To assist the Board in its review of the plan
and at its discretion to serve as its agent during the course of construction,
the Board may hire, at the developer's expense, an engineer or other
professional to act as consultant to the Board.
[Amended 11-16-2021 STM by Art. 4]
A. When a road or way in a subdivision has been constructed
in a manner fulfilling the requirements of the Planning Board and
these regulations, and the binder course has been exposed to a full
year of weathering, before the application of the final course, and
the final course has also been exposed to a full year of weathering,
the applicant may request the Board to inspect the road in order to
make a recommendation to the Select Board and Town Meeting on the
question of accepting said way or road. Subdivision road acceptances
are the financial and legal responsibility of the applicant. All road
acceptance requests shall follow the Town of Westminster's Road Acceptance
Policy and Procedures. The following information will be required
before the Board makes a recommendation on road acceptance:
(1) A Mylar plus two copies of the plan of the road as-built,
at a scale of one inch equals 40 feet. The center-line profile shall
be shown at 4 feet per inch on the vertical scale and 40 feet per
inch on the horizontal scale taken at fifty-foot intervals along the
road or way as it has been completed. The plan shall show the monuments
with the dates they were set and the traverse and fixed points on
the subdivision perimeter used to establish the bound locations, all
with bearings, distances, or coordinate values sufficient to reestablish
these points.
(2) All utilities, including water lines, gas lines, cable
lines, drainage systems, electric poles and lines, and telephone poles
and lines, shall be shown on the plan as they exist.
(3) Two typewritten copies and one electronic copy of
the proposed article for the Town Meeting covering the road or way
which is to be considered for acceptance by the Town.
(4) If applicable, a certificate of compliance from the
Conservation Commission under MGL, c. 131, § 40, and the
Westminster Wetlands Bylaw.
The roadway area within the frontage of a lot
shall have all utilities, including fire protection, and the bituminous
concrete base installed and approved by the appropriate agency before
said lot can be released or built upon.
Appeals may be taken from the determination
of the Board to Superior Court in accordance with MGL c. 41, § 81BB.