Town of Hanson, MA - Planning Board Rules and Regulations

Under the authority vested in the Planning Board of the Town of Hanson by Section 81-Q of Chapter 41 of the General Laws and by all other applicable sections of the subdivision Control Law and other enabling laws, said Planning Board hereby adopts these "Rules and Regulations Governing the Subdivision of Land in the Town of Hanson, Mass." if, pursuant to Section 81-R of Chapter 41, the Board waives any requirements of these Rules and

No person shall make a subdivision within the meaning of the Subdivision Control Law of any land within the Town of Hanson, or proceed with the improvement or sale of lots in a subdivision, or the construction of ways or the installation of municipal services therein, unless and until a definitive plan of such subdivision has been submitted and approved by the Board; as herein-after provided, and/or endorsed by the Town Clerk.

b. Applicant - All the owners of record of the land stated in the application for subdivision. An agent, representative or his assigns may act for an owner, provided written evidence of such fact is submitted to the Board. Evidence in the form of a list of their officers and designated authority to sign legal documents shall be required for a corporate owner.

e. Designer - Professional engineer, landscape architect, architect, or land surveyor registered to practice in Massachusetts. All public and private utility design and other engineering practices as defined in Section 81D of Chapter 112 of the General Laws shall be done by or under the direct supervision of, and shall be endorsed by, a registered professional engineer. All layout of lands and subdivisions shall be done by or under the direct supervision of, and shall be endorsed by, a registered land surveyor.

l. Street or way - A way, street or road open and dedicated to public use, including a public way or a way certified by the Town Clerk to have been used and maintained by public authorities as a public way, a way approved and constructed under the provisions of the Subdivision Control Law, or a private way in existence prior to said Subdivision Control Law having become effective in the Town of Hanson and having, in the opinion of the Board, adequate width, grades, and construction for the vehicular traffic and the installation of municipal services to serve the land abutting on such way and the buildings erected or to be erected thereon.

m. Subdivision - "Subdivision" shall mean the division of a tract of land into two (2) or more lots and shall include re-subdivision, and, when appropriate to the context, shall relate to the process of subdivision or the land or territory subdivided; provided, however, that the division of a tract of land into two (2) or more lots shall not be deemed to constitute a subdivision within the meaning of the subdivision control law, if at the time when it is made, every lot within the tract so divided has frontage on (a) a public way, or a way which the clerk of the ... town certifies is maintained and used as a public way, or (b) a way shown on a plan theretofore approved and endorsed in accordance with the subdivision control law, or (c) a way in existence when the subdivision control law became effective in the... town in which the land lies, having, in the opinion of the Planning Board, sufficient width, suitable grades and adequate construction to provide for the needs of vehicular traffic in relation to the proposed use of land abutting thereon or served thereby, and for the installation of municipal services to serve such land and the buildings erected or to be erected thereon. Such frontage shall be of at least such distance as is then required by zoning or other....bylaw, if any, of said....town for erection of a building of such lot".

"Conveyances or other instruments adding to, taking away from, or changing the size and shape of, lots in such a manner as not to leave any lot so affected without the frontage above set forth, or the division of a tract of land on which two (2) or more buildings were standing when the subdivision control law went into effect in the town in which the land lies into separate lots on each of which one (1) of such building remains standing, shall not constitute a subdivision".

Any person wishing to cause to be recorded in the Registry of Deeds a plan of land situated in the Town of Hanson, who believes that such plan does not require approval under the Subdivision Control Law, may submit such plan to the Board in the manner prescribed in Section 81-T of said Subdivision Control Law. Such plan shall be suitable for recording and shall be accompanied by seven full size copies, by a completed application Form A (See Appendix), and by other evidence necessary to enable the Board to determine that the plan does not show a subdivision within the meaning of the Subdivision Control Law and that no non-conforming lots or structures are created by the submitted application. Such information shall include, but shall not necessarily be limited to the locus, zoning identification, delineation of property boundary, area and frontage of, and the buildings thereon with setbacks from all lot lines, any lot or parcel of land the boundaries of which are being established, requisite square, percentage of uplands, assessor's plan # and lot #, changed or to be recorded without change. Any plan submitted under this section shall contain sufficient information to show that the parcel is not a subdivision. Failure of the plan to show adequate or accurate information shall be sufficient grounds for the Board to refuse to endorse under Section 91-P of Chapter 41A.

Within twenty-one days of the submission of a plan believed not to require approval, the Board shall either endorse the plan with the words "Approval under the Subdivision Control Law not required" followed by date and signatures or, if the Board determines that the plan requires approval as a subdivision, it shall notify the applicant by certified mail and the Town Clerk in writing of its decision. The Board may add notations, if the plan so warrants, indicating certain lots are not buildable under the current Town By-Laws. The original tracing of the plan shall be released to the applicant and the copies shall be retained by the Planning Board.

No subdivision shall be approved unless it complies with these Rules and Regulations and with the applicable provisions of zoning and other town by-laws and regulations and of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, nor unless, in the opinion of the Board, such subdivision meets the requirements of public safety, including reasonable precautions against possible natural disasters, of traffic safety and convenience, of adequate water supply, method of erosion and sedimentation control, storm water drainage and sewage disposal and is designed with due regard to the rights, health and welfare of Hanson inhabitants, including the residents of such subdivision. Proposed subdivisions shall adhere to the principles of correct land use, sound planning and good engineering.

The approval of a subdivision by the Board does not affect any rights others may have in or over the land to be subdivided, nor does it give the applicant the right to perform work on land owned by others. The Board assumes any plans submitted for its approval or consideration to be correct, unless evidence is presented to the contrary. The acquisition of necessary rights and the presentation of complete and correct information to the Board are responsibilities of the applicant and the failure to do so, including the failure or inability to obtain all necessary permits, licenses, releases or rights may constitute a reason for the disapproval or the rescission of approval of a subdivision plan. The applicant shall certify that every lot within a subdivision has an area equal to or greater than that required by the Zoning Bylaw.

The Subdivision Control Law requires that when either a preliminary or definitive subdivision plan is submitted to the Board, the applicant shall file with the Town Clerk by in-hand delivery or registered mail a notice stating the date of submittal; this filing shall include, in addition to items listed in Section 4 or 5, a completed application Form B (see appendix) for a preliminary plan, or Forms C with C-1 and D (see appendix) for a definitive plan. If the notice is given by delivery, the Town Clerk shall, if requested, give a written receipt therefor. The applicant shall simultaneously deliver a copy of such plan to the Board of Health. Such plan shall be considered submitted, unless within one week of such delivery the Board determines that the required procedure was not followed, as by omission of one or more of the items required to be filed with the definitive plan in sub-section 8.1, or by failure to comply with the requirements of Sections 4 and 5 of these Rules and Regulations, in which case the date when all such required items or data are furnished to the Board shall be considered the legal date of submission of the plan.

Preliminary plans of a subdivision may be submitted when desired by the applicant. The preliminary plan may be drawn to a suitable scale between 1" = 100' and 1" = 40' in either pencil or ink on suitable drawing medium and eight full size copies shall be submitted to the Board. The preliminary plan shall identify all easements, rights of way, covenants or restrictions applying to the proposed subdivision. In addition the preliminary plan shall provide the following information.

The Board may invite the applicant to discuss proposed modifications of the preliminary plan and shall then, within forty- five days of the submission, approve with or without modifications or disapprove such preliminary plan. the time during which the Planning Board must act of a Preliminary Plan may be extended by the Planning Board upon written request of the applicant and notify the Town Clerk of its action and, in case of disapproval, state the reasons therefor. The approval of the preliminary plan does not constitute an approval of the subdivision. If the preliminary plan is not disapproved, the Rules and Regulations of the Planning Board in effect at the time of its submission shall govern the definitive subdivision plan evolved from such preliminary plan, provided such definitive plan is submitted within seven months of the submission of the preliminary plan.

A Preliminary sketch, showing less information than required for a preliminary plan, may be submitted by an applicant for an informal review and recommendations of the Board. Such preliminary recommendations of the Board shall be conditioned on the extent of information shown on the sketch. Applicants are urged to submit such preliminary sketches in order to obtain the Board's proposed streets in a future subdivision, thus avoiding the expense submitted without such preliminary review.

All drawings comprising a definitive subdivision plan shall be made on consecutively numbered sheets of uniform size, which size may be 18" X 24", 24" X 30", 24" X 36", or 30" X 40", by or under the direct supervision of the designer whose name appears on the plans. Except as specified below, all drawings shall be executed in black drawing ink on tracing cloth, mylar or equivalent to a plan or horizontal scale of 1" = 40" and vertical scale for profiles of 1" = 4', except that vicinity maps. cross sections and details may be shown to such other scale as will ensure clarity. All drawings shall have a title block containing the name and section designation of the subdivision, the names of the applicant and designer, designation of drawing with reference to the matter shown thereon, scale, date, imprint of designer's professional registration stamp and the number of the drawing (see Appendix - Form I). There shall be provided on each drawing space for endorsement by the Planning Board, including space for reference to any conditions or limitations of approval and for the date, space for the Town Clerk's certificate of no appeal. All plans shall have a north arrow designated as to bearing system which shall be the same for all plans for a given subdivision.

All plans shall conform, as far as possible, to the latest Manual of Instruction of Massachusetts Land Court. The number and arrangement of plans shall be such as to provide for clarity and easy readability. The names of proposed streets shall not be inked in until approved by the Board, but such proposed names may be shown in pencil.

The vicinity map shall be drawn to a convenient scale between 1" = 800' and 1" = 200' inclusive to show on one sheet all of the proposed subdivision, all of other adjacent land of the applicant and other adjacent properties to the nearest existing street in every direction. Important ground features such as brooks, public areas, lot lines, easements and streets only need be shown in a general manner and labelled, no dimensions need be given except where of specific importance in evaluating the subdivision. Pencil tracings or prints are acceptable. The limits of the proposed subdivision shall be indicated by a heavy line or by use of color and existing and proposed features should be distinguished by different lines, labelling or other methods.

The lot layout plan shall show to scale and in their true relative position and with sufficient dimensions and bearings to establish their exact location on the ground and on the plan with respect to at least two existing permanent monuments in existing ways the boundaries of the subdivision, existing buildings and all of the items denoted R (required) in the following Table, located within or less than 25 feet from the proposed subdivision. The plans shall show the location and width of all existing and proposed easements, covenants, restrictions and right-of-way. All proposed streets or ways shall be mathematically tied into the layout of the nearest accepted local, county, or state road, and said calculations be made available to the Board's engineer upon request.

The street and utilities construction plan and profile for each street shall be on a separate sheet and shall consist of the layout plan of the street within the subdivision or beyond it to the limit of the proposed construction necessary to provide adequate access and connection of municipal services, and of a profile matching the layout and located wither above or below it for ease in locating corresponding points. The plan shall show all street sidelines, centerlines, corner roundings, turnarounds

(clearly identifiable as permanent or temporary), showing the length of each straight segment to the nearest one hundredth of a foot and the bearing thereof to the nearest five seconds of arc, and shown the length, central angle, radius, length of tangents for each curved segment to the same degree of precision as the straight lines and clearly identifying all non-tangent curves. The centerline of the roadway shall coincide with the centerline fo the right-of-way. The plan shall also show and clearly identify as such all existing and proposed construction features, such as pavement, walks, curbing, drains, catch basins, manholes, water mains, other underground conduits where known, retaining walls, traffic islands, grass plots, bituminous berms and gutters. Centerline stations shall be designated at 100 foot intervals and at or opposite points of tangency, angles in street line, manholes, catch basins, and culverts.

The profile shall show the existing sidelines and existing and proposed centerlines with elevations every 50 feet and at all high and low points, and all proposed drains, catch basins, manholes, cleanouts, siphons and other appurtenances identifying the material, class or strength, and size of drains and the rate of grade for each section thereof in percent and giving centerline stations and invert elevations of all catch basins, manholes, cross drains or culverts.

Detail drawings: any special construction features, deviating from or not covered by standard specifications, shall be shown on detail drawings. Such detail drawings may be incorporated as part of a utility plan or profile or may be executed on separate sheet or sheets and shall provide information as to dimensions, locations, inverts, rim elevations, elevations, materials, etc., of the construction details involved. The requirement for detail drawings shall be applicable, but not limited to, bridges, culverts, structurally stabilized slopes, utility piping encased in concrete, ditches and brooks shaped or constructed to a definite cross-section, dams, and spillways, steps within the exterior lines of the street and similar construction features.

bodies within the subdivision shall be given and ground surfaces identified as to type, such as woodland, fields, swamp, ledge outcrops, periodically flooded, etc.; street and lot lines shall be shown in a general manner to facilitate orientation; bench marks, brooks, ditches, walls and structures, trees larger than six inches in caliper, and spot elevations of high and low points shall be shown and identified. Existing and proposed contours shall be shown on the same drawing whenever excavation or fill in excess of two feet depth will be necessary at any lot in the subdivision. Said contours shall be shown in two foot intervals using dashed lines for existing and solid lines for proposed contours. The contours must correspond to the existing and proposed grades of streets shown on profile drawings. The approval of a subdivision by the Planning Board does not constitute an authority to remove from it the earth materials and the developer shall be required to comply with all provisions of all town by-laws, of the General By-Laws and with any other laws and regulations relative to the removal of soil, loam, sand, gravel, rock, and other earth material.

5.9 Other information: The Planning Board may require the applicant to furnish such additional information as may, in the opinion of the Planning Board, be necessary to evaluate the feasibility of proposed design of the subdivision. Such information may include the results of any tests or copies of calculations used in design, calculations demonstrating the adequacy of proposed storm drain systems and their compatibility with existing drainage systems, estimates of flood elevations reached during a 100-year storm, ground and surface water elevations, reasons for excessive fill or excavation, cross-sections of excavation of fill areas, evaluation of traffic safety and adequacy of roads in the vicinity of the subdivision, copies of agreements granting the developer rights essential to development of the land and construction work involved, including the right of access over existing ways.

6.2 The Board may require the plan to show a park or parks suitable located for recreational and other public purposes and for providing light and air. Such park or parks shall not be unreasonable in relation to the land being subdivided and to the prospective uses of such land. The Board may require by appropriate endorsement on the plan that no building be erected upon such park or parks without the Board's written approval for a period of three years from the date of the approval of a subdivision.

6.4 Easements for utilities, bicycles and pedestrian paths shall be provided where necessary across lots or along the rear or sidelines of lots and shall be at least 30 feet wide for utilities and 12 feet wide for bicycle and pedestrian paths. When a subdivision is traversed by a water course, drainage way, channel or stream, or contains a water storage facility, the Board may require the provision of an easement of adequate width to conform substantially to the lines of said feature and to provide for the possibility of flooding, protection of banks and adjacent properties, future maintenance of construction and other necessary purposes. Slope easements shall be provided where necessary to ensure lateral support and protection of streets and other construction features.

6.5.1 Streets within a subdivision shall be continuous, in alignment with existing streets or to the limits of the subdivision so as to provide for future extension in adjacent undeveloped lands and to form a convenient system for safe travel. No subdivision shall be approved unless the streets therein connect to and are accessible from a public way or an existing private way open to public and in which the applicant has the necessary rights, nor shall it be approved if the Planning board determines that such access roads will fail to meet acceptable engineering standards for capability to handle expected additional traffic from said subdivision.

6.5.2 Street intersections or jogs with centerline offset of less than 150 feet, reverse curves, streets of varying width, street intersections at less than 60 degree angle and reserve strips prohibiting access to streets or adjoining property shall not be permitted, except where the Board finds them to be in the public interest.

6.5.4 Depending on the amount of traffic they will be expected to accommodate, the streets in town, except state highways, shall be classified as arterial, collector, local and minor. The classification of a proposed street shall be determined by the Planning Board. Stopping sight distances for all streets shall conform to standards for horizontal and vertical alignment and intersections given in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials "A Policy on Geometric Design of Rural Highways" latest revised publication.

6.5.5 The minimum grade for all streets shall be 1.0% and the maximum grade shall be 6% for arterial and collector streets and 10% for all other streets. Where street grade at the approach to an intersection exceeds 3%, a levelling area shall be provided having grades not exceeding 1% for a distance of 50 feet from the nearer exterior line of the intersecting street.

6.6 Storm drains, culverts, and related installations, both surface and sub-surface, shall be designed to provide for safe unimpeded flow of natural water courses, drainage of low areas along streets and to intercept water runoff along streets at intervals reasonably related to the extent, surface type and grade of the area drained. Proper connection shall be provided to the existing drainage system and drains shall be extended to adjacent lands so as to provide for their future continuation. Drainage depending on flow over streets or land outside subdivision shall not be approved unless appropriate easements are first obtained. The minimum drain pipe size shall be 12" and the design velocity of slow shall be no lower than 2.5 feet per second and shall be 3 feet per second where obtainable. Maximum design velocity of slow shall be 7.5 feet per second. Catch basins shall be located at both sides of roadway not more than 250 feet apart and as necessary for proper interception of water runoff. Catch basins shall not be located at driveway openings. Culverts shall be designed to accommodate a 50 year frequency storm; underground storm drains, catch basins and related installations shall be designed to accommodate a 10 year frequency storm.

6.7 Water mains, laterals and appurtenances shall be designed to conform with the Water Department specifications, and to provide adequate water service for the needs of residents and for fire protection. The minimum size of water main shall be 8". Water mains shall connect to municipal water supply system and shall extend to the limits of subdivisions wherever a future continuation into adjacent land is feasible. Whenever possible, the system shall be designed to form a continuous loop with existing or proposed water mains. Hydrants shall be spaced not more than 500 feet apart. A copy of the plan, showing the fire alarm systems, shall be submitted by the Board for the comments and recommendations of the Fire Chief.

7.1 The applicant shall arrange, perform or contract and pay for all services and material needed for the installation of municipal services, including storm drains, water supply, and fire alarm and their appurtenances and for the construction of streets, including roadbed preparation, pavement, driveway aprons, sidewalks, grass plots, curbing, non-regulating street signs, bounds, fences and guard rails, retaining walls and roadside improvement such as slopes and trees. All of these required improvements shall be installed or constructed in accordance with applicable provisions of these Rules and Regulations and as shown on approved definitive plans or as specified in the certificate of Planning board's approval or in any covenants and agreements executed by the applicant and accepted or approved by the Board.

7.2 Planning Board may employ expert engineering, technical, clerical and other assistants to ensure proper administration of the Subdivision Control Law and of these Rules and Regulations. The Planning Board Agent is authorized to review and inspect the work in subdivisions and ensure that it is performed in accordance with good engineering practice and with all applicable specifications. The developer shall keep the Planning Board and its Agent informed of the progress of the work and shall provide safe and convenient access to all parts of the work for inspection by members and agents of the Planning Board. No work will be accepted that has been covered before such inspection.

7.3.1 The entire area of each street or way shall be first cleared of all stumps, brush, roots, boulders, like material and all trees not intended for preservation. All loam and other yielding material shall be removed from the roadway area to the depth encountered and for the full width of the traveled way. Rock and boulders shall be taken away or broken off to a depth of not less than 12" below th bottom of the subgrade. All drains, public utilities and water mains including individual service laterals shall be installed and the roadway inspected as hereinafter provided (1st inspection) prior to any further construction of the roadway.

7.3.2 All roadways shall be brought to a finished grade as shown on the profiles of the Definitive Plan and in accordance with the cross section adopted by the Planning Board, constructed as follows: At least eight (8) inches of good, clean bank gravel with no stones larger than four (4) inches in diameter shall be placed and rolled with at least a ten ton roller. The surface shall be wet during rolling to bind the material. Thereafter the roadway shall receive a layer of select gravel of at least four (4) inches in thickness, free of all stone over one and one-half (1 1/2) inches in diameter and free from loam or other foreign material. This layer shall also be wet and rolled with said roller. Prior to any further construction the roadway shall be inspected as hereinafter provided (2nd Inspection).

7.3.3 After the roadway has been finished with the top gravel coat and inspected it shall receive the following surface treatment: The roadway shall be paved to a thickness of 4 (four) inches measured after compaction with two (2) courses of Class One Bituminous concrete pavement, Type I-l consisting of a one (1) inch wearing course and two (2) inch binder course. The aggregate shall be composed, mixed, and laid hot in tow courses as specified in the "Massachusetts Public Works Specifications, Section 460 for Class I Bituminous Concrete Pavement" as specifically set forth in Section 460.20 to 460.82 (see plate 4) or as amended. Upon completion of the surface treatment said roadway shall be again inspected as hereinbefore.

7.3.4 At the points hereinbefore noted the roadway shall be inspected by the Planning Board or its designee. The inspectors' written approval of the work completed is required before further work may begin. To cover the cost of such inspection there shall be deposited with the Board, prior to the first request for inspection, a sum equal to the amount set by the Board in accordance with Section 11.3.

7.4.31 Each drainage plan submitted for approval shall be accompanied by a design analysis prepared by a qualified Registered Professional Engineer. The analysis shall clearly indicate all the computations for the drain including determination of pipe size and strength, and a statement concerning the disposition of flow. If the flow is discharged to the ground surface on land not belonging to the applicant then a drainage easement over the ground subject to flow shall be obtained by the applicant, and a statement to that effect shall be included with the design analysis.

7.4.32 A rainfall having a frequency of occurrence of once in 10 years has been selected for design computations for drain lines. This storm amounts to 1.8 total inches of rain in one hour. Intensities for small areas correspond to the time of concentration for the area. A rainfall having a frequency of once in 50 years shall be used for roadway culvert design.

7.4.33 Runoff for any area may be calculated by using the "Rational Formula", which allows for infiltration, filling minor depressions, and other losses. The factors used in the Rational Formula are based on the assumption of built up areas throughout town. Pipe sizes computed on this basis will be slightly oversized for present land development, but will allow adequate capacity for future land development.

7.4.34 The proper drain size may be calculated by using "Manning's Formula" with a "Kutter's" "n" valve of .013 for concrete pipe, and .024 for corrugated metal pipe. Standard charts for deriving runoff and drain sizes using these figures may be obtained upon request from the Planning Board or its agent. For culverts, the minimum size of pipe shall be 12 inches in diameter. The culverts and drains shall be large enough to pass the design storm without surcharge.

7.4.35 All storm drains shall be reinforced concrete of adequate strength except that in off-street locations bituminous coated, galvanized, corrugated metal pipe or pipe arch may be used if approved by the Hanson Planning Board. Concrete pipe shall conform to the State of Massachusetts standard specifications for Highways and Bridges, as amended.

7.4.36 All pipes shall be laid on a slope so that the minimum velocity with the pipe flowing full shall be 3.0 feet per second. Consideration will be given to flatter slopes if adequate provisions are made for cleaning the pipes. All plans having drains with slopes which will produce pipe velocities less than 2.0 feet per second, flowing full, shall be accompanied by a letter stating the reason for the flat slope. The letter shall have a space for approval by the Planning Board or its agent, and the drain shall not to be constructed until the letter has been approved. The maximum allowable velocity with the pipe flowing full shall be the 10.0 feet per second.

7.4.37 Inlets shall have an adequate waterway opening to pass the design storm with not more than 0.2 feet of surcharge. Grates and frames shall be cast iron suitable for the loads which can occur either during the construction or afterward. Inlets shall be constructed either during the construction or afterward. Inlets shall be constructed either of brick and mortar with 8" thick walls, precast segmental concrete blocks not less than 6" thick mortared in place, or of precast pipe sections. Inlets shall be set on a base of either poured concrete 8" in thickness, or precast segmental base blocks not less than 4 inches in thickness. Inlets shall be used in off-street locations and the grate frame shall be mortared in position with the top 0.2 feet below the grade of the finished ground surface. Side openings may be used in lieu of a grate if the quantity of runoff exceeds the capacity of a grate of reasonable size as approved by the Planning Board of its agent. Inlets shall be 4.0 feet inside diameter below the corbelling and shall not be used on drains greater than 30 inches in diameter. A shaped invert is not required but the bottom of the inlet shall be finished at the same grade as the lowest pipe invert. At inlets where the outlet pipe is larger than the inlet pipe, the crown of the outlet pipe shall be at the same elevation or lower than the crown of the inlet pipe.

7.4.38 Catch basins shall be installed on both sides of the roadway on continuous grades at intervals not to exceed 250 feet, at low points and sags in the roadway, near the corners of the roadway at intersecting streets, by the Board. Such catch basins shall be provided with granite curb inlets. (See detail plate 4-a). Drain pipes shall extend through a maximum of 3 catch basins and thereafter through manholes to the point of discharge, with a manhole being required at every change in direction, slope or diameter in the drain pipe, and at every intersection of drain pipes. All catch basins except for the first 3 shall discharge into the drain through a manhole. (See detail plates 1, 1A, 2, 2A, 3, 3A, 3B).

7.4.39 The pipe trench shall be excavated to the required line and grade shown on approved plan including earth boulders and ledge. Trenches for storm drains shall be no wider than the outside diameter of the pipe plus 16 inches for pipes through 18 inches nominal diameter, and the outside diameter plus 24 inches for pipe larger than 18 inches. This trench width shall apply from the top of the pipe to the bottom of the trench. Above the top of the pipe the trench may be as necessary to properly install the pipe. Trenches with side slopes steeper than the natural angle of repose of the soil shall be sheeted as necessary to avoid cave-ins and sloughing.

All excavations shall be properly barricaded and lighted at night where they are close to pedestrian or vehicular traffic. Before any pipe is placed in a newly constructed fill, the Contractor shall, as directed, place the filling 2 feet above the top of the pipe after which the pipe trench may be excavated. If any cross pipes conduits, drains or other unforeseen obstacles are encountered in the excavation which cannot be relocated, the drain shall be redesigned to avoid the obstruction in a manner suitable to the Planning Board or its agent. Possible obstructions to the line shall be investigated prior to the construction of the drain in its immediate vicinity.

7.4.40 Trenches may be excavated with a flat bottom, but the full length of the pipe, except the bell, must rest upon undisturbed soil except as hereinafter specified, Where trenches have been over-excavated, a selected earth or gravel foundation, thoroughly compacted, shall be provided for proper pipe bedding. Soil, which is considered to be unstable by the Planning Board or its agent, shall be removed to a depth of not less than 2 feet below the bottom of the pipes and replaced with compacted sand and gravel to the bottom of the pipe. Unstable soil or other excavated material shall be disposed of off site.

7.4.41 Pipe shall be laid starting with the downstream end. Grade boards or other approved devices shall be provided to insure that the pipe is laid true to line and grade. Reference bench marks shall be clearly marked to enable the Inspector to quickly check the grade and invert elevations. The joints of all pipes shall be filled with mortar composed of one part Portland Cement to three parts clean sharp sand. Jute shall be required on joints of all pipes 15 inches or larger. Lime may be added up to 25 percent of the cement and enough water to make a workable mix. The downstream pipe shall be laid with groove or bell end facing upstream in the proper position, and a dab of mortar shall be placed in the bell or groove. the spigot or tongue end shall be placed in the bell or groove, such that the inverts match and, the peripheral space shall be filled with stiff mortar. All mortar squeezed out on the inside of the pipe shall be removed before it sets.

7.4.42 After the pipe has been laid and inspected, the trench shall be backfilled. The space under the pipe haunches shall be carefully filled with selected material, free from stones or frozen earth, and compacted carefully to prevent the pipe from moving. The layer of backfill up to 12 inches over the top of the pipe shall also be of selected material free from stones and frozen earth, well compacted. The remainder of the trench shall be backfilled in 12 inch layers except as noted below, and each layer shall be fully compacted in an approved manner. Under roads or other traffic areas the trench shall be backfilled in 6 inch layers with each layer compacted to the density of the surrounding soil. Pavement and base course materials removed during the excavation process shall be replaced with pavement and base course to match those removed. No old pavement shall be backfilled into trenched. When, in the opinion of the Planning Board or its agent, the excavation is deep enough to warrant it, temporary pavement shall be provided as directed. Trenches not in pavement shall be left in mounded condition as directed by the Planning Board or its agent.

7.4.43 Security bars shall be provided at the entrance and outface of all culverts or open pipe drains. Bars shall be constructed according to the detail indicated on Plate 9 or of a design approved by the Planning Board or its agent, and the grate shall be installed in a manner approved by the Planning Board or its agent. A suitable drawing of the grate and method of installation shall be submitted for approval with the plans for the drains and appurtenances.

7.4.45 The discharge ends of all drains with flowing full velocities of 4 feet per second or more shall be protected with a rip-rap apron of a width not less than 10 times the nominal pipe diameter from the end of the discharge pipe. The riprap for exit velocities of 10 feet per second or less shall be composed of a layer of stones 12 inches in thickness or more, placed upon a bed of sand and gravel 6 inches in thickness. The stones shall be sized so that not less than 60 percent shall have one dimension 12 inches or more. The stones after being laid shall be carefully chinked by hand to make a reasonably smooth and shaped surface. Where exit velocities are greater than 10 feet per second, the thickness of stones and the dimensions of the individual pieces shall be sized to prevent displacement by the flow. In this case, details shall be submitted to the Planning Board or its agent for approval. In addition, riprap will be required for all drainage channels having design flow velocities greater than five (5) feet per second and for any change in direction or intersection of drainage channels.

7.4.46 Water pipes and related facilities such as hydrants, blow-offs and shut-off valves shall be installed within the subdivision as necessary, providing all lots on each street with adequate water supply for domestic and fire protection use. Hydrants shall be not further than 500 feet apart. The cost for materials, labor and installation shall be borne by the subdivider. Materials and supplies used in such installation shall conform to Water Department specifications. Water mains shall be no less than 8 inches in diameter and shall be of larger size when required by the Board. All water pipe and facilities including curb stops for each lot shall be constructed prior to the finish grading of the roadway.

7.5.1 Sidewalks shall be required on one (1) side of the street and as required by the Planning Board. Bikeways shall be considered as separate from sidewalks and should be located according to Planning Board recommendations. Where bikeways and sidewalks are adjacent, the minimum right-of-way shall be twenty-five (25_ feet. The profile, dimensions and location of separately located sidewalks and bikeways shall be subject to the approval of the Planning Board. The grade shall be at least 1" above curb elevation. Sidewalks and bikeways shall be in accordance with either specification 7.5.11 or 7.5.12 below:

7.5.11Concrete sidewalks, 4" thick cement concrete, reinforced with No. 4, 4" X 4" mesh, 2,500 lb. concrete, wood float finished, laid on a base of at least 6" of well compacted bank gravel. An expansion joint (3/4" open) shall be provided at least every 20' dividing joints shall be scored into walk every 4'. Base gravel material shall be in accordance with the specifications outlines above for street construction, provided that no stone shall have a dimension in excess of 2-1/2". It shall be thoroughly compacted using a sidewalk roller weighing at least tow tons. (See detail plate 4A).

7.5.12 The foundation shall be 8" of bank gravel as specified in (a) above (material and compaction). The wearing surface shall be laid in two courses, a 3" bottom course, laid in two 1 1/2 courses, compacted, and a 1 1/2" top course, compacted, the thickness to be measured after compaction. The material and application shall conform to the specifications for roadway surfacing. All edges of the walks shall be formed with wood screeds which are securely anchored and left in place. (see detail place 4A).

7.7 On all areas within roadway, walkway, and bikeway right-of-ways except areas receiving surface treatment or areas requested by the Board to be left in a "natural condition" the ground shall be cleared and grubbed and at least six inches (6") of an approved loam topsoil shall be applied. These areas shall be protected from erosion and seeded with an acceptable perennial lawn grass or other approved ground cover. Planted areas will not be accepted until there is a substantial, uniform, and healthy growth and until building construction has been completed.

Only such areas as roadways, driveways, building sites and areas requiring filling may be stripped of topsoil. Areas on a lot where cut or fill is not required for construction of the buildings on that lot shall not be stripped of topsoil. Only surplus loam after the above requirements have been met may be disposed of within the Town.

7.8 Monuments shall be installed at all street intersections, at all points of change in directions or curvature of streets and at other points where, in the opinion of the Board, permanent monuments are necessary. Such monuments shall be at least 4" X 4" reinforced concrete or granite posts and must extend from 3-1/2 feet below finished grade to not more than 6" above ground unless otherwise specifically authorized by the Board in writing.

7.9 Street trees not less than twelve (12) feet in height and of a species approved by the Tree Warden shall be planted on each side of every street in the subdivision wherever in the opinion of the Planning Board existing woodlands or suitable individual are not retained. Trees shall be located outside the exterior street lines and at such distance therefrom and at such spacing as the Tree Warden shall specify. Willows will not be permitted. All street trees shall be guaranteed for one full year.

8.2 A definitive subdivision plan may be submitted by in-hand delivery to the Board or by registered mail, care of the Town Clerk, as provided by the Subdivision Control Law. Such plan shall be considered submitted, unless within one week of such delivery the Board determines that the required procedure was not followed, as by omission of one or more of the items required to be filed with the definitive plan in subsection 8.1, or by failure to comply with the requirements of Sections 4 and 5 of these Rules and Regulations, in which case the date when all such required items or data are furnished to the Board shall be considered the legal date of submission of the plan. The applicant shall give notice to the Town Clerk of the submission of a definitive plan and submit copies of all components of a definitive plan to the Board of Health as required by the Subdivision Control Law.

8.3 Before approval or disapproval of a definitive plan, the Board shall hold a public haring, notice of the item and place of which and of the subject matter sufficient for identification and including the location of the proposed subdivision and the name of the applicant, shall be given at the expense of the applicant by advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Hanson once in each of two successive weeks, the first publication being not less than 14 days before the day of such hearing, and by mailing be certified or registered mail a copy of such advertisement to the applicant and to each owner of land abutting the land included in such plan as appearing on the most recent tax list. The applicant shall file at the time of the public hearing sufficient evidence that he has paid the cost of providing required notice and no plan shall be approved until such expenses listed in fee schedule have been paid.

8.4 After the public hearing and not later than 135 days with no preliminary plans, 90 days for non-residential, and 90 days residential with preliminary plans, after the submission of the definitive plan, unless an extension of this time limit has been requested in writing by the applicant or his agent and granted by the Board, the Board shall, by a majority vote approve, with or without modifications and conditions, or disapprove such plan. The action of the Board, including any conditions of approval or specific reasons for disapproval, shall be stated in a certificate of action and filed with the Town Clerk and a copy thereof sent by the Board to the applicant by registered mail. Unless an appeal is taken to the superior court from the action of the Board and a written notice of such appeal is received by the Town Clerk within 20 days of the receipt by the Town Clerk of the certificate of action, the Planning Board shall sign the approved definitive plan and refer thereon to any conditions of approval or to any instrument describing such conditions. The applicant will then, at his expense, furnish the Board with ten sets of full size copies of all drawings comprising the definitive plan and with one complete set of duplicate tracings on mylar, tracing cloth, or equivalent.

9.1 Before the Board endorses its approval on a definitive plan, the applicant shall agree to construct streets and to install utilities necessary in the opinion of the Board to provide access and municipal services for all lots within such subdivision and including such grading of the land as may in the opinion of the Board, be necessary to ensure proper drainage and to perform all such work in strict compliance with these Rules and Regulations and shall secure such construction and installations by one of the two methods described in the following subsections 9.2 and 9.3, which method may be selected and from time to time varied by the applicant.

9.2 The applicant shall file surety with the Town, satisfactory to the Board, in a penal sum or amount sufficient in the opinion of the Board to secure the performance of the construction of ways and installation of utilities for all lots not covered by a Covenant as described in subsection 9.3 below. Any surety filed or deposited in accordance herewith, shall be executed so as to secure the completion of all required work within two years of such filing or deposit or within such other time as the Board may specify. Standard forms and cost estimates to be completed and filed by the Developer with annual review by the Planning Board. Upon failure of the developer to complete such work to the satisfaction of the Board and in accordance with all applicable plans, regulations and specifications, the Town shall be entitled to enforce or realize upon such security to the extent necessary to complete all such work without delay.

9.3 The applicant shall execute a Covenant, approved by the Board as to content and rom which shall be recorded with the approve definitive plan at the expense of the applicant. The Covenant shall provide that no lot within the subdivision of the portion thereof described in the Covenant shall be built upon or conveyed, except by mortgage deed, until such lot or lots shall be released from the conditions of said Covenant by a majority vote of the Planning Board upon satisfactory completion of ways and the installation of municipal services in accordance with the approve definitive plans and with all applicable plans, regulations and specifications. The Covenant shall run with the land and shall be binding upon the applicant and the applicant's successors in title to the land to which the Covenant refers or any portions thereof. Any Covenant and any conditions required by the Board of Health shall be inscribed on the definitive plan to which they refer or shall be recorded as a separate document and referred to on such definitive plan.

9.4 If the developer desires to secure by means of a Covenant the construction of ways and the installation of municipal services in a portion of a subdivision for which no building permits have been granted and to have the Board release the bond or negotiable securities previously furnished to secure such construction and installation, the developer shall submit to the Board a cloth tracing and three copies of a new plan, limited only to that part of the definitive plan which is to be subject to such Covenant. Upon approval of the Covenant by the Board, reference thereto shall be inscribed on such new plan and the plan endorsed by the Planning Board and recorded with the Covenant at the expense of the developer.

9.5 No reduction or release of bond or other sureties and no release of lots from the restrictions of a Covenant shall be granted by the Board, unless a turnaround as described in 6.5.6 above is constructed at the end of the constructed portion of each street in the subdivision, except where such street ends in a junction with another existing street.

9.6 The developer may request in writing the release of bond or negotiable securities or the release of lots in a subdivision from the restrictions contained in a Covenant upon the completion of all work secured thereby. Such request shall be accompanied by two copies of a certificate by a designer that the work in the subdivision had been completed to the extent described in such certificate and conforms in all details to the approved subdivision plan to the Planning Board Certificate of Action, and to these Rules and Regulations. Before the Board releases said surety or said lots it shall receive from their agent a written notification confirming that the developer has complied with all conditions and terms of the Certificate of Action and with all requirements of the Standard Specifications. In the event of deviation from the approved plan, Certificate of Action or from the requirements of these Rules and Regulations, such deviation shall be described in the certificate, which shall then be accompanied by two copies of the street layout plan and profile showing the utilities and the street layout plans and profile showing the utilities and the street or portion of street "as constructed."

Certification shall be by the engineer and surveyor employed by the applicant at his own expense, and shall indicate that all easements, street, sidewalks, storm drains, water lines, underground telephone and electricity, and their appurtenances have been constructed in accordance with lines and grades of said plan and are accurately located as shown thereon.

9.7.2 The Board shall obtain from the applicant a statement in writing by the Highway Surveyor, Certification of Construction (Form J), that all work under his jurisdiction required by these rules and regulations has been inspected and completed in each street in the subdivision (or in the street or streets serving the lots covered by the surety), including storm drains, bridges, and sidewalks and that he has approved the construction and materials used in the performance of such work.

9.7.3 The applicant shall execute an instrument (See appendix - Form H) transferring to the Town valid, unencumbered title to all utilities constructed and installed in the subdivision. The developer shall also convey to the Town, without cost and free of all liens and encumbrances, perpetual rights and easements to construct, inspect, repair, renew, replace, operate and forever maintain such utilities and all water courses, banks and holding ponds constructed and installed within the subdivision.

9.7.4 The Board shall obtain from the applicant a statement in writing by the Water Board (Form J) that it has inspected and the applicant has completed each water main and its appurtenances in accordance with the requirements of these rules and regulations and it has approved the construction and materials used in the performance of such work.

9.7.6 The applicant shall provide the town at not cost with final plans showing the precise location of public water supply, public sewers, storm drainage, public utilities, water valves, shut-offs, manholes, hydrants, and monuments. At least (2) two ties shall be shown to each electric service lot connection and street light service. The plan shall contain a certification by an engineer that the locations shown on the plan represent the locations as constructed.

and release the surety or the lots or state wherein the work fails to comply with the definitive plan and with these Rules and Regulations and refuse the request. Either action shall be by a majority vote of the Board and a certificate of the Board's action shall be transmitted, within 45 days of the developer's request, to the Town Clerk, to the developer by registered mail, in a form suitable for recording, and to the surety company concerned, if any.

9.9 When only a portion of the streets and other improvements shown on the definitive plan have been constructed or installed and a release from the covenant is requested, the Board shall consider as satisfactorily completed only such lengths and parts as thereof as will (in and of themselves) from convenient and adequate systems without the necessity of further extension or improvement, and shall consider as eligible for release only such lots as front on, are connected, or are otherwise served by such streets, utilities and other improvements.

9.10 Upon a request by the developer or upon its own initiative, the Board may request from their agent a statement of extent and of the construction work completed by the developer and other estimated cost thereof, and may by a majority vote reduce the penal sum of bond or the amount of deposit of negotiable securities to an amount not less than the estimated cost of the completion of the remainder of the construction of ways and the installation of municipal services secured by such bond or deposit, except that no such reduction shall be to an amount less than 15% of the initial surety of $1000 whichever is greater. Copies of such vote shall be transmitted by the Board in writing to the Town Clerk, the applicant and the bonding or surety company, if any.

10.1 The Board may rescind or modify its approval of a subdivision plan previously approved, may discontinue and abandon private ways and may establish or revise the exterior lines, profiles (grades) and names of such private ways previously approved under the Subdivision Control Law or shown on a plan recorded prior to the date said law became effective in the Town of Hanson and not laid out or maintained by the Selectmen or other public authorities. The procedure for such rescission or modification of approval, discontinuance or private ways and the establishment or revision of the exterior lines, grades or names thereof shall, so far as apt, follow the procedure for the submission, processing and approval of definitive subdivision plans, including the requirements for the construction of ways and the installation of utilities, where applicable. Lots sold or mortgaged in good faith and for a valuable consideration and any rights appurtenant to lots shall not be affected by any action of the Board under this section, except with a written consent of the owners and mortgagees of such lots. The action of the Board under this section shall become effective in accordance with Section 81-W of the Subdivision Control Law.

10.2 The Board may permit relocation of lot lines without a public notice or a public hearing in accordance with Section 2 of these Rules and Regulations, and may permit relocation of utility easements and other minor changes which do not affect names, grades or exterior lines of ways without a public notice or a public hearing.

11.3.2 A deposit as stated in the fee schedule shall be made by the applicant payable to the Town of Hanson for fees in relation to plan review, at the time of definitive submittal and at the time of preliminary plan submittal if deemed necessary by the Board. A deposit as stated in the fee scheduled shall be made by the applicant payable to the Town of Hanson for fees in relation to construction inspection. Additional deposits of higher amounts may be required in the case of extraordinary size, construction design, or design change. As the above deposits are expended, the applicant shall, upon notice from the Board, make further deposits in such a manner that the total deposit with the Town shall at all times equal the initial amount as determined by the Board.

The applicant hereby applies for the approval of said definitive plan by the Planning Board, and in furtherance thereof hereby agrees to abide by the Rules and Regulations of the Planning Board of the Town. The applicant hereby further covenants and agrees with the Town, upon the approval of said definitive plan by the Planning Board.

1. To construct ways and install municipal services as shown on the approved definitive plan in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Planning Board of the Town, with such modifications or conditions, if any, as may be imposed by the Planning Board or Board of Health of the Town, such modifications or conditions to be set forth in a Certificate of Action to be filed by the Planning Board with the Town Clerk. Such construction of ways and installation of municipal services shall, if begun, be completed within two years from the date of endorsement by the Planning Board of its approval of the plan unless the Planning Board shall specify a different period of time for the completion of such work. If the construction of ways and installation of municipal services is not begun within two years from the date of endorsement by the Planning Board of its approval of the plan, or within such shorter or longer period of time as the Planning Board may specify, such approval shall terminate and the applicant shall be required to resubmit the plan to the Planning Board for re-approval with such modifications or conditions as the Planning Board may then deem appropriate.

2. To give security for the construction of ways and installation of municipal services required under paragraph 1 above in accordance with G>L> c.41, s. 81U, as amended. The giving of such security shall not operate so as to relieve the applicant of his or its obligations under paragraph 1 above, and if the applicant fails to construct ways and install municipal services as therein required and the security given under this paragraph proves insufficient to pay for the completion of such work, then the applicant shall be liable to the Town for the additional cost of completing such construction of ways and installation of municipal services.

3. To permit the Planning Board, its duly authorized agents and employees, and any agent or employee of the Town or any person authorized by the Town, to enter upon the land included in the subdivision for the purpose of determining whether the work required under paragraph 1 has been begun or completed, and for the purpose of completing such work, if begun, in the event the applicant fails to do so within the required time. The applicant shall grant to the Town an easement, which shall be referred to on the plan and recorded with the plan, to enter upon the land for the purposes set forth in the preceding sentence.

4. To record the definitive plan and any covenant given under G>L> c. 41 s. 81U, as amended, in the appropriate district registry of deeds or registry district of the land court within sixth (60) days of the date of the Planning Board's endorsement of its approval of the plan. Any covenant given under G>L> c.41, s. 81U, as amended shall be referred to on the recorded definitive plan. If the Planning Board shall impose modifications or conditions on its approval of the definitive plan, its Certificate of Action setting forth such modifications or conditions shall be referred to on the plans and shall be attached to and recorded with the plan. Any condition required by the Board of Health or Health Officer of the Town not incorporated in the Planning Board's Certificate of Action shall also be inscribed on the plan or contained in a separate document referred to on the plans and recorded with the plan.

All owners of the land must sign the application. If the land is owned by a corporation or trust, a copy of the instrument authorizing the person who signs the application to act for the owner must be attached to the application. If the applicant is not the owner of the land, a separate sheet listing the names and addresses of the owners and the interests of the applicant in the land should be attached to the application.

Dated ___________________________, 19___. this approval is subject to receipt of a covenant or other proper security under G.L. c.41, s. 81U,as amended, to secure the construction of ways and the installation of municipal services in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Planning Board of the town and the plans now on file with the Planning Board.

Now therefore, in consideration of the Planning Board approving said plan without requiring a performance bond or other surety, and in consideration of one dollar in hand paid, receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the Developer represents, covenants and agrees with the Town pursuant to G.L.c. 41, s. 81U, as amended as follows:

1. The developer is the owner in fee simple of all the land included in the aforesaid subdivision and there are no mortgages of record or otherwise on any of said land, except those described below and subordinated to this Covenant, and the present holders of said mortgages have assented to this Covenant prior to its execution by the Developer.

3. The ways and municipal services required to serve the lots in said subdivision shall be installed and constructed as shown on the definitive plan and in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Planning Board of the Town, with such modifications or conditions, if any, as have been imposed by the Planning Board or Board of Health of the Town, such modifications or conditions being set forth in a Certificate of Action dated _________________________ to be recorded herewith, before such lot may be built upon or conveyed other than by a mortgage deed; provided that a mortgagee who acquires title to the mortgaged premises by foreclosure or otherwise and any succeeding owner of such premises or part thereof may sell any such lot subject to the limitation that no lot shall be built upon until such ways and services have been provided to serve such lot; and provided further that nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit a conveyance by a single deed, subject to this Covenant, of either the entire parcel of land shown on said subdivision plan or of all of lots shown on such plan not previously released by the Planning Board.

The condition of this obligation is that if the Principal fully and satisfactorily observes and performs in the manner and in the time therein specified, all of the covenants, conditions, agreements, terms and provisions contained in the application signed by the Principal and dated ______________________,19___, under which approval of a definitive plan of a certain subdivision entitled ___________________________________________

of the Town, with such modifications or conditions, if any, as have been imposed by the Town acting through its Planning Board or Board of Health, then this obligation shall be void, otherwise, it shall remain in full force and effect and the aforementioned sum shall be paid to the Town to satisfy and complete the Principal's obligations.

_______________________________________________________________________, as Principal, hereby binds and obligates himself/itself and his or its executors, administrators, devisees, heirs, successors and assigns, jointly and severally, to the Town of Hanson, a Massachusetts municipal corporation, in the sum of ______________________________________ Dollars, and has secured this obligation by depositing in the name of the Town of

The condition of this obligation is that if the Principal fully and satisfactorily observes and performs in the manner and in the time therein specified, all of the covenants, conditions, agreements, terms and provisions contained in the application signed by the Principal and dated ___________________,19___, under which approval of a definitive plan of a certain subdivision entitled ____________________________________________

a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of ________________________ and having a usual place of business in __________________________, as Surety, hereby bind and obligates themselves and their respective executors, administrators, devisees, heirs, successors and assigns, jointly and severally, to the Town of Hanson, a Massachusetts municipal corporation, in the sum of __________________________Dollars.

satisfactorily observes and performs in the manner and in the time therein specified, all of the covenants, conditions, agreements, terms and provisions contained in the application signed by the Principal and dated _____________________,19___, under which approval of a definitive plan of a certain subdivision entitled

of the Town, with such modifications or conditions, if any, as have been imposed by the Town acting through its Planning Board of Board of Health, then this obligation shall be void; otherwise, it shall remain in full force and effect and the aforesaid sum shall be paid to the Town to satisfy and complete the Principals obligation.

The Principal, _______________________________________, hereby assigns ___________________________________, deposited in (bank, address of bank) as a performance bond for certain subdivision developments to be performed at the location of _________________________________in the Town of Hanson _______________________________, shall be held by the Treasurer of the Town of Hanson until such time as the development requirements shall be fully completed by the principal. Upon the principals written notification to the Planning Board of the Town of Hanson, the Town shall cause an inspection of the site within thirty days of the written notification and upon approval, release _________________________, with a written release to the principal.

The undersigned, being a majority of the Planning Board of the Town of Hanson, Massachusetts, hereby certify that in the opinion of the Planning Board sufficient surety has been provided to secure performance of the construciton of ways and installation of municipal services required to serve certain lots, hereinafter designated, in accordance with the provisions of the Covenant dated ___________________,19___, and recorded in _________________________Regitry of Deeds, Book _________, Page__________, and/or registered in _______________________Registry District of the Land Court, as Document No. ____________________and noted on Certificate of Title No. ________________, Registration Book _____________, Page________,

and ground water drain or drains with any manholes, pipes, conduits and their appurtenances, and to do all other acts incidental to the foregoing, including the right to pass along and over the land for the aforesaid purposes, in, through, and under the whole of __________________________, dated _______________________, said plan is made and said plan is incorporated herein for a complete and detailed description of said roads.

Massachusetts, the present holder of a mortgage upon the above described land which mortgage is dated _________________, and recorded in said Deeds, Book _____________,Page______________, hereby releases unto the said grantee and its successors and assigns from the operation of said mortgage the rights and easements hereinabove granted and assents thereto.