Classes of City rights of way roadways shall be as follows:
(a) Class I: Concrete Roadway. An artificial surface in which the top layer is concrete and the subsurface was constructed according to standards specified at the time of construction in the Subdivision Regulations of the City or other applicable Municipal regulations or, if no such written regulation existed, constructed to the satisfaction of and bearing the official approval of the Building and Zoning Inspector or the City Engineer at the time of construction.
(b) Class II: Asphalt Roadway A. An artificial surface in which the top layer consists of one or more inches of asphalt surface material applied in accordance with the applicable Municipal regulations as above, or with the approval of the Building and Zoning Inspector or the City Engineer as an improvement to deteriorated pavement which would have formerly qualified as Class I, Concrete Pavement.
(c) Class III: Asphalt Roadway B. An artificial surface in which the top surface consists of one or more inches of asphalt applied in accordance with the applicable Municipal regulations or with the approval of the City Engineer or the Building and Zoning Inspector, as above, and having a base of six or more inches of base material installed in accordance with the applicable Municipal regulations or with the approval of the City Engineer or the Building and Zoning Inspector.
Note: Any pavement falling within Classes I, II or III must have properly constructed and functioning appurtenances to the roadway.
(d) Class IV: Asphalt Roadway C. An artificial surface which would otherwise qualify as Asphalt Pavement (b) except for the lack of roadway appurtenances.
(e) Class V: Tar and Chip (Shot and Chip) Roadway. An artificial surface on which the top layer is two or more inches of accumulated tar and chip or shot and chip surface material forming a flexible pavement.
(f) Class VI: Improved Roadway. An artificial surface with four or more inches of any granular material (for example, crushed limestone chips), composing a flexible semipermanent surface (sometimes referred to as “a gravel road”).
(g) Class VII: Unpaved Roadway. A natural surface containing substantially no semipermanent artificial surface (often described as “a dirt road”).
(Res. 18-74. Passed 2-26-74. )