As used in these regulations, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
AGENT
The department head or other staff engaged by a board, commission
or other Town of Wayland body or any other person designated in writing
by said body to act legally in its stead.
APPLICANT
The person who files either a complete Applicant's Determination
that Site Plan Review and Approval Are/Are Not Applicable or a complete
Application for Site Plan Review and Approval. The applicant must
be the owner of all land included in the plan. A representative (including
lessee) or assigns may act for an owner, provided that written evidence
of such fact is submitted. When an owner and/or his representative
is other than an individual, evidence in the form of a certified list
of the officers and authority designated to sign legal documents shall
be required.
APPLICATION or REQUEST
All plans, data, narrative and other material required by
these regulations or the Zoning Bylaws as part of a submittal to the
Planning Board.
ARCHITECT
A person registered and/or legally permitted to practice
as a professional architect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
BOARD
The Planning Board of the Town of Wayland.
CALCULATION OF GROSS FLOOR AREA
A figure determined by the Planning Board for a change of
use based on the aggregate of all such changes authorized since the
original site plan approval or, if there is no site plan approval,
since construction of the original structure.
CERTIFIED or ENDORSED
As applied to a plan or other instrument required or authorized
by the Zoning Bylaws or these regulations to be recorded, bears a
certification or endorsement by the appropriate majority of the acting
board or by its chairman or clerk or any other person authorized by
it to certify or endorse its approval or other action and named in
a written statement to the Register of Deeds and Recorder of the Land
Court, which statement must be signed by the appropriate majority
of said board.
DAY
A calendar day unless specified otherwise.
DEVELOPMENT PLAN OR PLAN
All drawings or sketches required by these regulations or
the Zoning Bylaws as part of a submittal.
DRAIN
A channel or pipe that carries drainage water.
DRAINAGE
The control of surface and subsurface water.
EASEMENT
A right acquired by a public authority or other person for
use or control of property for utility or any other designated purpose.
ENGINEER
A person registered and/or legally permitted to practice
professional engineering in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FINAL ACTION
The filing of the Planning Board's or the Zoning Board of
Appeals' site plan decision at the Town Clerk's office.
HORIZONTAL CURVE
The portion of the right-of-way line along which a change
in alignment occurs in the horizontal plane.
IMPROVEMENT
Any man-made immovable item, facility or service, together
with its associated site or right-of-way, that becomes part of, placed
upon or affixed to real estate or the land.
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS ANNOTATED OR MGL
The General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Ter.
Ed., with all additions and amendments thereto. In the case of a rearrangement
of the General Laws, any citation of particular chapters/sections
herein set forth shall be applicable to the corresponding chapters/sections
in the new codification.
PERMANENT BENCHMARK
A permanent reference point with the elevation accurately
established by stone or concrete bounds and referenced to the United
States Coast and Geodetic Survey (USCGS) datum.
PLAN
See "development plan."
RECORD, RECORDED OR RECORDING
Record, recorded or recording in the Registry of Deeds of
the county or district in which the land in question is situated,
except that instruments for registered land refer to those filed with
the Recorder of the Land Court.
REGISTERED MAIL
Registered or certified mail. Return receipt mail is referred
to specifically as such.
REGISTER OR REGISTRY OF DEEDS
The Register or Registry of Deeds of the county or district
in which the land in question, or the town in question, is situated
and, when appropriate, shall include the Land Court or Recorder thereof,
namely, in the Town of Wayland, Middlesex County.
REGULATIONS
Site Plan Review and Approval Regulations of the Planning
Board of the Town of Wayland as adopted and amended from time to time
by the Planning Board pursuant to the Zoning Bylaws.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
The full strip of land designated for vehicular and sometimes
pedestrian traffic, consisting of the pavement or traveled way and
any planting strips and sidewalks. A right-of-way so designated shall
be available only for such uses as are customary for rights-of-way
in the Town of Wayland and shall not be available for any private
construction, such as buildings, fuel tanks, septic systems, fences,
walls or paved parking areas.
RIGHT-OF-WAY ALIGNMENT
(1)
The ground plan of the right-of-way.
(2)
The sequence of straight lines and curves that
define the location of the right-of-way.
SIGHT DISTANCE
The length of road, roadway or street visible to the driver
of an automobile.
SPRA
Site plan review and approval.
STORM DRAIN or STORM SEWER
A drain system that carries stormwater, surface water and
the discharge from subsurface drains but does not carry wastewater.
STORMWATER
Precipitation that flows over or under the surface of the
ground; "runoff" is that portion of precipitation that flows over
the surface of the ground.
SURFACE WATER
Stormwater runoff and all other water on the surface of the
land, whether temporary or permanent.
SURVEYOR
A person registered or legally permitted to practice land
surveying in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
TOWN
The Town of Wayland.
TRIBUTARY AREA
The area from which stormwater runoff contributes to the
flow at a particular location.
UTILITIES
Sewers, water drains and other private or public utilities,
including but not limited to water pipes, gas pipes, electric lines,
telephone lines, fire alarm lines, cable television lines and their
appurtenances.
VERTICAL CURVE
The portion of the right-of-way line along which change in
alignment occurs in the vertical plane.