Whenever these rules and regulations made under the authority
hereof differ from those prescribed by any local ordinance or other
local regulations, the provision which imposes the greater restriction
or the higher standard shall govern.
The developer shall test; upon the request of the BPW and at
the developer's own expense, all materials to be used in the
construction of the public ways. The tests shall be conducted by qualified
firms/individuals that have been approved by the BPW.
The developer shall submit to the Planning Board the following:
A. A petition to the Town of Fairhaven Town Meeting requesting that
a particular street be accepted as a "Town street." Each street shall
have its own petition, and each petition shall be signed by at least
10 residents of the Town of Fairhaven for an Annual Town Meeting and
100 residents of the Town of Fairhaven for a Special Town Meeting.
B. A title search showing that the property is free of all liens and
encumbrances.
C. Plans and documents which shall include the following:
(1) One set of originals and 10 sets of prints.
(2) Plan(s) to be prepared by a registered land surveyor.
(3) Size shall be 24 inches by 36 inches.
(4) Rules of Registry of Deeds to be followed (borders, size lettering,
scale, reserved boxes, etc.).
(5) Only one proposed street to be shown per sheet.
(6) Match lines to be used if a street is to be shown on more than one
sheet.
(7) Title block to be: "THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS STREET ACCEPTANCE
PLAN OF ________ PREPARED FOR THE TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN, BRISTOL COUNTY."
(8) Scale shall be one inch equals 40 feet.
(10)
Reserve spaces for:
(a)
Town Clerk's endorsements: "_______________________ (name
of street) accepted by vote of Town Meeting; passed __________ (date),
attest: __________________, Town Clerk."
(b)
Statement that: "_______________________ (name of street) is
part of the _______________________ (name) Subdivision approved by
the Fairhaven Planning Board, filed with the Town Clerk, __________
(date) and recorded at the Bristol County S. D. Registry of Deeds
__________ (book and page)."
(c)
Planning Board's endorsement block with eight signature
lines and a date line.
(d)
Board of Selectmen's endorsement block with three signature
lines and a date line.
(11)
Street line to be shown in metes and bounds. Tie courses so
that street can be mathematically closed. Chord bearings and distances
for all curves to be shown.
(12)
Street to be tied to Massachusetts State Plane coordinate system.
Every plan shall have at least four survey-quality points on each
sheet tied into the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System (NAD
1983 datum), using said published control points or the global positioning
system. The plan shall note the coordinates of the four tie-in points,
the datum, and the source and location of monuments used for data.
(13)
All street line monuments to be shown and identified and their
exact coordinates shown, in accordance with the requirements in the
above subsection.
(14)
At least 100 feet of lot property lines shown with metes and
bounds.
(15)
Ownership of lots (including Registry book and page) at the
time subdivision was approved by the Planning Board.
(16)
Land court case numbers, whenever appropriate, must appear on
plans.
(17)
Full legal document (including complete descriptions) suitable
for recording at the Registry of Deeds, deeding each proposed street
to the Town of Fairhaven.
(18)
Necessary prints, forms and fee for approval not required endorsement.
(19)
All plans must be accompanied by a CD-ROM or DVD containing
geographic data in accordance with the Standard for Digital Plan Submittals
to Municipalities (Version 1.0) issued by the Office of Geographic
and Environmental Information (MassGIS).