Town of Wayland, MA
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2023-05-01
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Division 1: Bylaws
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 158 Streets and Sidewalks
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Article V Repairs to Private Ways
- Division 1: Bylaws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 12 Council on Aging
- Ch 19 Finances
- Ch 36 Meetings
- Ch 43 Personnel
- Ch 47 Planning Board of Appeals
- Ch 53 Reports
- Ch 58 (Reserved)
- Ch 60 (Reserved)
- Ch 62 Surplus Property, Disposal of
- Ch 68 Traffic Commission
- Ch 72 Treasurer and Collector
- Ch 75 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 77 Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Fund
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 83 Alarms
- Ch 91 Animals
- Ch 95 Artificial or Synthetic Turf
- Ch 97 Billboards and Advertising Signs
- Ch 101 Boats and Boating
- Ch 109 Dudley Pond
- Ch 116 Gas Piping and Gas Appliances
- Ch 120 Hunting and Trapping
- Ch 126 Junk Dealers and Collectors
- Ch 139 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 143 Pesticides
- Ch 145 Private Fire Hydrants and Underground and Exposed Piping
- Ch 149 Sales
- Ch 151 Director of Public Works
- Ch 153 Solid Waste
- Ch 158 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 158 Art V Repairs to Private Ways
- § 158-13 Temporary repairs to private ways.
- Ch 163 Swimming Pools
- Ch 171 Trees
- Ch 177 Utilities, Underground
- Ch 190 Water
- Ch 191 Lawn Irrigation Systems
- Ch 193 Stormwater and Land Disturbance
- Ch 194 Wetlands and Water Resources Protection
- Ch 196 Historic Districts
- Ch 197 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 198 Zoning
- Division 2: Board of Health Regulations
- Division 3: Planning Board Regulations
- Ch 300 Aquifer Protection District Planning Board Regulations
- Ch 301 Conservation Cluster Development
- Ch 302 Site Plan Review and Approval
- Ch 303 Subdivision of Land
- Division 4: Water Department Regulations
- Ch 400 Connection to Water System
- Ch 401 Cross-Connections and Backflow Prevention
- Appendix
- Ch A800 Accepted Statutes
- Ch A801 Special Acts
- Ch A802 Resolutions
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 5-1-2002 ATM by Art. 23]
[Amended 4-10-2008 ATM by Art. 5]
The Board of Public Works shall have the authority
to make temporary repairs to private ways which are open to the public,
provided that:
A.
Such repairs are limited to grading and pot hole filling
work necessary to make such private ways safe and convenient for the
passage of vehicles;
B.
No drainage work shall be performed in connection
with such repairs;
C.
Such repairs are determined by the Board of Public
Works to be a public necessity;
D.
At least one landowner abutting the private roadway
petitions the Board of Public Works for such repairs;
E.
No betterment assessments shall be charged for such
repairs;
F.
The Town shall assume no liability and there shall
be no liability on account of damages caused by such repairs;
G.
Such private ways shall have been open to public use
for at least 15 years before any such repairs may be made; and
H.
No cash deposit shall be required for such repairs.
