[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Selectmen
of the Town of Woodbridge 5-2-1983 as Ch. 4, Art. II, of the 1983 Code.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Stormwater management — See Ch. 370.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 375.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 397.
Water — See Ch. 405.
[1]
Editor's Note: This chapter was originally
adopted by the Special Town Meeting 11-15-1951 as part of an ordinance
titled "Highways."
No person shall collect and discharge or drain
surface or cellar water from private property onto any Town highway
except by ditch, pipe, conduit, or other channel, the mouth of which
shall empty directly into a public drainage system serving such highway.
No driveway connecting with any Town highway
shall be constructed or established until plans have been submitted
to and approved by the Board of Selectmen by the owner of the driveway
area, which plans shall be so designated that such construction or
establishment shall not interfere with the use and effective operation
of any public drainage system existing on or in close proximity to
the intersection of such driveway and such highway.
No person shall plow, plant, grade, cultivate,
or build any structure within the legal limits of any Town highway
in such manner as to:
A.
Fill up or obstruct the drainage system of such highway;
B.
Cast or deposit earth, stone or debris of any kind
on, or encroach upon, the traveled portion thereof;
C.
Create a condition within said limits which constitutes
a public hazard;
D.
Interfere with the movement of persons or vehicles
across the legal limits of the highway.
