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 Cumberland County 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.
No person, firm, corporation or other legal entity may convey,
offer or agree to convey any land in a subdivision which has not been
approved by the Planning Board and recorded in the Cumberland County
Registry of Deeds.
Any person, firm, corporation or other legal entity who or which
conveys, offers or agrees to convey any land in a subdivision which
has not been approved as required by this article or who builds or
develops a subdivision other than in strict conformance with the requirements
of this chapter and his/her approval, including any conditions attached
thereto, shall be subject to a civil action seeking injunctive relief
to prevent any such violation and restore or repair the land, if appropriate,
and be further subject to a civil fine, attorney fees and costs of
court as provided under 30-A M.R.S.A. § 4452. The municipality
or the Code Enforcement Officer may institute such proceedings.
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.
Not only is making a subdivision without Planning Board approval
a violation of law, but so also within such a subdivision is grading
or construction of roads, grading of land or lots, or construction
of buildings until 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 Cumberland County
Registry of Deeds.
