As used in these regulations, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
APPLICANT
Includes an owner, or his agent or representative or his
assigns.
BLOCK
An area of land enclosed on two or more sides by street rights-of-way.
STREETS
See Exhibit D.
A.
ARTERIAL STREETSExisting and proposed streets which are primarily used, or will be used, by fast, heavy, and through traffic, as defined in the Town's Master Plan or as determined by the Planning Board.
B.
COLLECTOR STREETSExisting and proposed streets which carry or will carry traffic from residential or minor streets to the system of arterial streets, as existing and proposed and as defined in the Town's Master Plan or as determined by the Planning Board.
SUBDIVISION
A.
"Subdivision" shall mean the division or resubdivision of a
tract of land into two or more lots, or to the process of subdivision,
or to the land or territory subdivided.
B.
The division of a tract of land into two or more lots shall
not constitute a subdivision if, at the time it was made, every lot
within said tract has frontage, in compliance with the Zoning Bylaw, on:
(1)
A public way as laid out by the Select Board or a way which
the Town Clerk certifies is maintained and used as a public way;
[Amended 1-28-2023 STM by Art. 9]
(2)
A way shown on a plan previously approved under subdivision
control; or
(3)
A way in existence on October 2, 1953, having, in the opinion
of the Planning Board, sufficient width, suitable grades, and adequate
construction to provide for the needs of vehicular and pedestrian
traffic and municipal services in relation to the proposed use of
the land abutting thereon or served.
C.
Conveyances or other instruments, by adding to, taking away
from, or changing the size and shape of lots, or the division of a
tract of land, on which two or more buildings were standing on October
2, 1953, into separate lots, on each of which one such building remains
standing shall not constitute a subdivision.
No person shall make a subdivision, within the meaning of the
Subdivision Control Law, of any land within the Town, or proceed with
the improvement or sale of lots in a subdivision, or the construction
of ways, or the installation of municipal service therein, unless
and until a definitive plan of such subdivision has been submitted
to and approved by the Planning Board as hereinafter provided.
The definitive plan shall be prepared, stamped and signed by
a registered civil engineer or a registered land surveyor.