A.
Statutory authority. Under the authority vested in the Planning Board
of the Town of Blackstone by MGL c. 41, § 81Q, said Board
hereby adopts these revised rules and regulations governing the subdivision
of land in the Town of Blackstone. Such rules and regulations shall
be effective on and after May 14, 1987.
B.
Purpose. These rules and regulations of the Blackstone Planning Board
governing the subdivision of land are adopted under the provisions
of Chapter 41 of the General Laws for the purpose of protecting the
safety, convenience and welfare of the inhabitants of the Town of
Blackstone by "regulating the laying out and construction of ways
in subdivisions providing access to the several lots therein, but
which have not become public ways, and ensuring sanitary conditions
in subdivisions and in proper cases parks and open areas. The powers
of a planning board and a board of appeal under the subdivision control
law shall be exercised with due regard for the provision of adequate
access to all of the lots in a subdivision by ways that will be safe
and convenient for travel; for lessening congestion in such ways and
in the adjacent public ways, for reducing danger to life and limb
in the operation of motor vehicles; for securing safety in the case
of fire, flood, panic and other emergencies; for insuring compliance
with the applicable zoning ordinances or bylaws; for securing adequate
provision for water, sewerage, drainage and other requirements where
necessary in a subdivision; and for coordinating the ways in a subdivision
with each other and with the public ways in the city or town in which
it is located and with the ways in neighboring subdivisions" (MGL
c. 41, § 81K).
C.
Certification of compliance with MGL c. 41, § 81Q. True
copies of these regulations, as amended, and certified by the Town
Clerk, have been transmitted and filed at the Worcester County Registry
of Deeds, and the Massachusetts Land Court, in Boston. Additionally,
true copies of these regulations, as amended, have been placed on
file and are available for public inspection at the offices of the
Planning Board and the Town Clerk.
