[Adopted 5-14-1962]
The purpose of this Article is to regulate the laying out and
construction of highways prior to their dedication to the Town of
Bath as public highways.
A.
HIGHWAY
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes any type of street or thoroughfare constructed or
planned to be constructed for dedication to the Town of Bath as a
public highway pursuant to law.
B.
Wherever used in this Article, words in the singular number include
the plural, and words in the plural number include the singular. The
word "shall" is mandatory and not directory. Words in the present
tense include the future.
A.
All applications for approval of plans shall be made as hereinafter
specified in this Article.
B.
All applications shall be accompanied by three copies of the highway
plan and profiles of each highway showing existing and proposed grades
as well as all the necessary detail required by the provisions of
this Article.
C.
All applications for the dedication of a highway to the Town of Bath
shall be accompanied by a proposed warranty deed conveying said highway
to the town, with all necessary releases from mortgages or other claimants.
Such deed shall describe the street to be conveyed as shown on map
and shall state the date on which said map was filed in the Steuben
County Clerk's office and the number thereof.
A.
The owner or all the owners shall have had the land comprising the
highway surveyed and mapped, and a map thereof shall have been filed
in the Steuben County Clerk's office, and adequate metal or stone
boundary markers shall be inserted in a permanent manner at intervals
of not less than 500 feet on tangents and at point of curvature and
point of tangency of curves along all boundary lines of such highways.
B.
If sewer, water, gas or other utility service is to be installed
in such highway, it shall be installed prior to the final surfacing
of such highway, and all laterals and other service connections shall
be installed and brought to the outer street line prior to such final
surfacing. Any utilities installed in a roadway to be dedicated to
the town shall be installed in such a manner as to allow the normal
maintenance of the roadway. Utility companies shall contact the Town
Superintendent of Highways prior to installation and provide as-built
maps of all installations.
[Amended 2-8-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
The minimum width of streets or highways hereinafter laid out
shall be 50 feet. These widths shall be measured from lot line to
lot line. Said widths shall be measured normal to the lot lines on
tangents and on radial lines with curves. Approved turnarounds or
T's are to be used on dead-end streets.
There shall be no reserve strips controlling access to highways,
except where control of such strips is definitely placed in the town
under the offer to dedicate.
Highway grades shall not exceed 6% nor be less than 1% at the
gutter. Changes may be made with approval of the Town Superintendent.
A.
The highway shall be shaped and crowned so as to slope laterally
in order to drain surface water off the carriageway onto sides of
the highway, where shallow ditches or gutters shall be built to carry
off said water. If the grade or pitch of the road is sharp so that
the flow of surface water might wash out said ditches or gutters,
the same shall be lined with stone and bound with hard topping to
prevent such washing out. These ditches or gutters shall be connected
at all intersections by piping of a size and length prescribed by
the Superintendent of Highways of the Town of Bath, and he may require
the installation of catch basins at such locations as he deems necessary
to properly catch and carry off such surface water as he may estimate
will accumulate along the highway or at said highway intersections.
Project developers shall furnish and install driveway culverts (where
required) of a size and type and at a line and grade to be determined
by the Town Superintendent of Highways. Headwalls may be required
by the Town Superintendent. Bridges having over a twenty-five-foot
span are to be approved by the County Superintendent, and those under
25 feet are to be approved by the Town Superintendent.
[Amended 2-8-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
B.
Proper drainage shall be installed where required. Reinforced concrete
pipe or corrugated iron pipe shall be used throughout for all culverts
or surface drains. Said pipe is to conform to the standard usage adopted
by the Town Superintendent of Highways. A profile map, in duplicate,
shall be filed with the Town Board, showing the grade and fall of
surface water to be not less than 1% and also showing the final disposition
of flow, which must be to a live stream or well-established natural
drainage ditch. If the grade and fall of surface water is shown to
be less than the above prescribed, the Superintendent of Highways
of the Town of Bath shall require the installation of a surface water
drainage system consisting of piping and catch basins of such size
as he deems necessary under the circumstances. In the case where access
to a live stream or well-established natural drainage ditch is required,
easements or rights-of-way leading thereto shall be secured and conveyed
to the Town of Bath as below set forth.
C.
The developer or owner laying out said street or highway shall obtain
all necessary easements or rights-of-way to take care of any surface
water caused by reason of the development of said street or highway
and by reason of the installation of culverts or surface drains. No
street or highway will be taken over by the Town of Bath nor approved
by the Town Superintendent of Highways before such necessary easement5
or rights-of-way have been obtained, and the legal sufficiency thereof
shall be passed upon by the Attorney for the Town of Bath. Such easements
or rights of way shall be at least 20 feet in width.
[Amended 2-8-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
A.
Prior to being offered for dedication to the town, all streets shall
be graded and surfaced as follows:
(1)
All highways or roads offered for dedication shall be suitably and
properly graded and shall meet with the approval of the Town Superintendent
of Highways.
(2)
There shall be a carriageway of at least 28 feet in width located
in the center of the proposed highway. All topsoil and unsuitable
base material shall be removed, and said carriageway or roadway shall
be covered with fill. Fill to be added shall be suitable run-of-bank
gravel, a minimum of 10 inches deep, properly crowned and compacted,
to be approved by the Town Superintendent of Highways. All boulder,
organic materials, soft clay, spongy material and any other objectionable
material shall be removed and replaced with suitable material. The
subgrade shall be properly shaped, rolled and uniformly compacted
to conform to the accepted cross-section and grades. Greater thickness
of run-of-bank gravel, stabilization fabric, approved underdrains
or a combination thereof where poor subsoil is encountered may be
ordered by the Town Superintendent of Highways. The base course shall
consist of crushed or screened gravel compressed in lifts of a maximum
of eight inches to a total depth of 12 inches minimum. The first lift
shall be two-inch gravel, and the second lift shall be one-and-one-half-inch
gravel. Greater thicknesses of crushed or screened gravel may be required
if the volume or weight of expected traffic warrants.
B.
Screened or crushed gravel shall consist of hard, durable particles
of gravel and filler sand mixed at a ratio of 50% to 70% gravel and
30% to 50% sand. A maximum of 8% clay is allowed. The gravel shall
be free from organic matter and lumps or balls of clay. Shale, silt
or crumbly rock will not be acceptable.
C.
Run-of-bank gravel shall consist of hard, durable particles of gravel
and filler sand or other finely divided mineral matter. The gravel
shall be free from organic matter and lumps or balls of clay. Shale,
silt or crumbly rock will not be acceptable.
D.
The gravel base shall be covered with either three-inch minimum compacted
hot-mix bituminous binder with one-inch minimum compacted top or three-inch
minimum compacted cold mix bituminous with the chip seal top. The
Town Superintendent of Highways will determine which type of surface
and the exact type of mixes to be used based on proposed weight and
volume of traffic. The minimum width of pavement shall be 20 feet.
Where curbing is used, the pavement shall cover the shoulders to a
width sufficient to extend under the curb. Where curbing is not used,
four-foot minimum width compacted gravel shoulders shall be used.
The Town Superintendent of Highways of the Town of Bath shall be required
to inspect and approve the subbase, base and application of bituminous
surface and shall be consulted as to the time of application and interval
between treatments.
E.
All banks shall be set back and sloped in amounts sufficient to prevent
interference with normal road operations and soil erosion. All banks,
slopes, spoil areas and any other areas left stripped shall be stabilized
if necessary and any other areas left stripped shall be stabilized
if necessary and seeded and mulched.
F.
Street or highway regulatory and warning signs shall be erected by
the owner or developer in the first instance, later to be maintained
by the Town of Bath. Signs shall be placed in accordance with the
latest New York State Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Signpost
size and type and any variables in signage allows by MUTCD will be
consistent with existing signage throughout the Town of Bath as determined
by the Town Superintendent of Highways.
When a street has been accepted by the town under conditions
outlined in § 277 of the Town Law pending final surfacing
and approval, the responsibility and liability for maintenance of
the drainage system and surface carriageway shall rest with the owners
and/or developers. The town shall have the responsibility and liability
for snow removal and ice control.
A.
The use of proper names for street names is discouraged. The Town
Board of the Town of Bath must, by law, approve street names and may
change any chosen by the developer or owner to avoid duplication or
for any other reason of its own.
B.
Street signs three inches wide and 18 inches long at the top of iron
piles three inches in diameter shall be erected by the owner or developer
in the first instance, later to be maintained by the Town of Bath.
No street or highway shall be taken over by the town unless
it meets all of the above requirements and approval of the Town Superintendent
of Highways. No special district improvements shall be placed or installed
in any street or highway of the town until plans and construction
have been approved by the Superintendent of Highways.
A.
Approval, in writing, shall be obtained by the owners and/or developers
from the New York State Department of Public Works regarding drainage
where proposed streets or highways intersect state roads and its permission
to connect said streets with such roads.
B.
Approval, in writing, shall be obtained by the owners and/or developers
from the Steuben County Superintendent of Highways regarding drainage
where proposed streets or highways intersect county roads and his
permission to connect said streets with such roads.
All previous regulations or resolutions affecting the acceptance
of streets by the town are hereby rescinded.
The Town Board may, in the exercise of its best judgment, refuse
to accept title to any street, roadway or highway in said town, notwithstanding
that all the foregoing rules and regulations have been performed and
complied with.
The property at all street corners shall be rounded or otherwise
set back sufficiently to allow a radius on the property line of 50
feet. The Town Superintendent of Highways may modify this requirement.
