[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting
of the Town of Eastham 2-19-1962 by Art. 24. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Road acceptances — See Ch. 403.
Before the Board of Selectmen shall act upon
any petition for the laying out, relocation or alteration of a public
way over privately owned property, the petitioners shall have prepared,
by a competent engineer, designer or surveyor, specifications and
a clear and legibly drawn plan in black India ink upon tracing cloth
in suitable overall dimensions, showing the details of the road petitioned
for, location and name of owners, abutters, existing street lines,
length and width of the proposed way, drainage disposal, width of
turning areas, surface materials and estimated costs, and such other
details, services and specifications as the Selectmen may require.
The minimum of said road layout shall be 33
feet of which the minimum clearance and hardened surface shall be
22 feet.
The Board of Selectmen will take into consideration
the requirements of the community and if, in its opinion, common convenience
and necessity require the same, they shall take the usual steps as
provided in eminent domain takings.
All costs of the foregoing shall be borne by
the petitioners, and if the vote of the Town is in the affirmative,
approving the doings of the Selectmen thereunto, it shall be a condition
of said vote that such owners or petitioners shall post a suitable
bond with the Board of Selectmen, assuring the completion of said
way as prescribed in the plans and specifications, and the Board of
Selectmen together with the Surveyor of Highways shall determine that
all conditions of this bylaw have been complied with, before said
bond shall be deemed to have been satisfied.
[Added 5-6-2013 ATM by Art. 28]
It shall be required that all properties and especially corner
lots maintain vegetation and man-made structures or barriers which
encroach onto public property so that safe sight lines are maintained
on public pedestrian and vehicular ways.
