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Section IV
SECTION IV - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM STANDARDS OF DESIGN
The following shall be considered a minimum requirement, and will ordinarily be varied by the Board only under the conditions and circumstances set forth in these regulations:
A. Conformity to Official Map
The subdivision shall be in harmony with the official map of the Town of Nottingham.
B. Proposed Roads in Relation to Adjoining Street System
Insofar as the official map does not indicate the size, location, direction, and extent of a street and subject to the regulations hereinafter specified regarding definite minimum widths, the arrangements of streets in a subdivision shall provide the continuation of the principal streets existing in the adjoining subdivision, or of their projections when adjoining property is not subdivided, and shall be of a width at least as great as that as such existing streets.
C. Exceptions to Section IV - B
Where in the opinion of the Board, topographical conditions make such continuances or conformity impractical or in cases of neighborhood or area of which the subdivision is a system of the Town of Nottingham, different from that of said continuations or projections of existing streets and the subdivider's plat conforms to such neighborhood or area plat or plan of the Board, the Board may approve the subdivider's plat.
D. Future Subdivision Street Projections
Where the plat submitted covers only a part of the subdivider's tract, a sketch of the prospective future street system and land usage of the unsubmitted part shall be furnished to the Board, who will consider the street system of the part submitted in the light of the adjustments and connections with the street system of the part not submitted.
E. Special Flood Hazard Areas
All subdivision proposals and proposals for other developments governed by these Regulations having lands identified as Special Flood Hazard Areas in the "Flood Insurance Study for the Town of Nottingham, N.H." together with the associated Flood Insurance Rate maps and Flood Boundary and Floodway Maps of the Town of Nottingham dated April 2, 1986, or later revisions, shall meet the following requirements:
1. Subdivision proposals and proposals for other developments shall be located and designed to assure that all public utilities and facilities, such as sewer, gas, electrical, and water systems are located and constructed to minimize or eliminate flood damage and adequate drainage is provided to reduce exposure to flood hazards.
2. Subdivision proposals and other proposed new developments greater that fifty (50) lots or five (5) acres, whichever is less, shall include one hundred (100) year flood elevation data.
3. In riverine situations, prior to the alteration or relocation of a watercourse, the applicant for such authorization shall notify the New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency, Wetlands Board and submit copies of such notification to the Planning Board and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Further, the applicant shall be required to submit copies of said notification to those adjacent communities as determined by the Planning Board.
Within the altered or relocated portion of any water course, the applicant shall submit to the Planning Board certification provided by a registered professional engineer assuring that the flood carrying capacity of the watercourse has been maintained.
F. No structure, wells, or septic facilities shall be constructed or permitted within any setbacks including but not limited to boundary lines, wetlands, watercourses, and drainage ways.
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