For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and terms used
herein are hereby defined or the meanings thereof explained, extended or limited
as follows:
APPLICANT
Includes an owner or his agent or representative or his assigns.
BOARD
The Planning Board of the Town of Dover.
MAJOR STREET
A street which, in the opinion of the Board, is being used or will
be used as a thoroughfare across or between different portions of the Town
of Dover or which will otherwise carry a heavy volume of traffic.
MINOR STREET
A street which, in the opinion of the Board, is used or will be used
primarily to provide access to abutting lots, and which is designed to discourage
its use by through traffic.
OWNER
The owner or owners of record of all land included within the subdivision
as shown by the records of the Registry of Deeds for Norfolk County or, Norfolk
Registry District of the Land Court.
SECONDARY STREET
A street intercepting 1 or more minor streets and which, in the opinion
of the Board, is used or will be used to carry a substantial volume of traffic
from such minor street(s) to a major street or community facility and normally
including the principal entrance street of a large subdivision or group of
subdivisions and any principal circulation streets within such subdivisions.
SUBDIVISION
A division of land into 2 or more lots in such a manner as to constitute
subdivision as defined in MGL c. 41, § 8L.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
The Superintendent of Streets or other official designated by the
Board of Selectmen in charge of streets and roadways of the Town of Dover.
TOWN ENGINEER
A certified engineer retained by the Town to assist the Board in
its review and analysis of a project. The Town Engineer shall assist the Board
in analyzing a project to ensure compliance with all the relevant laws, ordinances,
bylaws, and regulations. Such assistance may include, but is not limited to,
analyzing an application, monitoring or inspecting a project on site for compliance
with the Board's decision on regulations or inspecting a project during
construction or implementation.
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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 and 10 contact prints thereof to the Planning Board, accompanied by the necessary evidence to show that the plan does not require approval. Said person shall file, by delivery or registered mail, a notice with the Town Clerk stating the date of submission for such determination. The Board will review the plan to determine conformance of proposed lots to Chapter
185, Zoning to Chapter
181, Wetlands, to the Master Plan and to the requirements for health, safety, access, vehicular traffic and drainage and consult with the applicant. If the Board determines that the plan does not require approval, the Board or its agent shall, without a public hearing and within 21 days of submission, endorse on the plan the words "Planning Board approval under the Subdivision Control Law not required" or words of similar import. Such endorsement shall not be deemed to constitute any determination of compliance with requirements of Chapter
185, Zoning. The original tracing of said plan shall be returned to the applicant, after which a recorded, signed copy shall be returned to the Board. If the Board determines that the plan does require approval under the Subdivision Control Law, it shall, within 21 days of submission of said plan, so inform the applicant and return the original tracing of the plan. The Board shall also notify the Town Clerk of its determination.
B. The ANR plan should include the following elements:
(1) The Assessor's Map and page number for the property.
(2) The zoning district in which the property is located.
(3) A figure indicating total frontage.
(5) The area of each parcel or lot.
(6) All Conservancy Zone lines and bodies of water, streams
or rivers.
(7) The percentage of each lot covered by bodies of water,
streams or rivers (if any) or within the Conservancy District, as determined
by an on-site survey of elevations and contours.
(8) The one-hundred-fifty-foot setback from the Charles River
and the fifty-foot setback from Trout Brook, Powissett Brook, Noanet Brook,
Clay Brook, Fisher Brook and Tubwreck Brook.
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(9) The one-hundred-foot and two-hundred-foot riparian zone from
any perennial stream.
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(10) The borders of all wetlands on each lot as defined in Chapter
181, Wetlands.
(11) The groundwater protection district.
(12) Existing easements, buildings and structures (including
swimming pools, tennis courts, etc.), septic tank, outline of leaching facility
and their setback from lot lines.
(13) Names of abutters according to current assessor's
records.
(14) Street number(s) of any existing dwelling(s) and street
numbers on adjacent lots owned by others.
(15) One copy of the plan showing the existing boundaries
of the land at the same scale as the plan indicating the proposed changes.
(16) Show parcels and proposed lots on a locus plan at a scale
of 1 inch equals 800 feet or other suitable scale.
(17) Registry block.
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(18) Line for Planning Board signatures.
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