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Town of Putnam, CT
Windham County
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[Adopted 6-26-1974 STM]
For purpose of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
APPLICANT/PERMITTEE
Any person, firm, corporation or public utility opening or causing to be opened, altered, improved or changed any street or proposed street in the Town of Putnam.
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Putnam or their authorized agent.
ENGINEER/SURVEYOR
A Connecticut licensed professional civil engineer or surveyor.
LEGISLATIVE BODY
The Town Meeting of the Town of Putnam.
PLANNING COMMISSION
The Planning Commission of the Town of Putnam.
STREET
Any street, avenue, lane, road, highway, boulevard and any other public right-of-way existing or proposed for dedication to and acceptance by the Town of Putnam for public use.
A. 
PRIMARY STREETAny street designed to accommodate a daily traffic flow within 20 years of 1,000 or more trips per day. It shall also include streets serving industrial and commercial properties.
B. 
SECONDARY STREETAny street designed to accommodate a daily traffic flow of fewer than 1,000 trips.
SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
The current Subdivision Regulations of the Town of Putnam, as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No person, firm or corporation shall open or cause to be opened, altered, improved or changed any existing or proposed street in the Town of Putnam prior to received a permit for same from the Board of Selectmen. Said permit is nontransferable and may be revoked if any of the provisions of this article are violated. Willful refusal of any permittee to stop construction after receiving notice of revocation shall be deemed a violation of this article.
A. 
Whenever any street is proposed as required by the Subdivision Regulations of the Town of Putnam, the applicant/permittee shall present to the Board of Selectmen the following plans as prepared by an engineer/surveyor:
(1) 
Two certified copies of the street layout plan.
(2) 
A road profile.
(3) 
A plan or plans showing proposed utility locations, test pit data, grading, paving, curbs and drainage areas, including storm drainage structures and specifications.
(4) 
An application for a street permit on forms provided by the Board of Selectmen.
(5) 
In those instances where Planning Commission approval is required, the applicant/permittee shall certify on forms provided that said approval has been obtained prior to the Board of Selectmen's issuance of a permit.
B. 
Building permits shall not be issued prior to issuance of a street permit by the Board of Selectmen.
A. 
Streets and improvement bond. Prior to the issuance of a permit, the applicant/permittee shall certify that a road surety in an amount to cover all required improvements has been provided to the Town.
B. 
Maintenance bond. Prior to the acceptance of said street by the Town, the applicant/permittee shall provide a maintenance surety or bond which guarantees for a period of one year to indemnify the Town against defective materials and/or workmanship the improvements installed as required in said permit. Said surety shall be in the amount of 25% of the road construction costs. Said surety shall be released by the Town after one year if any defects arising from said improvements have been corrected.
A. 
Street widths.
(1) 
Primary: The roadway of this design street shall be 40 feet in width minimum, centered in a right-of-way 64 feet in width.
(2) 
Secondary: The roadway of this design street shall be 26 feet in width, centered in a right-of-way 50 feet in width.
B. 
Drainage.
(1) 
All areas behind curbs shall be constructed so that control of surface water is maintained.
(2) 
Catch basins and pipe of a minimum diameter of 15 inches shall be installed at all intersection corners, and catch basins constructed upon streets shall be at locations as designated by the Board of Selectmen.
(3) 
All catch basins shall be connected in such manner to cause a continuous flow of controlled surface water and subsurface water to an ultimate destination of natural flow, pond, brook or river.
(4) 
All drainage pipe shall be, as a minimum, reinforced concrete or asphalt-coated corrugated metal.
(5) 
The depth of storm sewer pipe shall be determined by the Board of Selectmen.
C. 
Utilities. All utilities shall be in place before final grading of streets.
D. 
Paving. All streets shall be paved to the full roadway width with bituminous concrete and in accordance with the following:
(1) 
Prior to placement of the two-course bituminous concrete, the underlying base course shall be brought to the planned proper grade and cross section and compacted with a minimum eight-ton wheel roller.
(2) 
The first course shall consist of a bituminous concrete binder course Class 1A laid in accordance with State Highway Department specifications and compacted with a steel-wheel roller weighing not less than eight tons.
(3) 
Said first course shall be compacted to a thickness of two inches.
(4) 
The second course shall consist of a bituminous concrete surface course Class 2 laid in accordance with State Highway Department specifications and compacted to a thickness of one inch with an eight-ton roller.
E. 
Curbing.
(1) 
Bituminous concrete or its equivalent curbing shall be installed upon all streets.
(2) 
Said curbing is to be installed in conformance with the standard Connecticut Highway Department specifications.
F. 
Material specifications. Unless otherwise stated, all methods and materials shall be in accordance with State of Connecticut, State Highway Department, Standard Specifications for Roads, Bridges and Incidental Construction, current edition.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
A. 
The applicant/permittee agrees to notify the Board of Selectmen at least 24 hours in advance of each phase of the work.
B. 
All written instructions and/or orders of the Board of Selectmen shall be complied with.
C. 
The Board of Selectmen shall have a right of inspection of and access to all phases of the work.
For work in existing roads, permits shall be issued as follows:
A. 
The applicant/permittee shall provide proof of insurance to the Town.
B. 
An application shall be filed on forms provided, stating the nature of the work.
C. 
The applicant/permittee shall agree to replace all materials from a paved street with those materials and methods as required by the Town.
A. 
In cases involving emergency repairs to public utilities, the requirements of § 273-2 shall not apply.
B. 
In such cases, the applicant/permittee shall notify the Board of Selectmen within 48 hours of completion of the repairs.
A. 
Upon certification by the Board of Selectmen that the conditions of this article and other street regulations of the Town of Putnam have been complied with, the Board of Selectmen shall recommend acceptance to a Town Meeting.
B. 
Acceptance of streets shall be by resolution and shall be noted upon the permanent records of the Town.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any provision of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $100. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.