(Plans Believed Not To Require Approval)
A. 
Any person who wishes to cause to be recorded in the Bristol County S. D. Registry of Deeds or to be filed with the Land Court a plan of land and who believes that his/her plan does not require approval under the Subdivision Control Law shall file his/her plan as hereinafter provided with the Planning Board for such determination.
B. 
The applicant shall submit to the Planning Board's agent a Mylar and/or the original reproducible plan and six prints of the plans accompanied by two copies of a completed application Form A[1] and the appropriate fee, together with any necessary evidence to show that the plan does not require approval.
[1]
Editor's Note: Copies of Form A are available at the Planning Board's office and Town Clerk's office.
C. 
The applicant shall file, by delivery or registered or certified mail, a notice with the Town Clerk stating the date of submission and accompanied by a copy of the completed application (Form A). The day of the next regular Planning Board meeting after filing with the Planning Board's agent shall be considered to be the date of submission.
D. 
Contents of plan; sheet size requirements.
(1) 
The plan submitted shall be suitable for recording in the Bristol County S. D. Registry of Deeds, and shall include at least the following:
(a) 
Title: Approval Not Required Plan drawn for (name of owners).
(b) 
Date, scale and North arrow.
(c) 
A locus at a scale of one inch equals 1,000 feet sufficient to identify where in the Town of Fairhaven the property is located and indicating the boundary lines of proposed lots.
(d) 
The name, seal and signature of the registered professional land surveyor who prepared the plan.
(e) 
The inscription "Fairhaven Planning Board Approval under the Subdivision Control Law Not Required" followed by eight signature lines and a place to record the date.
(f) 
Boundaries of the entire original tract in a shaded heavy line, if the lots or parcels to be recorded were divided from a larger tract.
(g) 
The frontage and area in square feet shall be shown for every lot or parcel. All lots and parcels shall be designated numerically or alphabetically in sequence. The names and widths of all abutting streets shall be shown.
(h) 
All existing and proposed easement(s) shall be shown.
(2) 
Sheet size shall not exceed 24 inches by 36 inches, but shall be at least 8.5 inches by 11 inches.
E. 
The applicant shall submit a CD-ROM or DVD containing geographic data in accordance with the Standard for Digital Plan Submittals to Municipalities (Version 1.0) issued by the Office of Geographic and Environmental Information (MassGIS).
F. 
If the Board determines that the plan does not require approval, it shall forthwith, without a public hearing, endorse on the plan the words "Planning Board Approval under Subdivision Control Law not required." Said plan shall be returned to the applicant and the Board shall notify the Town Clerk of its action.
G. 
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 plan. The Board shall also notify the Town Clerk of its determination.
H. 
All plans submitted for approval not required endorsement shall contain the following plat note: "Planning Board endorsement under the Subdivision Control Law should not be construed as either an endorsement or an approval of compliance with the Fairhaven Zoning Bylaw."