[Adopted 9-11-2006 by Ord. No. 3-2006[1]; amended in its entirety 12-12-2016 by Ord. No. 12-2016 (Ch. 11, Art. VI,
of the 1976 Code)]
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Editor's Note: This article superseded prior provisions.
Refer to: Charts A and B at end of this article.[1]
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Notes:
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1.
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All construction methods and materials shall conform to the
most recent "Standard Specifications for Highway & Bridges, State
of Maine Department of Transportation," or approval by the Public
Works Director.
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2.
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Dust and mud control. Dust and mud control measures are required
during construction. All foreign matter will be removed promptly from
all public ways located within the Town of Winslow resulting from
such construction.
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3.
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Penalty. Any contractor found in violation of this § 230-32 shall be subject to a fine of not more than $2,000, exclusive of the Town's costs and attorney's fees which shall be recoverable to the Town. The Town of Winslow may, in addition to any civil penalties, costs and attorney's fees, be paid all its resulting and compensatory damages, costs, and expenses related to any violation of this article.
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Editor's Note: Charts A and B are included as attachments to this chapter.
Granite monuments at least four inches in width and four feet
in length must be set at all street corners or breaks in street lines
including PC and PT points or curves, and at boundary corners or subdivisions.
A.
The center line of the roadway
shall be the center line of the right-of-way.
B.
Before any clearing has started
on the right-of-way the center line and sidelines of the new road
shall be staked or flagged at fifty-foot intervals.
C.
Before grading is started, the
entire area within the right-of-way necessary for traveled way, shoulders,
sidewalks, drainage and utilities shall be cleared of all stumps,
roots, brush and other objectionable material. All shallow ledge,
large boulders and tree stumps shall be removed from the cleared area.
D.
All organic materials shall be
removed to a depth of two feet below the subgrade of the roadway.
Rocks and boulders shall also be removed to a depth of two feet below the subgrade of the roadway.
On soils which have been identified as not suitable for roadways,
either the subsoil shall be removed from the road site to a depth
of two feet below the subgrade and replaced with material meeting
the specifications for gravel subbase or a suitable geotextile may
be used.
E.
After the sewer has been constructed,
the entire area of the street shall be graded to finished grade as
shown on the plan, profile and cross sections. The roadway shall be
graded with the good building gravel or crushed stone. The sidewalks
shall be graded with gravel or crushed stone and the planting spaces
or esplanades between the sidewalks and the roadways shall be graded
with loam. At all corners at the ends of the curves approved, granite
bounds shall be set under the direction of the engineer.
F.
Except in a ledge cut, side slopes
shall be no steeper than a slope of three feet horizontal to one foot
vertical, and shall be graded, loamed, limed, fertilized, and seeded
according to the erosion control plan. Where a cut results in exposed
ledge, a side slope, no steeper than one foot horizontal to four feet
vertical, is permitted.
G.
All water lines and sanitary
lines shall be located and separated as prescribed by local and state
requirements. The placement of water lines and sewer lines shall be
reviewed by the Kennebec Water District and the Winslow Public Works
Director (or his designee), respectively.
A.
All roads shall be designed with
adequate drainage facilities to provide for the removal of stormwater
and to prevent flooding of the pavement and erosion to adjacent property.
B.
The erosion control plan shall
show all temporary and permanent measures, designed in accordance
with the "Maine Erosion and Sedimentation Control Handbook for Construction:
Best Management Practices, March 1991," or as most recently amended.
C.
The stormwater control plan shall
be designed in accordance with "Storm Water Management for Maine:
Best Management Practices," published by the Department of Environmental
Protection, as most recently amended.
D.
If stormwater is proposed to
be directed into the Town of Winslow stormwater system, the Public
Works Director (or his designee) shall approve the proposed design
and flow into the Town's system.
E.
Prior to acceptance by the Town,
a drainage easement shall be provided to the Town for the deposit
of stormwater into private retention ponds serving the stormwater
system.
A.
A dead-end road is one which
has only one access to an existing public road. A dead-end road is
limited to 20 dwelling units. Roads that serve more than 20 dwelling
units shall have at least two access points to an existing public
road.
B.
Dead-end roads shall be designed
with a terminus suitable for emergency and public vehicles. If designed
as a cul-de-sac (rounded) terminus, the paved portion of the road
shall be at least 60 feet in radius, with a right-of-way extending
at least 10 feet beyond the pavement. If designed as a hammerhead
(flat) terminus, pavement must extend a minimum of 60 feet by 120
feet.
C.
Driveways are not permitted to
access a hammerhead or "T" turnaround.
A.
All roads entering a curbed street
should be curbed with materials matching the street curbing.
B.
Sidewalks are required on an
urban collector road. Sidewalks shall meet the following minimum standards:
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
(1)
Sidewalks may be located
adjacent to the curb, but it is recommended to locate sidewalks a
minimum of 2 1/2 feet from the curb facing or edge of shoulder
if the street is not curbed.
(2)
A bituminous sidewalk shall
have a gravel base course of at least 12 inches and two inches of
bituminous pavement surface conforming to the MDOT specification for
finish pavement. A Portland cement concrete sidewalk shall have a
gravel base course of at least 12 inches and a surface shall be four
inches of concrete reinforced with a six-inch square, number 10 wire
mesh.
(3)
All sidewalks shall measure
at least five feet in width.
After the sewer, storm drains, and water lines have been constructed,
the entire area of the street shall be graded to rough grade as shown
on the plan, profile and cross-sections.
A.
Developers constructing streets
with the approval of the Planning Board must employ a Maine registered
engineer throughout all construction phases of the project. This engineer
must be available to the Public Works Director regarding questions
of construction materials, testing and methods.
B.
Prior to acceptance of the new
street by the Town, the developers engineer will submit to the Public
Works Director the following:
(1)
All construction material
product specifications including for manholes, basins, pipe, covers,
signage, lighting, concretes, etc.
(2)
Testing results for gravel
materials brought to the site (testing completed by a Maine licensed
testing firm confirming gravel specifications listed in this article).
The number of tests are to be determined by the Public Works Director.
(3)
Testing results for gravel
materials "compaction" on site (testing completed by a Maine licensed
testing firm confirming gravel compaction specifications listed in
this article). Trench compaction testing must also be included if
utilities are being installed. The number of tests are to be determined
by the Public Works Director.
(4)
Testing results for asphalt
paving materials and compaction placed on site (testing completed
by a Maine licensed testing firm confirming asphalt pavement specifications
listed in this article). The number of tests are to be determined
by the Public Works Director.
(5)
As-built or record drawings
completed and stamped by the developer's engineer.
C.
The Public Works Director shall
in writing inform the Code Enforcement Officer and Planning Board
when these have been received, indicating whether construction materials
and methods have met the requirements of the Town's codes in these
regards.
