The sketch plan shall be required to enable the subdivider to save time and expense in reaching a general agreement with the Planning Board as to form, layout and objectives of these Subdivision Regulations.
A. 
Any owner of land shall, prior to subdividing or resubdividing land, submit to the office of the Planning Board, at least 14 days prior to the regular meeting of the Planning Board, three copies of a sketch plan of the proposed subdivision which shall use the standards set forth in Article X as a guide.
B. 
The subdivider or his duly authorized representative shall attend the meeting of the Planning Board to discuss the requirements of these Subdivision Regulations for street improvements, drainage, sewerage, water supply, fire protection, natural features and resource protection and similar aspects, as well as the availability of existing services and other pertinent information.
C. 
The Planning Board shall determine whether a major or minor subdivision application, as defined in these Subdivision Regulations, shall apply.
D. 
The Planning Board may require, when it deems it necessary for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare, that a minor subdivision application comply with any or all of the requirements specified for major subdivisions.
E. 
The Planning Board shall determine whether the sketch plan meets the purposes of these Subdivision Regulations and shall, where it deems it necessary, make specific recommendations, in writing, to be incorporated by the applicant in the next submission to the Planning Board.
F. 
Subsequent to the sketch plan classification as to the nature of the subdivision, the procedure to be followed by the subdivider shall be:
(1) 
If the subdivision is classified as a major subdivision, the subdivider shall comply with the procedures outlined in Articles V through VIII, X and XI.
(2) 
If the subdivision is classified as a minor subdivision, the subdivider shall comply with the procedures outlined in Articles IX through XI.
Approval of the sketch plan shall expire six months after the date of such formal action, unless a proper application for a subdivision has been submitted to the Planning Board. No action will be taken after such expiration until a new sketch plan has been submitted or the plan is resubmitted.
A. 
The sketch plan shall be based on Tax Map information or land survey and other available data at a scale not less than 200 feet to the inch, to enable the entire tract to be shown on one sheet. The sketch plan shall be submitted, showing the following information:
(1) 
The location of sections to be subdivided and their priority in relation to the entire subdivision tract and the distance to the nearest existing street intersection.
(2) 
All existing structures, wooded areas, marshes, lakes, ponds, streams and other significant physical features, including contours at not more than ten-foot intervals in the subdivision and within 200 feet of its boundaries.
(3) 
The name of the landowner and subdivider, including members of any corporation or similar agency and any contiguous property held by the landowner seeking subdivision, and the names of all adjoining property owners as disclosed by the most recent Town tax records.
(4) 
The Tax Map sheet, block and lot numbers, if available, or signed land survey.
(5) 
All utilities available and all streets which are either proposed, mapped or built.
(6) 
The proposed pattern of lots, including typical lot width and depth, street layout, recreation areas, method of drainage, sewerage and water supply within the subdivided area.
(7) 
All existing restrictions on the use of land, including easements, covenants or zoning district lines and zoning district.
B. 
A standard subdivision shall conform in all respects to the bulk regulations called for in respective zoning districts of the Town's Zoning Ordinance and shall also conform as to the requirements of the Planning Board's Subdivision Regulations. The standard subdivision design shall be required in order to determine the proposed number of legal building lots which may be anticipated. The location of a park, satisfying the requirements of the Subdivision Regulations, shall be shown on the standard subdivision. The standard subdivision design shall exclude the following listed areas from consideration as areas contributing to total lot yield:
(1) 
Existing water surfaces.
(2) 
Tidal wetlands or freshwater wetlands as defined in Town wetlands regulations.[1]
[Amended 4-5-2013 by L.L. No. 3-2013]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 129, Wetlands.
(3) 
Horizontal area of escarpments, bluffs or the seaward faces of primary dunes.
(4) 
Beaches below mean high water, as defined by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey or the latest Tidal Wetlands Survey Base Maps, and any beach lying between this line and the unbuildable areas outlined in Subsection B(3) above.
(5) 
(Reserved)[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(5), regarding horizontal areas of slopes, as amended, was repealed 4-5-2013 by L.L. No. 3-2013.
(6) 
Areas required for park dedication pursuant to the Planning Board's Subdivision Regulations.
(7) 
Areas required for recharge basins or for natural area recharge.
(8) 
Area required for streets.
(9) 
Area required for utilities or public facilities, except that minor utility easements of direct service to the subdivision may be included.