[Ord. 9/20/79 § 1; Ord. No. 93-3 § 1]
No persons, firm or corporation shall excavate within or under,
or place any obstruction or substruction within, under, upon or over,
or interfere with construction, reconstruction or maintenance or drainage
from any highway or street maintained by the Town without the written
permission of the First Selectman. The First Selectman may fill in
or close any such excavation or remove or alter any obstruction or
substruction made without his permission, and the expense incurred
by the First Selectman in such filling or removing or altering shall
be paid by the person, firm or corporation who made such excavation
or place such obstruction or substruction existing within, under,
upon or over any highway or street on October 1, 1979, or at the discretion
of said First Selectman, any excavation, obstruction or substruction
made after that date without a permit or in violation of the provisions
of a permit shall be removed or altered by the person, firm or corporation
making or maintaining the same within 30 days from the date when the
First Selectman sends by registered or certified mail, postage repaid,
a notice to such person, firm or corporation ordering such removal
or alteration. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision
of this section shall be fined not more than $100.00 each day the
violation exists.
[Ord. No. 93-3 § 2]
None of the provisions of this section shall apply to the grading,
improvements and utilities and services in connection with any approved
subdivision plan; provided that, the subdivider has filed with the
First Selectman a surety company bond or cash bond or savings account
assignment securing to the Town the actual construction and installation
of such improvements and utilities as required in the subdivision
and resubdivision regulations of the Town.
[Ord. 9/8/93 § 1]
The provisions of Connecticut General Statutes 7-163a are hereby adopted, and are set forth in subsections
13-3.2 and
13-3.3 hereof.
[Ord. 2/21/89 § 2]
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13a-149 of the General
Statutes or any other General Statute or Special Act, the Town of
Brooklyn shall not be liable to any person injured in person or property
caused by the presence of ice or snow on a public sidewalk, other
than land used as a highway or street, provided the Town of Brooklyn
shall be liable for its affirmative acts with respect to such sidewalk.
[Ord. 9/20/79 § 5]
Any person who is aggrieved by the decision of the First Selectman
shall have the right of appeal to the Board of Selectmen.
[Ord. No. 04-3 § I]
This section shall be known as the Scenic Road Regulations of
the Town of Brooklyn, and is adopted pursuant to recommendations made
by the 1999 Plan of Conservation and Development and the 1993 Open
Space and Conservation Plan. The purpose of the section, which is
consistent with resident surveys consistently ranking protection of
Brooklyn's rural character as a top priority, is to help protect
Brooklyn's rural character and scenic beauty by allowing the
Town a measure of protection of the areas along its rural roadways,
consistent with the requirements of safe travel. This section is designed
to enable the preservation of stone walls, mature street trees and
other specimen trees, as well as the rural scale of roads, view sheds
and other valued features. The section is intended to apply to any
accepted Town roadway whether designated as a "road" or "highway"
or equivalent term.
[Ord. No. 04-3 § II]
The authority to designate a Town road or highway or any portion
thereof as a Scenic Road is hereby delegated to the Planning and Zoning
Commission, with the procedures for such designation as set forth
in this section. No State highway or portion thereof may be designated
as a Scenic Road under this section.
[Ord. No. 04-4]
2.3.8 Driveways:
All driveway construction shall conform to the Standard Details
(See figures 4 and 5). Driveways shall be paved with a minimum thickness
of two inches of bituminous concrete for at least 20 feet from the
road or such as is required by the Board or its designated agent.
All driveways that contain slopes of 10% or greater shall be paved
for that length. No driveway shall have a slope greater than 12%.
Driveway approaches shall be constructed so that they match
the grade at the gutter line of the road. A landing area equal to
one car length (20 feet) and no greater than 3% slope shall be constructed
adjacent to the Town road to facilitate sight line distance exiting
the driveway.
In some instances an as-built plan may be required to ensure
compliance with this regulation.
Prior to commencement of any driveway construction an application
shall be approved and the Board's designated agent shall be notified
at least 48 hours in advance.