(A) The Legislative Council shall consider only those town roads which meet the criteria for scenic road status set forth at Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-149a. Each must be a town road which is free from intensive commercial development and intensive vehicular traffic and meet at least one of the following criteria:
(1) It is unpaved,
(2) It is bordered by mature trees or stone walls,
(3) The traveled portion is no more than 20 feet in width,
(4) It offers scenic views,
(5) It blends naturally into the surrounding terrain, or
(6) It parallels or crosses over brooks, streams, lakes or ponds.
(B) Additionally, it must be nominated for scenic road status by a petition signed by owners of a majority of lot frontage abutting the road or portion of the road.
(Ord. 251, passed 4-7-86)