A. 
Any person who wishes to cause to be recorded in the Registry of Deeds or to be filed with the Land Court a plan of land and who believes that his plan does not require approval under the Subdivision Control Law shall file with the Board the following.
(1) 
One print of the plan on Mylar as well as three black and white prints of the plan, prepared as hereinafter described, and a digital copy of the plan.
(2) 
Required filing fee as listed under Article 3, General, § 375-3.3, Fees.
(3) 
A properly executed application form.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Subdivision forms are included as an attachment to this chapter and are also available from the Planning Office or on the Town website: https://www.town.lynnfield.ma.us/planning-board.
(4) 
The necessary evidence to show that the plan does not require approval.
(5) 
Prior to final approval by the Planning Board, the applicant shall submit two copies of the approved version of the plan on media transfer approved by the Board in compliance with Article 7, Geographic Information System (GIS) Requirement.
B. 
The plan and application shall be sent to the Board two weeks in advance of a scheduled regular or special meeting, the date of which will serve as the submission date of the plan.
Thereafter, the person submitting the plan and application shall file, by delivery or registered mail, a notice with the Town Clerk stating the date of submission for such determination and accompanied by a copy of said application.
The submitted plan(s) shall contain the following:
A. 
Plan format. Each sheet shall comply with the following format:
(1) 
Size of plan. The plan shall be 24 inches by 36 inches.
(2) 
Material.
(a) 
Original submission of plans and subsequent revisions shall be provided on twenty-pound bond.
(b) 
Final plans shall be printed on single-matte "Mylar" with a thickness of 0.003 inch.
(3) 
Borders. Each plan shall have a three-quarter-inch border.
(4) 
Scale. The plan shall have a horizontal scale of one inch to 40 feet unless the Board approves another scale as more convenient.
(5) 
Stamp. All sheets of the plan shall be stamped by the Massachusetts professional land surveyor who is responsible for creating the plan.
B. 
Title block. Each sheet of a submitted plan shall contain a title block in the lower right-hand corner such that when the plan is folded the name is readable. The title block shall contain the following fields:
(1) 
Name:
(a) 
The name shall contain the address of the way that the lot presently fronts on.
(b) 
The font size of the name shall be equal to the largest size used in the title block.
(c) 
The last line in the name area shall contain the Assessor's map and parcel number(s).
(2) 
Owners: the names and addresses of the record owner of the land.
(3) 
Subdividers: the subdivider's names and addresses.
(4) 
Technical personnel: the names, addresses, and seals of the designer, engineer, and surveyor who made the plan.
(5) 
Revisions: a revision area sufficient to record a minimum of six changes.
(6) 
Approval: an area for Planning Board approval, signatures and date.
(7) 
Data: the scale, date, and North arrow, sheet number of plan, legend for all symbols used, list of all zoning districts in which the land lies, including all overlays. When multiple sheets are necessary, match lines shall be used and referenced, and an index plan, graphically indicating the arrangement of said multiple sheets, shall be submitted on one standard 24 inches by 36 inches sheet at a suitable scale.
(8) 
Coordinate Systems: The plan shall be produced and depicted using the North American Datum 1983 (NAD83), State Plane Massachusetts Mainland, FIPS 2001, US Survey Feet (EPSG:2249). When a vertical datum is used, it shall be, or tied to, NAVD 88.
(9) 
Certification: a statement that the plan is based upon an actual survey and the date thereof.
The approval not required plan shall contain the following:
A. 
The length of each straight property line segment to the nearest one hundredth of a foot and the bearing thereof to the nearest five seconds.
B. 
Names of all abutters, as determined from the most recent local tax list, including all abutting land owned by the applicant.
C. 
Location of existing buildings within the parcel, including building setback, side yard and rear yard designations.
D. 
Location of all permanent monuments, major features of the land, such as existing natural drainagecourses, surface and subsurface drainage, walls, fences, outcroppings and ditches which exist at the time of survey, which may prevent access.
E. 
All resource areas as defined by MGL c. 131, § 40, within the parcel.
F. 
Boundary lines, areas and dimensions of all proposed lots, with all lots designated numerically and in sequence.
G. 
All zoning district boundaries and/or any notice of any decision of the Zoning Board of Appeals, including but not limited to variance and exceptions regarding the land or any building thereon.
H. 
In the case of the creation of a new lot, all the remaining land area and frontage in the ownership of the applicant shall be shown.
I. 
The name, status (private or public), and width of the right-of-way providing frontage and access to the lot(s) and the extent of the paved improvements within said way.
J. 
Topography with two-foot contours a distance of 20 feet back from frontage.
A. 
Endorsement of plan not requiring approval. If the Board determines that the plan does not require approval, it shall, without a public hearing and within 21 days of submission, endorse on the plan the words "Lynnfield Planning Board approval under Subdivision Control Law not required." The plan shall be returned to the applicant and the Board shall notify the Town Clerk of its action within the twenty-one-day approval period.
(1) 
A copy of the Registry endorsed Mylar plan must be returned by the applicant to the Board's office.
(2) 
The Assessor shall receive a copy of this full, recorded plan.
B. 
Determination that plan requires approval. If the Board determines that the plan(s) does require approval under the Subdivision Control Law, it shall, within 21 days of submission of said plan, so notify the Town Clerk and inform the applicant.