This ordinance shall be known as the "Scenic Road Ordinance" of the
Town of Brookfield.
The authority to designate a Town road or any portion of a Town road
as a scenic road is hereby delegated to the Planning Commission of the Town
of Brookfield in accordance with the provisions of Section 7-149a(b) of the
Connecticut General Statutes.
No road or portion thereof shall be designated as a scenic road unless
the Planning Commission affirmatively finds that each of the following requirements
has been satisfied:
A. The owners of a majority of lot frontage abutting the
road or portion thereof to be designated as a scenic road have filed a written
statement of approval of said designation with the Town Clerk and the Assessor
has certified that the owners who signed the designation do, in fact, constitute
the owners of a majority of said lot frontage.
B. The road is free of intensive commercial development
and intensive vehicular traffic.
C. The road is in a safe condition for travel by the motoring
public and does not require any repairs or improvements to accommodate existing
traffic volume and projected traffic volume over the next five years.
D. The road is at least 1/2 mile in length.
E. The road possesses at least one of the following characteristics:
(1) It passes through agricultural land.
(2) It abuts land on which is located an historic building
or structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places or the State
Register of Historic Places.
(3) It affords vistas or marshes, shoreline, forests with
mature trees or notable geologic or other natural features.
F. The road possesses at least one of the following characteristics:
(2) It is bordered by mature trees or stone walls.
(3) The traveled portion of the road is no more than 20 feet
in width.
(5) It blends fully into the surrounding terrain.
(6) It parallels or crosses either brooks, streams, lakes
or ponds.
G. The combination of features possessed by the road make
it distinct from other roads in the Town of Brookfield.
The following activities shall be prohibited within the right-of-way
of a scenic road and upon property which abuts a scenic road:
A. All signs, except a sign not more than one square foot
in size setting forth the name of the owner of the property and temporary
signs advertising the property for sale in accordance with the limitations
contained within the Brookfield Zoning Regulations.
B. Brush piles, dirt piles, garbage and trash, except that
refuse containers may be placed next to the traveled portion of the road on
the day designated for refuse removal by the refuse removal company.
Any application for designation of a scenic road or portion thereof
as a scenic road and any application for rescission of said designation shall
be accompanied by a filing fee of $150.