[Added 2-2-1959]
A.
No new street less than 50 feet wide shall be laid out and accepted
by the Council as a public street unless the same shall have been
actually dedicated and constructed and used for public travel prior
to February 2, 1959.
B.
No street dedicated or constructed prior to February 2, 1959, shall
be accepted nor any street previously accepted be extended in length
which is of a width less than 50 feet, unless the owners of the property
adjoining and abutting such street shall deed to the City sufficient
land to lay out a street of minimum width, excepting as hereinafter
provided.
No street dedicated and constructed prior to February 2, 1959,
shall be accepted by the Council until a plan of such proposed public
street is recorded in the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds and
in the office of the City Engineer and shall meet whatever further
requirements as may be properly established from time to time.
Any street constructed, dedicated and used for public travel
prior to February 2, 1959, may be accepted with a minimum width of
30 feet, provided such street has an outlet at both ends into a public
street of the City.
No street constructed on private lands by the owners or by virtue
of any agreement with the owners thereof shall be recommended by any
committee or officer or agent or servant of the City to the Council
for laying out or acceptance as a public street of the City, unless
the same shall have been previously constructed in accordance with
the specifications as set forth in this article, and such specifications
shall constitute the minimum requirements for the laying out and acceptance
of such street.
Nothing in this article is to be construed as a limitation on
the Council to accept any street in the City as a public street whenever
the public interest so requires.
The plan and plot of every street to a scale of 40 feet to one
inch, and to be on one or more sheets of suitable paper not exceeding
24 inches by 36 inches in size, shall be filed in the office of the
City Engineer, who shall fix the grades thereof.
A.
The plot plan required by the preceding section shall show the North
point, the areas of all lots, the lengths of all lot lines, the location
and ownership of all adjoining subdivisions and adjacent acreage,
passageways, street lines, buildings, set boundary monuments, waterways,
topography and natural drainagecourses, all angles necessary for the
plotting of such streets and lot lines and their reproduction on the
ground, the distance to the nearest established street line and any
buildings abutting on such street, together with the stations of their
sidelines.
B.
The above-mentioned boundary monuments shall not be less than six
inches square at the top, eight inches square at the bottom and four
feet in length, with no undue projections at the sides.
A.
The entire area of a street shall be graded to a subgrade of not
less than 12 inches for the roadway, except for soil conditions listed
below requiring 18 inches, and eight inches for the sidewalk below
the finished grade as shown on the plan profile and cross section
as provided for in this article. Eighteen inches shall be required
when subbase is composed of soft clay, silt, organic material, running
sand and ledge.
B.
All underground utilities to serve such street, the buildings, residents
and occupants shall be installed at this time or proper and consistent
provision made for same.
A.
A profile of a proposed street drawn to a longitudinal scale of 40
feet to one inch and a vertical scale of four feet to one inch shall
show the profile of the sidelines and center lines of such street
and the proposed grades thereof. Any building abutting on such street
shall also be shown on the profile.
B.
Such profile shall be filed with the office of the City Engineer,
who shall fix the grades thereof.
A cross-section of a proposed street, drawn to a horizontal
scale of five feet to one inch and a vertical scale of one foot to
one inch, shall be filed with the office of the City Engineer.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
A copy of the plan and profile required by this article shall
be filed with the Planning Board for its consideration and approval.
Such plan and profile shall also be filed with the Sewer Division,
which shall designate the design, grades and capacity of its sewerage
system as it shall apply and as may be determined by the Sewer Commission.
Every new street shall be constructed to its full width and
length and shall conform accurately to the grades and cross sections
as determined by the City Engineer and shown on the plan and profile
hereinbefore mentioned. The entire area of every such street shall
be first cleared of all stumps, roots, brush and all perishable materials
and of all trees not intended for preservation and of all other matter
and material not necessary and useful for such purpose. All loam and
loamy materials, as well as clay, shall be removed from the limits
of the street, inclusive of sidewalks, to such depths as may be approved
by the City Engineer.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Before acceptance, the plan and profile of a proposed street
shall be filed with the Sewer Division, which shall determine the
feasibility of the construction of a sewer, and if such construction
is deemed advisable by the Sewer Commission, said construction of
the sewer shall become a condition to the final acceptance of such
street. No street in which there is constructed a private or common
sewer or drain shall be accepted as a public street until such drain
or sewer has been properly conveyed by proper instrument of transfer
to the Sewer Division, its successors and assigns.
Before acceptance of a new street, a water main of at least
eight inches in diameter must exist in such street; provided, however,
that the Council may accept as a public street a street with a water
main therein less than eight inches in diameter when the Chief Engineer
of the Fire & Rescue Department, the Planning Board and the Portland
Water District, each in writing, do certify that a water main of less
than the prescribed eight inches in diameter will furnish adequate
water service and sufficient fire protection service will prevail
for the street to be accepted and for any future extension or extensions
of such street.
After the sewer and other utilities have been constructed, the
entire area of the street shall be brought to a finished grade as
shown on the plan, profile and cross sections hereinbefore mentioned,
and properly compacted in lifts of not over six inches each to the
satisfaction of the City Engineer. The roadway shall be graded for
a minimum width of 30 feet with a good, heavy binding gravel or crushed
stone specified as follows: This gravel or crushed stone shall be
furnished from sources approved by the City Engineer and may be bank
run gravel. The gravel shall be composed of hard, sound, durable fragments
of rock, having uniform resistance to abrasion, together with fine
material, such as sand, clay or other material approved as a binder
by the City Engineer. The sidewalks shall be graded with gravel and
the planting spaces or esplanades shall be graded with loam where
required.
A.
The entire area of streets dedicated and constructed prior to February
2, 1959, shall be free from stumps, roots, brush, perishable material
and ledge.
B.
All culverts and waterways considered necessary by the City Engineer
shall be constructed of a size and in a manner satisfactory to the
City Engineer.
A.
After February 2, 1959, no dead-end street or way shall be constructed
for acceptance by the City as a public street, unless the same shall
not be more than 500 feet in length, and shall have a suitable turnaround
area at the end. When a circle is used, it shall have a minimum radius
of 50 feet.
B.
Compliance with the above conditions and specifications will render
a street, constructed on private land by the owners thereof, eligible
for consideration by the Council for laying out and acceptance as
a public street for the use of the City.
Any person aggrieved by any of the provisions of this article
may file, in writing, a brief statement of the cause of their grievance
with the City Clerk. Notice of a public hearing before the Council
on same shall be posted at least seven days before a regular or special
meeting of the Council at which hearing the complaining parties may
come to be heard with any witnesses material to the issue. When all
evidence has been heard and considered, the Council shall arrive at
a final determination of such issue.
