As used in these rules and regulations, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
APPLICANT (also SUBDIVIDER)
Includes an owner, or his agent or representative, or his
assigns. In the case of someone other than the owner, a notarized
statement from the owner stating that they give full permission for
the applicant to act as their agent or representative shall be required.
In the case of a corporation, evidence in the form of a list of officers
and designated authority to sign legal documents shall be required.
[Amended 5-2-2000]
BOARD
The Planning Board of the Town of Southwick.
EASEMENT
A right acquired by public authority or other person to use
or control property for a utility or other designated public outpost.
[Added 5-2-2000]
GRADE
The number of feet rise per 100 feet of horizontal distance
expressed as a percent.
LOT
An area of land in one ownership, with definite boundaries,
used, or available for use, as the site of one or more buildings.
MUNICIPAL SERVICE
Public utilities furnished by the city or town in which a
subdivision is located, such as water, sewerage, gas or electricity.
OWNER
The owner of record as shown by the records in the Hampden
County Registry of Deeds.
[Added 5-2-2000]
RECORDED
Recorded in the Registry of Deeds of the county or district
in which the land in question is situated, except that, as affecting
registered land, it shall mean filed with the recorder of the Land
Court.
REGISTER OF DEEDS
The Register of Deeds of the county or district in which
the land in question, or the city or town in question, is situated,
and, when appropriate, shall include the recorder of the Land Court.
REGISTRY OF DEEDS
The Registry of Deeds of the county or district in which
the land in question is situated, and, when appropriate, shall include
the Land Court.
SUBDIVISION
The division of a tract of land into two or more lots and shall include resubdivision and, when appropriate to the context, shall relate to the process of subdivision of the land or territory subdivided; provided, however, that the division of a tract of land into two or more lots shall not be deemed to constitute a "subdivision" within the meaning of the Subdivision Control Law if, at the time when it is made, every lot within the tract so divided has frontage on a public way or a way which the Town Clerk of the Town of Southwick certifies is maintained and used as a public way, or a way shown on a plan theretofore approved and endorsed in accordance with the Subdivision Control Law, or a way in existence when the Subdivision Control Law became effective in the Town of Southwick, having, in the opinion of the Planning Board, sufficient width, suitable grades and adequate construction to provide for the needs of vehicular traffic in relation to the proposed use of the land abutting thereon or served thereby, and for the installation of municipal services to serve such land and the building erected to be erected thereon. Such frontage shall be of at least such a distance as is required by Chapter
185, the Zoning Bylaw of the Town of Southwick, for erection of a building on such lot. Conveyances or other instruments adding to, taking away from or changing the size and shape of lots in such manner as not to leave any lot so affected without the frontage above set forth, or the division of a tract of land on which two or more buildings were standing when the Subdivision Control Law went into effect in the Town of Southwick into separate lots on each of which one of such buildings remains standing, shall not constitute a "subdivision."
TOWN
The Town of Southwick.
Steps in securing approval of subdivision plan shall be as follows:
A. Secure information on zoning and application forms.
B. File eight copies of the preliminary plan with the Planning Board
with notice thereof to the Town Clerk and additional copies of such
plan with the Planning Board, the Board of Health, Conservation Commission,
DPW Director and Water Commissioners.
[Amended 5-2-2000]
C. Within 45 days the Planning Board shall decide upon a tentative approval,
disapproval or modification of the preliminary plan.
[Amended 5-2-2000]
D. File the definitive plan and eight copies for reference to other Town boards, together with application, fee, etc., with the Planning Board and DPW Director, and give notice to the Town Clerk. See §
315-12, below.
[Amended 5-2-2000]
E. Review by the Board of Health within 45 days after filing of the
definitive plan.
F. Public hearing after 14 days' published notice.
G. Planning Board shall act within 90 days of original submission of
the definitive plan. Extension of time may be requested by the applicant.
[Amended 5-2-2000; 6-23-2009]
H. Prepare and submit bonds or other performance guaranties for improvements.
Amount of bond and other performance guaranties must be reviewed by
DPW Director and Town Clerk.
[Amended 6-23-2009]
I. Certification and recording of definitive plan in the Registry of
Deeds.
J. Completion of improvements and release of bonds.
[Added 11-16-1999; amended 6-23-2009]
Below is the new fee schedule for ANR and Subdivision Applications,
effective November 16, 1999.
Item
|
Fee
|
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Form A/Approval Not Required (ANR)
|
$75 per lot
|
Preliminary subdivision plan
|
$300, plus $30 per lot
|
Definitive subdivision plan
|
$500, plus $50 per lot
|
Definitive subdivision plan if no preliminary subdivision plan
has been filed
|
$800, plus $80 per lot
|
Extension of preliminary or definitive plan
|
$150
|
Amendment to a definitive subdivision plan
|
$300, plus $30 for each affected lot
|