Ogunquit City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 10
Street Design Standards
§ 225-10.1 Minimum standard for street design and construction.
The design of streets shall provide for proper continuation of streets from adjacent development and for proper projection of streets into adjacent subdivided and open land.
§ 225-10.2 Acceptance of streets and ways.
A.
A street or way constructed on private lands by the owner(s) and not dedicated for public travel prior to the date of enactment of this chapter may be laid out by the Select Board for acceptance at Town Meeting as a public street or way upon the following conditions:
(1)
The owner(s) shall give the Town a deed to the property within the boundaries of the street at the time of its acceptance by the Town;
(2)
A plan of the street or way shall be recorded in the York County Registry of Deeds at the time of its acceptance;
(3)
A petition for the laying out and acceptance of the street or way shall be submitted to the Select Board upon a form to be prescribed by the Ogunquit Director of Public Works. The petition shall be accompanied by a plan, profile and cross section of the street or way, prepared by a professional engineer registered in the State of Maine, certifying the road has been built in accordance with the plan, as follows:
(a)
The plan shall be drawn to a scale of no more than 50 feet to one inch, and to be on one or more sheets of paper not exceeding 24 inches by 36 inches in size. The plan shall show the North point, the location and ownership of all adjoining lots or land passageways, streetlights and electric lines, boundary monuments, waterways, topography and natural drainage courses with contour at not greater than two-foot intervals, all angles, bearings and radii necessary for the plotting of the street and lots or their reproduction on the ground, the distance of the nearest established street or way, together with the stations of their side lines.
(b)
The profile of the street shall be drawn to a horizontal scale of no more than 50 feet to one inch and a vertical scale no more than five feet to one inch. The profile shall show the profile of the side lines and center line of the street and the proposed grades thereof. Any buildings abutting on the street shall be shown on the profile.
(c)
A cross section of the street or way shall be drawn to a horizontal scale of five feet to one inch and a vertical scale of one foot to one inch.
(d)
The plan shall show the location and size of the proposed water and/or sewer mains in accordance with this article.
B.
Any new public or private streets shall be constructed according to the street design and construction standards of Article 10 of Chapter 240, Subdivision Regulations.
[Amended 4-5-2005]
C.
All engineering work, including the setting of grade stakes necessary for the construction of streets and sidewalks, and storm sewers shall be performed by the developer at no expense to the Town.
D.
Any sewers, drains, including house drains, and catch basins which are to be built in the street or sidewalk and all underground utilities and their respective services shall be constructed before any road material is placed. The sole exception shall be for house connections to serve lots where no construction has begun prior to the placing of such road material.
E.
Whenever it shall be deemed necessary by the Planning Board, after consulting with the Director of Public Works, that a storm sewer shall be constructed to serve the street under consideration, such storm sewer shall be completed before the gravel or road material is placed. The storm sewer shall be built by the developer at no expense to the Town in accordance with the following:
F.
When reasonably available, a water main of at least eight inches in diameter must exist for the use of buildings, residents and occupants for the street to be accepted. The Chief of the Ogunquit Fire Department must, in writing, certify that adequate water service for sufficient fire protection exists. It shall be the policy of the Town to require such fire hydrants as may be required for fire protection at the same time as the installation of the water main.
§ 225-10.3 Acceptance of street and ways required by public interest.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section, the Select Board may at any time lay out for acceptance at Town Meeting any street or way in the Town as a public street or way whenever the general public interest so requires. The cost of maintaining the street or way shall be borne by the Town after its acceptance.
§ 225-10.4 Curbs.
Curbing of a type approved by the Director of Public Works may be required by the Planning Board on both sides of any proposed street.
§ 225-10.5 Easements.
The Planning Board may require easements for sewage, other utilities, drainage and stream protection. In general, easements shall not be less than 30 feet in width. Wider easements may be required.
§ 225-10.6 Report by Planning Board and Director of Public Works.
No street or way shall be laid out or accepted by the Town Meeting until the Planning Board and the Director of Public Works shall have made a careful investigation thereof and shall have reported to the Select Board their recommendations in writing with respect thereto.
§ 225-10.7 Private streets and ways.
[Amended 4-5-2005]
Private streets and ways may be constructed within the Town, with the intention that they remain private, upon showing by the applicant that the public health, safety and welfare will be maintained. It shall be clearly demonstrated, in written form, that the proposed private street will meet all of the street design and construction standards of Article 10 of Chapter 240, Subdivision Regulations, will be adequately maintained, will provide sufficient spaces for emergency vehicle access, will conveniently serve its intended properties and will not exceed the maximum permissible lengths established by the Town.