Persons requesting acceptance of a street by Town Meeting shall
submit the following materials to the Selectmen for review for each
street to be accepted:
A. A definitive subdivision plan, conforming to the requirements of §
170-3.5B of Chapter
170, Subdivision Rules and Regulations, showing as-built conditions.
B. Street plans and profiles, as described at §
170-3.5C of Chapter
170, Subdivision Rules and Regulations, showing as-built conditions.
C. Construction details and specifications, and typical as-built road
cross sections.
D. Drainage plans, showing all as-built drainage structures, and calculations
documenting the adequacy of the drainage design.
E. A legal (metes and bounds) description of the street.
F. A list of waivers requested from Chapter
170, Subdivision Rules and Regulations, and Chapter
113, Road Construction Standards, if any.
G. A written statement of intent to convey to the town, as a gift, any
and all necessary easements for public travel and utility work as
well as, if appropriate, conveyance of existing utility lines.
If the Selectmen determine the street to comply with the required
design and construction standards of this article, they shall approve
the layout of the street as a public way and notify the Town Clerk
of its action. A metes-and-bounds description of the layout shall
be filed with the Town Clerk along with the notice of the Selectmen's
action.
Not less than seven days nor more than six months after the
filing of the Selectmen's vote approving the layout has been
filed with the Town Clerk, the street acceptance petition shall be
voted upon by the Town Meeting. Failure of the Town Meeting to act
within this time period will result in a lapse of approval under this
article, and the review process must be repeated.
After Town Meeting accepts the street as a public way, a description
of the location and the metes and bounds of the accepted way must
be filed with the Town Clerk. The Town Clerk shall, within 10 days,
record this description in a book kept for this purpose.
Within 120 days from the date on which the Town Meeting votes
to accept the street as a public way, the applicant shall convey to
the town, as a gift, an easement in the way for public travel, together
with all appurtenant drainage and utility easements, in a form approved
by the Board of Selectmen. The Board of Selectmen, upon acceptance
of said gift, shall cause the easement(s) to be recorded in the Registry
of Deeds.
The following recommendations of the Spring Street Safety Committee
are hereby enacted:
A. Prohibition against roller blades, bicycles and skateboards on the
sidewalk.
B. Improved signage for the parking lot.