[Adopted STM 3-1-1970]
[Amended TC 6-16-2014]
The following shall be considered a minimum
standard. The Town reserves the right to add to or elaborate on these
requirements at the discretion of its Town Council.
[Amended TC 6-16-2014]
Before initiation of work, the applicant or
developer shall submit a suitable plan of the proposed development
showing all proposed roads or streets, established boundaries and,
if dead-end streets, their proposed turnaround or rotary at the dead
end of the street, their proposed finished profile grades and details
of the proposed drainage system, including, all rights necessary for
complete installation of such drainage system, also including proposed
areas for four-foot sidewalks and utility service installations. These
plans shall be of a permanent type, on a size of sheet and drawn to
scale approved by the Town Council, and if such road or street is
accepted, all plans or maps and rights-of-way then become the property
of the Town of Cromwell.
Proposed roads or streets shall conform with
the following general requirements:
A.
Right-of-way. A minimum width of 50 linear feet will
be required.
B.
Boundaries. Merestones, of a type approved by the
Town Council, shall be set at the point of curvature (PC) and at the
point of tangency (PT) of all curves and angle points in street lines.
[Amended TC 6-16-2014]
C.
All roads to be presented to the Town for acceptance
must connect with existing public highways now in use.
D.
Width of pavement. A minimum width of 28 linear feet
shall be constructed between the limits of the right-of-way. Banks
are to be sloped 4:1.
E.
Construction of new road.
(1)
Type of pavement. All new roads to be constructed
by any development group or contractor will be required, after the
street or road has been made ready for surface treatment, to have
a binder course of two inches of bituminous concrete binder and 1 1/2
inches of surface course material, Grade II, rolled with a five-ton
roller of a minimum weight.
(2)
Subgrade. All unsuitable material encountered in cuts
shall be removed to a depth of one foot below subgrade. The area so
excavated shall be backfilled with gravel of a quality satisfactory
to the Town Council.
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(3)
Embankments. Embankments shall be constructed of earth
or a mixture of earth and rock deposited in successive layers for
the full width of the embankment. In no case shall stumps, trees,
sod, wood or material which will not compact be placed in embankments.
Before placing the base material the subgrade shall be shaped so that
it is parallel to and the specified depth below the approved finished
surface.
(5)
Drainage. A complete drainage system shall be installed
to provide for the natural drainage throughout the area of development
and for drainage conditions created by the construction of the road
or street. All pipes installed shall be of a size that will be sufficient
to carry the volume of water for which it is intended. All drainage
pipes and structures (catch basins, manholes and end walls) shall
be of a type consistent with standards established by the Town and
shown in the proposed plans.
(6)
Curbing. Curbing shall be required to be five inches
or six inches in height with an eight-inch or nine-inch base.
(7)
Trees and shrubs must be planted far enough back from
the curbline to allow for the construction of sidewalks.
F.
Streetlights. Electric lights of 2,500 lumen power
shall be placed on every other pole along a street or road with four-thousand-lumen-power
lights at all intersections.
G.
Street signs. All streets must be named and street
markers of baked enamel with letters four inches tall placed at all
intersections.
