A. 
The work connected with the items required in Article V shall be accomplished so as not to interfere with previous work.
B. 
The work required by Article V shall proceed with exceptions only by order of the Planning Board.
C. 
The Planning Board shall have inspected all work done on the subgrade, surfacing and drainage, including trench, before placing drains and all work on water piping and related equipment. Trenches shall not be backfilled before inspection by the Planning Board.
D. 
Before any work required in Article V is started, the Planning Board shall be notified, in writing, at least two (2) working days before such work commences, with no exceptions and a copy of the notification shall be sent to the Board.
A. 
When reviewing an application for permit/approval or compliance with the conditions of a Planning Board approval, the Board may determine the assistance of outside consultants is warranted due to the size, scale or complexity of a proposed project or because of a project's potential impacts. The Board may require that the respective applicant/developer pay a review fee consisting of the reasonable costs incurred by the Board for the employment of outside consultants engaged by the Board to assist in the review of an application.
B. 
In hiring outside consultants, the Board may engage engineers, planners, lawyers, urban designers or other appropriate professionals who can assist the Board in analyzing a project to ensure compliance with all relevant laws, ordinances/bylaws and regulations.
C. 
Funds received by the Board pursuant to this section shall be deposited with the Town Treasurer, who shall establish a special account for this purpose. Whether for inspections or review of data, applicants/developers shall be required to maintain a minimum one-thousand-dollar balance in such account at all times, except where expressed permission of the Planning Board/Planning Director is, otherwise, granted in writing. Expenditures from this account shall be made only in connection for which a review fee has been or will be collected from the applicant. Failure of an applicant to pay a review fee shall be grounds for denial of the application/permit.
D. 
Inspection review fees may only be spent for services rendered in connection with the specific project from which they were collected. Accrued interest may be spent for this purpose. At the completion of the Board's review of a project, any excess amount in the account, including interest, attributable to a specific project shall be repaid to the applicant or the applicant's successor in interest. A final report of said account shall be made available to the applicant or the applicant's successor in interest. For the purpose of this regulation, any person or entity claiming to be an applicant's successor in interest shall provide the Board with documentation establishing such succession in interest.
E. 
Any applicant may take an administrative appeal from the selection of the outside consultant to the Select Board. The grounds for such appeal shall be limited to claims that the consultant selected has a conflict in interest or does not possess the minimum required qualifications. The minimum qualifications shall consist either of an educational degree in, or related to the field at issue, or three (3) or more years of practice in the field at issue, or a related field. The required time limit for action upon an application by the Planning Board shall be extended by the duration of the administrative appeal. In the event that no decision is made by the Select Board within one (1) month following the filing of the appeal, the selection made by the Planning Board shall stand.
[Amended 11-20-2019 STM, Art. 13]
Strict compliance with the requirements of these rules and regulations may be waived when such action is in the public interest and not inconsistent with the Subdivision Control Law.
Not more than one (1) building designed or available for dwelling purposes shall be erected or placed or converted to use as such on any lot in a subdivision or elsewhere within the Town without the consent of the Planning Board, which shall be granted only for structures in compliance with zoning restrictions and only upon the Board's finding that adequate ways and utilities serving such site for such buildings have been provided in the same manner as otherwise required for the lots within a subdivision.
Each section of these rules and regulations shall be construed as separate to the end that if any section, sentence, clause or phrase shall be held invalid for any reason, the remainder of the rules and regulations shall continue in full force.
[Amended 10-18-2000 ATM, Art. 14]
All work related to water, sewer and fire services within subdivisions must conform to the Ashland Department of Public Works - Water and Sewer Division, Board of Health and the Fire Department rules and regulations. Said regulations are available from the respective offices.