A. 
In the case of a subdivision showing lots in a residential zone, a preliminary plan of a subdivision may be submitted by the applicant to the Board and to the Board of Health for discussion and approval, modification or disapproval by each Board. The submission of such a preliminary plan will enable the applicant, Planning Board, Board of Health, Conservation Commission and others to discuss and clarify the problems of a subdivision before a definitive plan is prepared. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that a preliminary plan be filed in each case.
B. 
In the case of a nonresidential subdivision, any person, before submitting his definitive plan for approval, shall submit to the Planning Board and the Board of Health for discussion and approval, modification or disapproval by each Board a preliminary plan and shall give notice to the Town Clerk by delivery or registered mail, postage prepaid, that he has submitted such plan.
C. 
A completed Application Form B (example enclosed),[1] together with five copies of the preliminary plan and three copies reduced in size to eleven by fourteen (11 x 14) inches, shall be submitted to the Board in the manner specified in § 305-6. One copy of the preliminary plan, together with an application form, shall be submitted to the Board of Health in the manner specified in § 305-6.
D. 
The applicant shall file a completed Application Form B with the Town Clerk, by delivery or by registered mail.
E. 
The applicant or his agent must be present at the meeting of the Board at which the plan is to be reviewed.
The preliminary plan may be drawn on tracing paper with pencil. The plan shall be at a scale of at least one inch equals 100 feet and shall show the following information:
A. 
Subdivision name, boundaries, North point, date, scale, locus, legend and the title "Preliminary Plan."
B. 
Names and addresses of record owner, applicant and designer, engineer or surveyor.
C. 
Location and names of all abutters, as determined from the most recent tax list.
D. 
The names, approximate locations and widths of all adjacent streets or ways, whether public or private, within 300 feet of the proposed subdivision.
E. 
The proposed system of roadways and drainage, including existing natural waterways, in a general manner.
F. 
Proposed lot lines, with approximate areas and dimensions.
G. 
Proposed recreation areas and easements.
H. 
The topography of the land and immediate vicinity shown in two-foot contours based on the Sea Level Datum of 1929, the National Geodetic Vertical Datum. The surveyor who prepares the plan shall certify on the plan that the contours were drawn from elevations measured on the ground or taken by photogrammetric methods. The bench marks used shall be identified.
I. 
Site features, such as buildings, ponds, streams, coastal banks, wetlands and areas subject to seasonal flooding.
J. 
The size and shape of the applicant's remaining land, if less than all of the applicant's land is being subdivided. (Such information may be shown as an insert, on a scale of not less than one inch equals 200 feet).
A. 
At the time of consideration of the preliminary plan, the Board will also consider the probable nature and extent of road and other improvements, if any, to be required in connection with the approval of the subsequent definitive plan and will advise the applicant of such requirements. Before approval of a preliminary plan, the Planning Board shall solicit public comments at the public meeting where the plan is being discussed. Notice that the Board will be accepting public comments shall be given by advertisement in a local paper once in the week prior to the date of the Board's meeting and by notice to abutters within 100 feet of any part of the land of the applicant, by regular mail, one week prior to the date of the Board's meeting.
[Amended 7-25-1995]
B. 
Within 45 days after the date of submission of a preliminary plan, the Board shall notify the applicant and the Town Clerk by certified mail either that the plan has been approved or approved with modifications or that the plan has been disapproved and, in such case, the Board shall state in detail its reasons for disapproval.