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:
BOARD
The Chelmsford Planning Board.
BUSINESS STREET
A street serving abutting property which is chiefly used or zoned for industry or commerce.
COLLECTOR STREET
A street with anticipated traffic equivalent to that generated by 50 homes or more.
LANE
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.
MINOR STREET
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.
MUNICIPAL SERVICES
Public utilities furnished by the town.
OFF-STREET PATH
A way for pedestrians, equestrians or bicycles not within a street right-of-way.
PRIVATE 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.
SUBDIVISION
A division of land into two or more lots in such a manner as to constitute a subdivision as defined in MGL c. 41.
SUBDIVISION CONTROL LAW
Sections 81K to 81GG of Chapter 41 of the Massachusetts General Laws, as amended from time to time.