For the purpose of these regulations, the following terms and words shall have the meaning hereto assigned to them:
The Killingworth Planning and Zoning Commission.
A private road used solely for access to one principal building, or group of commercial buildings under the same ownership, by the occupants thereof and their guests and invitees.
The First Selectman of the Town.
A local road with no potential for additional development providing access to a highly localized neighborhood and having a pavement width of 20 feet.
A local permanent dead-end lane with no potential for additional development serving not more than six residential units and no longer than 700 feet. On-street parking is prohibited.
A lane with no potential for additional development beginning and ending on the same local street or thoroughfare, serving not more than 15 residential units, and no longer than 2,000 feet. Spacing of the lane intersections with the local street or thoroughfare, as measured between their center lines, shall be at least 450 feet apart. On-street parking is prohibited.
A road which primarily provides access to abutting properties or a highly localized neighborhood and having a pavement width of 24 feet.
A local permanent dead-end local street, length not to exceed 1,000 feet.
A local street beginning and ending on the same local street or thoroughfare, length not to exceed 2,000 feet. Spacing of the loop road intersections with the local street or thoroughfare, as measured between their center lines, shall be at least 450 feet and not more than 1,000 feet apart.
A local street beginning on one local street or thoroughfare and ending on another local street or thoroughfare, or ending on the same local street or thoroughfare, provided that the local street, through road, intersections with the local street or thoroughfare, as measured between their center lines, are at least 1,000 feet apart.
A road serving not more than eight lots of four-acre equivalent minimum buildable lot area and owned by an association of all lot owners in the subdivision. The total length of all dead-end private roads within the subdivision shall not exceed 1,000 feet.
Any land intended for or used as a way for motor vehicle travel, including all appurtenant open spaces, sidewalks, drainage facilities and other improvements.
The Standard Road and Drainage Detail Drawings appended to these regulations as Plates 1 through 18,[1] as the same may from time to time be amended, the contents of which shall be considered prescribed criteria and standards hereunder.
The current criteria contained in the publication titled "Standards and Specifications for Roads, Bridges and Incidental Construction," and all additions and revisions supplemental thereto, as promulgated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation at the time of the work or installation of improvements to be governed thereby hereunder.
A subdivision as defined in § 8-18 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as the same may from time to time be amended, but not including a resubdivision.
The area of a roadbed upon which the base, pavement and shoulders are, or are to be, constructed.
A state-maintained road that bisects the Town.
The Town of Killingworth.
Any road accepted by the Town for use by the general public.
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Editor's Note: See Appendix I at the end of this chapter.