Town of Brewster, MA
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2023-01-05
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Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 157 Streets and Sidewalks
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Article VII Private Road Repair
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 5 Administration
- Ch 6 Boards, Commissions and Authorities
- Ch 7 Festivals
- Ch 8 Bylaws
- Ch 9 Cemetery, Town
- Ch 10 Civil Defense
- Ch 12 Committees
- Ch 15 Council on Aging
- Ch 16 Health and Human Services Committee
- Ch 17 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 18 Affordable Housing Trust Fund
- Ch 20 Fees
- Ch 21 Finances
- Ch 22 (Reserved)
- Ch 36 Personnel
- Ch 38 Public Meetings, Minutes of
- Ch 39 Property, Sale of
- Ch 41 Regional School District
- Ch 42 Select Board
- Ch 43 Town Property, Disposal of
- Ch 46 Town Counsel
- Ch 48 Town Meetings
- Ch 49 Police Department
- Ch 53 Water Districts
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 56 Accommodations
- Ch 58 Alarm Systems
- Ch 59 Recreational Marijuana Retailers
- Ch 60 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 61 Ambulance Service
- Ch 62 Auctions
- Ch 65 Beaches
- Ch 69 Boats
- Ch 72 (Reserved)
- Ch 77 Camping
- Ch 83 Staff Review
- Ch 86 Dogs
- Ch 87 Domestic Partnerships
- Ch 89 Dredging and Soil Removal
- Ch 91 (Reserved)
- Ch 93 Erosion
- Ch 97 Firearms and Explosives
- Ch 98 Hunting in the Punkhorn Parklands
- Ch 100 Flooding
- Ch 106 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 112 Water
- Ch 115 Illicit Connections and Discharges
- Ch 119 Fertilizer Nutrient Control
- Ch 122 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 125 Noise
- Ch 128 Numbering of Property
- Ch 130 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 132 Peeping or Spying
- Ch 135 Pollution and Environmental Hazards
- Ch 146 Secondhand Articles, Sale of
- Ch 150 Sewers
- Ch 152 Single-Use Plastic Water Bottles
- Ch 155 Streetlighting
- Ch 157 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 157 Art VII Private Road Repair
- § 157-11 Filing of petitions and recommendation of engineer.
- § 157-12 Types of repairs to be made.
- § 157-13 Betterment charges.
- § 157-14 Liability of Town.
- § 157-15 Minimum time road to be open.
- § 157-16 Cash deposits.
- § 157-17 Decisions to be final.
- § 157-18 Amendment of guidelines.
- § 157-19 Cost not to exceed budget.
- Ch 159 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 160 (Reserved)
- Ch 168 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 171 Water Betterments
- Ch 172 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 179 Zoning
- Ch 272 Stormwater Management
- Division 2: Select Board Regulations
- Ch SR Select Board Regulations
- Division 3: Board of Health Regulations
- Ch BOH Board of Health Regulations
- Division 4: Miscellaneous
- Ch 290 Subdivision Rules and Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A295 General Laws and Special Acts
- Ch A296 Committees, Boards and Councils
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 8-28-1984 STM, Art. 78[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: The guidelines set forth in
this article were approved by the Board of Selectmen 3-7-1985.
A.
A petition signed by at least 51% of the private way
abutters must be filed no later than August 1 of any given fiscal
year with the Administrative Assistant to the Select Board for verification
of property owners by the Deputy Assessor. Petitions received after
August 1, 1985, will be considered in the following fiscal year.
[Amended 11-13-2017 FYTM, Art. 13]
B.
The petition and recommendation of the engineer must
be filed with the Select Board by September 1, 1985, of the same fiscal
year.
[Amended 11-13-2017 FYTM, Art. 13]
A.
Repairs shall be minor or temporary in nature and
shall be limited in scope to the annual policy established by vote
of the Board of Public Works. They shall be considered maintenance
activities and shall not include construction, reconstruction and/or
resurfacing of the ways.
B.
Repairs shall be necessitated by public need.
No betterment charges shall be levied.
The Town does not accept liability for damages
caused by any activity herein provided.
The way must have been open to the public use
for a term of not less than seven years, this date to be determined
by the date of definitive approval by the Planning Board.
No cash deposit shall be required for repairs.
[Amended 11-13-2017 FYTM, Art. 13]
All decisions by the Select Board are final.
These guidelines may be amended by vote of the
Board of Public Works.
The total dollar amount is not to exceed the
budget and/or appropriation for any given fiscal year.
