General. For the purpose of these Design and Construction Standards,
the terms and words listed below shall have the following meanings
assigned to them.
APPLICANT
Any person, partnership, or corporation who shall make an
application for approval under the provisions of these Design and
Construction Standards either for himself or as an agent for others.
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
A board of officials elected to administer the public business
of a town.
COLLECTOR ROAD (BUSINESS/INDUSTRIAL)
Roads used or intended primarily for access to and from individual
business or industrial lots, receiving traffic from more than two
local access roads, or collecting traffic from local access roads
and channeling traffic to principal arterial roads.
COMMISSION
The Old Lyme Planning Commission or its designated agent.
CONNECTICUT STORMWATER QUALITY MANUAL
The most current document entitled "2004 Connecticut Stormwater
Quality Manual," including all corrections thereto, as published by
the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
CONSTRUCTION COORDINATOR
Any person designated by the applicant to communicate with the Town pursuant to §
187-12C of these Design and Construction Standards.
CRITERIA
The Road Design (Article
VII), Drainage Design (Article
IX), Soil Erosion and Sediment Control (Article
XI), Final Grading, Stabilization and Landscaping (Article
XII), and Design and Construction of Driveways (Article
XIII) criteria specified in these Design and Construction Standards.
DEAD-END ROAD
A proposed road, or any extension of an existing road, or
any combination or pattern of roads or extension thereof, having only
one outlet to a through state or Town road.
DEAD-END ROAD, PERMANENT
A dead-end road with a permanent turnaround and designed
and intended to permanently terminate at the turnaround, rather than
for future expansions.
DEAD-END ROAD, TEMPORARY
A dead-end road with a temporary turnaround and designed
and intended for extension on the same parcel or adjacent parcels.
DEVELOPER
The applicant, or any heir, successor, or assign of the applicant,
who shall perform the public improvements within the scope of these
Design and Construction Standards.
DRIVEWAY
A private vehicular accessway serving no more than three
lots that has not been accepted as a public road by the Town or approved
as a private road by the Commission.
LOCAL RESIDENTIAL ROAD
Roads used or intended primarily for access to and from individual
residential lots or parcels.
MANUAL OF UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL
The most current document entitled "Manual on Uniform Traffic
Control Devices for Roads and Highways," as published by the United
States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration.
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Property owned by persons, partnerships or corporations other
than the Town of Old Lyme.
PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL ROAD
A road permitted in accordance with the Old Lyme Subdivision
Regulations that is subject to a restriction specifying that the road
shall be privately maintained and is not offered to, accepted or maintained
by the Town of Old Lyme.
PUBLIC ROAD
Any road lawfully accepted by the Town or the State of Connecticut
for public travel.
RIGHT-OF-WAY, DRAINAGE
An easement in favor of the Town for a Town road, or the
entity that will own and maintain a private road; such easement being
for the purpose of stormwater management structures and measures.
RIGHT-OF-WAY, ROAD
A strip of land conveyed in fee simple and intended for,
or dedicated and accepted for, the purpose of vehicular traffic, which
includes use for the roadway, sidewalks, drainage facilities, shoulders
and other improvements.
ROAD/ROADWAY
All surfaces, either paved or unpaved, constructed, designated
and used to carry or guide vehicular traffic between different lots
or parcels within or outside of Town. The term does not include driveways
or parking lots.
STANDARD DETAIL DRAWINGS
The Standard Detail Drawings appended to the Old Lyme Design
and Construction Standards as figures shown in Appendix A, as may be amended from time to time, the contents of which
shall be considered as criteria and standards.
STANDARDS
The Road Construction (Article
VIII), Drainage Construction (Article
X) and Design and Construction of Driveways (Article
XIII) standards specified in these Design and Construction Standards.
STATE
The State of Connecticut.
STATE STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS
The most current document entitled "Standard Specifications
for Road, Bridges and Incidental Construction," and all additions,
revisions, and supplements thereto, as published by the Connecticut
Department of Transportation at the time of the work or installation
of improvements.
STATE STATUTES
The most current document entitled "General Statutes of Connecticut,"
including all volumes and revisions thereto.
STORMWATER
Excess precipitation, after accounting for all losses, which
becomes surface runoff.
STREET
Same as "road/roadway."
THROUGH TRAFFIC
When used in reference to a particular road or category of
roads, "through traffic" means traffic that is using the road only
to gain access to another road.
TOWN
The Town of Old Lyme.
TOWN ATTORNEY
The attorney or law firm appointed by the Old Lyme Board
of Selectmen to represent the Town of Old Lyme.
TOWN ENGINEER
The engineer or engineering firm appointed by the Old Lyme
Board of Selectmen to represent the Town of Old Lyme.
TOWN PLANNER
The Old Lyme Town Planner or his/her authorized agent.
TOWN ROAD
Any pubic road lawfully accepted by the Town for public vehicular
travel.
TOWN'S CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR
The person or persons assigned by the Board of Selectmen
or Commission, as applicable, who provides periodic or full-time observation
of the construction of public improvements.
TURNAROUND
The paved area at the terminus of a cul-de-sac road designed
and intended to allow vehicles to safely reverse direction.
WATERCOURSE/WETLANDS
Areas designated and defined as "watercourses" and "inland
wetlands" by the Old Lyme Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission,
pursuant to its Regulations, as the same may be amended from time
to time.