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Town Seal
The Preliminary Layout
The Town of Holderness, New Hampshire
        Each subdivider shall file with the Board four (4) black and white copies of a preliminary layout of the plans at a horizontal scale of not more than 100 feet to the inch.  The material and sheet size shall be consistent with the requirements of the Grafton County Register of Deeds, RSA 478:13A.

        A margin of at least one inch shall be provided outside ruled borderlines on three sides and of at least two inches along the left side for binding.  Two plans will be retained by the Board and two will be returned to the subdivider with an appropriate approval and endorsement.  The preliminary plan shall show, or be accompanied by, the following information.

Proposed subdivision name,  name and address of owner of record, subdivider and designer (indicating to who required notice of hearing shall be sent), date, true north and south, tax map number and locus.

Names of owners of record of abutting properties, abutting subdivision names, streets, existing easements, setbacks, alleys, parks and public open spaces, and similar facts regarding abutting property.

Location of property lines and their approximate bearings and dimensions; existing easements, rights-of-way, buildings, water courses, ponds or standing water, rock ledges and other essential features.

Location of existing water mains, sewers, if any, culverts, drains and proposed connections or alternative means of providing water supply and disposal of sewage and surface drainage.  Location of each percolation test hole and the percolation results and adequate information with respect to soil conditions to meet the requirements of Section 6.8B; and to show that with the lot size, shape and design as proposed, a water well, if required, and a septic tank, if required, can be put on one lot without contamination of the water supply on such lot or on other property.

Location, name and widths of existing and proposed streets and driveways, with their approximate grades and profiles, building lines and the elevation of sufficient points on the property at the scale of no smaller than 1” (one inch) to 100 feet (100’).  The Planning Board may require a scale of 1”  = 50’ determined necessary by the Board.

Boundaries and purposes of proposed permanent easements over or under private property, such easements shall have satisfactory access to existing or proposed public ways.

Proposed lots, approximately square foot size of each lot and setback lines.

Location of all parcels of land proposed to be dedicated to public use and the conditions of such dedication; location of all parcels of land proposed for community use and the conditions of such use, and a copy of such deed restrictions as are intended to cover part or all of such parcels.

Preliminary designs of any bridges or culverts which may be required.

Temporary stakes or other markers shall be provided on the property to facilitate inspection.

Where the preliminary layout submitted covers only a part of the subdivider’s entire holdings, a sketch of the prospective future street systems of the unsubmitted part will be filed and considered in the light of adjustments and connections with the street system of the part submitted.

Provisions made for erosion and sediment control unless there has been a prior determination by the Board that such plans are not necessary.

Topography of the parcel at a contour interval of 2 feet.

A high intensity soil survey, (HISS) as provided in Section 6.8.

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