All Town highways shall be designed in accordance with the Town
of Milo's standard detail for Town highways and the following
design specifications as stipulated in this article.
Applicants are responsible for providing sound engineering design
of all highways and its appurtenances. The design shall be prepared
by a professional engineer experienced in the design of such work.
Design information, engineering reports, plans and specifications
shall provide the information required by this chapter and additional
information that may be required by the Town Highway Superintendent.
Boundary surveys shall be performed and certified by a land surveyor.
All revisions to the originally submitted plans shall be noted and
dated by the applicant's professional engineer on revised plans,
and shall be submitted for approval by the Town Highway Superintendent.
The design of all Town highways shall conform to all of the
following criteria unless approved otherwise by the Town Highway Superintendent:
A. Design life. The minimum design life shall be 20 years.
B. Drainage. Drainage facilities designed to handle a fifty-year storm
under the roadway and twenty-five-year storm on all other facilities;
the minimum size opening of any pipe is 12 inches in diameter or equivalent.
C. Fire protection.
(1) Fire hydrants shall be provided along Town highways that are located
in a municipal water district and shall have a separation distance
in accordance to NFPA 1141, Standard for Fire Protection Infrastructure
for Land Development in Wildland, Rural and Suburban Areas, as amended
from time to time, and NFPA 1142, Standard on Water supplies for Suburban
and Rural Fire Fighting, as amended from time to time. The type and
size of each fire hydrant shall be approved by the Town Board and
the Fire Chief. Lastly, the installation, testing and maintenance
of fire hydrants shall be performed in accordance to AWWA M17, Installation,
Testing and Maintenance of Fire Hydrants.
(a)
Exemption(s):
[1]
Fire hydrants are not required to be installed along Town highways
if the municipal water district cannot support such hydrants. In such
a case, the Fire Chief shall ascertain if additional fire protection
such as but not limited to dry hydrants and fire ponds is warranted
as stipulated in NFPA 1141, Standard for Fire Protection Infrastructure
for Land Development in Wildland, Rural and Suburban Areas, as amended
from time to time, and NFPA 1142, Standard on Water supplies for Suburban
and Rural Fire Fighting, as amended from time to time.
(2) For Town highways that are located outside of a municipal water district,
the Fire Chief shall ascertain if additional fire protection such
as but not limited to dry hydrants and fire ponds is warranted as
stipulated in NFPA 1141, Standard for Fire Protection Infrastructure
for Land Development in Wildland, Rural and Suburban Areas, as amended
from time to time, and NFPA 1142, Standard on Water supplies for Suburban
and Rural Fire Fighting, as amended from time to time.
D. Geometric design. Geometric design features shall be consistent with
a minimum design speed of 45 miles per hour (mph).
E. Grade. The maximum grade shall be 10%. The average grade shall be
no more than 8%, with the grade not exceeding 3% of the first 70 feet
of highway from an intersection.
F. Intersection.
(1) Intersections of highways shall be at angles as close to 90°
as possible, and in no case shall two highways intersect at an angle
smaller than 75°. To this end, where one highway approaches another,
between 75° and 90°, the new highway should be curved approaching
the intersection. A tangent of at least 50 feet is required for any
intersecting highway.
(2) Intersections involving a junction of more than two highways, with
the exception of traffic circles, shall be prohibited unless approved
ahead of time by the Town Highway Superintendent.
(3) To avoid dangerous jogs, highways should be designed to intersect
directly opposite of each other or have a minimum center line off
set of 200 feet.
(4) All intersections shall be designed to avoid the accumulation of
water.
G. ROW and traveled way.
(1) The width of ROWs and traveled ways shall be measured at right angles
to the center line of the highway and shall not be less than the following:
(2) Exception(s):
(a)
ROWs may be wider in many cases and their width should be illustrated
on the plans.
H. Shoulders. The minimum shoulder width shall be two feet.
I. Traffic control devices. Traffic control devices shall be designed
in accordance to the MUTCD, as amended from time to time.
(1) Highway names. Highways that form an extension to existing highway
of abutting or neighboring lots of record shall bear the same name.
Names of new highways shall not duplicate, nor bear phonetic resemblance
to the names of existing highways or private roads within the Town.
The applicant shall submit an erosion and sediment control plan
that is prepared, signed and sealed by a professional engineer that
describes the proposed area of disturbance, temporary and permanent
erosion control measures that is consistent with technical standards,
including, but not limited to, the New York State Standards and Specifications
for Erosion and Sediment Control, most current version or its successor.
The applicant shall submit a stormwater management plan that
is prepared, signed and sealed by a professional engineer that contains
provisions to control erosion and sedimentation and reduce the impacts
of stormwater; stormwater infiltration and runoff from the site based
on the technical standards including, but not limited to, the New
York State Stormwater Management Design Manual, most current version
or its successor.
Town highways shall not be designed and constructed as dead-end
highways.