A.
In the case of a subdivision showing lots in a residential
zone, a preliminary plan of a subdivision may be submitted by the
applicant to the Board and to the Board of Health for discussion and
approval, modification or disapproval by each Board. The submission
of such a preliminary plan will enable the applicant, Planning Board,
Board of Health, Conservation Commission and others to discuss and
clarify the problems of a subdivision before a definitive plan is
prepared. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that a preliminary
plan be filed in each case.
B.
In the case of a nonresidential subdivision, any person,
before submitting his definitive plan for approval, shall submit to
the Planning Board and the Board of Health for discussion and approval,
modification or disapproval by each Board a preliminary plan and shall
give notice to the Town Clerk by delivery or registered mail, postage
prepaid, that he has submitted such plan.
C.
A completed Application Form B (example enclosed),[1] together with five copies of the preliminary plan and three copies reduced in size to eleven by fourteen (11 x 14) inches, shall be submitted to the Board in the manner specified in § 305-6. One copy of the preliminary plan, together with an application form, shall be submitted to the Board of Health in the manner specified in § 305-6.
[1]
Editor's Note: Form B is included as an attachment to this chapter.
D.
The applicant shall file a completed Application Form
B with the Town Clerk, by delivery or by registered mail.
E.
The applicant or his agent must be present at the
meeting of the Board at which the plan is to be reviewed.
The preliminary plan may be drawn on tracing
paper with pencil. The plan shall be at a scale of at least one inch
equals 100 feet and shall show the following information:
A.
Subdivision name, boundaries, North point, date, scale,
locus, legend and the title "Preliminary Plan."
B.
Names and addresses of record owner, applicant and
designer, engineer or surveyor.
C.
Location and names of all abutters, as determined
from the most recent tax list.
D.
The names, approximate locations and widths of all
adjacent streets or ways, whether public or private, within 300 feet
of the proposed subdivision.
E.
The proposed system of roadways and drainage, including
existing natural waterways, in a general manner.
F.
Proposed lot lines, with approximate areas and dimensions.
G.
Proposed recreation areas and easements.
H.
The topography of the land and immediate vicinity
shown in two-foot contours based on the Sea Level Datum of 1929, the
National Geodetic Vertical Datum. The surveyor who prepares the plan
shall certify on the plan that the contours were drawn from elevations
measured on the ground or taken by photogrammetric methods. The bench
marks used shall be identified.
I.
Site features, such as buildings, ponds, streams,
coastal banks, wetlands and areas subject to seasonal flooding.
J.
The size and shape of the applicant's remaining land,
if less than all of the applicant's land is being subdivided. (Such
information may be shown as an insert, on a scale of not less than
one inch equals 200 feet).
A.
At the time of consideration of the preliminary plan,
the Board will also consider the probable nature and extent of road
and other improvements, if any, to be required in connection with
the approval of the subsequent definitive plan and will advise the
applicant of such requirements. Before approval of a preliminary plan,
the Planning Board shall solicit public comments at the public meeting
where the plan is being discussed. Notice that the Board will be accepting
public comments shall be given by advertisement in a local paper once
in the week prior to the date of the Board's meeting and by notice
to abutters within 100 feet of any part of the land of the applicant,
by regular mail, one week prior to the date of the Board's meeting.
[Amended 7-25-1995]
B.
Within 45 days after the date of submission of a preliminary
plan, the Board shall notify the applicant and the Town Clerk by certified
mail either that the plan has been approved or approved with modifications
or that the plan has been disapproved and, in such case, the Board
shall state in detail its reasons for disapproval.
