The Town Board of Athens, New York, does hereby adopt the following
regulations and procedures in an effort to create uniformity in the design
and construction of all future streets and to ensure that said streets will
be adequate to serve the needs of the residents of the Town and others in
the future as well as at present.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Street or Highway
Resolution of the Town of Athens."
Prior to being offered for dedication to the Town, all streets shall
meet with the following requirements:
A. The arrangement of the streets or highways shall be laid
out so as to form a continuation of the principal streets or highways now
existing.
B. The minimum right-of-way widths of streets shall be as set forth in Chapter
154, Subdivision of Land, §
154-15. The widths shall be measured normal to lot lines on tangents and the radial lines on curves. Where roads are to be constructed or improved, no work shall be undertaken until the construction details have been approved by the Town Engineer or Superintendent of Highways.
[Amended 9-25-2000 by L.L. No. 3-2000]
C. Each street shall be marked by monuments of concrete
with one-half-inch or larger diameter steel reinforcement rod. Said monuments
are to be at least four inches square and four feet long and are to be installed
with two inches showing above the surface of the ground.
D. Streets designed to have one end permanently closed shall
be provided with a cul-de-sac having a minimum diameter for the outside property
line of at least 120 feet.
E. As far as practical, acute angles between streets at
their intersection are to be avoided, and where a deflection angle of more
than 10° in a street line occurs at any point between two intersecting
streets, a curve of a reasonably long radius is to be introduced.
F. Street grades shall not be more than 10%. Maximum grades
in excess of 10% shall be allowed at the discretion of the Town upon the recommendation
of the Town Superintendent of Highways and Town Engineer.
G. All streets shall have adequate drainage, including necessary
inlet and outlet ditches. Corrugated pipe shall be used for all culverts and
surface drains. Said materials used for the same must conform to standard
usage adopted by the Town Superintendent of Highways. Drainage easements will
be obtained on behalf of the Town where necessary.
[Amended 9-25-2000 by L.L. No. 3-2000]
H. The roadway of such streets shall be filled to a minimum
compacted depth of 12 inches with a suitable bank gravel or shale which will
be crowned and compacted and approved by the Superintendent of Highways. The
slope away from the crown of the road shall be a minimum of 3/8 inch per foot.
Soft areas in subgrade shall be removed and replaced with suitable material
as approved by Superintendent of Highways. After such approval the roadway
shall be covered with a minimum of three inches of regular Item 4.
I. Landscaping of the proposed streets is optional with
the applicant.
J. Prime coat and wearing surface.
(1) Prime coat. After the top layer of the Item 4 base has
been shaped, compacted and approved by the Superintendent of Highways it shall
receive a prime coat treatment consisting of medium curing cut-back asphalt
(MC-70) applied at the rate of one-half gallon per square yard and uniformly
covered with crushed stone (No. 1A) and broomed and rolled.
(2) Wearing surface. Approximately two days after application
of prime coat, the paved area shall receive an application of rapid curing
asphalt (MC-3000) at the rate of one-half gallon per square yard and uniformly
covered with crushed stone (No. 1) and broomed and rolled.
K. All private driveways and roads connecting with any Town
highways are to have a culvert pipe of at least 15 inches installed at a point
where the private road meets the highway, said culvert to be installed under
the supervision of the Town Superintendent of Highways, and the Town Superintendent
of Highways to have the discretion to require larger-sized culvert when necessary.
From edge of pavement back toward culverts for a distance of six feet, driveway
should slope one inch per foot downward. This provision shall become effective
for all private roads built after the date of the adoption of this provision,
and all costs incurred shall be born by the property owner or builder.