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.
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.
[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.
The County of Steuben Superintendent of Highways shall make the final decision on sizes and quantities of materials, methods of construction and other details outlined in §§
103-7 through
103-10 if the Town Superintendent and the owners and/or developers are unable to agree.
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.
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.