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RULES AND REGULATIONS
GOVERNING THE SUBDIVISION OF LAND
MILLBURY, MASSACHUSETTS
SECTION 1: PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY
1.0 PURPOSE (MGL Chapter 41, Section 81M)
The Rules and Regulations Governing the Subdivision of Land, in the Town of Millbury, Massachusetts, have been enacted for the purpose of protecting the safety, convenience and welfare of the inhabitants of Millbury by regulating the laying out and construction of ways in subdivisions providing access to the several lots therein, but which have not become public ways, and ensuring sanitary conditions in subdivision and in proper cases parks and open areas. The powers of the Planning Board under the Subdivision Control Law shall be exercised with due regard for the provision of adequate access to all the lots in a subdivision by ways that will be safe and for convenient travel; for lessening congestion in such ways and in the adjacent public ways; for reducing danger to life and
limb in the operation of motor vehicles; for securing safety in the case of fire, flood, panic and other emergencies; for insuring compliance with the applicable provisions of the zoning bylaw; for securing adequate provision for water, sewerage, drainage, underground utility service, fire, police, and other requirements where necessary in a subdivision; and for coordinating the ways in a subdivision with each other and with the public ways in the Town and with the ways in neighboring subdivisions.
1.1 AUTHORITY
Under the authority vested in the Planning Board by Section 8l-Q of Chapter 4l of the General Laws of Massachusetts, as amended, said Board hereby adopts these Rules and Regulations Governing the Subdivision of Land in the Town of Millbury.
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