Strict compliance with the requirements of these rules and regulations may be waived when, in the judgment of the Community Planning Commission, such action is in the public interest and not inconsistent with the Subdivision Control Law.
For matters not covered by these rules and regulations, reference is made to Sections 81-K to 81-GG, inclusive, of Chapter 41 of the General Laws.
A. 
No building shall be erected within a subdivision without written permission from the Planning Administrator (Lot Release Form) pursuant to § 350-13H(4).
[Amended 5-24-1994]
B. 
The Building Inspector shall not issue any permit for the erection of a building until he is first satisfied that the lot on which the building is to be erected is not within a subdivision or that a way furnishing the access to such lot as required by the Subdivision Control Law is shown on a plan recorded or entitled to be recorded under Chapter 41 of Section 81-X, as amended, and that any condition endorsed thereon limiting the right to erect or maintain buildings on such lot had been satisfied or waived by the Commission, and in the event that more than one building for dwelling purposes be erected or placed or converted to use as such on any lot, that the Building Inspector is satisfied that consent has been obtained from the Community Planning Commission in accord with § 350-6 of these rules and regulations, Chapter 41, Section 81-Q, and amendments thereto.
[Amended 3-31-1987]
A. 
Inspections shall be arranged by the applicant with the Community Planning Commission agent for that purpose prior to the construction of streets and the installation of utilities and during construction as specified herein at each significant construction stage.
B. 
Inspection shall be requested in writing at least 48 hours in advance of each inspection to the Community Planning Commission.
C. 
Inspections shall be made by the Community Planning Commission agent, unless otherwise indicated, for each of the following:
(1) 
Satisfactory excavation.
(2) 
Satisfactory laying and testing of water and sewer mains, hydrants, and related equipment.
(3) 
Satisfactory locations of gas mains and related equipment (by the gas company).
(4) 
Satisfactory installation of surface and subsurface drainage system and related equipment.
(5) 
Satisfactory filling.
(6) 
Satisfactory compaction.
(7) 
Satisfactory installation of electric lines and related equipment (by the Reading Municipal Light Company).
(8) 
Satisfactory location of telephone lines and related equipment (by the telephone company).
(9) 
Satisfactory completion of the pavement.
(10) 
Satisfactory placing of curbs and gutters.
(11) 
Satisfactory construction of sidewalks.
(12) 
Satisfactory finish grading of grass plots.
(13) 
Satisfactory installation of monuments.
(14) 
Satisfactory grading of lots.
(15) 
Satisfactory planting of street trees.
(16) 
Satisfactory final cleanup.
D. 
The Community Planning Commission may establish the order of the required inspection and may require satisfactory completion of one step before the applicant proceeds to the next. It may require tests to be done by the applicant as a condition for approval when, in the opinion of the Community Planning Commission, it is advisable.
E. 
Failure to comply with the inspection procedure may necessitate removal of improvements at the expense of the applicant or rescission of the approval of the plan in accord with Chapter 41, Section 81-W, of the General Laws of Massachusetts.
If, in any respect, any provision of these rules and regulations in whole or in part, shall prove to be invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall only affect the part of such provision which shall be invalid and in all other respects these rules and regulations shall stand as if such invalid provisions had not been made, and they shall fail to the extent, and only to the extent, of such invalid provision, and no other provision of these rules and regulations shall be invalidated, impaired or affected thereby.