For the purposes of the Regulations the following words and terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth below. Where a term is defined in the Subdivision Control Law[1] or the Salisbury Zoning Bylaw and not herein, such definition shall be incorporated by reference herein. Other terms or words or phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language, but technical words and phrases and such other terms or phrases as may have acquired a particular and appropriate meaning in law shall be construed and understood according to such meaning.
Standard specifications for highway materials and methods of sampling testing adopted by the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials.
The American Concrete Institute.
The individual or individuals seeking definitive subdivision approval or endorsement that subdivision approval is not required from the Planning Board. The term "applicant " shall include the applicant's successor in interest, and the applicant's agents, servants and employees and shall include any engineer, contractor and subcontractor engaged by the applicant .
A plan of a proposed division of land submitted to the Planning Board for its endorsement under G.L. c. 41, § 81L and § 81P and prepared in accordance with the requirements set forth under Regulation § 4.0.
The American Society for Testing Materials.
The Town of Salisbury Board of Health.
Most recent Massachusetts Building Code (780 CMR) and Massachusetts Highway Construction Code.
The Town of Salisbury Conservation Commission.
See § 465-65B(13).
The plan of a proposed subdivision, prepared under Regulation § 6.0, submitted to the Planning Board for approval under the Subdivision Control Law.
The Town of Salisbury Department of Public Works.
As defined in the Salisbury Zoning Bylaw.
A right acquired for the use or control of property of another for designated purposes.
A professional civil engineer who is registered to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
As defined and regulated under the Salisbury Zoning Bylaw.
A homeowners association trust formed to accept and hold interests in real property, and perform certain obligations with respect to such real property, for the benefit of the lot owners of a subdivision, as set forth herein.
A professional land surveyor who is licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The measurement of the efficiency and adequacy of a roadway segment or intersection to handle the existing or proposed traffic flows, based upon existing or expected trip generation. The LOS shall be calculated based on the methodology of the most recent edition of the Transportation Research Board "Highway Capacity Manual." An "Adequate LOS" shall be (1) LOS "D" or better on every approach for residential roadways; (2) LOS "C" or better for residential roadways; or (3) as otherwise designated by the Town.
As defined and regulated under the Salisbury Zoning Bylaw.
As defined and regulated under the Salisbury Zoning Bylaw and which shall include a lot which has legal frontage on both a public or private way and on a proposed subdivision way, and which shall be shown on any proposed subdivision plan and shall be considered a part of said plan.
The General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with all additions thereto and amendments thereof. In the case of a rearrangement of the General Laws, any citation of particular sections herein set forth shall be applicable to the corresponding sections in the new codification.
The most recent Manual of Concrete Practice published by the American Concrete Institute.
Public utilities furnished by the Town of Salisbury and proposed for a subdivision, including but not limited to sanitary sewers or septic systems, surface and subsurface water drains, water pipes, gas pipes, electric lines, street lighting, telephone lines, fire alarm lines, communication cables, and their respective appurtenances.
All of the persons holding the ultimate fee simple title to the land depicted on a definitive subdivision plan or approval not required plan, as shown by the record in the appropriate Land Registration Office, Registry of Deeds, or Registry of Probate. The term "owner" shall include any successor in interest.
An individual, partnership, trust, corporation, or two or more individuals or a group or association of individuals or other legal entity.
The Planning Board of the Town of Salisbury.
A professional civil engineer/land surveyor who is licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, designated by the Planning Board to act as its technical consultant and to provide the Planning Board with engineering assistance or data as requested by the Planning Board.
Water provided by the Town of Salisbury.
A plan for a proposed subdivision or resubdivision of land prepared in accordance with § 465-54.
A clear contact print, dark line on a white background.
A professional civil engineer who is licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Rules and Regulations promulgated and adopted by the Planning Board under G.L. c. 41, § 81Q.
That portion of any way, right-of-way or street layout which has been designed and constructed to serve vehicular traffic for one or more lots. This term shall not include a driveway or common driveway or any other way that is not a public way or a way that has not been approved under the Subdivision Control Law.[2]
COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL STREETA street, which is being used or will be used to serve as access to a business or industrial subdivision.
DEAD-END STREETA street or a combination of streets with only one means of through ingress or egress to a public way or through intersecting way and with a maximum length of not more than 550 feet as measured from the center line of the intersection of the nearest through public way to the furthest edge of pavement, except in the case of a cul de sac, to the center point of the cul de sac.
PRIVATE OR UNACCEPTED WAYA street which has not been accepted as a public way.
RESIDENTIAL STREETA street which is being used or will be used to serve a residential subdivision.
Municipal sewer piping network routed to the Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP).
The Town of Salisbury Sewer Commission.
The most recent Massachusetts Standard Specifications for Highways, Bridges and Waterways as adopted by the Massachusetts Department of Public Works or Massachusetts Highway Department.
As defined and regulated under the Salisbury Zoning Bylaw.
As defined under G.L. c. 41, § 81L.
The Town of Salisbury.
The expected number of vehicular trips to and from any given type of land use activity or development. Trip generation figures shall be calculated using the methodology and statistics presented in the most recent edition of the Institute of Transportation Engineers "Trip Generation."
The full strip of land designated as a way, including the full right of way layout and any planting strips or sidewalks. A designated way shall be available only for such uses as are customary for ways in the Town, and shall not be available for any private construction such as buildings, fuel tanks, septic systems, fences, or walls.
All land protected pursuant to G.L. c. 131, § 40 and all land protected under the Town's Zoning Bylaw and the Town's Wetlands Protection Bylaw.
The Zoning Bylaw of the Town of Salisbury.