The design of streets shall provide for proper continuation
of streets from adjacent development and for proper projection of
streets into adjacent subdivided and open land.
A.
A street or way constructed on private lands by the owner(s) and
not dedicated for public travel prior to the date of enactment of
this chapter may be laid out by the Select Board for acceptance at
Town Meeting as a public street or way upon the following conditions:
(1)
The owner(s) shall give the Town a deed to the property within
the boundaries of the street at the time of its acceptance by the
Town;
(2)
A plan of the street or way shall be recorded in the York County
Registry of Deeds at the time of its acceptance;
(3)
A petition for the laying out and acceptance of the street or
way shall be submitted to the Select Board upon a form to be prescribed
by the Ogunquit Director of Public Works. The petition shall be accompanied
by a plan, profile and cross section of the street or way, prepared
by a professional engineer registered in the State of Maine, certifying
the road has been built in accordance with the plan, as follows:
(a)
The plan shall be drawn to a scale of no more than 50 feet to
one inch, and to be on one or more sheets of paper not exceeding 24
inches by 36 inches in size. The plan shall show the North point,
the location and ownership of all adjoining lots or land passageways,
streetlights and electric lines, boundary monuments, waterways, topography
and natural drainage courses with contour at not greater than two-foot
intervals, all angles, bearings and radii necessary for the plotting
of the street and lots or their reproduction on the ground, the distance
of the nearest established street or way, together with the stations
of their side lines.
(b)
The profile of the street shall be drawn to a horizontal scale
of no more than 50 feet to one inch and a vertical scale no more than
five feet to one inch. The profile shall show the profile of the side
lines and center line of the street and the proposed grades thereof.
Any buildings abutting on the street shall be shown on the profile.
(c)
A cross section of the street or way shall be drawn to a horizontal
scale of five feet to one inch and a vertical scale of one foot to
one inch.
(d)
The plan shall show the location and size of the proposed water
and/or sewer mains in accordance with this article.
B.
Any new public or private streets shall be constructed according to the street design and construction standards of Article 10 of Chapter 240, Subdivision Regulations.
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C.
All engineering work, including the setting of grade stakes necessary
for the construction of streets and sidewalks, and storm sewers shall
be performed by the developer at no expense to the Town.
D.
Any sewers, drains, including house drains, and catch basins which
are to be built in the street or sidewalk and all underground utilities
and their respective services shall be constructed before any road
material is placed. The sole exception shall be for house connections
to serve lots where no construction has begun prior to the placing
of such road material.
E.
Whenever it shall be deemed necessary by the Planning Board, after
consulting with the Director of Public Works, that a storm sewer shall
be constructed to serve the street under consideration, such storm
sewer shall be completed before the gravel or road material is placed.
The storm sewer shall be built by the developer at no expense to the
Town in accordance with the following:
F.
When reasonably available, a water main of at least eight inches
in diameter must exist for the use of buildings, residents and occupants
for the street to be accepted. The Chief of the Ogunquit Fire Department
must, in writing, certify that adequate water service for sufficient
fire protection exists. It shall be the policy of the Town to require
such fire hydrants as may be required for fire protection at the same
time as the installation of the water main.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section, the Select
Board may at any time lay out for acceptance at Town Meeting any street
or way in the Town as a public street or way whenever the general
public interest so requires. The cost of maintaining the street or
way shall be borne by the Town after its acceptance.
Curbing of a type approved by the Director of Public Works may
be required by the Planning Board on both sides of any proposed street.
The Planning Board may require easements for sewage, other utilities,
drainage and stream protection. In general, easements shall not be
less than 30 feet in width. Wider easements may be required.
No street or way shall be laid out or accepted by the Town Meeting
until the Planning Board and the Director of Public Works shall have
made a careful investigation thereof and shall have reported to the
Select Board their recommendations in writing with respect thereto.
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Private streets and ways may be constructed within the Town, with the intention that they remain private, upon showing by the applicant that the public health, safety and welfare will be maintained. It shall be clearly demonstrated, in written form, that the proposed private street will meet all of the street design and construction standards of Article 10 of Chapter 240, Subdivision Regulations, will be adequately maintained, will provide sufficient spaces for emergency vehicle access, will conveniently serve its intended properties and will not exceed the maximum permissible lengths established by the Town.
