[Adopted as Secs. 24-10 through 24-15 of
the 1963 Code]
No new street, boulevard, highway or public
way shall be laid out or offered for acceptance as a public thoroughfare
in the Town which shall not conform to the specifications as provided
in this article. No person owning any tract or parcel of land within
the Town, or having any interest therein, shall lay out or construct
any streets, boulevards, highways or public ways over, upon or though
that land which is designed or intended as public thoroughfares, except
in the manner and in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed
in this article.
[Amended 4-12-1982]
Any person desiring to lay out and construct
any proposed streets, boulevards, highways or public ways shall file
with the Town Engineer at least four copies of a preliminary plan
or survey, at a scale of one inch equals 100 feet, showing the location
and width of all such proposed streets, boulevards, highways or public
ways to be constructed thereon, together with their relationship to
any existing highways abutting or adjoining such premises. Such plan
shall also show any proposed building lots intended to be laid out
upon the tract or parcel of land, which lots must conform to all zoning
regulations[1] of the Town as to lot area and street frontage. There
shall also be filed with the preliminary plan four copies of a profile
map, which shall be upon tracing cloth, of each proposed street, boulevard,
highway or public way and which shall be at the scale of one inch
equals 40 feet horizontal and four feet vertical, referred to the
Town datum plans showing the existing center-line elevations with
a light solid black line, the east or north street-line elevations
in a dotted line and the west or south street-line elevations in a
dashed line, all at points 50 feet apart. The Town Engineer shall
thereupon examine the plan and profiles as to its engineering features
and may make such alterations or recommendations as he shall deem
necessary to make the street properly fit into the Town Plan or to
provide proper and necessary drainage. He shall then submit the plan
and profiles to the Town Planning and Zoning Commission, which after
proper examination and investigation, if it approves the layout and
the proposed line and grades, shall forward its report in writing
to the Town Council, and the Town shall be required to give final
approval to the lines and grades. No street shall be proposed which
shall be less than 60 feet in width, except upon the recommendation
of the Planning and Zoning Commission, and it shall give its reason
therefor in writing. Dead-end streets shall not be permitted except
where circumstances make them absolutely necessary, in which case
a turnaround having an outside radius of not less than 35 feet shall
be provided. The Town Council shall act upon the Planning and Zoning
Commission's recommendations at their first regular meeting following
delivery of such recommendations to the Town Council.
[Amended 3-12-2007 by Ord. No. 07-03]
Upon final approval of the proposed lines and
grades by the Planning and Zoning Commission, the owner of the land
through which the streets are to be laid out or constructed shall
immediately file with the Mayor a good and sufficient surety bond,
procured from a surety company of good standing and authorized to
do business in the state, in such an amount or amounts as the Mayor
shall deem sufficient to save the Town harmless, conditioned upon
the faithful performance of the construction in accordance with the
approved lines and grades and other Town specifications at their sole
expense and without cost to the Town.
A.
The owner shall lay out and grade the streets, boulevards,
highways and public ways, their entire width and length, in accordance
with such approved grades and lines and shall grade a roadway at least
32 feet wide, centered between the street lines and having a crown
of 1/40 to 1/60 of the roadway width, as the Town Engineer or his
representative shall direct. A pavement width in excess of 32 feet
may be required when deemed necessary by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
All excavations shall be made in conformity with the plans and the
slopes of earth cuts or fills and shall be neat and true to the lines
shown on the plans or as ordered.
B.
Subgrade. All soft and yielding material and other
portions of the subgrade which will not compact readily when rolled
shall be removed, and all rock or boulders over five inches in size
found in the earth shall be removed or broken off to a depth of not
less than one foot below subgrade. All holes or depressions made by
the removal of material as described shall be filled with suitable
material and the whole surface compacted uniformly by rolling the
entire area with a three-wheel power roller weighing not less than
10 tons. The rolling shall be continued until the entire subgrade
is uniformly and thoroughly compacted, true to established lines and
grades. The finished subgrade shall be checked and approved by the
Town Engineer or his representatives prior to the placing of base
material.
C.
All ditches and drains approved by the Director of
Public Works shall be completed sufficiently to drain the highway
effectively before the placing of any construction material shall
be permitted.
D.
Base.
(1)
The base shall consist of a two-course foundation
of clean bank-run gravel, with maximum stone size not exceeding four
inches in diameter, constructed on the prepared subgrade in conformity
with the lines and grades with a compacted thickness of 12 inches.
All base material used must be approved prior to placing by the Director
of Public Works or his representative.
(2)
The gravel for the first or bottom course shall be
spread upon the prepared subgrade to a depth not to exceed six inches
when compacted. The material shall then be wetted and rolled with
a power roller weighing not less than 10 tons and the wetting and
rolling continued until this course is thoroughly compacted to a firm,
even surface. The second or top course shall then be spread to such
a depth that the base will have a total depth of 12 inches after final
rolling. This course shall be shaped, wetted and compacted as specified
above until thoroughly compacted to a firm, even surface; the rolling
and wetting shall be continued until all voids are filled and a slight
wave of excess water and sand forms a grout in front of the roller
wheels, after which this portion may be left to dry. The surface shall
be rerolled and sprinkled on succeeding days as may be necessary to
maintain a thorough bond until the wearing surface is placed.
E.
Pavement. Upon the prepared base shall be applied
a two-inch (after compaction) wearing course of bituminous concrete.
The material shall conform to Connecticut State highway specifications
for Type 109F or 120F dense grades bituminous concrete. The temperature
of the mixture when placed shall be between 250° and 300°
F. The mixture shall be spread with an approved mechanical spreader.
The mixture, after spreading, shall be rolled with a tandem power
roller weighing not less than 10 tons. Roller wheels shall be equipped
with scraping and sprinkling devices and shall be properly moistened
without excess water. Rolling shall start longitudinally at the sides
and proceed toward the center. It shall then be cross-rolled with
a three- to five-ton roller. Placing the material shall conform to
Connecticut State highway standard specifications for dense graded
bituminous concrete pavement.
F.
Curbing.
(1)
Curbing shall consist of machine-laid bituminous concrete
lip curbing constructed on the pavement to the dimensions and details
shown on the plans or as ordered. Materials for this work shall be
the same dense graded bituminous concrete used for the pavement. Construction
methods for this work shall conform to Connecticut State Highway Department
specifications for machine-laid bituminous concrete lip curbing.
(2)
The owners shall also, at their own expense, set all
necessary stone or concrete monuments at least six inches by six inches
in size at all street corners and angles in the street lines. The
tops of such monuments shall be set to the established grade.
[Amended 3-12-2007 by Ord. No. 07-03]
Upon the completion of the work to the satisfaction
and approval by the Town Engineer and Director of Public Works, the
Mayor shall certify to the Town Council that the various regulations
have been complied with and that the streets, boulevards, highways
or public ways are in proper condition for formal acceptance by the
Town Council as public thoroughfares. If the Town Council votes to
accept such streets, it shall act by formal resolution, which resolution
shall set forth the width and approximate length of the streets accepted,
together with a designation of the name by which the streets shall
thereafter be known.
Any person who shall willfully violate any of
the provisions of this article shall be fined not more than $100.
