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Town of Standish, ME
Cumberland County
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A. 
No plan of a subdivision of land within the Town of Standish 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 this standard, nor until such approval shall have been entered on such final plan by the Planning Board.
B. 
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 Registry of Deeds.
C. 
Any person, firm, corporation or other legal entity that conveys, offers or agrees to convey any land in a subdivision which has not been approved as required by this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 for each such conveyance, offering or agreement. The Attorney General, the Town of Standish or the appropriate municipal officers may institute proceedings to enjoin the violation of this section.
D. 
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.
E. 
Not only is making a subdivision without Planning Board approval a violation of law, but so also within such subdivision is grading or construction of roads, grading of land or lots or construction of buildings until such time as the final plan of such subdivision shall have been duly prepared, submitted, reviewed, approved and endorsed as provided in this Part 3, and until the original copy of the final plan so approved and endorsed has been duly recorded with all easements and conditions in the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds.