Strict compliance with the requirements of these Rules and Regulations may be waived when, in the judgment of the Board, such action is in the public interest and not inconsistent with the Subdivision Control Law.
For matters not addressed by these Rules and Regulations, reference is made to MGL c. 41, §§ 81K to 81CC, inclusive, and to acts in amendment thereof, in addition thereto, or in substitution therefor.
Not more than one (1) building designed or available for use for dwelling purposes shall be erected or placed or converted to use as such on any lot in a subdivision or elsewhere in the Town without the consent of the Board. Such consent may be conditioned upon the installation, by the developer, of streets or ways adequate to provide equivalent access to each site for such building as for lots within a subdivision.
The subdivider shall take all steps feasible to protect the natural features of the subdivision, such as large trees, watercourses, scenic points, historic spots, archaeologically significant locations and similar community assets which, if preserved, will add attractiveness and value to the subdivision.
Lots shall be numbered consecutively, alternating even numbers on the right side, odd numbers on the left, the lowest digit beginning on the major entrance to the subdivision nearest the Charlton Town Hall.
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.
A. 
Upon completion of construction, and before release of the performance guarantee, the subdivider shall have prepared and submitted to the Board as-built plans, drawn on the same scale as the definitive plan, which shall indicate the actual location of all of the following:
(1) 
Right-of-way;
(2) 
Traveled way edges;
(3) 
Path locations;
(4) 
Permanent monuments;
(5) 
Location and inverts of the required utilities and drainage;
(6) 
Locations of any other underground utilities such as electricity, telephone lines, cable television, and streetlighting.
B. 
The accuracy of such as-built plans shall be certified by a registered land surveyor or registered professional engineer retained by the subdivider and approved by the Board. As-built plans shall also be submitted on a recordable CD, pdf copy of the drawing or other such format as specified by the Planning Board.
The subdivider shall file with the Board a final plan on tracing cloth or Mylar of the completed streets and ways, utilities and easements, together with proper legal descriptions for initiating an Article in the Town Warrant of the next Annual or Special Town Meeting for acceptance of the streets and ways by said Town Meeting. Upon request of the Board therefor, the subdivider shall convey to the Town, without cost, in a form satisfactory to the Board, valid unencumbered title to said streets and ways, together with any easements appurtenant or related thereto. The subdivider shall also remit to the Town Treasurer, promptly upon request therefor, a sum sufficient in the estimation of the Board to reimburse the Town for all deed recording, title search, attorney fees and related expenses incident to any acceptance of the streets and ways as public ways by the Town.