The Subdivision Control Law has been enacted for the purpose of protecting the safety,
convenience and welfare of the inhabitants of the cities and towns
in which it is or may hereafter be put in effect 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 the Planning Board and of a board
of appeals 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 case of fire, flood, panic and the other emergencies;
for ensuring compliance with applicable zoning ordinances or bylaws;
for securing adequate provisions 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.
These rules and regulations have been adopted
under the authority vested in the Planning Board of the Town of Dover
by MGL c. 41, § 81Q, as amended.
Before making any subdivision of land in Dover,
the subdivider is required by law to secure from the Planning Board
approval or endorsement as approval not required (ANR) of the plan
for the proposed subdivision. The regulations set out below indicate
the requirements to be met and the procedure to be followed before
such approval or endorsement can be obtained.