The purpose of this chapter is to set uniform standards for
the design, construction, and procedures of acceptance for public
streets and minimum design standards for private streets in the Town
of Topsham in order to provide for safe vehicular and pedestrian travel
and appropriate service to adjacent land.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ARTERIAL STREET
A major roadway serving long distance traffic through and
between municipalities and carrying traffic to major centers of activity.
Routes 196, 201, and 24 are examples of an arterial.
COLLECTOR STREET
Collector streets link villages, neighborhoods, and major
facilities to the arterial network. Traffic is collected from local
residential roads and delivered to the nearest arterial. Daily traffic
volumes generally range in the thousands. Meadow Road, River Road,
and Mallet Drive are examples of collectors.
EASEMENT
The authorization of a property owner for the use by another,
and for a specified purpose, of any designated part of his property.
LOCAL STREET
A street that provides direct access to residential neighborhoods,
local businesses, agricultural properties and timberlands. Roads not
classified as arterials or collectors are considered local streets.
A.
MINOR ACCESS STREETAny access street located in a rural district which serves less than 25 dwelling units and which is projected to have an average daily traffic (ADT) volume of less than 250 vehicles shall be constructed to the standards for a minor access street, as presented in Table 1.
B.
MAJOR ACCESS STREETAll other streets which are classified as access streets shall be designed to the standard required for a major access street, as presented in Table 1.
PRIVATE STREET
Any street that meets the standards found within Article
III and accompanying tables and figures of this chapter, and which does not serve more than 10 dwelling units.
PUBLIC STREET
Any street that meets the standards found in Article
II and accompanying tables and figures of this chapter, and has been accepted per the standards of Article
I of this chapter by the Town of Topsham's legislative body.