These Rules and Regulations of the Sharon Planning Board Governing
the Subdivision of Land are adopted for the purpose of protecting
the safety, convenience and welfare of the inhabitants of the Town
of Sharon by ". . .regulating the laying out and construction of ways
in subdivisions providing access to the several lots therein, but
which have not become public ways, and ensuring sanitary conditions
in subdivisions and in proper cases parks and open areas. The powers
of the Planning Board and of the Board of Appeal under the Subdivision
Control Law shall be exercised with due regard for the provision of
adequate access to all of the lots in a subdivision by ways that will
be safe and convenient for travel; for lessening congestion in such
ways and in the adjacent public ways; for reducing danger of life
and limb in the operation of motor vehicles; for securing safety in
the case of fire, flood, panic and other emergencies; for ensuring
compliance with the Zoning Bylaw;[1] for securing adequate provision for water, sewerage, drainage,
underground utility services, fire, police and other similar municipal
equipment, and street lighting and other requirements where necessary
in a subdivision; and for coordinating the ways in a subdivision with
each other and with the public ways in the Town and with the ways
in neighboring subdivisions."
Under the authority vested in the Planning Board of the Town
of Sharon by MGL c. 41, § 81Q, said Board has adopted these
Rules and Regulations of the Sharon Planning Board Governing the Subdivision
of Land ("rules and regulations").
