Town of Brewster, MA
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2023-01-05
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Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 157 Streets and Sidewalks
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Article III Laying Out of Public Ways
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 5 Administration
- Ch 6 Boards, Commissions and Authorities
- Ch 7 Festivals
- Ch 8 Bylaws
- Ch 9 Cemetery, Town
- Ch 10 Civil Defense
- Ch 12 Committees
- Ch 15 Council on Aging
- Ch 16 Health and Human Services Committee
- Ch 17 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 18 Affordable Housing Trust Fund
- Ch 20 Fees
- Ch 21 Finances
- Ch 22 (Reserved)
- Ch 36 Personnel
- Ch 38 Public Meetings, Minutes of
- Ch 39 Property, Sale of
- Ch 41 Regional School District
- Ch 42 Select Board
- Ch 43 Town Property, Disposal of
- Ch 46 Town Counsel
- Ch 48 Town Meetings
- Ch 49 Police Department
- Ch 53 Water Districts
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 56 Accommodations
- Ch 58 Alarm Systems
- Ch 59 Recreational Marijuana Retailers
- Ch 60 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 61 Ambulance Service
- Ch 62 Auctions
- Ch 65 Beaches
- Ch 69 Boats
- Ch 72 (Reserved)
- Ch 77 Camping
- Ch 83 Staff Review
- Ch 86 Dogs
- Ch 87 Domestic Partnerships
- Ch 89 Dredging and Soil Removal
- Ch 91 (Reserved)
- Ch 93 Erosion
- Ch 97 Firearms and Explosives
- Ch 98 Hunting in the Punkhorn Parklands
- Ch 100 Flooding
- Ch 106 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 112 Water
- Ch 115 Illicit Connections and Discharges
- Ch 119 Fertilizer Nutrient Control
- Ch 122 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 125 Noise
- Ch 128 Numbering of Property
- Ch 130 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 132 Peeping or Spying
- Ch 135 Pollution and Environmental Hazards
- Ch 146 Secondhand Articles, Sale of
- Ch 150 Sewers
- Ch 152 Single-Use Plastic Water Bottles
- Ch 155 Streetlighting
- Ch 157 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 157 Art III Laying Out of Public Ways
- § 157-4 Required plans.
- § 157-5 Required repairs.
- § 157-6 Acquisition of accepted road.
- Ch 159 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 160 (Reserved)
- Ch 168 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 171 Water Betterments
- Ch 172 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 179 Zoning
- Ch 272 Stormwater Management
- Division 2: Select Board Regulations
- Ch SR Select Board Regulations
- Division 3: Board of Health Regulations
- Ch BOH Board of Health Regulations
- Division 4: Miscellaneous
- Ch 290 Subdivision Rules and Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A295 General Laws and Special Acts
- Ch A296 Committees, Boards and Councils
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 3-6-1967 ATM, Art. 21; amended in its entirety 11-13-2017 FYTM, Art. 13]
A.
In the matter of laying out a public way over private
property, the Select Board shall require a plan drawn by a registered
engineer or registered land surveyor at the petitioner's expense,
which shall include all details of the road, names of all owners and
abuttors, areas to be taken, drainage disposal, easements and any
other specifications that the Select Board may require.
B.
If, in the discretion of the Select Board, a subdivision
plan, approved by the Brewster Planning Board and duly recorded in
the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds, exists, said plan may be
used, provided that it complies with the necessary requirements for
the layout.
In addition, the Select Board may require certain
road repairs if deemed necessary before laying out said road.
If the Select Board decides that said road layout
is in the best interests of the Town, relative to convenience and
necessity, it shall institute proceedings to acquire the same by gift,
purchase or eminent domain.
