An application under these regulations for approval of a plan of subdivision may be made by:
A. 
Owner. The owner, or all the owners, of the subdivision area; or
B. 
Purchaser. The purchaser, or all the purchasers, under a written contract to purchase the subdivision area, provided that the written consent to the filing of such application of the owner, or all the owners, of said premises shall accompany the application.
A. 
A complete application shall consist of:
(1) 
Form. A completed and manually signed original, and five copies, of the application form prescribed by the Commission;
(2) 
Supporting information. All documents furnishing the supporting information, and the prescribed number of copies thereof, required under § 485-12; and
(3) 
Filing fee. The prescribed filing fee.
B. 
The complete application shall be delivered to the Zoning Enforcement Officer for transmittal to the Commission at its next regularly scheduled meeting. The date of receipt of such application shall be deemed to be the earlier of the date of such next regularly scheduled meeting or the 35th day following the date it was delivered to the Zoning Enforcement Officer.
C. 
If a public hearing is scheduled, all supporting information required under § 485-12 must be submitted at least 10 days prior to the public hearing so as to be available for inspection by the public.
The applicant for approval hereunder of a plan of subdivision of a tract or parcel of land, the subdivision area of which exceeds 50 acres, may elect to apply for approval of the subdivision of a portion of the subdivision area. Such election shall be made in writing by filing with the application hereunder a written statement describing the proposed stages of development in detail and by showing, clearly and distinctively, on the accompanying record subdivision map and site development plan the areas to be included in each stage of development, designating and delineating the portion for which approval is sought as "Section I" and the other sections consecutively designated by Roman numeral in the order of proposed development thereafter. The entire road in all stages of the subdivision area shall be shown on the record subdivision map. In the event that subdivision approval is granted hereunder, such approval shall relate to, and authorize subdivision of, only the plan area designated and delineated for immediate approval as "Section I." The portion of the subdivision area designated for subsequent development shall, nevertheless, be considered a part of, and considered shown on a map of, an approved subdivision for purposes of the definition of the term "resubdivision" hereunder.
The application form shall be accompanied by:
A. 
Record subdivision map. An original and seven blue- or black-line copies of a record subdivision map which shall conform to all the requirements specified in § 485-38 of these regulations;
B. 
Site development plan. An original and seven blue- or black-line copies of a site development plan conforming, as to form and content, to the requirements of § 485-39 of these regulations;
C. 
Construction plans (proposed roads). For all roads and work relating thereto proposed within the subdivision area, seven blue- or black-line copies of plan-profile drawings, detailed drawings and a drainage report, all in conformity, as to form and content, with the provisions of § 480-9 of the Road Regulations;
D. 
Construction plans (other improvements). For all structures or other improvements other than roads and work relating thereto proposed or required by these regulations, seven blue- or black-line copies of plan-profile drawings in conformity, as to form and content, with the requirements of § 485-40 of these regulations;
E. 
Grading plan. Where any major regrading (cuts or fills of soil and/or rock, two feet or more in depth) is proposed on any lot or part of the tract or parcel in connection with the plan, an original and seven blue- or black-line copies of a site grading plan conforming, as to form and content, to the requirements of § 485-41 of these regulations;
F. 
Sanitation certificate and data. Except when the plan area is to be served by a municipal sewer system, an endorsement on the record subdivision map signed by the Director of Health or the Sanitarian stating that each part or lot within the plan area used or to be used for a building site is satisfactory for a private subsurface sewage disposal and water supply system, together with, in writing, all of the observation data and results obtained of all of the percolation tests made for the purpose of determining the suitability of soil conditions for subsurface sewage disposal, including a description of the methods of making such tests and of obtaining such data as prescribed by the State Health Code as supplemented by the Town Sanitation Code; (The location of all percolation tests and observation pits shall be accurately shown on the site development plan referred to in Subsection B above.)
G. 
Erosion and sedimentation control plan. A detailed plan, an original and seven blue- or black-line copies, for erosion and sedimentation both during and after construction in accordance with the recommendations and standards described in § 485-51;
H. 
Detailed drawings (certain structures). Seven blue- or black-line detailed drawings of all bridges, box culverts, retaining walls and other special drainage structures;
I. 
Landscaping plans. Landscaping plans, in sextuplicate, for all landscaping of center islands of turnarounds, median strips and other areas within the right-of-way lines of any proposed road;
J. 
Timber cutting plan. A plan or statement, in sextuplicate, describing the existing mix of forest tree species and their approximate height, age and density and a complete description of the cutting or removal activities to be undertaken in preparing the site for any proposed improvements;
K. 
Opinion of probable construction costs. The written opinion of the applicant of the probable costs of construction of all work proposed or required under these regulations in connection with the plan of subdivision, which opinion shall show a detailed breakdown of the quantities, unit cost and total cost of the various elements of labor, services and material components associated with such work;
L. 
Conveyances. One copy of each conveyance or other instrument, executed in a manner suitable for recording, effectively vesting in the appropriate owner or owners of the subdivision area the rights required pursuant to §§ 480-42E and 480-61C of the Road Regulations and § 485-54C of these regulations, and proposed copies of all such instruments necessary to grant or reserve any such rights;
M. 
Open space documents. Copies of all proposed deeds and/or other legal instruments necessary and appropriate to dedicate effectively any proposed open space in accordance with the provisions of § 485-52;
N. 
Road maintenance documents. Where occupancy of a building or buildings upon lots or parts of the tract or parcel to be subdivided is planned prior to acceptance by the Town for use as a Town road of any road serving such lots or parts, copies of all proposed instruments of covenant or conveyance prescribed in Article VIII and the proposed text for the grant of easements prescribed in § 485-57C of these regulations;
O. 
Special flood hazard area. For each part or lot within the plan area and located in a special flood hazard area, used or to be used for a building site, a written procedure for sewage disposal, prepared by a professional engineer and approved by the Director of Health or the Sanitarian;
P. 
Fire protection plan. A plan showing the number and location of fire ponds, fire holes or other water source in conformity, as to form and content, with the requirements of § 485-44 of these regulations; and
Q. 
Certification. A title search and certification by an attorney or professional engineer that the development is a subdivision or a resubdivision shall be submitted.
In the case of an application for approval of a plan of subdivision in which each lot or part into which the subdivision area is to be divided has frontage of at least 150 feet on one or more public roads and no work in connection with such plan is proposed or required under these regulations, the applicant may request waiver of information specified in § 485-12, other than the information prescribed in Subsections A, B and F thereunder. The Commission may waive other requirements under the Subdivision Regulations or Zoning Regulations but only in cases where conditions exist which affect the subject land and are not generally applicable to other land in the area. Such request shall be made in writing as a part of the application in lieu of furnishing the items for which waiver is requested. The Commission shall act upon such request within 21 days after submission of the applications and shall send written notice of its decision to the applicant. A three-fourths vote of all the members of the Commission is required to grant a waiver. In deciding any such request, the Commission shall consider whether or not the submission of the information prescribed by the items for which waiver is requested is reasonably necessary or appropriate to a proper disposition of the application. No waiver shall be granted that would have a significant adverse effect on adjacent property or on public health and safety. An application, with respect to which a waiver is requested hereunder, although previously incomplete, shall be deemed complete upon the grant of a waiver of all items for which such waiver was requested. In the event of denial of any such request as to any one or more of the items for which waiver is requested, a complete application shall not be considered to have been received by the Commission until all items for which waiver was denied shall have been submitted in the form and manner prescribed in § 485-12.
The Commission may, at any time within 35 days after submission of any application hereunder, determine that additional information is reasonably necessary or appropriate to a proper disposition of the application and shall then notify the applicant in writing of the specific additional information required. Such additional information may, for example, include a sanitation report prepared by a professional engineer where the application indicates that some or all of the lots or parts of the land to be used for building sites have severe subsurface absorption limitations. If the applicant shall elect to furnish such additional information, the applicant shall file with the Commission a written consent to the extension, for an additional period of 65 days, of the period within which the Commission is required to act upon the application under § 8-26d of the Connecticut General Statutes and § 485-20 hereof. In the case of an application for approval of a plan of resubdivision, in respect to which the hearing has not yet been held, the applicant shall file such consent to and extension for the same additional period of the time within which such public hearing is required to be held.
One copy of the application form, and of each item of supporting information required hereunder, for approval of a plan of subdivision, within the plan area of which there exist any wetlands or watercourses, shall be filed by the applicant with the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission not later than the day the Planning and Zoning application is filed. If such application shall not be filed with the Inland Wetland and Watercourses Commission as prescribed herein, the application shall be considered incomplete and the Commission shall not proceed with further proceedings thereon until such copy of the application is received by the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission.
Where any proposed road or drainage facility will join with any state highway or state highway drainage facility, the applicant shall file with the Bureau of Highways of the Connecticut Department of Transportation an application for the permit authorizing such connection and shall file a copy of such application with the Commission prior to submission of the application for subdivision approval hereunder or within 10 days thereafter. If such application to the Bureau of Highways shall not be made, or if a copy thereof shall not be filed with the Commission, as prescribed herein, the application for subdivision approval shall be considered incomplete and the Commission shall not proceed with further proceedings thereon until such application to the Bureau is made.
Within 10 days following submission of any application hereunder, all proposed roadway center lines and location of all drainage facilities shall be staked in the field to permit the Commission to view the proposed locations. The center line shall be staked every 100 feet, and the stakes shall show the roadway station and approximate depth of any cut or fill. If such staking shall not be done as prescribed herein, the application made shall be considered incomplete and the Commission shall not proceed with further proceedings thereon until such staking is completed.