[Adopted 2-24-1975 (Ch.
9, Art. II, of the Town Code)]
[Amended 12-12-1989]
A.
No person shall construct, relocate or pave a private driveway which
will connect with a Town road or a proposed Town road in an approved
subdivision in the Town without first obtaining a permit from the
Board of Selectmen.
B.
An application for a driveway construction permit shall be on the
forms prescribed by the Board of Selectmen and obtained through the
office of the Building Official.
C.
No permit shall be issued until the Board of Selectmen or its authorized
representative has examined the site and approved the application
and plans submitted by the property owner or his representative.
(1)
The
application shall include a plan which is in accordance with the following
design standards:
(a)
The travel width of the driveway shall not be less than 10 feet;
all culverts and bridges located on the driveway shall be able to
carry fifty-ton live loads.
(b)
The intersection of the driveway and the street shall have a
one-hundred-foot unobstructed view of the street in both directions.
An object six inches high shall be visible from a point measured three
feet high from eight feet into the driveway from the travelled portion
of the street. Driveways shall intersect the street with paved radii
of five feet. The apron of the driveway intersection shall be paved
from the edge of the street travelway for a distance of 12 feet. All
driveways shall meet the street at right angles, wherever possible,
unless otherwise allowed by the Board of Selectmen or its representative.
(c)
Driveway grades shall not exceed 5% for a minimum distance of
30 feet measured from the travelway of the street. Driveway grades
shall not exceed a maximum of 15%. Driveway grades equal to or exceeding
10% shall be paved. Cut-and-fill slopes shall not exceed one foot
rise for two feet of horizontal distance. Cut and/or fill slopes shall
not extend farther than 25 feet from the driveway center line, and
shall not exceed the boundaries of the lot unless the property owner
can obtain appropriate slope rights from the adjoining owner.
(d)
The minimum inside turning radius on all driveway curves should
be no less than 40 feet.
(e)
All runoff from the driveway shall be contained on the lot,
directed into a natural watercourse, or directed to the street drainage
in a manner acceptable to the Board of Selectmen or its representative.
(2)
The Board of Selectmen, in its sole discretion, may require that
a driveway plan be prepared by an engineer or land surveyor licensed
by the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and
Land Surveyors of the State of Connecticut. Such plan shall demonstrate
that the lot can be served by a driveway conforming to these standards
and shall be approved by the Board of Selectmen or its representative.
Approval for any driveway subject to the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses
Regulations of the Town of Woodbury must be received prior to final
action by the Board of Selectmen.
(3)
Upon determination by the Board of Selectmen or its representative,
a driveway construction bond may be required in a form acceptable
to the Board of Selectmen.
(4)
In the event a single lot of record cannot meet the requirements
of this article, the Board of Selectmen may consider a waiver of one
or more of the above requirements, provided a waiver does not affect
public safety.
All construction, reconstruction, relocation and paving work
on driveways shall be performed in accordance with the approved plans
and conditions, if any, specified in the driveway construction permit.
Notice of the commencement of the work shall be given to the Board
of Selectmen or its authorized representative to allow for inspection
of the work. The Board of Selectmen or its authorized representative
may issue a stop-work order if it is determined that the work is not
being performed in accordance with the permit.
A.
No building permit for the construction of an improvement on a parcel
of land or lot which will be served by a driveway, subject to this
article, shall be issued by the Building Official until a driveway
permit required by this article has been issued.
B.
The Building Official shall not issue a certificate of occupancy
under the state building code and ordinances of the Town for any improvement
on any parcel of land or lot served by a driveway, subject to this
article, until:
(1)
All work in accordance with the approved plans and conditions, if
any, specified in the driveway permit has been completed to the satisfaction
of the Board of Selectmen, and said Board has so certified, in writing,
to said Building Official; or
(2)
Upon leave of the Board, within its sole discretion, the applicant
shall execute an agreement and file a cash bond with said Board, the
amount of said bond to be set by said Board, which agreement and bond
shall secure to the Town the completion of work in accordance with
the approved plans and conditions, if any, specified in the driveway
permit, and said Board has so certified, in writing, to said Building
Official.
This article shall not apply to the resurfacing of an existing
paved driveway.
