For the purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
STREET
Any right of way designated, intended or necessary to provide public
access to a lot, tract or parcel of land.
SUBDIVISION
The division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two or more lots,
sites or other divisions of land, and shall include resubdivision and, when
appropriate to the context, shall relate to the process of subdivision or
the land subdivided.
The Planning Board of the Town is authorized and directed to adopt,
modify, and amend regulations governing the platting and subdivision of land
within the Town.
Any person who shall subdivide any land shall make a plat thereof and
submit the same to the Town Planning Board and no plat of a subdivision of
land shall be accepted for filing or recording by the Town Clerk until it
shall have been approved by the Planning Board and the approval entered in
writing on the plat by the Chairman or Secretary of the Board.
No street, public water supply, sewer or other public improvement shall
be constructed within a subdivision unless a plat of such subdivision has
been approved and recorded as herein provided.
A building permit may be issued only for construction on a lot or parcel
of land which is identified by a recorded plat or deed. Any permit issued
not in conformance with this chapter shall become null and void.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the Town Council
through the Building Inspector or other appropriate officer designated by
the Town Council.