Under the authority vested in the Planning Board of the Town of Whately by MGL c. 41, § 81Q, as amended, and by all subsequent amendments thereto, said Board hereby adopts these rules and regulations governing the subdivision of land in the Town of Whately.
A. 
These Subdivision Regulations for the Town of Whately have been enacted for the purpose of protecting the environment, and the safety, convenience and welfare of the inhabitants of Whately 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 by ensuring sanitary conditions in the subdivisions and, in proper cases, parks and open areas. The powers of the Planning Board and of the Board of Appeals under these regulations shall be exercised with due regard for:
(1) 
The provision of adequate access to all of the lots in a subdivision by ways that will be safe and convenient for travel.
(2) 
Minimizing congestion in such ways and in the adjacent public ways.
(3) 
Reducing danger to life and limb in the operation of motor vehicles.
(4) 
Securing safety in the case of fire, flood, panic, and other emergencies.
(5) 
Ensuring compliance with the applicable zoning bylaws of Whately.
(6) 
Securing adequate provision for water, sewerage, drainage, underground utility service, streetlighting, police, fire and other requirements, where necessary, in a subdivision.
(7) 
Coordinating the ways in a subdivision with each other, with the public ways in the Town of Whately and with the ways in neighboring subdivisions.
B. 
It is the intent of the Subdivision Control Law that any subdivision plan filed with the Planning Board shall receive the approval of said Board if said plan conforms to the recommendation of the Board of Health and to the reasonable rules and regulations of the Planning Board pertaining to subdivisions of land; provided, however, that such Board may, when appropriate, waive, as provided for in MGL c. 41, § 81R, such provisions of the rules and regulations as deemed advisable (MGL c. 41, § 81M).