[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.
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.
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.
[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. 
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.