A. 
Any person who wishes to cause to be recorded in the Registry of Deeds, or to be filed with the Land Court, a plan of land and who believes that his plan does not require approval under the Subdivision Control Law may submit his plan to the Board as permitted by MGL c. 41, § 81P, and in accordance with these rules and regulations.
B. 
The Board may require an applicant to submit documentation satisfactory to the Board to prove the applicant's ownership of the subject property and/or prove the agency, representative or assignee relationship. The application shall include a municipal lien certificate showing that no outstanding taxes or assessments are due on the subject property.
C. 
Application.
(1) 
The applicant shall file the following with the Planning Board:
(a) 
An original of Form 1.
(b) 
Nine copies of Form 1.
(c) 
A plan original Mylar.
(d) 
Nine copies of the plan original.
(e) 
Required application and engineering fees.
(f) 
Municipal lien certificate.
(g) 
Original copy of Planning Board litigation policy statement signed by both owner and applicant.
(h) 
PDF submission of all plans and documents.
(2) 
Such application shall be accompanied by evidence intended to show that said plan does not require approval under the Subdivision Control Law.
(3) 
Nothing contained herein shall preclude the Planning Board from requiring additional copies of prints as required.
D. 
All approval not required plan applications shall include a certification as to the application's and plan's conformance, in every aspect, with these rules and regulations, the Subdivision Control Law and the Cohasset Zoning Bylaw and as to the accuracy of the application and plan, such certification to be executed by a person registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a Massachusetts registered professional land surveyor. If the application or plan fails to comply in any respect with these rules and regulations, the Subdivision Control Law and the Cohasset Zoning Bylaw, the application must be accompanied by a list, certified by such Massachusetts registered professional land surveyor, setting forth each and every rule and regulation with which the application and/or plan does not comply, the nature of the noncompliance and the reason therefor.
E. 
The applicant, in accordance with MGL c. 41, § 81T, shall give written notice to the Town Clerk by hand delivery or by certified mail. The notice shall state the date the submission was made to the Planning Board. If such notice is given by delivery, the Town Clerk shall, if requested, give written receipt thereof to the person who delivered such notice. The applicant shall also provide the Town Clerk with a copy of the executed application form.
F. 
As outlined in § 325-8, Consultants and fees, all costs of the services rendered and the work performed by the Planning Board and its staff in review of the proposed approval not required (ANR) plan, including without limitation administration and technical and legal review of the proposed ANR plan, are the responsibility of the applicant.
G. 
A submission shall not be deemed complete and shall not be accepted until the applicant has submitted the required number of copies of the Form 1 application, plans and all other supporting documents, a municipal lien certificate, the signed Planning Board statement of litigation policy together with the required application fee and engineering and legal fees deposit, unless the Board has waived the deposit requirements in writing.
All plans submitted under this article shall be of minimum dimensions of nine inches by 12 inches and of maximum dimensions of 24 inches by 36 inches or such other sizes as may be specified by the Registry of Deeds or by Land Court. All plans shall contain the following:
A. 
Title block, containing the following information:
(1) 
Name of owner of record.
(2) 
Name of applicant.
(3) 
Assessor's map(s) and plot(s) numbers.
(4) 
Title, date of plan and scale.
(5) 
Name, address, signature and seal of Massachusetts registered professional land surveyor.
(6) 
The statement "Approval not required under the Subdivision Control Law," and sufficient space thereunder for the date and signatures of all members of the Board.
(7) 
The statement "Endorsement shall not be deemed to constitute a determination of compliance with the requirements of the Zoning Bylaw" under the signature lines in the Planning Board endorsement block.
(8) 
Date of survey and/or source of information.
(9) 
A space for dating and describing revisions.
B. 
North arrow.
C. 
Existing and proposed boundary lines, including dimensions and areas of all lots shown.
D. 
Existing and proposed streets, ways, common driveways and easements.
E. 
Location of all existing buildings, structures and bounds. In instances where a new lot line is being created, the Planning Board may require field verification of building setbacks from existing or new property lines.
F. 
Lot and/or house numbers.
G. 
Names of all abutters as they appear on the most recent tax list.
H. 
Zoning classification(s) and location of any zoning district boundaries that may lie within the locus of the plan.
I. 
Identify any area(s) within the locus which lie(s) within a Floodplain and Watershed Protection District.
J. 
Notice of any decisions of the Zoning Board of Appeals, including but not limited to variances and exceptions regarding the land or any building thereon.
K. 
A locus map at 800 feet to the inch.
L. 
Any other information necessary for the Board's determination.
A. 
The Planning Board may refer any plans so submitted to other Town agencies or their consultants.
B. 
If the Board determines that the plan does not require approval it shall forthwith, without a public hearing, endorse on the plan under the words "Approval not required under the Subdivision Control Law," or words of similar import.
C. 
The Planning Board may add to such endorsement a statement as to the reason approval is not required or such other statement as may be deemed appropriate by the Planning Board.
D. 
Such endorsement shall not be deemed to constitute any determination of compliance with the requirements of the Zoning Bylaw. Following endorsement, said plan shall be returned to the applicant and the Planning Board shall notify the Town Clerk in writing of its action.
E. 
If the Board determines that the plan does require approval under the Subdivision Control Law, it shall, within 21 days of the submission of the plan, given written notice of its determination to the Town Clerk and the applicant and return the plan without endorsement. The applicant may submit the plan for approval as provided by law and by these rules and regulations, or may appeal from the determination of the Board in the manner provided in MGL c. 41, § 81BB.
F. 
If the Planning Board fails to act upon a plan submitted under this article or fails to notify the Town Clerk and the person submitting the plan of its action within 21 days after its submission, it shall be deemed to have determined that approval under the Subdivision Control Law is not required, and the Board shall forthwith make such endorsement on said plan, or, on the failure of the Board to do so forthwith, the Town Clerk shall issue a certificate to the same effect.