These subdivision rules and regulations are hereby enacted,
in accordance with the provisions of MGL c. 41, § 81M, for
the purpose of protecting the safety, convenience, and welfare of
the inhabitants of the Town, 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 Appeals under these regulations
and 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 securing
safety in the case of fire, flood, panic, and other emergencies; for
ensuring compliance with the Zoning Bylaw, for securing adequate provision
for water, sewerage, drainage, underground utility services, fire,
police, and other municipal equipment, and streetlighting 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.
These rules have been adopted under the authority vested in
the Planning Board by MGL c. 41, § 81Q, as amended. The
Planning Board shall be the agency responsible for the administration
of the rules and shall have all of the powers assigned to it by MGL
c. 41, § 81K to § 81GG, inclusive.
