[Adopted 9-3-1963]
A.
No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter construct, build,
establish or maintain any driveway, sidewalk or other entrance to
any property adjoining a public highway or right-of-way without first
having obtained a written permit to do so from the Town Engineer.
No such permit shall be issued for construction or establishment of
any such driveway, sidewalk or other entrance except in accordance
with the provisions herein contained.
B.
Application for permit must be made in writing upon forms furnished
by the Town. Said application shall contain the name and address of
the person, firm or corporation making the application, the name of
the contractor or person who is to construct said driveway, sidewalk
or other entrance, and the proposed location and dimensions of such
driveway, sidewalk or other entrance.[1]
C.
Application for permit shall be made by the contractor who shall
be a paving contractor approved by the Director of Technical Services
or his agent. Complete plans and specifications shall be submitted
to the Town Engineer at least three days before the permit shall be
issued.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Throughout this chapter, all references to the Department of Public Works or Public Works Department were amended to the Department of Technical Services and all references to the Director of Public Works were amended to the Director of Technical Services at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
Before the granting of any permit a fee as provided in Chapter 215, Fees, shall be paid by the applicant.
All work shall be done under the jurisdiction of the Director
of Technical Services or his agent and in accordance with the ordinances
of the Town and shall be inspected upon completion by the Director
of Technical Services or his agent.
All plans and specifications must conform to the following minimum
requirements before a permit for construction or reconstruction shall
be permitted:
A.
Any driveway, sidewalk or other entrance shall be installed at an
elevation or grade at the street line on any fifty-foot right-of-way,
seven inches above the gutter elevation or grade, or two inches above
the grade or elevation of the center line of the street.
B.
In any case where these base elevations or grades are undetermined
or indeterminate a street line elevation or grade shall be furnished
by the Town Engineer.
C.
The width of the driveway, sidewalk or other entrance shall be as
determined from time to time by the Director of Technical Services.
D.
Combined curb and gutter and separate curbing shall be entirely removed
for the full width of the driveway opening at curbline. If an existing
joint in said curb is within five feet of the end of the driveway
opening, remove the existing curbing, etc., to said joint; otherwise
cut said combined curb and gutter or separate curbing, making a neat
edge truly at right angles to the edge of the pavement and truly vertical.
Integral curbing, which is that type placed with the pavement and
molded as an integral part of it, must be removed for the full depth
from the top of curb to the bottom of the pavement. The edge must
be cut as above described. No combined curb and gutter, straight curb
or integral curb shall be removed within five feet of a public crosswalk.
E.
Where driveways cross open ditches in the parkways, culverts shall
be installed. Said culverts shall be of such size and shall be constructed
of such material as determined by the Department of Technical Services,
depending on the conditions existing. In no instance shall the size
of the opening be less than that obtained by a twelve-inch diameter
pipe. The length of culvert shall be determined by the following method:
for ditch of two feet or less the culvert shall extend not less than
five feet beyond both edges of the driveway where it crosses the ditch.
For each additional foot depth of ditch add two feet to the above
figure, except that no culvert shall be less than 20 feet long and
except that where headwalls are constructed at the ends of the culvert
the length shall be as determined by the Department of Technical Services.
F.
Where a change in existing drainage installations must be made or
trees removed in order to comply with this article, the cost for such
change shall be borne solely by the applicant, and the determination
of the change necessary and the work done shall be under the direction
and supervision of the Department of Technical Services.
G.
All driveways constructed or reconstructed over, across or upon any
public street or public parkway in the Town shall be kept and maintained
at all times in accordance with the provisions hereof by the persons
so constructing, reconstructing or using the same as an adjunct or
appurtenance to lands or properties immediately adjacent thereto.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall hereafter
construct, build, establish or maintain any driveway, sidewalk or
other entrance to any property abutting an unaccepted or private road
without obtaining a permit shall do so at his or its own risk, and
thereafter if said unaccepted road or private way shall be accepted
by the Town anyone abutting thereon shall be subject to compliance
with these regulations and may be so compelled by the Town, and the
Town shall be released of any responsibility whatsoever to said property
owner or its assigns.
Any installation made illegally or incorrectly shall be subject
to correction as per the instruction of the Director of Technical
Services, and if such defect is not corrected within a reasonable
time as determined by the Director of Technical Services said defect
shall be corrected by the Department of Technical Services or its
agents, and the cost for such corrections shall be borne solely by
the property owner and shall be a lien on the property in the same
manner as real property taxes and shall be placed by the Director
of Technical Services on the land records thereof within 60 days from
the date of completion by the Department of Technical Services or
its agents.
The Director of Technical Services may vary any of the requirements
of this article for proper cause, but such variance shall be so noted
on the permit and signed by the Director of Technical Services or
his authorized agent.
Accompanying the application the contractor shall file with
the Department of Technical Services the following bonds:
A.
A performance bond in the sum of $2,000 or more.
B.
A surety bond issued by a regular indemnity or surety company authorized
to do business in the State of Connecticut conditioned substantially
that the applicant shall indemnify and save harmless the Town of Plainville
or any of its officers from all suits and action of every name and
description brought against said Town or any officer of said Town
for or on account of any injury or damage received or sustained by
any person in consequence of or resulting from any work performed
or negligence by said applicant, his servants or agents or of or from
any negligence in guarding such work.
