A. 
All applications for acceptance of a Town way shall be referred to the Topsham Planning Board to determine whether or not the proposed Town way complies with the applicable provisions of this article and to determine whether or not the Planning Board recommends acceptance or nonacceptance of the proposed Town street.
B. 
The Topsham Planning Board shall submit its findings and recommendations, if any, to the Selectmen. If the Selectmen vote to place the article in the Town Warrant, the recommendations, if any, from the Planning Board shall be included in the Warrant.
A. 
A street or way constructed on private lands by the owner(s)/developer(s) thereof and not dedicated for public travel prior to the date of enactment of this chapter may be laid out and accepted as a public street or way by the Town only upon the following conditions:
(1) 
The owner(s) shall give the Town a warranty deed to the property within the boundaries of the street at the time of its acceptance by the Town.
(2) 
A plan of said street or way shall be recorded in the Sagadahoc County Registry of Deeds by the applicant at the time of its acceptance.
(3) 
An application for the laying out and acceptance of said street or way shall be submitted to the Town Planner upon a form to be prescribed by the Town Planner. Said application shall be accompanied by a plan, profile and cross section of said street or way as built, including:
(a) 
A plan drawn when practical to scale of 40 feet to 1 inch, and to be on one or more sheets of Mylar not exceeding 24 inches by 36 inches in size.
(b) 
Said plot plan shall show the north point, streetlight lines, buildings, right-of-way monuments, waterways, topography (USGS vertical datum) and natural drainage courses with contours at not greater than 2 foot intervals, all angles and bearings necessary for the plotting of said street and lots and their reproduction on the ground, the distance to the nearest established street line, and any buildings abutting said street or way, together with the stations of their sidelines.
(c) 
A profile of said street or way drawn to a horizontal scale not larger than 40 feet to 1 inch with a corresponding 10 to 1 ratio vertical scale. Said profile shall be shown along with the utilities within the profile area.
(d) 
All plans shall be sealed by a professional engineer registered in the State of Maine.
The Planning Board shall require, as a condition of approval for any subdivision application that includes the creation of one or more streets, that the lot owners form a homeowners' association by written agreement which shall specify the rights and responsibilities of each lot owner with respect to the maintenance, repair, and plowing of the subdivision street(s), which shall remain the responsibility of the homeowners' association as provided under that agreement. This homeowners' association agreement shall be in a form acceptable to the Town Attorney and, upon approval by the Planning Board of the subdivision, shall be recorded in the Sagadahoc County Registry of Deeds within ninety (90) days of the date of subdivision approval by the Planning Board.