(A) Preliminary Application.
The preliminary subdivision application shall consist of three (3)
copies of one or more maps or drawings with all dimensions shown in feet or
decimals of a foot, at a scale of not more than one hundred (100) feet to the
inch, showing or accompanied by the following information, unless otherwise
specified or waived by the DRB:
(1)
General information regarding the
subject property and its location, including the following:
(a) Proposed subdivision name or
identifying title and the name of the town.
(b) Name and address of
record owner, subdivider and designer of plan.
(c) Number of acres within
the proposed subdivision, location of property lines and existing easements.
(d) Identification and
location of adjoining landowners to the proposed subdivision, including those
separated by a highway.
(e) Zoning district and any
zoning district boundaries affecting the tract.
(2) The location of the following
natural features or site elements.
(a) The boundaries of all Primary Conservation Resources. For the purpose of these regulations,
Primary Conservation Resources shall include wetlands, flood hazard area, steep
slopes and surface waters and associated buffer areas.
(b) The boundaries Secondary
Conservation Resources. For the purpose of these regulations, Secondary
Conservation Resources shall include prime and statewide agricultural soils and
other open farm fields: critical wildlife habitat; steep slopes, scenic features identified in the Town Plan; and
prominent knolls and ridgelines.
(c) Other key features of the
site, including but not limited to current land uses including structures,
walls, ; driveways, access roads, utility corridors; historic sites and
structures, wooded areas and drainage patterns.
(3) The proposed subdivision plan and all associated site
improvements, utilities, open space, and proposed site development, including
the following:
(a) Location and size of any existing sewers systems, water systems,
water sources, culverts and drainage systems on the property to be subdivided.
(b) Location, names and
present widths of existing and proposed streets, highways, easements, building
lines, alleys, parks and other public open spaces as well as similar facts
regarding adjacent property.
(c) Contour lines at
intervals of two (2) feet, or otherwise specified by the DRB, of existing and
proposed grades.
(d) Typical cross-sections
of the site or portion of the site if required by the DRB.
(e) Perimeter boundary
survey of the subdivision tract and an accurate indication of proposed internal
lot boundaries, prepared by a licensed
land surveyor.
(f) Means
of providing water supply to the proposed subdivision.
(g) Means of on-site disposal or off-site disposal
of septic wastes including location and results of tests to ascertain
subsurface soil, rock and groundwater conditions, depth to groundwater unless
pits are dry at depth of seven (7) feet; location and results of percolation
tests.
(h) Provisions for
collecting and discharging storm drainage, in the form of a drainage plan.
(i) Preliminary designs of
any bridges or culverts which may be required.
(j) The location of
temporary markers adequate to enable the DRB to locate readily and appraise the
basic layout in the field. Unless an
existing highway intersection is shown, the distance from one corner of the
property to the nearest existing highway intersection shall be shown in miles
and tenths of miles.
(k) Delineation of proposed
open space, if any, and the location of natural features or site elements to be
preserved and the method for protecting those features or elements.
(l) All parcels of land proposed to be dedicated to common public use
and/or common ownership and the conditions of such dedication.
(B) Vicinity
Map. The preliminary application
shall include a vicinity map drawn at the scale of not over four hundred (400)
feet to the inch to show the location of the proposed subdivision relative to
adjacent properties, roads in the vicinity, and to the general area within two
thousand (2000) feet of any property line of the proposed subdivision. Within such area the vicinity map shall
show:
(1) All existing parcels together with the names of the owners of
record of all parcels which directly abut or are located directly across any
street adjoining the proposed subdivision.
(2) Locations, widths and
names of existing, filed or proposed streets, easements, building lines and
alleys pertaining to the proposed subdivision and to the adjacent properties as
designated in Paragraph (1), above.
(3) An outline of the platted
area together with its street system and an indication of the future probable
street system of the remaining portion of the tract, if the Preliminary Plat
submitted covers only part of the subdivider's entire holding.
(C) Supporting
Documents. The preliminary
application shall include the following materials:
(1) A brief written narrative describing the proposed subdivision and
its conformance with these regulations and the goals and policies of the
Fletcher Town Plan
(2) List of waivers, if any, the subdivider desires from the
requirements of these regulations and the zoning bylaw.
(3) A description of any proposed covenants and/or deed restrictions
which are intended to cover all or a portion of the subdivision.
(4) A description of any proposed homeowners association or other form
of management agreement for lands, facilities or services to be held and
maintained in common ownership.
(5) An indication of the construction sequence and time schedule for
the completion of each phase of the subdivision.
(6) Other information, studies or reports required by the DRB under
Article II of these regulations.
(A) Final
Subdivision Plat. The final plat
application shall consist of three (3) copies of a complete survey of the
subdivision tract, on one or more sheets 18 inches by 24 inches or a multiple
thereof, prepared by a licensed land surveyor.
Additional plans showing proposed lot improvements may be required and
submitted for approval. Space shall be
reserved thereon for endorsements by all appropriate agencies. The final plat for subdivision shall conform in all aspects to the preliminary plat
as approved by the DRB. The Final
Subdivision Plat shall show:
(1) A notation stating: “This plat is subject to the terms and
conditions of approval by the Fletcher DRB in accordance with the Fletcher
Subdivision Regulations, granted (date of final approval),” and shall contain
signature line for endorsement by the DRB Chair.
(2) Proposed subdivision name
or identifying title, the name of the Town, the name and address of the owner
of record, the name, license number and seal, and signature of the licensed
land surveyor, the boundaries of the subdivision, location map, scale, date and
north reference meridian.
(3) Highway names and lines,
trails, lots, reservations, easements and areas to be dedicated to public use.
(4) Sufficient data to
determine the boundary location by bearing, length and/or radial data of every
highway line, lot line, boundary line, building envelope if any, and to
reproduce such lines upon the ground.
In instances involving the creation of one or more development lots from
a large tract of land, in which one or more of the newly created lots will be
of large acreage to be retained or transferred by the subdivider, the DRB may
waive the requirement that the large tract be surveyed in accordance with
section provided all new proposed boundaries are surveyed.
(5) Lots within the
subdivision numbered in numerical order.
(6) The boundaries of all areas to be restricted from development,
held in common or reserved as open space or conservation land, if any, pursuant
to the requirements of Article IV, with appropriate notation.
(7) By proper designation on
such plat, all public open space for which offers of cession are made by the
subdivider and those spaces to be reserved by the owner.
(8) The proposed location of all utility poles and/or underground
utility lines and proposed right-of-way
limits.
(9) The location of all the proposed improvements referred to in
Article IV as well as potable water supplies or system, sewage disposal
systems, and grading plan and other devices and methods of draining the area
within the subdivision. Additional
engineering drawings may be submitted to depict said sewage, grading, drainage,
and potable water supply.
(10) The location of monuments which shall be set at all corners and
angle points of the boundaries of the subdivision and at all road intersections
and points of tangency.
(11) Any additional notations required by the DRB which reference
specific conditions of subdivision approval to be included on the final plat.
(B) Supporting
Documents. The following supporting
documents shall be submitted to the DRB with the final plat:
(1) A certificate of title showing the ownership of all property and
easements to be dedicated to the Town and proposed deeds conveying property or
easements to the Town.
(2) A draft of all restrictions, if any, which will run with the
land and become covenants, including
proposed deed restrictions, agreements or other documents showing the
manner in which streets, open space and/or other commonly held lands or
facilities are to be dedicated, reserved and maintained.
(3) A certificate from a consulting engineer, approved by the
Selectboard, as to the satisfactory completion of all improvements required by
the DRB, or in lieu thereof, a performance bond or equivalent surety to secure
completion of such improvements and their maintenance for a period of two
years, with a certificate from the Selectboard that it is satisfied with either
the bonding or surety company, or with security furnished by the subdivider.
(4) A copy of association
covenants and/or bylaws if a property or homeowners' association is being proposed.
(5) Any other legal data necessary for the administration and
enforcement of these regulations.
(6) Any other documents
required by the DRB as a result of preliminary plat approval.
(7) Proof of notification to abutting landowners.
(A) Waiver for Large Parcels. Subdivisions involving especially large
parcels, such as the subdivision of a single ten acre lot from an existing 200
acre parcel, may, at the discretion of the DRB, be exempted from one or more of
the above requirements, such as the requirement that the boundaries of the
large parcel to be retained by the landowner be surveyed. In granting such an exemption, the DRB may
require that a portion of the subdivision (e.g. the ten acre lot in the
preceding example) comply with these requirements, and that a surveyed plat for
that portion of the larger subdivision be recorded in the land records.