A. 
No clearing or excavating shall be started on any part of the street until the Tree Warden has designated, in writing, those trees which are to remain in the tree belt. Such trees to be preserved shall be protected during construction by fenders or boxes, and their root systems shall be disturbed as little as possible.
B. 
No matter such as stumps, trunks, limbs of trees, brush, boulders or such material shall be buried or left within the limits of the right-of-way lines.
A. 
Subbase.
(1) 
Within the roadway area, including driveway aprons, sidewalks and grass strips, all material shall be removed to subgrade, and any unsuitable material below subgrade, in the opinion of the Town-appointed engineer, shall be removed and shall be replaced with proper bank-run gravel and brought to proper compaction. The depth of the subgrade will be governed by existing conditions and shall be as specified by the Town-appointed engineer.
(2) 
Where fill is required, it shall be placed in uniform lift layers not deeper than eight inches and shall be spread uniformly with the large stones at the bottom.
(3) 
Any gravel used as fill in the subbase shall be composed of hard, durable stone and coarse sand, practically free from loam and clay and containing no stone having a dimension greater than six inches and, when spread and compacted, shall present a stable foundation.
(4) 
Each layer shall be thoroughly compacted to the proper density, and rolling shall continue until a firm, even surface true to line and grade is achieved. Any depressions shall be filled and rerolled, and any soft or unsuitable areas shall be removed and replaced with suitable material and rolled.
(5) 
The subgrade shall be shaped and finish graded at the required depth below and parallel to the proposed pavement surface, in conformance with the typical street cross section.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: The typical street cross section is on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
(6) 
Inspections shall be required after completion of the subgrade. (See § 234-32.)
B. 
Gravel base.
(1) 
The gravel base course shall consist on not less that 18 inches of well-compacted gravel placed upon the subgrade, for the entire width of the roadway, in layers not greater than six inches deep.
(2) 
When spreading the gravel, care should be taken to rake forward and distribute the largest stones so they will be at the bottom of the gravel base course and evenly distributed.
(3) 
Each layer shall be thoroughly compacted to the proper density, and rolling shall continue until a firm, even surface true to line and grade is achieved. Any depression that appears during or after rolling shall be filled with gravel and rerolled.
(4) 
The gravel used in the base course shall conform to the specifications of the subgrade [Subsection A(3)], except that it shall contain no stones having a dimension greater than four inches.
(5) 
The gravel base surface shall be shaped and finish graded at the required depth below and parallel to the proposed pavement surface, in conformance with the typical street cross section.
(6) 
Inspections shall be required before commencement and after completion of the gravel base. (See § 234-32.)
[1]
Editor's Note: The diagram that was attached to these regulations and that illustrated the intent of this section is on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
A. 
The roadway and driveway aprons shall be paved the entire width, including under the berms, and the surface treatment shall be compacted bituminous concrete placed in two layers.
B. 
The first layer or binder course shall be Class I bituminous concrete pavement, Type I-1, binder course mix, laid at a thickness of two inches, in accordance with Section 460 of MassDOT's Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges, latest edition.
C. 
The second layer or surface course shall be Class I bituminous concrete pavement, Type I-1, top course mix, laid at a thickness of one inch, in accordance with Section 460 of MassDOT's Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges, latest edition.
D. 
The plant mix material shall be delivered to the site in a hot and easily workable condition when weather conditions are satisfactory so that it can be properly placed on the appropriate base. Irregularities in the existing foundation material shall be eliminated by the use of extra bituminous material.
E. 
All bituminous concrete shall be spread by an approved mechanical spreader in a uniformly loose layer to the full width required and to such thickness that each course, when compacted, shall have the required thickness and shall conform to grade and the typical street cross section. Hand spreading of bituminous concrete material will be allowed only for special areas which do not permit mechanical spreading and finishing.
F. 
Each course of bituminous material shall be rolled with a self-propelled, equally balanced, tandem roller weighing not less than five tons nor more than 10 tons. Places inaccessible to the power roller shall be compacted by means of hand or vibratory tampers. Any displacement caused by the roller shall be corrected by raking and adding fresh mixture where required.
G. 
Traverse joints shall be formed by laying and rolling against a form of the thickness of the compacted mixture placed across the entire width of the pavement. When the laying of the mixture is resumed, the exposed edge of the joint shall be painted with a thin coat of hot asphalt or asphalt cement thinned with naphtha. The fresh mixture shall be raked against the joint and thoroughly tamped with hot tampers and rolled.
H. 
The final bituminous surface shall show no deviation greater than 1/4 inch when tested with a sixteen-foot straight edge placed parallel to the center line of the surface course.
I. 
Finished roadway and driveway apron surfaces less than the required thickness or containing any soft or imperfect places will not be approved.
J. 
All roadways shall be brought up to the finish grade as shown on the definitive plan, and all manhole covers, gate boxes, gas drips and other access to underground utilities, shall be set flush with the surface of the road, grass strip or sidewalk.
K. 
Inspections shall be required upon completion of the binder and surface courses. (See § 234-32.)
Curbs and berms shall be constructed along both sides of major and secondary roads but are not required along minor streets. Their construction shall meet requirements set forth by MassDOT in its latest volume of Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges.
A. 
Sidewalk of not less than five feet in width shall be constructed on one or both sides of the street starting at the property line when, in the opinion of the Board, such sidewalks are necessary.
B. 
Sidewalk construction shall meet requirements set forth by MassDOT in its latest volume of Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges.
All cleared areas of a right-of-way not to be planted with ground-cover plantings, including all disturbed areas over all culverts in drainage easements, shall be loamed with not less than six inches' compacted depth of good-quality loam and seeded with lawn grass seed. Seeding shall be done at appropriate times of the year and in a manner to ensure growth of grass. No utility poles, transformers, signs or similar items shall be placed within the grass plot within three feet of the edge of the pavement.
[Amended 11-12-2024]
Street name signs of a design conforming to the type in general use in the Town shall be furnished, set in concrete and erected at all street intersections prior to the occupancy of any house on the street. Signs may be purchased from the Town of Whately Highway Superintendent.
Streetlighting shall be installed along any street the Board deems appropriate. Light standards to be used shall be subject to the approval of the Planning Board and, when used, be spaced no less than every 500 feet. Streetlighting shall be designed to avoid unnecessary glare or light pollution.
A. 
Monuments shall be installed at all street intersections and at all points where, in the opinion of the Board, permanent monuments are necessary. Such monuments shall conform to the standard specifications of the Highway Superintendent and shall be set according to such specifications.
[Amended 11-12-2024]
B. 
Iron rods or other markers suitable to the Board shall be installed at every corner of each lot within the subdivision. Their locations shall be noted on the definitive plan.
C. 
No permanent monument or marker shall be installed until all construction which would disturb or destroy the monument or marker is completed.
D. 
All monuments and markers shall be installed before the bond or covenant is released.
A. 
All landscaping and planting within the rights-of-way will come under the supervision of the Tree Warden. A twelve-foot minimum will be required on the utility side and a ten-foot minimum on the opposite side for tree belts. Trees are to be planted no greater than 40 feet apart. Trees should be planted in locations which avoid overhead or underground utilities. The Planning Board recommends that the following trees not be planted: all species of willow, catalpa, Norway maple, poplar or other tree species considered invasive in Massachusetts.
B. 
On the side of the street where overhead wires are present, large and medium growing trees should be planted within the front yard of the individual property owner, away from such wires.
All electrical, telephone, fire alarm and other wires and cables shall be installed underground unless, in the opinion of the Board and the appropriate utility company, such installation is impractical or not in the best interest of the Town. If located within a flood-prone area, as determined by the Board, transformers, switching equipment or other vital components shall be floodproofed and approved by the Board or a Board-appointed engineer at the subdivider's expense.
After final approval of all the improvements in the subdivision and before final release of the performance guaranty, the applicant shall furnish the Board with two copies of an as-built plan, showing location and grades of roads, as built, as well as all utilities, as installed, including inverts of drainage and sewerage systems.
After completion of construction and before release of the performance guaranty, the subdivider shall removal all temporary structures, debris, surplus materials and rubbish and shall otherwise leave the area in a neat and orderly appearance. Burning of the rubbish and waste material is prohibited.