No plan of a subdivision of land within the municipal boundaries which would constitute a subdivision as defined herein shall hereafter be filed or recorded in the Registry of Deeds until a final plan thereof shall have been approved by the Planning Board in accordance with all of the requirements, design standards and construction specifications set forth elsewhere in these standards, nor until such approval shall have been entered on such final plan by the Planning Board.
[Amended 5-24-2021]
A person, firm, corporation or other legal entity may not convey, offer or agree to convey land in a subdivision which has not been approved as required by these regulations and shall be punished as provided in 30-A M.R.S.A. § 4452 for each such conveyance, offering or agreement. The Attorney General, the municipality or the appropriate municipal officers may institute proceedings to enjoin the violation of these regulations.
No public utility, water district, sanitary district or any utility company of any kind shall serve any lot in a subdivision for which a final plan has not been approved by the Planning Board.
[Amended 5-24-2021]
Not only is making a subdivision without Planning Board approval a violation of the law, but also within such a subdivision is grading or construction of roads, grading of land or lots or construction of buildings until such time as a final plan of such subdivision shall have been duly prepared, submitted, reviewed, approved and endorsed as provided in these standards and until the original copy of the final plan so approved and endorsed has been duly recorded in the York County Registry of Deeds.