Any owners or occupants of real estate, their employee or agent
or anyone acting on their behalf intending to construct a driveway
or other type of approach which will connect with any Town-accepted
road or make any alterations within the road right-of-way shall first
apply for a permit from the Board of Selectmen or its agent (the Board)
authorizing such construction or alteration.
The Board shall grant a permit, provided it finds that said approach or right-of-way alteration is in conformity with applicable sections of Article
I, Acceptance of Roads; Minimum Road Construction Specifications, of this chapter, and will not affect sight lines, road maintenance, stormwater control or other uses by the Town.
The Board is authorized to require a cash or surety bond from
an applicant in such amounts as it deems sufficient to cover the construction
and inspection of said approach or right-of-way alteration to the
satisfaction of said Board. The applicant shall notify the Board when
construction is completed and request release of the bond. To ensure
compliance with the terms of the permit, the Board shall inspect the
construction and, if satisfactory, release the bond upon payment by
the applicant of an inspection fee set by the Board of Selectmen which
may be deducted from the cash bond. Current fees are available for
review at Town Hall and on the Town's website at Townlyme.org.
If the applicant fails to notify the Board when construction
or right-of-way alteration is completed, the Board may conduct an
inspection and, if the construction is satisfactory, deduct the inspection
fee from the cash bond and forward the balance to the applicant at
his/her last known address.
In the event construction or right-of-way alteration is not
completed to the satisfaction of the Board within such time and under
such conditions as the Board deems reasonable, it is authorized to
take such action as it deems necessary.
Any owners or occupants of real estate, their employee or agent
or anyone acting on their behalf who connects a driveway or any other
type of approach to a Town-accepted road or makes a right-of-way alteration
without first securing a permit shall be in violation of this article
and subject to legal action and costs to remediate the action or any
other action the Board deems reasonable.
The compliance inspection and inspection fee provisions of this
article are applicable to all existing and future permit applications.
The Board, or its agent, shall have the authority to revoke
any permit when it deems stipulated terms and conditions have not
been met.
If the work to be done under this permit shall be abandoned,
or the work or any part thereof is unnecessarily or unreasonably delayed,
or the applicant has violated any of the provisions of the permit,
the Town may notify the applicant, in writing, to discontinue all
work or such part thereof as the Town may designate, and may restore
or have restored, to a satisfactory condition, the site in accordance
with Chapter 195. Said work shall be done at the expense of the applicant.