[HISTORY: Adopted May 1997 ATM by Art. 11
as Ch. 29 of the 1997 Bylaws. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 6-12-2021 ATM by Art. 55]
Before the Select Board shall act upon any petition
for laying out, relocation or alteration of a public way over privately
owned property the petitioners shall have complied with the following:
A.
A plan shall be presented, drawn and prepared by a
registered professional engineer and/or a registered land surveyor.
(1)
Said plan shall be prepared on tracing cloth in black
India ink, in suitable dimensions, showing details consisting of side
lines of traveled ways, buildings, location of poles, curbing, property
lines, width of proposed layout with bearings and distances, drainage
disposal areas, and drainage easement when required, full names of
owners of record of adjoining properties, case numbers, certificates,
book and page numbers on which certificates are recorded of all Land
Court parcels.
(2)
The plan shall also include parcel numbers and areas
of taking, as well as all pertinent engineering data, including the
location of concrete monuments set on the side lines of the roads.
(3)
A sketch plan, including profiles, will be accepted
for the hearing.
(4)
Recommended changes after the hearing shall be included
in the finished plan.
B.
A separate drawing showing existing profile on center
line of road, with proposed finished profile, shall be presented;
it shall also show bench marks used, the existing and the finished
elevations on the center line of the road at each fifty-foot station,
and the grades of all proposed drainage easements. The cross section
shall show cuts, fills, subgrade, finished surface, shoulders, berms
and slopes.
C.
A separate drawing shall give the details of the proposed
construction, showing installation of fences, guard posts, islands,
curbing, leaching basins, catch basins, storm sewer, berms, leadoffs,
etc.
D.
Minimum of 33 feet in width, with a minimum clearance
of 28 feet and hardened surface of 20 feet.
E.
The specifications shall set forth the area to be
cleared, excavated and filled. The finished construction shall have
a minimum grade of 5/10 of 1% and a maximum grade of 7%.
(1)
The subgrade shall be graded to proper elevation and
cross section, rolled to an even, firm foundation, without ruts or
soft, yielding places. Each layer shall be compacted by rolling with
a ten-ton or heavier roller until a smooth, even and uniformly compacted
course is obtained.
(2)
The surface of any layer shall be maintained in its
finished condition until the succeeding layer is placed.
(3)
The base shall be properly drained at all times.
(4)
The finished roadbed shall consist of gravel, mixed
with loam or clay hardening, compacted in layers and to a minimum
depth of four inches, rolled to an even, firm surface without ruts
or soft spots, all as approved by the Surveyor of Highways.
(5)
During construction, grades as shown on the proposed
finished profile must be maintained.
(6)
Finished surface construction shall consist of Class
I bituminous concrete, Type 1-1, laid in two courses, binder two inches
and finish one inch. Construction methods shall conform to those required
in Section B-18, Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as amended.
F.
Concrete bounds to be set at all angle points, points
of curvature, and points of tangents, on one side of the road, using
5 x 5 x 32" concrete bounds.
G.
Executed deeds or deeds by owners of land conveying
to the Town for nominal consideration the land included in the proposed
layout and for drainage easements shall be delivered to the Select
Board prior to the time the article in the warrant is to be presented
for acceptance at Town Meeting.
(1)
The complete cost of the work under all of the foregoing
headings shall be borne by the petitioners.
(2)
Strict compliance with the requirements of this section
may be waived when, in the judgement of the Select Board after consultation
with the Planning Board, such action is not contrary to the best interests
of the Town.
A.
A betterment assessment program is established under
the provisions of Chapter 80 of the Massachusetts General Laws for
assessing betterments to the abutters on any private way which may
be constructed or brought up to established standards only after the
Town has voted to accept such ways.
B.
Before the Town shall vote to accept any private way
under this program, there shall have been filed with the Select Board
a petition for such acceptance containing the signatures of 3/4 of
the owners of lots abutting and/or having access on said way; the
Board shall have prepared a preliminary range of costs based on a
rough estimate of charges to be levied against all abutters, including
engineering, legal, construction or reconstruction, administration
and interest; this preliminary estimate will be communicated by letter
to each abutter; should they still desire to pursue the betterment,
return a signed copy of the letter requesting the Board to proceed
to incur the engineering costs on their behalf so that a final specific
estimate of all costs can be developed; should 2/3 of the letters
be returned favorably, the Board shall proceed to finalize the cost
estimates and hold a public hearing on the original petition after
due notice to said abutters and shall advise them at this time of
the total cost to be borne by them individually and collectively for
the betterment.
[Amended 6-12-2021 ATM by Art. 55]
C.
The Select Board shall act upon all private ways proposed
to be accepted by the Town under the betterment assessment program
strictly in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 80 and 82 of
the Massachusetts General Laws.
[Amended 6-12-2021 ATM by Art. 55]
[Amended 6-12-2021 ATM by Art. 55]
The name of any street in the Town shall not
be changed until a petition for an article in the warrant for the
Annual Town Meeting is presented to the Select Board, with a majority
of the landowners on said street signing such petition, and the article
is favorably acted upon by the voters at such Annual Town Meeting.
A.
Every building on a public or private way within the
Town shall be provided with a clear and legible street number placed
in such a manner as to be clearly visible from such ways.
B.
The Building Commissioner shall determine the street
numbers to be assigned to all buildings located on public or private
ways.
C.
All new buildings erected or located in the Town must
have street numbers affixed prior to the date of occupancy.
