A.
The subdivider shall, within six months after the
preliminary approval of the preliminary plan, file with the Planning
Board an application for approval of the final subdivision plan in
the form described herein. If the final plan is not submitted to the
Planning Board within six months after the approval of the preliminary
plan, the Planning Board may refuse without prejudice to act on the
final plan and require resubmission of the preliminary plan. All applications
for final plan approval for subdivision shall be accompanied by a
fee set by the Town of Standish, payable by check to the Town of Standish.
B.
If the proposed subdivision in any way is subject
to review by the State of Maine, Department of Environmental Protection,
then the approval of the State of Maine, Department of Environmental
Protection, shall be secured in writing before official submission
of the final plan.
C.
Sewage disposal. Sewage disposal systems shall conform
to the State Plumbing Code. The Board shall require on-site soils
investigation reports on each lot prior to final approval.
D.
A public hearing may be held by the Planning Board
within 30 days after the time of submission of the final plan for
approval. A hearing shall be advertised twice in a newspaper of local
circulation at least seven days before such hearing, and notice of
said hearing shall be posted in at least three prominent places at
least seven days prior to the hearing.
[Amended 12-8-1998 by Order No. 163-98; 5-8-2007 by Order No. 25-07; 3-9-2021 by Order No. 96-20]
A performance guaranty shall be provided to insure the completion, proper installation and maintenance of all improvements, facilities and services necessary to provide transportation, drainage, utilities or similar essential services and facilities to a project, including, but not limited to, road construction, storm drainage, utilities, fire ponds, roadway monumentation, street trees and any required landscaping in accordance with § 252-22 of Chapter 252, Streets and Sidewalks. Where the Planning Board has approved a phased development, public improvements both on- and off-site shall be assigned to a phase of the development as part of the Planning Board's approval of the subdivision. The applicant shall be required to maintain all improvements and provide for snow removal on streets and sidewalks until acceptance of said improvements by the legislative body.
[Amended 2-10-2004 by Order No. 215-03]
A.
The final plan shall consist of 12 copies of one or
more maps or drawings which shall be printed or reproduced in the
same manner as the preliminary plan. Space shall be reserved for endorsement
by all appropriate agencies. The final plan shall show:
(1)
All of the information presented on the preliminary
plan and location map and any amendments thereto suggested or required
by the Board.
(2)
The name, registration number and seal of the land
surveyor, architect or planning consultant who prepared the plan.
(3)
Street names and lines, pedestrian ways, lanes, easements
and areas to be reserved for or dedicated to public use.
(4)
An actual field survey of the boundary lines of the
tract, giving complete descriptive data by bearings and distances,
made and certified by a licensed land surveyor. The corners of the
tract shall be located on the ground and marked by monuments as herein
required and shall be referenced as shown on the plan.
(5)
Sufficient data to determine readily the location,
bearing and length of every lot line and boundary line and to reproduce
such lines upon the ground. Where practical, these should be tied
to reference points previously established.
(6)
The survey of the outside boundaries of the tract
and the computation of the lot lines, to be performed to an accuracy
of one foot in 5,000 feet. If requested by the Planning Board, the
surveyor shall furnish copies of outside boundaries showing:
(7)
Contour lines at intervals of five feet or at such
intervals as the Planning Board may require, based on United States
Geological Survey datum.
(8)
Granite monuments, set at all outside corners of the
proposed subdivision tract and checked by the Code Enforcement Officer
prior to final approval. All granite monuments shall be four feet
long and six inches above ground except in lawns, drives and parking
lots where they shall be flush. If the subsurface is a ledge between
one and three feet deep, a two-foot diameter concrete encasement based
on the ledge shall be required. If the ledge is less than one foot
deep, a one-inch steel rod shall be grouted into the ledge.
(9)
By proper designation, all public open space for which
offers of cession are made by the subdivider and those spaces to which
title is reserved by him.
(10)
Lots and blocks within the subdivision numbered
in accordance with local practice.
B.
There shall be submitted to the Board with final plan:
A.
Upon completion of the requirements stated above and
notation to that effect upon the plan, it shall be deemed to have
final approval and shall be properly signed by a majority of the members
of the Planning Board and shall be filed by the applicant with the
Planning Board Administrator along with a filing fee as set forth
from time to time by resolution of the Town Council, payable to the
Town of Standish. The plan shall then be filed with the Cumberland
County Registry of Deeds by the Planning Board Administrator or a
designated representative within 15 days after receipt by the Planning
Board Administrator. Any subdivision plan not so filed with the Planning
Board Administrator within 90 days of the date upon which such plan
is approved and signed by the Planning Board as herein provided shall
become null and void, unless the particular circumstances of said
applicant warrant the Planning Board to grant an extension which shall
not exceed two additional periods of 90 days.
B.
At that time the Planning Board grants final plan
approval, it may permit the plan to be divided into two or more sections,
subject to any conditions the Board deems necessary in order to ensure
the orderly development of the plan. The applicant may file a section
of the approved plan with the municipal officers and the Registry
of Deeds if said section constitutes at least 10% of the total number
of lots contained in the approved plan. In these circumstances, plan
approval of the remaining sections of the plan shall remain in effect
for three years or a period of time mutually agreed to by the municipal
officers, Planning Board and the subdivider.
C.
No final plan shall be approved by the Planning Board
as long as the applicant is in default on a previously approved plan.
[Added 5-8-2007 by Order No. 25-07]
D.
For development within a Form Based Code Village District, the Town
Planner shall provide the developer with examples of a conceptual
Connectivity Master Plan meeting the standards of the applicable FBCVD
street frontage type(s) and other applicable aspects of the Form Based
Code Village District. The approved conceptual Connectivity Master
Plan is the basis for the form and pattern of land division within
the Form Based Code Village Districts, and approval of such a Connectivity
Master Plan is a requirement of subdivision plan approval. The Connectivity
Master Plan shall outline the proposed development, together with
its street system, and provide an indication of the future probable
street system of the remaining portion of the tract, if the plan submitted
covers only part of the applicant's entire property holding. The Connectivity
Master Plan shall be referenced in the Planning Board subdivision
plan approval. The Connectivity Master Plan shall reserve these future
rights-of-way for use as a street, and a copy shall be recorded in
the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds with the approved subdivision
plan.
[Amended 6-7-2011; 8-12-2014 by Order No. 65-14]
No changes, erasures, modifications or revisions
shall be made in any final plan after approval has been given by the
Planning Board and endorsed in writing on the plan, unless the plan
is first resubmitted and the Planning Board approves any modifications.
In the event that a final plan is recorded without complying with
this requirement, the same shall be considered null and void, and
the Board shall institute proceedings to have the plan stricken from
the records of the municipal officers and the Registry of Deeds.
The approval by the Planning Board of a subdivision
plan shall not be deemed to constitute or be evidence of any acceptance
by the municipality of any street, easement or other open space shown
on such plan. When a park, playground or other recreation area shall
have been shown on the plan, approval of the plan shall not constitute
any acceptance by the municipality of such area. The Planning Board
shall require the plan to be endorsed with appropriate notes to this
effect. The Planning Board may also require the filing of a written
agreement between the applicant and the municipal officers covering
future deed and title, dedication and provisions for the cost of grading,
development, equipment and maintenance of any such street, easement
or other open space shown on such plan.
