[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Groton as
indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 2-2-1953 ATM, Art. 18]
[Amended 3-22-1982 ATM, Art. 44; 6-11-1991 STM, Art. 3; 4-26-2010 ATM, Art. 13; 10-1-2018 ATM by Art. 14]
No roadway shall be voted upon for acceptance
by the Town unless such roadway is determined by the Select Board,
following consultation with the Director of Public Works, to meet
the following dimensional and construction requirements:
A.
Dimensional requirements.
(1)
The street right-of-way shall be a minimum of 40 feet
wide, and the traveled way shall be a minimum of:
(a)
Twenty-four feet wide for collector streets serving as access to 50 dwelling units or more or serving as access to any district zoned Business (B-1), Residential-Business (R-B) or Manufacturing (M-1) as established in Chapter 218, Zoning.
(b)
Twenty feet wide for minor streets which cannot
serve as access to more than 50 dwelling units.
(c)
Eighteen feet wide for lanes (dead-end or loop
streets) which cannot serve as access to more than 20 dwelling units
and cannot be extended.
B.
Construction requirements. The traveled way shall have been constructed to a minimum depth of 10 inches with gravel or other suitable material. The completed gravel surface shall have been either paved in accordance with Chapter 381, Part 1, Subdivision Rules and Regulations, or treated as follows. The full width shall have been treated with one application of asphalt or tar at the rate of 1/2 gallon per square yard. After 30 days, a second application shall have been made at the rate of 1/4 gallon per square yard used as a seal coat. Both applications shall have been covered with sand, evenly distributed.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Original Section 2, which immediately
followed this section, added 2-16-1959 ATM, Art. 28, was repealed
3-22-1982 ATM, Art. 44.
[Added 4-29-1989 ATM, Art. 44; amended 4-25-1992 STM, Art.
6; 4-26-2010 ATM, Art. 13; 10-1-2018 ATM by Art. 14]
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 180-1 above, a roadway may be voted upon for acceptance by the Town where such roadway is shown on a subdivision plan and is duly recorded with the Registry of Deeds and has been continuously open to public use and has been used for all purposes for which Town roads and ways are customarily used for a period of 50 years or more prior to April 29, 1989, and where such roadway is determined by the Select Board, following consultation with the Director of Public Works, to be sufficient for the needs of access to serve the existing dwellings on land abutting or served thereby.
[Added 3-19-1968 ATM, Art. 38; amended 3-22-1982 ATM, Art.
44; 10-19-1998 ATM, Art. 23]
A.
A permit shall be obtained from the Director of Public
Works for the construction of any and every new driveway or alteration
of any existing driveway at its intersection with the boundary line
of any public street or way.
[Amended 4-26-2010 ATM,
Art. 13]
B.
The Select Board shall adopt and may, from time to
time, amend reasonable regulations specifying design standards for
driveways.
[Amended 10-1-2018 ATM
by Art. 14]
[Added 5-13-1980 ATM, Art. 28]
A.
The Town is authorized to make repairs consisting
of construction, reconstruction, resurfacing and repairing of private
ways which have been opened to the public for six years or more, which
repairs shall be made with materials similar to those used for the
existing surface of said private ways, including the use of bituminous
concrete. Such repairs shall be limited to those private ways which
have a permanent surface of material consisting of dirt, sand, gravel
or other earth material.
B.
The Town is further authorized to repair, install and construct drainage facilities on ways qualifying for repairs under the provisions of Subsection A to the extent made necessary as a result of said repairs.
C.
Such repairs shall not be commenced unless and until
the following conditions are met:
[Amended 10-1-2018 ATM
by Art. 14]
D.
The owners of land abutting such way who derive special
benefit or advantage from repairs on such way shall be assessed betterment
charges by the Select Board. Said betterments shall be charged so
that the abutters pay a sum equal to 75% of the total cost of repairs.
Each abutter shall be charged in a proportionate manner based upon
the percentage of frontage owned on said way. Payments shall be made
and enforced under the provisions of MGL C. 80.
[Amended 10-1-2018 ATM
by Art. 14]
E.
Repairs shall not be undertaken unless and until the
Select Board have in their possession copies of agreements recorded
in the Registry of Deeds executed by all abutting owners of land along
such way. The agreements shall state that the owners of land along
such way release and save the Town harmless on account of any damage
whatever caused by such repairs. The executors of such agreements
shall be responsible for recording such agreements and paying any
costs of relating to such recording in the Registry of Deeds for district
where the land is situated. Such agreements shall be deemed to be
covenants running with the land and shall be binding upon all subsequent
owners thereof.
[Amended 10-1-2018 ATM
by Art. 14]
[Adopted 3-14-1966 ATM, Art. 38]
[Amended 5-12-1997 ATM, Art. 32; 4-26-2010 ATM, Art. 13; 10-1-2018 ATM by Art. 14]
A.
No person or other entity shall dig up or obstruct
any portion of any way which the Town is obliged to keep in repair
without first obtaining a permit, in writing, from the Director of
Public Works for projects which disturb less than 100 feet of roadway
or right-of-way, or from the Select Board and the Director of Public
Works for projects which disturb 100 feet or more of roadway or right-of-way;
nor, having obtained such permit, shall he fail to comply with the
conditions thereof; and, in addition to any penalty or penalties to
which he may be subjected under this article for such failure, he
shall reimburse the Town for all expenses and damages which the Town
may be compelled to pay by reason of such unauthorized use or any
failure to comply with said conditions.
B.
The Select Board shall establish and may, from time
to time, amend the fee to be paid to the Town for a permit issued
hereunder and may also adopt rules and regulations for the implementation
of this article.
[Amended 5-12-1997 ATM, Art. 32; 4-29-2002 ATM, Art. 35]
A.
Any person or other entity violating the provisions of this article or regulations of the Select Board adopted hereunder shall be punished by a fine of not more than two times the permit fee for each offense thereunder, or when enforced by noncriminal disposition pursuant to MGL C. 40, § 21D, the fine for digging up or obstructing a way without the permit required by § 180-5 above shall be as follows:
[Amended 10-1-2018 ATM
by Art. 14]
