SECTION 1
No person, firm, corporation or other legal entity may convey, offer or agree to convey and land in a subdivision which has not been approved by the Board and recorded in the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds
SECTION 2
Any person, firm, corporation or other legal entity who conveys, advertises for sale, offers or agrees to convey and land in a subdivision which has not been approved as required by this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars for each such conveyance, advertisement for sale, offering or agreement. The Town of Sebago or the Board of Selectmen may institute proceedings to enjoin the violation of this section, and take corrective action or actions as needed within a specified time agreed to by the Board. Failure constitutes a new violation.
SECTION 3
No public utility, water district sanitary district or any utility company of any kind shall serve any lot in a subdivision for which a Final Plan has not been approved by the Board.
SECTION 4
Not only is making a subdivision without Board approval a violation of law, but also within such a subdivision is grading or construction of roads, grading or land or lots, or construction of buildings until such time as a Final Plan of such subdivision shall have been duly prepared, submitted, approved and endorsed as provided in these Standards, and until the original copy of the Final Plan so approved and endorsed has been duly recorded in the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds.
SECTION 5
The invalidity of any section or provision of these Standards shall not be held to invalidate any other section or provision of these Standards.
SECTION 6
Whenever the requirements of this Ordinance are inconsistent with the requirements of any other Ordinance, Code or Statute, the more restrictive requirements shall apply.
VARIANCES AND LEGAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 1
Where the Planning Board finds that extraordinary and unnecessary hardships, not self-imposed, may result from strict compliance with these regulations, or where there are special circumstances of a particular Plan, it may waive any of these regulations provided that such waiver will not have the effect of nullifying the purpose of these regulations, the Comprehensive Plan, the Shoreland Zoning Ordinance, or any other ordinance.
SECTION 2
In granting any waiver, the Planning Board shall require such conditions as will, in its judgment, secure substantially the objectives of the requirement so waived.
SECTION 3
An appeal of any order or denial made by the Board may be filed by any party within fifteen (15) days from the date of the order or denial, with the Board of Appeals, setting forth specifically the grounds for said appeal. Further recourse may be obtained by appeal to the Superior Court in accordance with Rule 80B.
SECTION 4
The provisions of these Standards, not specifically required by M.R.S.A. Title 30, Section 4956, shall not apply to any subdivision which has been approved by the Board and recorded in the Registry of Deeds of Cumberland County prior to enactment of these Standards.
SECTION 5
Should any section or provision of these regulations be declared by the courts to be invalid, such decision shall not invalidate any other section or provision of these regulations, and to this end, the provisions of these regulations are hereby declared to be severable.
SECTION 6
These regulations may be amended by the Planning Board after a public hearing.
SECTION 7
These Standards are effective November 28, 1977.
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