Under the provisions of C.G.S. § 16-229,
and any subsequent amendment thereof, no public service company shall
excavate any highway within the Town of Clinton until its duly authorized
representative has applied for and received from the Clinton Board
of Selectmen a written permit for such excavation, except as herein
otherwise provided.
Within 30 days after receipt of a proper application,
the Board of Selectmen shall issue a written permit for such excavation,
upon such terms and conditions as to the conduct of the work as may
be reasonable.
Whenever emergency conditions make a formal
application impracticable, the First Selectman, or his designated
representative, may give oral or written permission for such excavation.
The purpose of this article is to help preserve
Clinton's rural character and beauty by enabling property owners to
preserve scenic rural roads abutting their property.
The power to designate scenic rural roads is
hereby delegated to the Planning and Zoning Commission, such designation
to be made in accordance with the standards and procedures set forth
herein; however, those powers regarding the same which are reserved
unto the Board of Selectmen are specified hereafter.
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall designate
a road or portion of road a scenic rural road if the following standards
are met:
A. The road or portion of road is free of intensive commercial
development;
B. The road or portion of road is free of intensive vehicular
traffic;
C. Owners of a majority of the lot frontage abutting
the road or portion of road have signed the petition indicating that
they approve of the designation; and
D. The road or portion of road meets at least two of
the following criteria:
(2) It is bordered by mature trees or stone walls.
(3) The traveled portion of the road is no more than 20
feet in width.
(5) It blends naturally into the surrounding terrain.
(6) It parallels or crosses over brooks, streams, lakes
or ponds.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to
require the Town of Clinton to undertake improvements, repairs, alterations
or maintenance, including pavement, to any scenic rural road that
the Town, through its designated bodies, shall not choose to do.