Before approval of a plan, the Planning Board
may require either of the following:
A. The plan to show a park or parks, suitably located
in the Board's opinion for playground or recreation purposes or to
provide light and air. The Planning Board may require by appropriate
endorsement on the plan that no building be erected upon such park
or parks without its approval for a period of three years. Each area
reserved for such purposes shall be of suitable size, dimension, topography
and natural character. The Board may require that the areas so reserved
shall be located so as to be used in conjunction with similar areas
of adjoining or potential subdivisions and to serve adequately all
parts of the subdivision, as approved by the Planning Board. Unless
otherwise specified by the Board, the total area to be reserved for
park and playground purposes shall be not less than 10% of the gross
area of the subdivision. The land so reserved shall not be a wetland
and shall not be stripped or altered, except as may be approved by
the Board to ensure suitability for the purposes intended.
B. Certain portions of each lot, collectively equal to
no less than 10% of the gross area of the subdivision, shall be set
aside under covenant, not to be developed and to remain as open space
in its natural state in perpetuity.
Adequate water supply shall be assured for each
lot in a subdivision. If any boundary of a subdivision is within 1,000
feet of a municipal public water system, then each lot in that subdivision
shall be connected to that water system. If said distance is greater
than 1,000 feet then a separate on-lot well of adequate yield and
quality may be provided. The definitive plan shall indicate the location
of any public water system and fire hydrants with 2,000 feet of the
subdivision. Extensions of the Town water system shall conform to
the requirements of the Water Department. Water mains shall be located
five feet in from the side line of the street right-of-way and five
feet deep, and shall have a minimum inside diameter of eight inches.
Whenever possible the water mains shall form a loop. Fire hydrants
shall be located at least 18 inches into the grass plot from the curb
or gutter line and shall be spaced no more than 500 feet apart, unless
the Fire Chief approves in writing a different spacing. Hydrants shall
be of a style approved by the Fire Chief.
Electric, telephone, cable television, fire
alarm and other conduits and wiring shall be installed underground
in accordance with the requirements of the source company or authority,
unless the Board waives this requirement due to soil conditions or
other reasons.