICIPAL SERVICES OR UTILITIES
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.
OWNER
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.
PERSON
An individual, partnership, trust, corporation, or two or more individuals or a group or association of individuals or other legal entity.
PLANNING BOARD
The Planning Board of the Town of Norwell.
PLANNING BOARD ENGINEER
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.
PRELIMINARY PLAN
A plan for a proposed subdivision or resubdivision of land prepared in accordance with Article 5.
PRINT
A contact print, dark line on a white background.
REGULATIONS or RULES AND REGULATIONS
The rules and regulations promulgated and adopted by the Planning Board under MGL c. 41, § 81Q.
ROADWAY or STREET
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.
ROADWAY OR STREET CATEGORIES
A. 
COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL STREETA street which is being used or will be used to serve as access to a business or industrial subdivision.
B. 
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.
C. 
PRIVATE OR UNACCEPTED WAYA street which has not been accepted as a public way.
D. 
RESIDENTIAL STREETA street which is being used or will be used to serve a residential subdivision.
SCENIC ROAD
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]
STATE HIGHWAY STANDARDS
The Massachusetts Standard Specifications for Highways, Bridges and Waterways as adopted by the Massachusetts Department of Public Works or Massachusetts Highway Department.
STRUCTURE
As defined and regulated under the Norwell Zoning Bylaw.
SUBDIVISION
As defined under MGL c. 41, § 81L.
SUBDIVISION CONTROL LAW
Massachusetts General Laws c. 41, §§ 81K to 81GG, inclusive, and any amendments thereof, additions thereto, or substitutions therefor.
TOWN
The Town of Norwell.
TRIP GENERATION
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."
WAY
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.
WETLANDS
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]
ZONING BYLAW
The Zoning Bylaw of the Town of Norwell.[3]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 82, Scenic Roads.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 61, Art. I, Wetlands Protection.
[3]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 201, Zoning.