The purpose of the establishment of subdivision
control in Chelmsford is to secure for the town all of the benefits
and protection authorized by the Subdivision Control Law, MGL c. 41,
§§ 81K through 81GG, inclusive. The purpose of these
rules and regulations is to specify and make clear the requirements
and procedures to be followed and the responsibilities to be discharged
in operations under the Subdivision Control Law.
No person shall make a subdivision (as defined
in the Subdivision Control Law) of any land within the town or proceed
with the improvement or sale of lots in a subdivision or the construction
of ways or the installation of municipal services therein unless and
until a definitive plan of such subdivision has been submitted to
and approved by the Planning Board as hereinafter provided.
Not more than one dwelling designed or suitable
for use for dwelling purposes shall be erected or placed or converted
to use as a dwelling on any lot in a subdivision, or elsewhere in
the town, without the consent of the Board. Such consent may be conditioned
upon the providing of adequate ways furnishing access to each site
for such building, in the same manner as otherwise required for lots
in a subdivision.
Unless the content clearly requires some other
meaning, the following words and phrases shall have these meanings:
The Chelmsford Planning Board.
A street serving abutting property which is chiefly used
or zoned for industry or commerce.
A street with anticipated traffic equivalent to that generated
by 50 homes or more.
A street which, by its location and design, may not reasonably
be expected to service nonresidential property or serve as a means
of access to more than 10 homes.
A street which cannot qualify as a lane but which serves
residential property and can be expected to handle less traffic than
a collector street.
Public utilities furnished by the town.
A way for pedestrians, equestrians or bicycles not within
a street right-of-way.
A way which has not been accepted by the town as a public
way or one which has not been dedicated to public use or one in which
the public has not acquired rights of usage by prescription.
A division of land into two or more lots in such a manner
as to constitute a subdivision as defined in MGL c. 41.
Sections 81K to 81GG of Chapter 41 of the Massachusetts General
Laws, as amended from time to time.
