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City of Biddeford, ME
York County
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[Ord. of 6-20-1995]
(a) 
The City of Biddeford has a three-tiered subdivision approval process:
(1) 
Sketch or concept plan review.
(2) 
Preliminary plan review/approval.
(3) 
Final plan approval.
(b) 
The formal planning process shall be considered initiated when the subdivider shall formally submit to the Board a complete application.
[Ord. of 6-20-1995]
(a) 
No plans of a subdivision of land within the municipal boundaries of the City shall be filed or recorded in the York County Registry of Deeds until a final plan has been approved by the Board, and until such approval shall have been endorsed on such final plan by a legal majority of the Board, which is three members.
(b) 
The recording of a plat without the approval required by this chapter is void.
[Ord. of 6-20-1995]
All plans for subdivisions shall be on sheets 24 inches (60.96 cm) by 36 inches (91.44 cm), or a size acceptable to the York County Registry of Deeds.
[Ord. of 6-20-1995]
All plans for subdivisions shall indicate all measurements in common (English) units, and in addition shall indicate the metric equivalent of each dimension in parentheses.