A. 
Every petition or application for action by the Board under MGL C. 40A shall be made on an official application form entitled "Board of Appeals — Application for Hearing," which shall be furnished by the Town Clerk upon request. Each request for a special permit or variance shall be submitted on separate application forms. Any communication purporting to be an appeal, a petition, or an application shall be treated as mere notice of intention to seek Board action until such time as it is made on the official application form. To constitute official application, petition, or appeal, all information called for in the form shall be furnished by the applicant in the manner therein prescribed and further specified in these rules and in precise language identifying the applicable provision of the bylaws and the specific nature of the appeal, petition or application. The form(s) to be used (see Addendum, which is on file with the Board of Appeals and may be examined during regular business hours) is hereby made a part of these rules.
B. 
An application found to be incomplete upon receipt by the Board shall be returned to the applicant for completion and refiling. The date of refiling shall be the date of the applications. For applications made under MGL C. 40B see Part 2 below.
In the case only of an appeal from the action or failure to take action by the Building Inspector, a petition or application shall be filed with the Town Clerk within 30 days from the date of issuance of a permit or refusal of a permit by or on order, ruling, decision or determination of the Building Inspector. For appeals under MGL C. 40B, see Part 2.
A. 
Under Article I, § 338-1A, B, C, and E, eight copies of the application form shall be submitted and shall be accompanied by eight copies of plans, sketches or diagrams sufficient to show clearly the nature of the specific request being made by the petitioner. The document shall have a North point, names of streets, zoning districts, property lines, dimensions of the subject lot, locations of buildings on and use of the lot, names of owners and locations of buildings on abutting properties, parking areas, driveways and all other information pertinent to the petition or application as required by the Zoning Bylaw (See Chapter 218, Zoning.), other bylaws or rules and these rules. All changes requested by the petitioner shall be clearly identified.
B. 
See Part 2 below for submissions required under MGL C. 40B.
Appeals, petitions and applications, except those filed under MGL C. 40B, § 21, shall be accompanied by a check payable to the Town of Groton in the amount of $150. A permit renewal fee is $110. For applications under MGL C. 40B, § 21, see Part 2 below.
When filed, each appeal, petition and/or application shall be accompanied by a list of all names and addresses of all parties in interest, including abutters and the owners of land next adjoining the land of the abutters within 300 feet of the property line as defined by MGL C. 40A, § 11. The owner of land on the opposite side of the street or way is considered to be an abutter.